What You Need To Know About Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series Race
- Kyle Busch won Saturday’s Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR XFINITY Series
- The win was Busch’s second of the weekend after winning the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race on Friday night
- Busch is the only driver to have won all three NASCAR national series races (NGOTS, NXS, and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) on the same weekend, having done so twice at Bristol Motor Speedway
- The 33-year-old driver — who is a Las Vegas native — overcame an early-race loose wheel and two NASCAR overtime attempts to win his 93rd career NXS race (most all time in the series) and 197th national series victory
- John Hunter Nemechek finished second, benefiting from a crash during one of the overtime attempts that took out most of the day’s top contenders
- Noah Gragson, Austin Dillon, and Michael Annett rounded out the top five
- The race was slowed seven times for 37 laps with four multi-car incidents
For more information: Full race recap … Full race results … Full points report
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What You Need To Know About Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Final Practice
- The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series was supposed to have two practice sessions on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but the first session was cancelled due to weather
- Richard Childress Racing teammates Austin Dillon and Daniel Hemric swept both practice sessions this weekend, with Dillon and Hemric first and second, respectively, in Friday and Saturday’s sessions
- For final practice, Dillon’s fastest lap was 30.299 seconds at 178.224 mph
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Aric Almirola, and last week’s winner Brad Keselowski rounded out the top five
For more information: Full final practice results … Full practice recap … Story from Motorsport.com’s Nick DeGroot
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What You Need To Know About Sunday’s Schedule At Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- All times are Pacific Standard Time unless otherwise stated
- 7:00 AM – MENCS GARAGE OPENS
- 10:30 AM – MENCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING (NEON GARAGE)
- 11:30 AM TO 4:00 PM – MENCS HOT PASS IN EFFECT
- 11:50 AM – MENCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
- 12:30 PM (3:30 PM ET) – MENCS RACE (STAGES 80/160/267 LAPS = 400.5 MILES)
- 5:00 PM (Approx) – LEGENDS RACE
For more information: TV schedule … Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s at-track schedule … NASCAR weekend schedule
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What You Need To Know About Saturday Night’s Monster Energy AMA Supercross Race
- Cooper Webb won Saturday night in Atlanta, holding off fellow KTM riders Blake Baggett and Marvin Musquin
- Ken Roczen and Aaron Plessinger rounded out the top five
- The 250SX East/West Showdown took place on Saturday night as well, with West rider Adam Cianciarulo taking the overall victory in the main event
- Finishing in second was Dylan Ferrandis (West), followed by Austin Forkner (East), Chase Sexton (East), and Justin Cooper (East)
For more information: 450SX Main Event Results … 250SX Showdown Main Event Results … Full event recap
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What You Need To Know About Formula 1’s Mexican Grand Prix
- Formula 1’s Mexican Grand Prix at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez could potentially be dropped from the 2020 schedule after missing a deadline to have their race date renewed automatically
- The Mexican government recently decided that public funds would no longer be provided to support the race and the money would instead be diverted to a major civil construction project
- Both Formula 1 and track promoters have confirmed that negotiations will take place for the Mexican Grand Prix to remain on the schedule
- The contracts for Spain, Britain, Germany, and Italy also expire at the end of 2019
For more information: Story from F1i.com’s Andrew Lewin … Story from Autosport.com’s Adam Cooper … Story from Crash.net’s Lewis Larkam
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