Qualifying Results : Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Pennzoil 500
Las Vegas Motor Speedway , Las Vegas, NV
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- Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube
- Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Christopher Bell
- Age: 31
- Team : No 20 - Interstate Batteries Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs
- Crew Chief: Adam Stevens
- Christopher Bell won the Pole Award for the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube with a lap of 28853 seconds, 187156 mph
- This is his 15th pole in 221 NASCAR Cup Series races
- This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2026
- This is his fourth pole in 13 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Denny Hamlin (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2026 and his 12th in 29 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Ty Gibbs (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway It is his second in five races this season
- Toyota swept the first four starting positions It is the second consecutive Vegas race that Toyota swept the top three and seventh overall that it swept the top four
- Drivers Entered: 36
- Laps Scheduled: 267
- Margin of Victory: 0.502 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 41 Minutes 17 Seconds
- Average Speed: 148.992
- Cautions: 3 for 20 laps
- Lead Changes: 21
- Green Flag Passes: 2,982 (12.1 passes per green flag lap)
- Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube
- Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
- Age: 45
- Team : No 11 - Yahoo! Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs
- Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
- Denny Hamlin won the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube, his 61st victory in 726 Cup Series races With this wins, Hamlin now hold sole possession of 10th on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins list
- This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2026
- This is his third victory and 16th top-10 finish in 29 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Chase Elliott (second) posted his seventh top-10 finish in 18 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway It is his third top-10 finish in 2026
- William Byron (third) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 17 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Connor Zilisch (32nd) was the highest finishing rookie
- Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 61 points over Bubba Wallace
Qualifying Round 1
Round 1 of NASCAR Cup Series qualifying splits drivers into two groups, with the fastest five from each advancing to the pole round. This initial round is critical as it determines the drivers competing for the top 10 starting positions.