NASCAR Hauler Parade Up the Las Vegas Strip

An 18-wheeler carrying NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson's race car rumbles up the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday as part of the hauler parade to kick off NASCAR Weekend. Approximately 70, 18-wheelers thundered up the Strip with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series race cars and equipment on their way to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (Photo courtesy Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau)

Tony Stewart's 18-wheeler heads up Las Vegas Boulevard on its way to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Thursday, part of the hauler parade. (Photo courtesy Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau)

About seventy 18-wheelers were on Las Vegas Boulevard for the hauler parade Thursday. (Photo courtesy Brian Jones/AP/Las Vegas News Bureau)