A NASCAR playoff race simply got a brand-new sponsor
Cole Frederick, Stories for you Gearhead stories in your inbox.Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host the first playoff race for the
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series next season, and the race will have a new sponsor for the 2018 postseason. According to Motorsport, South Point Hotel, Casino and Medspa will sponsor the race, and they concurred to a multi-year handle the speedway.The race will occur in September, and LVMS president Chris Powell said he’s proud to
reveal South Point as the new sponsor.”( Gambling establishment owner)Michael Gaughan has actually been a fantastic pal to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for decades, and we’re
infinitely proud to have South Point as a huge part of our very first Beast Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race and our inaugural fall tripleheader weekend,” Powell stated.” The South Point 400 will showcase the very best chauffeurs on the planet at one of the most fan-friendly and vibrant tracks in the nation over the course
of a weekend that fans will long keep in mind. The coming year will be a historical one for our speedway, and we’re overjoyed about what the future holds.”Martin Truex Jr. won the race at Las Vegas in 2017, and it was the very first of his eight wins en route to his first championship.The race in Las Vegas was kept in March of 2017, and it was the 3rd race of the year for the Cup Series. Now, it will change Chicagoland as the very first race of the postseason.
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