2018 Las Vegas - Kobalt 400 - Pre Race Thread

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TELEVISION COVERAGE

NASCAR RaceDay: 2:00pm/et on FS1
NASCAR Sunday Pre-Race Show: 3:00pm/et on Fox
Television Race Coverage: Fox, 3:30pm/et

Practices:
Friday, March 2, 2:05pm-2:55pm/et, TV-FS1;
Saturday, March 3, 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm/et, TV-FS1;
Saturday, March 3, 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm/et, TV-FS1

Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 3:46 pm/et
 
Weather talk seems to be all the rage these days. Hopefully nothing to speak of this coming weekend.

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dpkimmel2001 said:
Weather..... What can I say? Look at a dozen forecasts, get a dozen different answers. Me, I'm waiting for the board prognosticators to get the final lowdown.
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Damn that's a big word for this early in the morning. :D
 
Great mile and a half track, much closer racing than what Atlanta was. I get purists liking Atlanta and it’s rough surface, but LV puts on some good shows
 
Mispeedway15 said:
Great mile and a half track, much closer racing than what Atlanta was. I get purists liking Atlanta and it’s rough surface, but LV puts on some good shows
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Much better than Charlotte and Texas I'll give it that
 
Not feeling the yellow walls, looks like a CMS clone. Was hoping Monster would've changed that about Charlotte last year...
 
StandOnIt said:
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Wish I had the money to go to that considering it's only a 5 1/2 hour drive.

I'm not a 1.5 miler fan at all, but Las Vegas is a MUCH better race track than some of the others (Charlotte, Texas, Kentucky, Kansas)
 
AuzGrams said:
Wish I had the money to go to that considering it's only a 5 1/2 hour drive.

I'm not a 1.5 miler fan at all, but Las Vegas is a MUCH better race track than some of the others (Charlotte, Texas, Kentucky, Kansas)
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Mostly agree. However, Kansas has produced some of the best racing on the Cup level in recent years. I've been to Kansas Speedway and LVMS, I just don't see Vegas as being better than Kansas. Racing wise and overall fan experience...
 
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series all head west to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for a tripleheader weekend. Check out the tentative full schedule below, subject to change.

Note: All times are ET

Thursday, March 1
5:05-5:55 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series first practice (Follow live)
7:05-7:55 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice (Follow live)

Friday, March 2
2-2:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice, FS1 (Follow live)
3:05-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice, FS1 (Follow live)
5:05-5:50 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1 (Follow live)
6:05 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying, FS1 (Follow live)
7:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, FS1 (Follow live)
9 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Stratosphere 200 (134 laps, 201 miles), FS1 (Follow live)

Saturday, March 3
12-12:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series second practice, FS1 (Follow live)
1:10 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, FS1 (Follow live)
2:30-3:20 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1 (Follow live)
4 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300 (200 laps, 300 miles), FS1 (Follow live)

Sunday, March 4
3:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube (267 laps, 400.5 miles), FOX (Follow live)
 
Was this an added race for the trucks this year? Idk why, I keep thinking they usually had a few weeks off after Atlanta.
 
AdoubleU24 said:
Was this an added race for the trucks this year? Idk why, I keep thinking they usually had a few weeks off after Atlanta.
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Yes, usually some time off. They normally don't race until Martinsville after Atlanta. I didn't really pay attention to see how the schedule was altered to accommodate this.
 
StandOnIt said:
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This is interesting.
World of Outlaw ticket $39
Busch ticket $34
Cup ticket --- honestly I expected to find some kind of "cheap" ticket deal for Sunday's race. Expecting to post the WOO race was the most expensive of the weekend. But after looking for about 30 minutes it appeared to me the cheapest ticket I could get was $124 for a seat in the first section of the fourth turn stands about 8 rows from the bottom.

Perhaps Vegas is different than most of the other tracks and don't offer reasonably priced tickets.
 
DIDIT said:
This is interesting.
World of Outlaw ticket $39
Busch ticket $34
Cup ticket --- honestly I expected to find some kind of "cheap" ticket deal for Sunday's race. Expecting to post the WOO race was the most expensive of the weekend. But after looking for about 30 minutes it appeared to me the cheapest ticket I could get was $124 for a seat in the first section of the fourth turn stands about 8 rows from the bottom.

Perhaps Vegas is different than most of the other tracks and don't offer reasonably priced tickets.
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Vegas, also Daytona, typically attracts fans from all 50 states, since Vegas tends to be the cheapest flight one can book from their airport, has abundant lodging, and the track is just outside of Vegas. Even 15 years ago it was the only track you didn’t have to break the bank buying a travel package to. While the others were rolling in money, with waiting list, 3 to 5 hours from any airport that could handle more than 5 flights a day, and two hours from any town with enough hotel rooms to cover half of those traveling.
 
DIDIT said:
This is interesting.
World of Outlaw ticket $39
Busch ticket $34
Cup ticket --- honestly I expected to find some kind of "cheap" ticket deal for Sunday's race. Expecting to post the WOO race was the most expensive of the weekend. But after looking for about 30 minutes it appeared to me the cheapest ticket I could get was $124 for a seat in the first section of the fourth turn stands about 8 rows from the bottom.

Perhaps Vegas is different than most of the other tracks and don't offer reasonably priced tickets.
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The casinos buy huge amounts of tickets as well as set up suites to comp their gamblers.
 
AdoubleU24 said:
Was this an added race for the trucks this year? Idk why, I keep thinking they usually had a few weeks off after Atlanta.
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It is not an added race for trucks, as LVMS has always had a stand-alone truck race. They have moved that date up to March in the schedule.

The fall LVMS weekend is another triple header... Cup and truck dates transferred to Vegas from Loudon, and Xfinity transferred from the Kentucky stand-alone date.
 
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