Joey Logano won Sunday’s NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Defending Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) champion Joey Logano earned his first victory of the 2019 season in Las Vegas, leading 86 laps en route to the victory
- Logano and Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski swapped the lead back and forth a couple of times in the late stages of the race before Logano took the lead for the final time with 24 laps remaining; Keselowski finished second
- Kyle Busch recovered from a lap 129 speeding penalty to finish third, but fell short of a weekend sweep across all three national series at his home track after winning in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series on Friday and the NASCAR XFINITY Series on Saturday
- Kevin Harvick led the most laps in the race (88) and finished fourth; Kyle Busch’s brother, Kurt, rounded out the top five
- The margin of victory between Logano and Keselowski was 0.236 seconds, as Keselowski made a last-ditch attempt at a pass on Logano as the two came out of turn four to the start/finish line
- Team Penske has now won two of the first three races of the season, with Keselowski winning the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway last weekend, virtually locking both drivers into the postseason
- This was the first race with NASCAR’s new rules package and saw 19 lead changes amongst 19 drivers, and no cautions other than the stage breaks
Additional info: Full race recap … Full race results … Comments from NASCAR exec Steve O’Donnell
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The United States Modified Touring Series schedule has been released
- The USMTS will see 48 events at 39 race tracks in 13 states for a total of 62 nights of racing for the 2019 season
- The series kicks off their season on Thursday, March 14, beginning a three-night run through the state of Texas — 82 Speedway on Thursday night; Kennedale Speedway Park on Friday, March 15; and Superbowl Speedway on Saturday, March 16
- The 2019 USMTS National Championship will take place from Thursday, October 31 through Saturday, November 2 at Kennedale Speedway Park
- The combined points for all four USMTS series — Summit USMTS Southern Series powered by MSD; USMTS Mid-American Series; USMTS Northern Lights Series; and Casey’s Hunt for the USMTS National Championship powered by Summit — is how the National Champion is decided
Additional info: Full announcement from USMTS.com’s Jeff Nun … Story from SPEEDSport.com … Full USMTS schedule
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F1 legend Michael Schumacher was reportedly seen in public recently
- Michael Schumacher and his family have reportedly spent the last few months at the driver’s mansion — Villa Yasmin — on the island of Mallorca
- According to Bunte magazine, neighbors saw Schumacher accompanied by medical staff when he landed on the island via helicopter
- The 50-year-old is recovering from a devastating brain injury sustained in 2013 during a skiing accident in the French Alps, which left him comatose for three months and is now wheelchair-bound
- Updates on the former driver’s health have been few and far between, as those close to Schumacher work to protect his privacy
- Schumacher earned seven Formula 1 World Championships and 91 victories during his tenure as a driver (1991 – 2012)
Additional info: Story from express.co.uk’s Liam Doyle … Update from Schumacher’s family earlier this year … Timeline of the accident
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