They gathered to say goodbye and good riddance to 2008, to consign a gloomy year to drunken oblivion and stumble into 2009 with hope for better times ahead.
Motor Sports
Predicting what each month in 2009 will bring our local sports scene:
First General Motors cut ties with Tiger Woods. Now the troubled automaker is splitting with the Bronx Bombers.
Las Vegas headliner legend Paul Anka suffered a head wound that required two staples to close it as the result of a domestic scuffle last month, according to a celebrity Web site.
Running lap after monotonous lap is a necessary evil when fine-tuning a car, trying new parts or testing tires.
There are plenty of numbers to suggest 2008 could be the worst holiday for retailers since 1991.
Making my best case for the little guy in tonight’s big fight at the MGM Grand Garden:
Times are tough for so many of our neighbors that it’s petty to worry or whine about the financial state of motor sports except for those who have lost jobs in racing.
The SCORE Desert Racing Series will close its season with the Tecate Baja 1000, which begins today in Ensenada, Mexico.
With financial firestorms clouding the world economy, the money problems in NASCAR are so dire that Teresa Earnhardt has agreed to merge Dale Earnhardt Inc. with Chip Ganassi Racing.
Matt Kenseth, who finished 11th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings this year, has signed a contract extension with Roush Fenway Racing.
When I spoke to Keith Robinson on Nov. 7, he was quite irate.
The Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track roars to life tonight with the 11th annual Duel in the Desert, featuring more than 150 IMCA Modifieds competing for two nights on the half-mile oval.
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