With the start of the West Coast Swing, the NASCAR community and its social media got in the Las Vegas spirit during its trip to Sin City.
Denny Hamlin did his part by paying homage to the movie The Hangover with a shirt inspired by Zach Galifianakis’ character.
This is not the first time a Cup driver got their Hangover on. In 2013, Jimmie Johnson recreated multiple scenes from the film on his Instagram account.
Vegas ready. pic.twitter.com/QsmQO91h2t
— Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) March 3, 2019
The final laps of Saturday’s Xfinity Series race were marred by multiple wrecks in Turn 3 and 4.
But one fan standing on a RV in the vicinity completely missed Brandon Jones’ demolished No. 19 car coming to a rest right next to him.
Maybe Menards should consider making its traditional yellow even brighter.
Hey race fan man perhaps turn around to see something of interest. #NASCAR #XfinitySeries pic.twitter.com/DOJ0jKW7yr
— nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) March 2, 2019
The split of Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus has its bright spots.
One fan decided to take his loyalty to the No. 24 team with Knaus and showed up in the Las Vegas garage bearing a message. Johnson posted pictures of the fan and his makeshift signs over the weekend and may have won him back.
#Savage@WilliamByron pic.twitter.com/C9mcURGyV5
— Jimmie Johnson (@JimmieJohnson) March 2, 2019
This man continues to impress. pic.twitter.com/1f4L1bee67
— Jimmie Johnson (@JimmieJohnson) March 2, 2019
The hottest club in Las Vegas is called the OSS.
It has everything: a Cup car, psychedelic flashing lights and Pitbull music plays at obscene levels when you make it through in one try.
NASCAR pre-race inspection w/ night club music is so much better 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Q4rLheTdBm
— Elijah Burke (@ElijahWhosoever) March 3, 2019
The pre-race ceremonies for Xfinity race had an “only in Vegas” moment when the National Anthem was sung by impersonators of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.
Erik Jones was inspired.
I want to hire the highway men from Vegas to perform at a pig roast
— Erik Jones (@Erik_Jones) March 2, 2019
The West Coast Swing has its downsides when it comes to travel time, but Aric Almirola is getting through it thanks to power of caffeine and Dr. Seuss.
I never drank coffee until we had kids. Today is a prime example of why. Getting home from the west coast and operating on a few hours of sleep, but gotta get up and be Dad! Abby is in a Dr. Seuss parade at school and I can't miss it. 😍 pic.twitter.com/K2risEFmlh
— Aric Almirola (@Aric_Almirola) March 4, 2019