Defending race winner Kyle Busch will start his tripleheader duties in Friday’s STRAT 200 (at 9 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). The hometown favorite has made only two starts in this series at the track.
Predicting a winner on the Vegas 1.5-miler has proven to be as difficult as winning big in a nearby casino. Ten different drivers have won in the past 10 years. And historically speaking, there have been some major upsets such as when John Wes Townley scored his only major NASCAR victory in this race in 2015 and Nelson Piquet Jr. won in 2012 – neither of those drivers led the most laps on the day.
Grant Enfinger, the most recent Vegas winner (September, 2018) holds a slim one-point edge on Daytona winner Austin Hill in the championship standings with fellow former Vegas winners Ben Rhodes (2017) and Johnny Sauter (2009) on his heels. Rookies such as Harrison Burton and Sheldon Creed are keeping the field honest, boasting promising starts right from the first green flag. Burton is ranked fifth in points and Creed is 10th.
Source: Holly Cain | NASCAR Wire Service
