Las Vegas racer Noah Gragson predicted he was in for a “rude awakening” in his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut. Instead, he finished second at Richmond Raceway in Virginia. Gragson normally drives for fellow Las Vegan Kyle Busch in the NASCAR Truck Series. The race at Richmond was one of three in which he will compete for former Super Bowl coach Joe Gibbs. The second one is this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, a restrictor-plate track at which Gragson has little experience. “Talladega, that one might come back in a ball or something. Man, I’m not too good of a restrictor-plate racer just because I don’t have a lot of experience.”
NASCAR Truck Series driver Noah Gragson of Las Vegas talks about his wild restart during the closing laps of the race at Atlanta on Feb. 24, 2018. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NASCAR Truck Series drivers skated with the Vegas Golden Knights at the Knights’ practice facility at City National Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 29,, 2017. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review Journal)
On his off weekend from the NASCAR Truck Series, Las Vegas teenager Noah Gragson came home to race super late models at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review Journal)