$1M bonus at Supercross? It’s in reach
Prize won twice in seven years of all-star event
Simple concept, difficult to achieve. That was the idea behind the Monster Energy Cup, the de facto AMA Supercross all-star race which returns Saturday night to Sam Boyd Stadium: that any rider who could sweep three main events would ride away with a $1 million bonus.
With that much money on the line, one would think a guy would almost have to set himself on fire, a la Nicolas
Green, white, checkered
Here are your Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring champions for 2018 (all but one, anyway): NASCAR Super Late Models, Jimmy Parker Jr.; NASCAR Bombers, Vinny Raucci Jr.; NASCAR Modifieds, Doug Hamm; NASCAR Super Stocks; Sam Jacks; USLCI Legend Cars, Jaron Giannini; USLCI Thunder Cars, Chris Bosley; USLCI Bandolero Bandits, Landon Gresser; Skid Plate Cars, Cindy Clark. The Jr. Late Models championship will be decided Oct. 19 and 20 at the season-ending Senator’s Cup Fall Classic.
Jimmie Johnson’s affinity for road bicycling is well known — when he’s racing in Las Vegas, he likes to ride loops around the outskirts of Henderson. So when Johnson crashed on the last lap on the Charlotte “Roval” taking himself and Martin Truex Jr. out of contention for the win, Truex’s crew suggested Johnson buy them road bikes to make amends. The seven-time Cup Series champion responded by leaving 12 kids’ bicycles with training wheels at Truex Jr.’s hauler, and everybody had a good laugh.
They say winning the Daytona 500 changes a driver’s life forever. They didn’t say in what way. Jamie Mcmurray and Trevor Bayne, who won the 500 in 2010 and 2011, respectively, do not have NASCAR Cup Series rides for 2019. Another thing they say: How quickly they forget.
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