Las Vegas Motor Speedway News & Notes – March 2015

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Jeff Motley at 8:40 pm ET

Check back for more updates as the days wind down to events at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March 2015. During Race Weekend, look for more updates posted daily. 

The superspeedway’s NASCAR weekend will begin with Stratosphere Pole Day on Friday, March 6 – highlighted by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying at 4:45 p.m. The Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300 will be the featured event on Saturday, March 7 at 1 p.m., while the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 caps off the weekend on Sunday, March 8 at 12:30 p.m.

For more information or to purchase tickets today, call the Las Vegas Motor Speedway ticket office 800-644-4444 or visit www.lvms.com.  Continue reading

Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk – Monday, March 2, 2015

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Guests include, Jeff Motley, Vice President of Public Relations at Las Vegas Motor Speedway helps us preview the upcoming NASCAR XFINITY and Sprint Cup Series races this weekend.  NOTE: Jeff Motley was unable to appear on tonight’s show, so, we’ll catch up with him before the next NASCAR Weekend at LVMS.

Cameron Hayley, Camping World Truck Series driver at ThorSport Racing, talks about his 2015 season.

Derek Thorn, runner-up of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Winter Showdown, stops by to talk about the inaugural event at Kern County Raceway.

Join host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala every Monday night 8:30 to 10 pm ET as we bring fans the smartest racing talk around on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk!

NASCAR Hot Topic Sound Off  is 10 to 10:30 pm ET with Sharon Burton hosting an interactive discussion with co-host Chris Knight.

Listen to our panel discussion with drivers, crew, and other racing personalities and call 714-202-9918 OR Tweet @Fan4RacingSite @Sal_Sigala or @Knighter01 during the LIVE Broadcast to join the conversation about the hottest topics leading up to the next race.

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The show starts at 8:30 pm ET, Monday, March 2, 2015.

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ThorSport’s Cameron Hayley Finishes 14th in his Atlanta Motor Speedway Début

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Cameron Hayley is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 9 pm ET. During the LIVE broadcast, call 714-202-9918 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments.

Making his second track début of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, Rookie of the Year contender, Cameron Hayley continues to impress in just his fifth start in the series at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday evening. On Friday, he was the fastest ThorSport Racing driver – 3rd (31.06 seconds) – in the only series practice session and then again in qualifying – 3rd (30.89 seconds) – on Saturday morning. Continue reading

Bubba Pollard Wins the Inaugural SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Winter Showdown

Bubba Pollard, the inaugural SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Winter Showdown Champion at Kern County Raceway in Bakersfiled, CA.. Photo - Sal Sigala Jr.

Bubba Pollard, the inaugural SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Winter Showdown Champion at Kern County Raceway in Bakersfield, CA.. Photo – Sal Sigala Jr.

Derek Thorn is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 9:30 pm ET. During the LIVE broadcast call 714-202-9918 or tweet us @Fan4RacingSite, @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments.

Over 60 drivers entered the inaugural SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway.When qualifying was complete, 36 drivers went on to compete on Sunday, March 1st – after rain postponed activities from Saturday. And only one picked up the checkered flag after crossing the finish line first – Bubba Pollard, the 2014 Southern Super Series Champion. Continue reading

Jimmie Johnson Starts from the Back and Dominates Late in Atlanta Win

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Coors Light Polesitter Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick dominated the early and middle stages of Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway—before Jimmie Johnson decided to crash the party.

Johnson didn’t take the lead in the second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season until Lap 198 of 325, but from then on, his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was the class of the field, leading six times for 92 laps in winning for the fourth time at Atlanta and for the 71st time in his career. Continue reading