Race Results : Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Pennzoil 500

Las Vegas Motor Speedway , Las Vegas, NV

Sunday, March 15th, 2026 Race 5 of 36 2026 Season
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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
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
Daytona Beach, Florida - January 29, 2023 : The NASCAR Garage 56 car is seen on display during the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Pennzoil 500 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
1 2 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 70 56 14 0 267 134 5 3 5 Running
2 15 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 40 35 5 0 267 0 0 8 9 Running
3 9 24 William Byron Chevrolet 49 34 15 0 267 26 3 6 1 Running
4 1 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 51 33 18 0 267 31 5 1 3 Running
5 3 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 39 32 7 0 267 0 0 4 0 Running
6 10 17 Chris Buescher Ford 35 31 4 0 267 0 0 0 7 Running
7 5 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 48 30 18 0 267 62 3 2 2 Running
8 18 19 Chase Briscoe Toyota 29 29 0 0 267 0 0 0 0 Running
9 4 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 41 28 13 0 267 0 0 5 4 Running
10 28 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 27 27 0 0 267 4 2 0 0 Running
11 8 60 Ryan Preece Ford 33 26 7 0 267 0 0 7 8 Running
12 11 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 25 25 0 0 267 0 0 0 0 Running
13 7 45 Tyler Reddick Toyota 30 24 6 0 267 0 0 10 6 Running
14 12 38 Zane Smith Ford 23 23 0 0 267 0 0 0 0 Running
15 21 22 Joey Logano Ford 22 22 0 0 267 3 1 0 0 Running
16 6 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 23 21 2 0 267 5 1 9 0 Running
17 17 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 20 20 0 0 267 0 0 0 0 Running
18 13 7 Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 19 19 0 0 267 0 0 0 0 Running
19 31 2 Austin Cindric Ford 19 18 1 0 267 0 0 0 10 Running
20 14 43 Erik Jones Toyota 17 17 0 0 267 0 0 0 0 Running
21 26 42 John Hunter Nemechek Toyota 16 16 0 0 266 0 0 0 0 Running
22 19 77 Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 15 15 0 0 266 1 1 0 0 Running
23 20 35 Riley Herbst Toyota 14 14 0 0 266 0 0 0 0 Running
24 29 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 13 13 0 0 265 0 0 0 0 Running
25 22 48 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 265 0 0 0 0 Running
26 30 71 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 11 11 0 0 265 0 0 0 0 Running
27 35 41 Cole Custer Chevrolet 10 10 0 0 265 1 1 0 0 Running
28 24 8 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 9 9 0 0 265 0 0 0 0 Running
29 23 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 8 8 0 0 265 0 0 0 0 Running
30 34 4 Noah Gragson Ford 7 7 0 0 265 0 0 0 0 Running
31 32 21 Josh Berry Ford 6 6 0 0 264 0 0 0 0 Running
32 25 88 Connor Zilisch Chevrolet 5 5 0 0 264 0 0 0 0 Running
33 36 10 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 4 4 0 0 264 0 0 0 0 Running
34 27 34 Todd Gilliland Ford 3 3 0 0 264 0 0 0 0 Running
35 33 51 Cody Ware Chevrolet 2 2 0 0 263 0 0 0 0 Running
36 16 97 Shane van Gisbergen Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 262 0 0 0 0 Running

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Chase Briscoe Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 32 42 Green
Alex Bowman Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 32 39 Green
Alex Bowman Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 39 42 Green
Denny Hamlin Speeding on pit road Tail End 83 88 Yellow
Ty Gibbs Speeding on pit road Tail End 83 88 Yellow
Chase Briscoe Car/Truck pitting out of the assigned pit box Tail End 84 88 Yellow
Denny Hamlin Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 87 88 Yellow
Josh Berry Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 122 126 Green
Todd Gilliland Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 122 127 Green
Carson Hocevar Speeding on pit road Tail End 160 173 Green/Yellow
Riley Herbst Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 167 173 Yellow
Connor Zilisch Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 212 217 Yellow
Cody Ware Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 229 235 Green