Austin Dillon holds off Ryan Blaney for XFINITY win in Las Vegas

Mar. 7, 2015 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS, Nev.—As dominant as Austin Dillon was in Saturday’s Boyd Gaming 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he had to give his utmost effort in the closing laps to hold off charging Ryan Blaney for the victory. Dillon led 183 of the 200 laps at the 1.5-mile speedway, but Blaney had a tire advantage at the end of the race, thanks to a late pit stop after his car snapped loose and knocked Erik Jones into the outside wall at the exit from Turn 4. After restarting fifth…

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Atlanta deserves a better date for race weekend

By Jared Turner     The rain kept falling and the fans kept shivering. Finally, the rain stopped and we had a race. But the shivering continued.   What else can we expect from a March 1 event at Atlanta Motor Speedway?   This isn’t Hawaii, mind you. It’s not Daytona Beach, either.   Remember 1993 when that huge blizzard hit the Atlanta area and the race had to be postponed an entire week? That year, the race was actually – get this – two weeks later on the schedule than it was this year.   In other words, winter weather could…

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ROAR’s Vegas Viewers Guide. Free Magazine. Click Here.

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Look Beyond the Wins: Harvick Is Best

By Jerry Bonkowski When you have been in the sports writing business for as long as I have, you learn to have thick skin. Especially when it comes to readers and their often misguided judgment and resulting comments. While I will never deny a person’s opinion, their logic – or oftentimes lack of – is a whole different story. So following Sunday’s race at Atlanta, I wrote a story about how Kevin Harvick remains the hottest driver in the Sprint Cup Series. Of course, several readers quickly wrote in or tweeted that I was off my rocker. “And how many wins does…

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NASCAR Pole Position Las Vegas Edition Now Available

NASCAR Pole Position Las Vegas edition is now available. Please head to Walmart, or other area retailers that offer free magazines, to pick up your free copy. You can find a list of preferred retailers distributing NASCAR Pole Position here. Magazines were shipped to area Walmarts that feature Tire & Lube Express departments. Be sure to tell them NASCAR Pole Position sent you! And remember the magazine is free for all race fans! If you are not in the race market, you can get a subscription to NASCAR Pole Position here right now. WANT A FREE WEEKLY NASCAR MAGAZINE? ROAR! is a digitally-delivered, weekly magazine that reviews…

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Is it time for drivers to gamble in Vegas?

By Jared Turner In a city world-famous for gambling and gamblers, don’t be surprised if some NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams roll the dice in this weekend’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Nothing would be more appropriate. Moreover, it wouldn’t be the first time. After locking up a berth in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup last season with a victory in the Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team rolled into Vegas with literally nothing to lose. So they gambled on fuel strategy – and lost. Taking the lead when Earnhardt ran out…

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