NASCAR Sprint Cup at Las Vegas: Carl Edwards and 10 Drivers in the Mix to Win

"Sin City" is the next stop for the elite drivers of NASCAR who will gamble for a win in a high-stakes game at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  Fast cars and driver skill may be secondary to the strategy that will win the race. The track, just north of the epicenter of glitz and glamor, is a fast 1.5-mile, multigroove racing oval with 20-degree banking in the turns. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series made the trek from the Valley of the Sun, Phoenix to its next stop in the desert for the third race of the season at the Kobalt Tools 400. Some drivers adapt well to the intermediate tracks, sometimes called cookie-cutter tracks, while others struggle to get a handle on contending for wins at this style track. Usually, failure to be in the l...

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