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TV: Sunday, March 6, 3:30 p.m. ET -- Fox Sports 1 (Radio:
Performance Racing Network/SiriusXM Channel 90).
THEN AND NOW: Kevin Harvick is the defending winner from last year's
race at Las Vegas. ... Last week's winner at Atlanta, Jimmie
Johnson, is a four-time winner at Las Vegas, but has not won there
since 2010. ... The two Busch brothers, Kurt and Kyle, are Las Vegas
natives, but only Kyle has won a Sprint Cup race at his home track
(2009). ... This will be the 19th Sprint Cup race held at LVMS. ...
The standings remain tight after the first two races of the 36-race
season. Kyle Busch leads the points standings by three points over
Martin Truex Jr. Kevin Harvick is third (-4), followed by Carl
Edwards (-5), Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin (-8), Jimmie Johnson
(-8), Kurt Busch (-9), Joey Logano (-14), Austin Dillon (-15) and
Arc Almirola (-23).
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: Boyd Gaming 300 (200 laps, 300 miles), Las
Vegas Motor Speedway; Las Vegas, Nev.
TV: Saturday, March 5, 4 p.m. ET -- Fox Sports 1 (Radio: Performance
Racing Network/SiriusXM Channel 90).
THEN AND NOW: This will be the 20th Xfinity Series race held at
LVMS. ... Austin Dillon, who is a full-time Sprint Cup regular, won
this race last year. ... The Sprint Cup regulars have dominated at
this track in Xfinity events, with 15 of the 19 races being won by
drivers from NASCAR's premier series. The last true Xfinity driver
(at the time) to win was Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in 2012 (he moved to
Sprint Cup full-time in 2013). ... Kyle Busch won this past
Saturday's Xfinity race at Atlanta, barely holding off a late charge
by Kyle Larson and Erik Jones. ... Elliott Sadler remains in the
lead in the Xfinity point standings after Atlanta. Daniel Suarez is
second (-3), followed by Ty Dillon (-5), Brandon Jones (-6), Justin
Allgaier (-7), Brendan Gaughan (-10), Darrell Wallace Jr. (-12),
Blake Koch (-17), Ryan Reed (-19) and Jeremy Clements (-20).
NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES: Series is off until April 2 at
Martinsville Speedway.
THEN AND NOW: 18-year-old John Hunter Nemechek won last Saturday at
Atlanta. ... Parker Kligerman is the surprising leader in the Truck
series points standings. He leads Daniel Hemric by one point,
followed by Nemechek (-3), Timothy Peters (-6), Tyler Young (-8),
Ryan Truex (-10), Brandon Brown (-12), Ben Rhodes (-12), Grant
Enfinger (-13) and Daytona winner Johnny Sauter in 10th place (-14).
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VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES: After a two-day test at Phoenix
International Raceway, the series prepares for its season opener,
next Sunday, March 13, in St. Petersburg, Florida. ... Scott Dixon
is the reigning series champion. ... Juan Pablo Montoya is the
defending winner of last year's event at St. Petersburg.
NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES: Series
is off until the Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals, March 17-20, at
Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Fla.
THEN AND NOW: Winners from last Sunday's race in Phoenix were Leah
Pritchett (Top Fuel), Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car) and Jason Line (Pro
Stock). ... Pritchett won her first career Top Fuel race, defeating
Brittany Force in only the second all-female Top Fuel final in NHRA
history. The other race was in 1982, when Shirley Muldowney defeated
Lucille Lee. ... Doug Kalitta leads the Top Fuel point standings
with 171 points, followed by Pomona winner Steve Torrence (163),
Brittany Force (133), Clay Millican (131) and Pritchett (129).
Defending Top Fuel champ Antron Brown is sixth (110). ... Ron Capps
maintains his lead in the Funny Car point standings with 183 points,
followed by 16-time series champ John Force (168), Robert Hight
(158), defending series champ Del Worsham (154) and Wilkerson (147).
... Line took over the Pro Stock point standings lead (227 points),
followed by Greg Anderson (209), Bo Butner (171), Drew Skillman
(131) and Chris McGaha (129). Defending series champ Erica Enders
continues to struggle with rough starts in the first two races. She
is ranked 11th, 163 points behind Line.
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