Fence pole killed Wheldon, says report

2011-12-15T18:30:40Z

British racing driver Dan Wheldon, a two-time winner of the fabled Indianapolis 500, was killed when a fence pole speared through his car, causing massive head injuries, an investigation report concluded on Friday.

Wheldon, 33, died on October 16 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Celebrities donate items for Wheldon auction

2011-10-21T21:30:06Z

Celebrities from across American sports and Hollywood have donated items for an auction to benefit the family of the late Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon, IndyCar announced on Friday.

The 33-year-old Englishman, who won his second Indy 500 title last May, was killed last Sunday in a fiery 15-car wreck...

IndyCar probe under way after Wheldon death

2011-10-19T20:30:27Z

IndyCar has launched its probe into the crash in which Dan Wheldon died, and hope to have a preliminary report within weeks, the US open-wheel racing series said in a statement.

Wheldon, a 33-year-old English driver who won the famed Indianapolis 500 twice, ...

Bet on IndyCar in Vegas

2011-02-21T17:30:28Z

IndyCar is expected to announce Las Vegas as the site of its 2011 season-ending race on October 16 at a Tuesday news conference in the famed US gambling mecca.

The US-based open-wheel auto series announced the news conference on Monday after having spent months working on a deal to stage an event in Las Vegas.

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NASCAR previews: UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400

2010-11-29T16:04:58Z

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SEMA Day 2: Crowded House Full of Mustang Eye Candy

2010-11-05T06:41:31Z

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This Week in Auto Racing September 24 - 26

2010-09-21T23:14:27Z

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Izod IndyCar Series will return to the Milwaukee Mile in 2011

2010-09-11T23:53:24Z

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What the Hell Happened to Paul Tracy? – Feature

2010-11-02T13:30:23Z

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2010-06-12T08:29:32Z

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3 — Robert Krause, a 26-year-old Las Vegas native, Clark County Public Works maintenance worker and freelance artist, was selected to b...

Second NASCAR race would be nice, but first ...

2010-04-16T10:29:06Z

Las Vegas Motor Speedway must pass tough test in a bad economy: Find a sponsor for next yearÕs Cup race

Local boosters of NASCAR racing would love for Las Vegas Motor Speedway to host a second Sprint Cup Series race this one, a night race after Labor Day.

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NASCAR's Champions Week heading to Las Vegas

2010-04-16T13:44:26Z

NASCAR season-ending Sprint Cup banquet leaving New York for Las Vegas

NASCAR's season-ending party is heading to Las Vegas.

The weeklong salute to Sprint Cup's stars is leaving New York after nearly three decades.

NASCAR announced th...

Smith calls on NASCAR to move season-ending race

2010-04-16T16:11:22Z

Smith calls Homestead "Godforsaken area just north of Cuba," poor choice to end season

Bruton Smith wants NASCAR to yank its final race of the season out of south Florida.

Never at a loss for words, the track owner said the championship-deciding race should return to Recession be damned, racing pries open fans’ wallets

Long before Kyle Busch, the hometown kid with an anvil for a right foot, sped under the checkered flag at Las Vegas Motor Speedway late Sunday afternoon, racing fans of all shapes, sizes and colored T-shirts with their favorite driver’s picture on front began pulling their SUVs and...

Busch drives from the back to win on home track

2010-04-16T16:16:41Z

Kyle Busch overcomes blown motor to drive to 1st career win at Las Vegas

There were no NASCAR opportunities when Kurt and Kyle Busch were growing up in Las Vegas. Back then, the .375-mile paved Bullring was all they had.

Then ground was broken in the mid 1990s for Daytona 500 first appeared in Las Vegas, Matt Kenseth of the Roush Fenway Racing team was listed at 22-1.

That price does not indicate a true long shot — after all, a handful of extreme underdogs, mo...

Nascar Tracks - The Las Vegas Motor Speedway

2010-06-12T00:59:13Z

Nascar Tracks - The Las Vegas Motor Speedway

By [Http://Ezinearticles.Com/?Expert=Christopher_Dicicco]Christopher Dicicco

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Annually Welcomes Over 100,000 Nascar Fans To This Event, Bringing In The Cream Of The Crop To Compete For Points In The Chase For The Sprint Cup. Over The Years Since ...

TAKE FIVE: LAS VEGAS 350

2010-04-16T13:18:22Z

Back in 1993, SCORE off-road racers Dick Landfield, Jimmy Smith, Jim Venable and Frank “Scoop” Vessels had this wacky idea.

They thought if they modified their off-road trucks so they could run on pavement, people would actually pay good money to watch them race.

Pickup trucks on a paved race track? Yeah, right.

Who’s gonna pick up the empty beer cans when they ...

2008 UAW-Dodge 400

2010-10-19T10:03:26Z

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Sports & Fitness: Go Speed Racer, Go!

2010-09-10T23:40:35Z

While wives yell at husbands for driving in circles, these guys get paid for it. NASCAR has taken its annual pit stop in Las Vegas , and you better get down to the track fast, the NASCAR has implemented a smaller fuel cell regulation for the race to create more pit stops. Last year's dual Nextel Cup winner and

Sports & Fitness: Thunder Not From Down Under

2010-09-10T23:11:38Z

The official NASCAR races in Las Vegas may still be months out, but the season is just beginning. NASCAR Las Vegas Preseason Thunder (LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, 800.644.4444) is one of the most important test runs of the Nextel Cup circuit, and even more so this year with the refurbished track. Th...

SMI purchasing New Hampshire speedway

2010-09-10T08:32:27Z

SMI Acquiring New Hampshire Speedway for $340 Million; No Plans to Move Races 'At This Time'

New Hampshire International Speedway will have a new owner, and still has both of its NASCAR Nextel Cup dates — for now.

Intel CEO Paul Otellini gives the keynote address at a conference in San Francisco. Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., whose processors are the “brains” of PCs, are bot...

Las Vegas Snow

2011-01-05T08:05:30Z

A thin layer of snow sits on rooftops west of The Strip, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nev. Between one and two inches of snow fell on the west side of town. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Toshiba Tablet

2011-01-04T08:31:01Z

An image provided by Toshiba shows the Toshiba Tablet. The Japanese computer and flat-screen TV maker is set to unveil the tablet at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. (AP Photo/Toshiba)

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UFC 125 Mixed Martial Arts

2011-01-02T00:00:58Z

Frankie Edgar reacts as his fight against Gray Maynard is declared a draw shortly after their UFC lightweight mixed martial arts title match Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011 at The MGM Grand Garden Arena in

Nevada Pot Shops

2010-12-29T15:01:29Z

In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, empty bottles for cola containing THC, known as consumables, are pictured in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

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Fence pole killed Wheldon, says report

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2008 UAW-Dodge 400

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SMI purchasing New Hampshire speedway

Las Vegas Snow

Toshiba Tablet

UFC 125 Mixed Martial Arts

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