Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
Rain, hail push back Boyd Gaming 300
Xfinity Series race to resume an hour after Pennzoil 400 finishes
And the winner of the 24 Hours of Las Vegas is … the track dryer driver.
No, Saturday’s Boyd Gaming 300 didn’t last 24 hours, although it felt like it. rain delays, Las Vegas racer Riley Herbst might be qualified to moonlight as an anchorman on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.”
“We watched a little bit of the (Wilder-Fury) undercard already, some college hoops, ran out of games on my phone. So I’m kinda bored,” the youthful driver of the Joe Gibbs Racing Xfinity Toyota said outside his hauler as the track dryers made their rounds.
Herbst, 20, started 12th and had moved up to 10th when weather delayed the race a second time after the first 40-lap stage.
“This is a definitely first for me,” said the descendant of Las Vegas’ off-road racing Herbst family about riding out a rain delay. Or three of them.
Bounty on Busch
Kevin Harvick placed a $50,000 challenge to beat Kyle Busch after his Cup Series rival ran away to another Truck Series victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday night.
“I like this so let’s make this fun. I’ll put up a $50,000 bounty for any full time cup driver who races a truck and can beat @KyleBusch in his next 4 races. #gameon,” Harvick wrote on his Twitter account.
The price on beating Busch has since risen to $100,000. CEO Marcus Lemonis of series sponsor Camping World said he is so comfortable that no one can beat Busch in the trucks that he would match Harvick’s offer.
The two-time Cup Series champion from Las Vegas was dismissive when asked about the bounty.
“A hundred grand?” Busch said. “For me, nothing. Sounds like life.”