Well, gang the “Boys of Thunder” will be arriving this week, forsaking the annual “Parade of NASCAR Haulers on the Las Vegas Strip,” due to the Daytona 500 being moved to Monday afternoon, thereby making the cross-country journey running a wee bit to-tight for the parade. And since you already know where I’ll be I […]
This is the true story as told to me (Norm Johnson – the author), by three of the actual participants, when we met in the mid-sixties. The reason I was able to meet the pilots, and get the behind the scenes stories was because of my grandfather Zelotis Morse, who worked for Donald Douglas at the […]
It’s only two and a half weeks until the Boys of Thunder hit the 1.5 mile, high-banked-asphalt race track at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located across the street (Las Vegas Boulevard) from Nellis Air Force Base. And, unlike the new Raider’s Stadium (under construction) the Speedway has a ton of parking spaces to handle […]
The city of Las Vegas will be well-represented during four consecutive days of NASCAR racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this week. In addition to Kurt and Kyle Busch competing in Sunday’s South Point 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs kickoff race, five other local drivers will turn laps at LVMS over the course […]
Spent most of yesterday (Wednesday) at one of the best places in the Valley (for me at least), smelling the air filled with hot rubber, high octane gasoline, and the roar of 850 horsepower plus engines being driven on 1.5 miles of asphalt pavement by the “Boys of Summer,” the men of NASCAR, at the […]
Longtime comedian Paul Rodriguez has been making audiences laugh all over the world (in Spanish and English) for over three decades with his unique brand of humor that is a perfect blend of his Latin heritage, the American dream, and his undeniable universal appeal. As an actor and comedian, Paul Rodriguez’s multi-faceted career includes starring […]