Las Vegas To Host Nascar Sprint Cup Series Awards For Next Three Years
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 7, 2012) – NASCAR announced today that the annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards – and all of Champion’s Week – will return to Las Vegas, Nev., and remain there for the next three years.
For the fourth-consecutive season, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards will take place at Wynn Las Vegas on Friday, Nov. 30, a culmination of a week-long celebration for the series champion – and NASCAR fans. As in past years, fans can expect the traditionally exciting and interactive week of activities.
1 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 28.353 190.456
2 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Brown Toyota 28.415 190.040
3 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 28.419 190.014
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet 28.440 189.873
5 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 28.450 189.807
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet 28.455 189.773
7 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet 28.471 189.667
8 20 Joey Logano Dollar General Toyota 28.478 189.620
Plenty of local angles will pepper the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series field this weekend. There are the two usual suspects: The brothers Busch, Kurt and Kyle. Kyle won at Las Vegas in 2009. Kurt’s best finish at his home track was third in 2005.
Brendan Gaughan, a third Las Vegas native, will make a spot start this weekend. A NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular, Gaughan will drive the No. 33 Chevrolet this weekend for Richard Childress Racing. Gaughan ran fulltime in the series in 2004 and has one top five and four top 10s in 38 career starts.
Brendan Gaughan to Compete in Limited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Schedule for RCR
WELCOME, N.C. (January 25, 2011) – Veteran NASCAR driver Brendan Gaughan will compete in four races on the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule, driving Richard Childress Racing’s No. 33 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Impala in addition to his previously announced 18-race NASCAR Nationwide and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule with the Welcome, N.C. – based race team.
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9-Danica Patrick Posts Best Finish in NASCAR by a Female Driver
All agreed that Danica Patrick’s part-time NASCAR career was on the upswing in its second season. Patrick proved that with an exclamation point on March 5 with a solid, fourth-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The performance was record-setting: Patrick became not only the highest-finishing female driver in a NASCAR Nationwide Series race but also in any NASCAR national series event. Patrick’s feat broke a record from NASCAR’s earliest years – Sara Christian’s fifth-place finish in a NASCAR Sprint Cup (then Strictly Stock) race on Oct. 2, 1949 at Heidelberg, Pa.
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Las Vegas To Host Nascar Sprint Cup Series Awards For Next Three Years
1 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 28.353 190.456
Vegas Race Boasts Hometown Flavor
Brendan Gaughan to Compete in Limited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Schedule for RCR
BELKIN TO SPONSOR NO. 1 AND JAMIE McMURRAY
9-Danica Patrick Posts Best Finish in NASCAR by a Female Driver
