The Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board selected Kansas Entertainment, LLC, a joint venture between Penn Hollywood Kansas, Inc. and Kansas Speedway Development Corporation, to create a Hollywood-themed entertainment facility that will over look Turn 2 at Kansas Speedway.

The company will design and operate the facility once the preliminary licensing and background investigations are completed early next year. Construction is scheduled to begin on the initial phase of the facility, estimated to cost $386 million, in mid-2010.

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson made a stop in his home state of California yesterday for a series of events including a visit to the elementary school he attended and a fan fest with troops at Camp Pendleton.

Veteran NASCAR crew chief Jay Guy will call the shots in the Cup Series for Brad Keselowski and Penske Racing’s No. 12 Verizon Dodge in 2010.

This news came just hours after it was announced that Guy would be leaving Furniture Row Racing after three years. With the Denver-based team, he has been on the pit box for the No. 78 Furniture Row car with drivers Joe Nemechek, Kenny Wallace and more recently Regan Smith.

As NASCAR was in its early years and drivers like Lee Petty, Curtis Turner and Fireball Roberts were wheeling around America’s race tracks, a small number of journalists began focusing on the young sport.

The Southern Motorsports Association, now known as the National Motorsports Press Association, was formed soon after.

With a goal of teaching the world about the exciting sport of motorsports, the organization has grown to include national and international media members who maintain a high journalistic standard.