NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

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Dylan Kwasniewski Signs with Chip Ganassi Racing as Newest Development Driver

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The only driver to win both NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series East & West championships back-to-back is Dylan Kwasniewski. He’s also one of several drivers in NASCAR’s Next program that identifies and promotes the up-and-coming talent for the future of NASCAR’s top-three series. This year straight from the K&N Pro Series, Kwasniewski is driving a full-time schedule in the Nationwide Series with Turner Scott Motorsports and is contending for series’ Rookie of the year honors.

Along with Kwasniewski’s ability to attract a younger NASCAR audience, some of NASCAR’s top-series teams are noticing Kwasniewski’s talent, making him highly sought as a development driver. But only one team made the offer Kwasniewski accepted and that team is Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. At Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates announced Kwasniewski as their newest development driver.  Continue reading

Heartbreak for Dale Earnhardt Jr. Leads to Las Vegas Triumph for Brad Keselowski

A strategy-filled Kobalt Tools 400 came down to the very last lap on Sunday. It was Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. coming up half a lap short as his fuel tank ran empty while he was motoring down the backstretch with victory in his sight. This allowed Brad Keselowski to regain the top spot, which he held for most of the second half of race, and score his first victory of the season. Continue reading

Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 Las Vegas Preview

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Two are in, and now there are 14 more to go. Who is the next driver to enter the 2014 Chase for the Sprint Cup? 

NASCAR’s Sprint Cup teams are racing 400.5 miles in 267 laps in the Kobalt 400 on Sunday, March 9th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Television coverage begins at 2:30 pm ET on FOX with a Green Flag at 3 pm ET. Radio coverage is on PRN and Sirius XM, channel 90.  Continue reading

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Test Enhances Intermediate Track Rules Package

Brad Keselowski drives the #2 Miller Lite Ford during a testing session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 6, 2014  Photo - Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Brad Keselowski drives the #2 Miller Lite Ford during a testing session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 6, 2014
Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images

Kobalt 400 to Feature Newly Introduced Aerodynamic and Chassis Changes

 

Forty-eight drivers from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series turned laps at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Thursday to further build upon the 2014 intermediate-track rules package that was formalized late last year.

Serving as the first official NASCAR test with the new 2014 rules package in place, today’s four-hour session allowed teams to prepare for Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway – the series’ first visit to a 1.5-mile track in 2014 – and beyond.  Continue reading