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Mar 11
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Michael Annett, 2012 NNS Sam’s Town 300 Post-Race Recap

No. 43 Pilot Flying J Ford Mustang (Michael Annett) - Photo Credit: Matthew Stockman / Getty Images for NASCAR Michael Annett No. 43 Pilot Flying J Ford Mustang Michael Annett started the 200-lap NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway from the 21st position. Annett finished the Sam’s Town 300 as follows: 13th—Michael Annett, No.43 Pilot Flying J Ford Mustang · Saturday marked Annett’s second top-15 finish with Richard Petty Motorsports. · Annett made his 108th NASCAR Nationwide Series start this weekend. · Fighting a loose condition throughout the majority of the 300-mile event, the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports crew led by Crew Chief Philippe Lopez, made a plethora of adjustments to the Pilot Flying J car. · Annett ran in the top-15 for the majority of the 200-lap event and was scored as high as 11th-place in the early laps of the ... FULL STORY »

Mark Martin a Solid Second in Vegas

2012 NNS No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry (Mark Martin) - Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR Interstate Batteries Driver Leads 44 Laps in Sam’s Town 300 Date: March 10, 2012 Event: Sam’s Town 300 (Round 3 of 33) Series: NASCAR Nationwide Series Location: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) Start/Finish: 7th/2nd (Running, completed 200 of 200 laps) Winner: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., of Roush ... FULL STORY »

Tayler Malsam, 2012 NNS Sam’s Town 300 Post-Race Recap

Tayler Malsam - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR Tayler Malsam #19 G-Oil® Toyota Camry Las Vegas NNS Post Race, March 10, 2012 Tayler Malsam made his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Las Vegas count, as he drove the #19 G-Oil Toyota to a 16th place finish in Saturday’s ... FULL STORY »

Challenges Result in 31st Place Finish For #50 MAKE Motorsports In Vegas

TJ Bell - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR Engine trouble spoils solid day for Turbine Powered Technology Chevrolet and driver T.J. Bell  LAS VEGAS (March 10, 2012) – Las Vegas is a town that is sometimes cruel to its visitors as they don’t get the results they were expecting, and ... FULL STORY »

Promising Race Cut Short for No. 11 Dollar General Team

Brian Scott Post Race Highlights: ·    The No. 11 Dollar General team produced a fast Toyota Camry for driver Brian Scott for Saturday’s Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Scott was fifth in practice, sixth in final practice and locked in a fourth place ... FULL STORY »

Stenhouse Jr. Rolls in ‘Roush’ Vegas; Collects RFR’s 16th NASCAR Win at LVMS

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. raises the NASCAR Nationwide Series Sam's Town 300 on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nev. - Photo Credit: Justin Edmonds/Getty Images for NASCAR Bayne fourth; RFR places two Fords in Top-five  LAS VEGAS, Nev. (March 10, 2012) – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. continued Roush Fenway's dominance at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, taking the lead with 54 laps to go in Saturday’s Nationwide Series race and never looking back, ... FULL STORY »

Toyota Motorsports, 2012 NNS Sam’s Town 300 Post-Race Recaps

Toyota Motorsports Logo Mark Martin (second) was the highest finishing Toyota driver in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Martin led once for 44 laps in his first race driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. Other Toyota drivers in the field ... FULL STORY »



Ricky Stenhouse Jr. takes his third career checkered flag in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Sam's Town 300 on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speeway in Las Vegas, Nev. - Photo Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images
Stenhouse Jr., Gives Ford First Nationwide Win of 2012
Posted 03.10.12
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won his third career NASCAR Nationwide Series race and became the fourth different Roush Fenway driver to win a series event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, joining Mark Martin, Jeff Burton and Greg Biffle. • The win was the 13th at LVMS for Roush Fenway and Ford ...FULL STORY »
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SRT Motorsports (Dodge) 2012 NNS Sam’s Town 300 Post-Race Recaps
Posted 03.10.12
Sam Hornish Jr. (No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger R/T) Finished 9th “On the short run we were able to make up some spots.  Our guys did a good job of sticking with it in the pits.  Our long run we’d just continue to get freer and freer most of ...FULL STORY »
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., keeps Mark Martin in his rear-view mirror as he wins the NNS Sam's Town 300 at LVMS - Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR
2012 NNS Sam’s Town 300 Race Results
Posted 03.10.12
The defending 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., kept veteran driver Mark Martin 5.904 seconds behind him at the drop of the checkered flag to win the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Stenhouse, who led the most laps - 55 laps of the 200 that were ...FULL STORY »
2012 Joey Logano/Dollar General
2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Final Practice Session Speeds
Posted 03.10.12
It was Joey Logano, with a lap speed of 182.970 mph, on top of the speed charts during the final NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 practice session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mark Martin and Kevin Harvick with the identical lap speed of 182.698 mph, were recorded second and third fastest respectively, while ...FULL STORY »
Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing
2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Pre-Race Q&A with Toyota Motorsports Driver, Bobby Labonte
Posted 03.10.12
BOBBY LABONTE, No. 47 Kingsford Toyota Camry, JTG-Daugherty Racing How hard has everyone at your race team been working preparing for this season? "Every team out here has great stories at how they get to Daytona or how they're building their team or how they excel or make their great ...FULL STORY »
Ryan Newman in car - Photo Credit: Jerry Markland/Getty Images for NASCAR
2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Pre-Race Q&A with Team Chevy Driver, Ryan Newman
Posted 03.10.12
RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 39 QUICKEN LOANS CHEVROLET met with media and discussed the tight level of competition, traveling across the country to race, how top finishers at Las Vegas do well in year-end results, and more. ON UPCOMING WINNER’S CIRCLE APPEARANCE FOR MARTINSVILLE “Yeah, I think I’m doing some laps around ...FULL STORY »
NNS Qualifying Elliott Sadler - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR
2012 NNS Sam’s Town 300 Starting Lineup
Posted 03.10.12
Elliott Sadler, with a qualifying lap speed of 181.366 mph, captured the 2012 NNS Sam's Town 300 Coors Light Pole Award at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This was Sadler's first series pole of the 2012 season, his twelfth series career pole and his first series pole at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Starting on ...FULL STORY »
Wood Brothers Racing's Trevor Bayne
Motorcraft/Quick Lane Team Best in Class in Vegas Qualifying
Posted 03.10.12
Trevor Bayne and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion were best in class again during qualifying for the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Bayne turned a lap at 187.363 miles per hour to take the 25th starting spot and once again be the best of the “go-or-go-home” ...FULL STORY »
2012 NASCAR Dale Earnhardt Jr - Photo Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images for NASCAR
2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Second Practice Session Speeds
Posted 03.10.12
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., with a lap speed of 184.957 mph, posted the fastest lap Saturday afternoon during the second NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 practice session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Sunday's pole-sitter, Kasey Kahne, was second fastest with a lap speed of 184.754 mph, while AJ Allmendinger (184.666 mph) was third fastest, Jimmie Johnson (184.489) ...FULL STORY »


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