Kyle Busch, NASCAR’s latest Cup Series winner, intends to use that momentum in a very busy weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Busch, who won Sunday’s Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway, is entered in all three NASCAR races — Cup, Xfinity and Craftsman Truck — this weekend in Las Vegas. That would be a tough schedule for some drivers, but Busch has proven to be up to the task. He has won all three series races in a single weekend twice — both times (2010 and 2017) at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Busch will be among the favorites in Sunday’s 400-mile Cup race. He won at his home track in 2009 and, along with Martin Truex Jr., has the longest active top-10 streak at the track at five.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Cup, Xfinity and Truck)
Weekend weather
Thursday: Mainly sunny. High of 58. Winds 10-20 mph.
Friday: Mainly sunny. High of 60.
Saturday: Morning clouds. Sunny in afternoon. High of 66. Winds 15-25 mph.
Sunday: Partly cloudy and windy. High of 63. Winds 20-30 mph.
Thursday, March 2
(All times Eastern)
Garage open
Friday, March 3
Garage open
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10 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series
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11:30 a.m. — Truck Series
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3:30 – 8:30 p.m. — Cup Series
Track activity
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4:30 – 5:05 p.m. — Truck practice (FS1)
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5:05 – 6 p.m. — Truck qualifying (FS1)
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6:35 – 7:05 p.m. — Xfinity practice (FS1)
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7:05- 8 p.m. — Xfinity qualifying (FS1)
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9 p.m. — Truck race (134 laps, 201 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Saturday, March 4
Garage open
Track activity
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1:35 – 2:20 p.m. — Cup practice (FS2)
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2:20 – 3:30 p.m. — Cup qualifying (FS1)
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4:30 p.m. — Xfinity race (200 laps, 300 miles; FS1, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Sunday, March 4
Garage open
Track activity
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3:30 p.m. — Cup race (267 laps, 400 miles; Fox, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
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NASCAR schedule for Las Vegas Motor Speedway originally appeared on NBCSports.com
