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HOT RODS

It doesn’t get any faster than the two National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
when the dragsters go four-wide and hundreds of miles an hour. Las Vegas hosts the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA
Four-Wide Nationals April 5-7 and the Dodge NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil Oct. 31 – Nov. 3.
PHOTO COURTESY OF LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Journal article as Musburger. “A second NASCAR Weekend, along with
the arrival of the NHL’s Golden Knights, the soon-to-be Las Vegas Raiders
and their new stadium, a new soccer team and the attention local stars
such as the Busch Brothers, Bryce Harper, Kris Bryant and others have
brought to Las Vegas, make this one of the most exciting periods in the
city’s history. We had the hotel era, the restaurant era, the nightclub era
and now it’s the sports era. We’re ecstatic about playing a major role in all
of it.
“Las Vegas is the ultimate destination for visitors both nationally and
internationally. The accommodations in Las Vegas are, indisputably, the
best in the world. They’re affordable, comfortable and plentiful. Las Vegas
has mastered the art of catering to visitors, and that’s well illustrated by
the thousands of organizations that bring events to Las Vegas each year.
It also allows the many corporate partners of the speedway, of NASCAR
and of the race teams to bring their guests to Las Vegas for racing events SUPERCROSS
on multiple occasions each year. I would argue that there is no place more
desirable for companies to entertain clients than our great city.” The Monster Energy AMA Supercross FIM World Championship hits
The proof is in the millions of fans in the seats of the more than 100 Sam Boyd Stadium May 4 and features the best dirt motocross kings in
the world in front of a usually sold out crowd. The SuperCross Fan Fest
venues located throughout Las Vegas. And it’s only going to get “epic-er.” proceeds the competition in the race pits on race day.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FELD MOTORSPORTS

NASCAR
NASCAR is big-time in Vegas and now includes a
spring race and then an official Monster Energy
Cup Series playoff race, the South Point 400, Sept.
13-15. The 2019 spring race was won by Joey
Logano, last season’s series champion.
PHOTO BY TOM DONOGHUE

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