NASCAR Cup

Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway had a little of everything, from rain to 45 mph winds to sand storms.

Keith Freeman opened up the 2016 racing season at Hartwell Speedway in high style Saturday, as he scored the Limited Late Model feature win on the first race of the season at the Hartwell, Georgia raceway.

Kyle Busch made the move of the race to get the lead in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but a huge vibration in the right front of his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota hurt his winning chances in the closing laps.

Overcoming a pit road speeding penalty with daring late-race strategy, Brad Keselowski broke a 33-race drought with a victory in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Kyle Busch is the only driver to have won a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway from the pole position, a feat he accomplished in 2009.

Tony Stewart has always marched to the beat of his own drum. After offseason surgery to repair his broken back, the three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion was on doctor’s orders to avoid sitting or standing.

Running a track-record lap he described as “insanely fast,” Las Vegas native Kurt Busch led qualifying for Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The last time Las Vegas native Kyle Busch visited his hometown with NASCAR, he paraded around his championship trophy during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week.

Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway was the kind of race that fans and drivers alike had asked for for years – one that put the emphasis on the talent of the driver.

At a race track that worked hard all weekend to identify itself as “Classic Southern”, fans were treated to a race that had all the look of a classic, old style southern stock car race.