Colin Braun will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series Las Vegas Motor Speedway debut driving the No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion this weekend in the Sam’s Town 300. While this is his first visit to the 1.5-mile track in the Nationwide Series, Braun has made two starts at Las Vegas in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with an average start of 3.5, average finish of 14.5 and six laps ... more.

ML Motorsports with driver, Shelby Howard, are looking forward to getting back on the track again after qualifying was rained out at Daytona. “We’ve got a really good car for Las Vegas that we took to Orlando to test last month. That car showed a lot of speed and handled really well” states Howard. “I’m looking forward to running at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and especially excited to ... more.

Stanton Barrett is no stranger to the glitz of Las Vegas. The “Hollywood Stuntman” returns to Sin City for the running of the Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on February 27th, the same place he witnessed a Top 10 finish vanish in the closing laps with a blown motor. “I really enjoy racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. I like the track configuration and the crowds are always el... more.

Veterans Say 2010 To Be Most Competitive Season Yet Matt Crafton (No. 88 Menards Chevrolet) left Daytona International Speedway literally salivating in delight over his fifth-place finish in the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener. “It fits perfectly with what we want to accomplish this year,” said Crafton, who finished runner-up to Ron Hornaday Jr. (No. 33 Longhorn Chev... more.

Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 team are off to an impressive start to the 2010 season, in part to the leadership of veteran crew chief Gil Martin. Coming off consecutive top-ten performances at both Daytona International Speedway and Auto Club Speedway, Martin has guided the No. 29 team to the top of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings two races into the season. Harvick’s 5th place qua... more.

Maybe Richard Childress Racing was just meant to be a three-car operation, at least on the Sprint Cup side of the garage. After all, prior to the 2009 season, RCR had put at least one of its drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup each year since the Chase’s inception. It was when the team expanded to four teams in 2009 that the wheels seemed to fall off RCR’s Sprint Cup program.... more.

Roush Fenway Racing has announced that Drew Blickensderfer will take over as crew chief on the No. 60 Nationwide team with driver Carl Edwards effective immediately. Mike Kelley, who had served in that position, will assume the role of competition director for Roush Fenway’s Nationwide Series effort, and Mike Beam will move into the role of speedway specialist in the research and development dep... more.

This Week’s Charger… The No. 22 Penske Racing Discount Tire Dodge Charger team will use chassis PRS-030 during Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Sam’s Town 300 race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. PRS-030 is a brand new chassis to the No. 22 Discount Tire team. Double Duty... Driver Brad Keselowski will compete in both the NASCAR Cup Series and Nationwide Series full-time in 2010... more.

Robert Richardson, Jr. and the R3 Motorsports team are already in town preparing for this weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Coming across the Mojave Desert right after their Auto Club Speedway race in California, Richardson, Jr. and team hope they don’t use up all their luck before Saturday’s green flag at the 1.5-mile oval of LVMS. Some good news alread... more.

Scott Riggs and the No. 09 RAB Racing team recovered from a 43rd-place qualifying effort to become the biggest mover’s in Saturday’s Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway. The sophomore team gained 27 positions in route to their series best finish of 16th at the 2-mile D-shaped oval. The solid run was RAB Racing’s second top-20 finish of the season and moved the No. 09 Ford Fusion up one... more.

Justin Allgaier will pilot Penske Racing chassis PRS-029 in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This is a brand-new Verizon Dodge that will be put through its first paces this weekend at LVMS. Over the season’s first two races, Allgaier has accumulated one top-five and two top-10 finishes, an average starting position of 13.5 and an average fi... more.

In case you missed it, an exciting last lap pass gave Kyle Busch the victory at Auto Club Speedway in the final turn as Logano spins. An exciting Marty Reid with the call on ESPN2... ... more.

This weeks the cars went west to California and Auto Club Speedway. Take a look back at each series photo galleries to see what took place on the 2 mile oval. Kyle Busch made a pass at the end of the race to claim the NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. View NASCAR Nationwide Series Photos Four time defending Champion Jimmie Johnson was able to use late race strategy to pull off another win at... more.

A career came full circle for Jimmie Johnson, who won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway in 2002 and on Sunday claimed his fifth victory at the 2-mile track and the 48th of his career — matching the No. 48 on his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. After gaining the lead in the Auto Club 500 during a fortunate exchange on pit road, the four-time defending series champion held ... more.

It was a weekend that truly was like night and day for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and the No. 6 team.  After fighting a tight car in both practices on Friday, the crew loosened up the CitiFinancial Ford Fusion for Saturday’s time trials.  Stenhouse qualified 26th and was optimistic that his machine would come to life in the Stater Bros. 300.  However, the rookie was a victim of someone else’s misf... more.