The final Dodge Midnight Mayhem of the season will be held Friday night at The Strip at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The event provides a legal and safer alternative to street racing. Any licensed driver in a street-legal vehicle is allowed to race. People are also allowed to ride-along with racers.

Gates open at 7 p.m. Runs start at 8 p.m. The event ends at 12:30 a.m. Entry fee is $15 to race or ride along. Admission is $5 for spectators. Restricted-area passes are $15.

To see rules for racers, vehicles and passengers, go to lvms.com. 

A good recap of where to find holiday light displays this year

The Ethel M Chocolates' Cactus Garden, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway's Glittering Lights and more holiday events will attract Las Vegas Valley residents and guests celebrating the holidays.

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Military personnel, their families and veterans got a sneak peek Friday of some of the spectacular aerial tricks everyone else will get a chance to see this weekend, during Aviation Nation at Nellis Air Force Base.

At Friday's Military Appreciation Day, families and veterans got a look at the demonstrations by the Thunderbirds. They were also allowed to get up close to a variety of aircraft flown by the Air Force, including a Black Hawk Helicopter.

Veterans say events like this one, and others planned for Veterans Day, always remind them of the nation's gratitude.

"It is always heartening to me when someone says thank you for your service. For the guys that came out of Vietnam that wasn't the case, and today it really makes you feel good," Retired Air Force Colonel Douglas Kodak said.