Las Vegas Motor Speedway debuts Kyle Busch Classic on October 2
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 3, 2026, 3:11 PM
Last updated Sep 3, 2026
Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host the inaugural Kyle Busch Classic on October 2 at The Bullring. The event marks the first race held on the venue's recently repaved 3/8-mile oval surface. The program features six divisions of racing, including the ARCA Menards Series West and the SPEARS CARS Tour Southwest Pro Late Models. Race distances for the headline events are set at 151 and 118 laps to honor the car numbers Busch campaigned during his career. Brexton Busch is scheduled to participate in the 30-lap Legends feature. This race serves as the anchor for the speedway's 2026-27 season calendar following the death of Busch in May.
- •The Kyle Busch Classic runs October 2 at The Bullring in Las Vegas.
- •Six racing divisions will compete on the track's newly paved surface.
- •ARCA Menards Series West will run 151 laps and the CARS Tour 118 laps.
- •Brexton Busch is expected to race in the 30-lap Legends division feature.
- •The event marks the start of the 2026-27 short-track season at the venue.
- 3:11 PMYahoo Sports — Kyle Busch Classic Debuts Oct. 2 On The Bullring's New Pavement
"Las Vegas Motor Speedway has done something short tracks almost never do for a driver who left them behind: it put his name on the calendar permanently. The Friday night program at The Bullring, the 3/8-mile paved oval inside the speedway grounds, is now the Kyle Busch Classic presented by Star Nursery. The first one runs Oct. 2, and it will run every fall from here. Busch died May 21 at 41. NASCAR's own account of his death noted his family's statement that severe pneumonia progressed into seps
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