NASCAR Weekend in Las Vegas Kicks Off with Strip Hauler Parade
A wagon train of 18-wheelers formerly over again traveled on the Las Vegas Strip Thursday to launch the yearbook local NASCAR Weekend. Last year, it was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Known as the Hauler Parade, more or less 40 rigs took part. They carried run cars and related equipment.
We’re so excited to fetch the Hauler Parade back,” LVMS President Chris Colin Powell told KSNV, a local TV station. “It’s rather a thrill to see to it the attractively wrapped NASCAR haulers have o'er the Las Vegas Strip.”
The NASCAR weekend events started at South Point Hotel Casino & Spa. The 18-wheelers so travelled on Las Vegas Boulevard, making their way of life to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS), where Sunday’s star run testament live held.
Research from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) revealed the 2019 run delivered a roughly $166 gazillion economical impact on Southern Nevada. More than 100,000 fans typically come down on the region for the three-day event.
Pennzoil 400 on Sunday
The main NASCAR event this weekend is Sunday’s 25th yearbook Pennzoil 400, presented past Jiffy Lube. The event is a NASCAR Cup Series Race. It kicks off at 12:30 pm. Among those competing are Book of Daniel Hemric and Kyle Busch.
Busch, whose hometown is Las Vegas, will read voice in both Friday’s and Sunday’s races. He testament driving his own KBM Motorsports Toyota Tundra in Fri night’s Victoria’s Voice 200. He’s also looking to let his back Cup Series win at LVMS inwards the Pennzoil 400. He is the only number one wood to ever so win inward all terzetto major series at LVMS.
Hemric, the reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, will submit division inward Saturday’s Alsco Uniforms 300 and Sunday’s Pennzoil 400.
Country, NFL Headliners
Other NASCAR events this weekend include Friday’s Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200, presented by Westgate Resorts, and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race. Also on Saturday, thither testament follow the Alsco Uniforms 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race.
Country vocaliser Tiera Kennedy of Alabama River was selected to perform the subject anthem prior to Sunday’s auto race. Country music radical Midland will perform before the Pennzoil 400 begins. Midland’s favourite songs include “Drinkin’ Problem” and “Burn Out.”
Former NFL lead Marcus Woody Allen is the grand marshall for the race. He will net ball drivers cognise when to start up their engines.
The running plunk for played 16 seasons with the Los Angeles Raiders and KS City Chiefs. Earlier, he played for the USC Trojans and was awarded the Heisman Trophy.
NASCAR Weekend Fuels Local Economy
Research from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) revealed the 2019 rush delivered a rough $166 billion economic wallop on Southern Nevada. Thomas More than 100,000 fans typically descend on the realm for the three-day event. Las Vegas visitant volume began its COVID-19 retrieval in conclusion year.
This weekend’s case also may conduct to traffic tie-ups inward Las Vegas, KSNV, a local TV station, reported. There could follow delays prior to and after races. The NV Department of Transportation advises that the heaviest traffic may be seen on I-15 at Exit 54 (Speedway Boulevard), as advantageously as on Las Vegas Boulevard, magnetic north of Orient Craig Road, KSNV adds.