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Tony Stewart wins Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Sunday, March 11, 2012; Associated Press; Defending Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart made a bold move to take the lead on a late restart and held off Jimmie Johnson for a redemptive win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday.

In this Las Vegas neighborhood, roaring engines, car-racing expected: Sunday, March 11, 2012; By Conor Shine; Travis Carlson stood over a grill cooking hamburgers and bratwursts. Nearby, children ran around laughing and yelling, while adults lounged in lawn chairs, sipping drinks and catching up. The scene was typical backyard barbecue, except for the roar of stock cars zipping around the track at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway only a few hundred feet away.

Stenhouse earns 1st win of 2012 at Las Vegas: Saturday, March 10, 2012; NASCAR:; Associated Press; Defending Nationwide champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. led the final 54 laps at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday for his first victory of the season. Stenhouse had a strong car all day and dominated the end of the 200-mile race, pulling away from Mark Martin on a pair restarts on the 1.5-mile tri-oval.

Awesome cartoon revisited: 'The Racing Busch Brothers of Las Vegas': Friday, March 9, 2012; Las Vegas Sun; As the Sun's editors began planning coverage of last year's Las Vegas NASCAR races, questions kept circling around how we should we write about our community's most-famous racing exports, Kurt and Kyle Busch, and do it in a way that would be both fresh and fun.

NASCAR hauler parade wows fans along Las Vegas Strip: Thursday, March 8, 2012; By Conor Shine; The cars, limousines and advertising trucks that typically clog Las Vegas Boulevard were joined by some noisy guests Thursday night. More than 50 big rigs in town for NASCAR Weekend rolled down the Strip, lights flashing and horns blaring, shortly after 6 p.m. as part of the annual Hauler Parade.

NASCAR hauler parade to interrupt traffic on Strip: Thursday, March 8, 2012; By Jackie Valley; A fleet of NASCAR trucks containing the stock cars competing in this weekend’s race will parade up Las Vegas Boulevard early Thursday evening, creating minor traffic disruptions.

Statistical report offers a beyond-the-stereotype look at NASCAR fans: Thursday, March 8, 2012; MOTORSPORTS:; By Ric Anderson; They’re more likely than most Americans to own an all-terrain vehicle and a mobile home, or be planning to buy one in the next year.

NASCAR Race Weekend to help fuel $100 million economic boost in Las Vegas: Thursday, March 8, 2012; By Conor Shine; Dozens of stock cars and their superstar drivers have started rolling into Las Vegas for NASCAR Weekend, bringing with them tens of thousands of fans who are expected to generate more than $100 million in local economic activity.

Speedway employing iPhone, Android apps to help ease traffic problems for NASCAR weekend: Wednesday, March 7, 2012; By Aida Ahmed; Las Vegas Motor Speedway officials are expecting traffic to run smoothly, not only for those racing but for those attending this year’s NASCAR weekend.

NASCAR weekend in Las Vegas means free driver appearances, autograph sessions: Tuesday, March 6, 2012; By Ray Brewer; If you can’t make it to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for this week’s races, several of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series stars will be coming to you. Several businesses in Southern Nevada will be hosting free events starting Wednesday.

NASCAR postpones Daytona 500 to noon Monday: Sunday, February 26, 2012; Associated Press; NASCAR postponed the Daytona 500 because of rain, the first time in the 54-year history of the event that it has been delayed a day.

That roar you hear is the sound of NASCAR in town: Monday, November 28, 2011; Champion's Week a treat for fans, boon for sponsors; By Richard N. Velotta; NASCAR will crown its 2011 Sprint Cup champion and do one of the things that the popular motor sports series does best — get up close and personal with its fans.

Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon dies after Las Vegas wreck: Sunday, October 16, 2011; Wheldon killed after pileup at Las Vegas Motor Speedway; JOHN MARSHALL, Associated Press; Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday in a fiery 15-car wreck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Drivers said the accident was the worst they had ever seen.

Local racer Brendan Gaughan back for Truck Series race: Saturday, October 15, 2011; motor sports:; By Ray Brewer; Brendan Gaughan remembers the roar of the crowd and standing in disbelief trying to figure out why the fans were so excited. When the Las Vegas driver was introduced during pre-race ceremonies at the 2003 NASCAR Truck Series race in Las Vegas, he asked a publicist next to him why the 80,000-plus fans were cheering so wildly.

Kyle Busch wins Nashville Trucks race: Friday, April 22, 2011; Associated Press; Sprint Cup star Kyle Busch raced to his second NASCAR Trucks Series victory of the season, passing Ron Hornaday Jr. on a late restart and easily holding off Nelson Piquet Jr. on Friday night at Nashville Superspeedway.