LVMS adds more premium seating Pro schedules
during our Pennzoil 400 race weekend in March, and we can’t wait to offer the experience this September,” LVMS president Chris Powell said in a statement.
A total of 82 boxes will be added for the Truck Series race on Friday, Xfinity race on Saturday and the
Cup race on Sunday that opens the NASCAR playoffs. LVMS also announced a new Front Stretch Shuttle that will drop fans closer to their seats than ever before.
Will the new premium seating area and air-conditioned shuttle buses help offset competition on a big sports weekend in Las Vegas that will include a UNLV football game, the long-awaited Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin boxing rematch and climate-controlled pro football on television?
Better ask the Loge Ranger.
Green, white, checkered
Another week, another encouraging debut for Las Vegas’ Riley Herbst in another NASCAR touring series. A week after finishing sixth in his Xfinity Series baptism at Iowa Speedway, the teenager ran eighth at Gateway Motorsports Park across the river from St. Louis in a Truck Series race nearly won by fellow
Las Vegas youngster Noah Gragson. After leading a race-high 63 laps, Gragson, 19, slipped to 10th place after experiencing a tire issue on the final restart with six laps to go.
Jason Johnson, the World of NASCAR Monster Energy Cup
What: Overton’s 400
When: Saturday, qualifying, 4:05 p.m. (NBCSN). Sunday, race, 11:30 a.m. (NBCSN)
Where: Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Ill.
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Where: Formula One
What: Austrian Grand Prix When:saturday, qualifying, 6 a.m. (ESPNEWS). Sunday, race, 6:10 a.m. (ESPN2)
Where: Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
Outlaws driver from Louisiana who was killed in a crash at Beaver Dam Raceway in Wisconsin as he battled for the lead Saturday night, was a regular competitor in Outlaws races at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Johnson, who was 41, finished fourth in a WOO main event here in 2017 and fifth in 2016.
Night of Fire, July 3. Super Late Models (76 laps) plus Figure 8 and Skid Plate racing and fireworks. Tickets and information: LVMS.COM, 800-644-4444.
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