Arena: Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Date: March 10, 2012

NASCAR Betting Odds: The Sam’s Town 300 kicks off from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, March 5 with some of the top stock car drivers in the world going head to head.  Make sure to check in before the race starts at 12:00 PM local time as this will be a great opportunity to bet on the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

The third race of this young Nationwide Series season, the Sam’s Town 300 features the top drivers facing off before the Sprint Cup main event the day after.

In the Sam’s Town 300’s fourteen year history, three drivers have won a combined eight of the races. Kevin Harvick won his second Sam’s Town 300 just last year while Mark Martin and Jeff Burton have each won three apiece.

With such dominance by only a few drivers, some variety may be welcome in the upcoming race.

Some variety was infused into the race with the reconfiguration of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway back in 2006.  Added to the ten year old track was progressive banking, allowing more competitive side-by-side racing and thus more intriguing races.

The 1.5 mile, asphalt, tri-oval track should be witness to high-end, fast-paced NASCAR action on Saturday,

Watch for Kevin Harvick racing around, as he will attempt to join Martin and Burton on the list of three-time winners, as the 200 laps should be over in a flash.

This electrifying event is the perfect chance to settle that NASCAR itch and to bet on NASCAR Nationwide Series.  While the Sprint Cup may hold the greater prestige, this race will be full of thrills, so make sure to check it out on Saturday, March 5.

2012 Sam's Town 300 Winner - Stenhouse Dominating In Sam's Town 300 Win

Capitalizing on a late race charge, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drove to a convincing win in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Sam's Town 300 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway over defending race winner Mark Martin.

Stenhouse Jr. and Martin proved to be the class of the field throughout the second half of the event with Martin leading the way for 44 laps before Stenhouse made his way around and into the lead for the final time in lap 146. A late race restart as the result of a caution flag for Jeremy Clements trip through the front stretch grass set up a final duel between the two with Stenhouse getting the jump on the veteran Martin, driving to a 5.904 second margin of victory.

Pole-sitter Elliott Sadler led early in the race but experienced problems with the splitter on the car and found himself deep in the field shortly after the halfway mark when the team elected to fix the issue on pit road under caution. Sadler sliced his way forward from there and drove his way to a solid third place finish.

2011 NNS Sam's Town 300 Race Results

Mark Martin capitalized on Brad Keselowski’s misfortune of a blown tire on the final lap; as well as; being a little light footed for gas conservation, to win the NNS Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

This was Martin’s 1st series win of the 2011 season, his 49th series career win and his 4th series win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Also taking advantage of Keselowski’s situation was Justin Allgaier to finish behind Martin (by 1.221 seconds) for second-place, while Keselowski was able to limp across the start/finish line for third.

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