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Strip Scribbles: Carey Hart to race at PPR in Summerlin tonight

Posted January 6, 2010 • 11:07 a.m.

PETA spokesman Carey Hart.

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Hometown hero and freestyle motocross champion Carey Hart will challenge fans to race him at the new Pole Position Raceway in Summerlin tonight. Carey, who owns Wasted Space and Huntington & Hart Tattoo in the Hard Rock Hotel and was the first rider to perform a motorcycle backflip at the Gravity Games, will sign autographs for fans. The event will be broadcast live on X107.5 FM.

The 60,000-square-foot raceway is the second indoor speedway the company has opened in the Las Vegas Valley since December 2007 with exclusive racing memorabilia, video games, billiards, HD televisions and state-of-the-art, Italian-made, eco-friendly electric karts. More than 200,000 speed demons, including California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mel Gibson, have raced nearly 1 million miles around the quarter-mile track at its first location opposite Palms Place.

NASCAR champion Kurt Busch, supercross champions Jeremy McGrath and Chad Reed and ESPN/ABC personality Jamie Little are among the investors.

*This Friday, Elvis Presley would have celebrated his 75th birthday, and it was the day that Cirque du Soleil had originally planned to open its new show Viva Elvis at Aria in CityCenter. Instead, it will be the week’s only preview show to acknowledge his birthday, as the show is now in rehearsals and fixation for a little more than two weeks. We posted a story on Monday about producers responding to rumors about delays.

As a mark of respect to the King of Rock and Roll -- after all, I was made a member of the private Elvis Snowman’s Club in Nashville many, many years ago by Col. Tom Parker! -- I have bought my pair of $265 tickets to watch the Friday birthday tribute performance. Cirque, meantime, is offering 75 tickets for the show at $75 apiece, and each guest attending reportedly will received the new Elvis 75 CD. It’s a busy week for Cirque because it debuts Varekai at London’s Royal Albert Hall tonight, and G4TV.com is premiering the special Inside Ka tomorrow.

Priscilla Presley admitted that she had tears in her eyes when she watched the show, and even though they divorced, they remained close. She is an enthusiastic supporter of Viva Elvis. Here is the song Elvis sang after their split:

Some who’ve seen Viva Elvis in previews say it’s such an emotional experience, you can feel his spirit in the theater. In that vein, we’ll wish him birthday greetings -- but from afar! Viva Elvis previews resume Jan. 17, with the premiere set for Feb. 19.

*They made worldwide headlines waltzing right through vigilant White House security, and, emboldened, even got themselves photographed with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Now, despite possible charges being filed by the Secret Service against Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the party crashers are headed to their own party at Pure in Caesars Palace on Jan. 16. The overnight celebrities, who set out to become reality TV stars on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of D.C., crashed the presidential state dinner for the Indian prime minister just days before Thanksgiving.

Reports had them successfully going through not one but two top security clearances and metal detectors at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. It will be a media blitz next week at Pure for the unexpected guests because they have agreed to walk the red carpet and host their own party. Doubtless, Michaele will post their Las Vegas trip on her Facebook to go with their White House antics, but will security at the nightclub be tighter and tougher than at the POTUS’ residence? And will Michaele be feted by the Pussycat Dolls with a cake that will certainly be more outrageous than an Indian banquet?

*Congratulations to our friends at Zine Noodles Dim Sum and chef Simon To at the Palazzo for placing in the Top 10 of the Top 100 Chinese Restaurant Awards last night. Our esteemed Editor Don Chareunsy will have the full report of the sixth annual awards show later right here at Vegas DeLuxe.

*Stunning Playboy Club beauty Jessica Hinton has been chosen as one of the undisputed Top 10 sex symbols of Las Vegas. My nightlife pal Jack Colton selected the nominees, who include Felix Cane, the world pole dancing champion who thrills at Cirque du Soleil’s Zumanity at New York-New York; Tao nightclub cocktail star Joey Williams; Sara Bradley from Mario Barth’s new tattoo salon King Ink at The Mirage; and Russian model Mila Corsunova. The guys are represented by our pal stuntman Carey Hart, Moon nightclub marketing master Jason “J-Roc” Craig, model Alexander Christensen, salon marketer Marco D’Angelo and Chippendales lead singer-dancer Jaymes Vaughan. Watch for the voting and the winner. It just has to be a blonde knockout, if you ask me!

Star surveillance

Kid Rock arrives in Las Vegas today for his private concert at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel tomorrow to kick off the launch of SWAGG technology at the CES convention. David Spade, Mario Lopez, Khloe Kardashian and Kara DioGuardi will join Kid at the Paradise Penthouse after the show. While in town, he also will record public service commercials for the military. … Kevin Federline and girlfriend Victoria Prince enjoyed a late lunch at Sammy Hagar’s Cabo Wabo Cantina in Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile. The couple sat at the bar, where they each had a shot of Patron and shared Cabo Wabo’s signature guacamole. Kevin also enjoyed a combination platter and Waborita, and Victoria ordered a chicken burrito and strawberry margarita.

Tonight’s tips

Bette Midler hosts a book signing of her best-selling children’s book The Saga of Baby Divine in front of The Colosseum at Caesars Palace immediately after her performance of The Showgirl Must Go On. The book will be the only item signed, and copies will be available for purchase at the event or inside the Bette Midler Boutique. … Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Parker celebrates the official birthday party of DJ Hollywood at her new nightclub Eve atop her restaurant Beso in Crystals at MGM’s CityCenter, and it’s also the launch of the weekly nightlife industry party to be known as Eve Wednesdays.

Tomorrow’s teases

Our naughty advance peek at the porn world princesses as they strut their stuff into Las Vegas for the annual flesh festival, aka the Adult Entertainment Expo. We have an erotic interview with awards show host Kristen Price as the adult industry plans for its switch to the Palms, along with the full Las Vegas nightclub party listing of all the wanton, wicked women starring in those saucy, sassy XXX features.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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