AUTO RACING
NASCAR Cup Pennzoil 400
Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway; lap length: 1.50 miles
FN ST DRIVER M LAPS PT
1 2 Kyle Larson C 267 60
2 18 Tyler Reddick T 267 53
3 15 Ryan Blaney F 267 41
4 20 Ross Chastain C 267 36
5 8 Ty Gibbs T 267 37
6 30 Noah Gragson F 267 31
7 7 Martin Truex Jr T 267 44
8 28 Denny Hamlin T 267 43
9 1 Joey Logano F 267 30
10 4 William Byron C 267 27
11 16 Daniel Suárez C 267 26
12 11 Chase Elliott C 267 30
13 25 Brad Keselowski F 267 24
14 22 Erik Jones T 267 24
15 14 Carson Hocevar C 267 22
16 19 Austin Dillon C 267 25
17 13 Ricky Stenhouse Jr C 267 20
18 23 Alex Bowman C 267 22
19 34 Daniel Hemric C 267 18
20 26 Josh Berry F 267 17
21 6 Chase Briscoe F 267 16
22 27 John H. Nemechek T 267 15
23 36 Ryan Preece F 267 14
24 31 Todd Gilliland F 267 13
25 12 Michael McDowell F 267 12
26 21 Kyle Busch C 267 18
27 35 Justin Haley F 267 10
28 33 Derek Kraus C 267 9
29 3 Austin Cindric F 267 10
30 29 Harrison Burton F 267 7
31 32 Kaz Grala F 267 6
32 17 Corey LaJoie C 266 9
33 10 Christopher Bell T 265 5
34 37 JJ Yeley C 261 0
35 5 Bubba Wallace T 254 2
36 24 Zane Smith C 254 1.
37 9 Chris Buescher F 27-a 1
a-accident; C-Chevrolet; F-Ford; T-Toyota
Winner’s average speed: 133.193 mph.
Time: 3 hours, .0 minutes, 25 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.441 seconds.
Caution Flags: 6 for 35 laps.
Lead Changes: 24 among 15 drivers.
Lap Leaders: J.Logano 0-2; K.Larson 3-12; D.Hemric 13; C.Buescher 14-15; C.Briscoe 16; W.Byron 17-30; K.Larson 31; D.Suárez 32-42; K.Busch 43-60; K.Larson 61-84; M.Truex 85-88; D.Hamlin 89-104; K.Larson 105-119; R.Chastain 120; T.Reddick 121; K.Larson 122-158; A.Bowman 159-161; K.Larson 162-210; W.Byron 211; D.Suárez 212-215; M.McDowell 216-219; D.Kraus 220-221; K.Larson 222-239; R.Chastain 240; K.Larson 241-267
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Larson, 8 times for 181 laps; K.Busch, 1 time for 18 laps; D.Hamlin, 1 time for 16 laps; W.Byron, 2 times for 15 laps; D.Suárez, 2 times for 15 laps; M.Truex, 1 time for 4 laps; M.McDowell, 1 time for 4 laps; A.Bowman, 1 time for 3 laps; R.Chastain, 2 times for 2 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for 2 laps; D.Kraus, 1 time for 2 laps; C.Buescher, 1 time for 2 laps; T.Reddick, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Hemric, 1 time for 1 lap; C.Briscoe, 1 time for 1 lap.
Wins: W.Byron, 1; D.Suárez, 1.
Top 16 in Points (pre-race): 1. K.Busch, 77; 2. W.Byron, 76; 3. A.Cindric, 76; 4. B.Wallace, 74; 5. R.Blaney, 69; 6. C.Elliott, 65; 7. D.Suárez, 64; 8. R.Chastain, 62; 9. A.Bowman, 60; 10. M.Truex, 60; 11. K.Larson, 58; 12. C.LaJoie, 57; 13. J.Nemechek, 53; 14. T.Gibbs, 50; 15. C.Buescher, 49; 16. C.Bell, 47.
NASCAR CUP SERIES
P MANUFACTURER PTS PB W
1 Chevrolet 80 -- 2
2 Toyota 66 -14 0
3 Ford 63 -17 0
DRIVER POINTS ST W T5 T10 PT
Kyle Busch 2 0 1 1 77
William Byron 2 1 1 1 76
Austin Cindric 2 0 1 1 76
Bubba Wallace 2 0 2 2 74
Ryan Blaney 2 0 1 1 69
Chase Elliott 2 0 0 0 65
Daniel Suarez 2 1 1 1 64
Ross Chastain 2 0 0 1 62
Alex Bowman 2 0 1 1 60
Martin Truex Jr 2 0 0 0 60
Kyle Larson 2 0 0 0 58
Corey LaJoie 2 0 1 1 57
John H. Nemechek 2 0 0 1 53
Ty Gibbs 2 0 0 1 50
Chris Buescher 2 0 0 1 49
Christopher Bell 2 0 1 1 47
Erik Jones 2 0 0 1 47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 2 0 0 1 44
Denny Hamlin 2 0 0 0 44
Michael McDowell 2 0 0 1 40
Daniel Hemric 2 0 0 0 40
Chase Briscoe 2 0 0 1 37
Harrison Burton 2 0 0 0 36
Ryan Preece 2 0 0 0 35
Tyler Reddick 2 0 0 0 31
Noah Gragson 2 0 0 1 29
Zane Smith 2 0 0 0 29
Justin Haley 2 0 0 0 29
Carson Hocevar 2 0 0 0 26
Kaz Grala 2 0 0 0 24
Josh Berry 2 0 0 0 20
Todd Gilliland 2 0 0 0 19
Joey Logano 2 0 0 0 18
David Ragan 1 0 0 0 17
Austin Dillon 2 0 0 0 16
Brad Keselowski 2 0 0 0 16
Jimmie Johnson 1 0 0 0 9
FASTEST LAPS
NASCAR Cup fastest laps with points standing positions, percentage and total fastest laps:
DRIVER POS. PCT. LAPS
1. Denny Hamlin 19 5.3 20
2. Ross Chastain 8 4.3 16
3. Josh Berry 31 4.3 16
4. Brad Keselowski 36 3.5 13
5. Kyle Busch 1 3.2 12
6. Martin Truex Jr 10 3.2 12
7. AJ Allmendinger n/a 6.7 12
8. Joey Logano 33 3.2 12
9. Chase Elliott 6 3.2 12
10. John H. Nemechek 13 3.2 12
LAPS IN THE TOP 15 PCT. LAPS
1. Austin Cindric 80.7 371
2. Ryan Blaney 79.3 365
3. Martin Truex Jr. 75.4 347
4. Denny Hamlin 73.3 337
5. Kyle Busch 67.8 312
6. Todd Gilliland 65 299
7. Kyle Larson 63 290
8. Joey Logano 59.3 273
9. Brad Keselowski 58.5 269
10. Chase Briscoe 58.3 268
LAPS LED EV LAPS LED
Todd Gilliland 2 447 74
Joey Logano 2 443 72
Austin Cindric 2 459 45
Ryan Blaney 2 452 43
Kyle Busch 2 460 40
Michael McDowell 2 436 33
Denny Hamlin 2 459 25
Kyle Larson 2 422 24
Christopher Bell 2 348 22
Ross Chastain 2 459 14
Chase Elliott 2 460 13
Daniel Suarez 2 451 11
Martin Truex Jr 2 460 9
A.J. Allmendinger 1 200 9
Bubba Wallace 2 460 6
Noah Gragson 2 266 5
Brad Keselowski 2 409 5
MILES RUN LAPS MILES
William Byron 460 900.40
Kyle Busch 460 900.40
Daniel Hemric 460 900.40
Chris Buescher 460 900.40
Ty Gibbs 460 900.40
John H. Nemechek 460 900.40
Corey LaJoie 460 900.40
Martin Truex Jr 460 900.40
Chase Elliott 460 900.40
Bubba Wallace 460 900.40
Denny Hamlin 459 898.86
Ross Chastain 459 897.90
Justin Haley 459 897.90
Austin Cindric 459 897.90
Ryan Preece 459 897.90
Erik Jones 456 894.24
Alex Bowman 455 892.70
Josh Berry 449 882.50
Ryan Blaney 452 880.40
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 452 880.40
Daniel Suarez 451 877.90
Todd Gilliland 447 871.74
AVG. RUNNING POSITION EV POS.
1. Austin Cindric 2 10.268
2. Ryan Blaney 2 10.791
3. Kyle Busch 2 10.935
4. Martin Truex Jr 2 11.725
5. Denny Hamlin 2 12.115
6. Kyle Larson 2 12.437
7. Todd Gilliland 2 12.736
8. Joey Logano 2 13.452
9. Chase Elliott 2 14.28
10. Chase Briscoe 2 14.283
SERIES ROOKIE STANDINGS
Zane Smith, 31 Carson Hocevar, 26
Kaz Grala, 24 Josh Berry, 20
POLE POSITIONS
Joey Logano Michael McDowell
nascar.com, racing-reference.info
CUP UPCOMING SCHEDULE
March 3: Penzoil 400, Las Vegas
March 10: Shriners Children’s 500, Avondale, Ariz.
March 17: Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn.
March 24: EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, Austin, Texas
March 31: Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, Va.
April 7: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Martinsville, Ridgeway, Va.
April 14: Autro EchoPark Automotive 400, Fort Worth, Texas
April 21: GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala.
April 28: Wurth 400, Dover, Del.
May 5: AdventHealth 400, Kansas City, Kan.
May 12: Goodyear 400, Darlington, S.C.
May 19: x-NASCAR All-Star Open, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
May 19: NASCAR All-Star Race, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
May 26: Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C.
June 2: Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter, Madison, Ill.
June 9: Toyota / Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.
June 16: Iowa Corn 350, Powered by Ethanol, Newton, Iowa
June 23: NASCAR Cup Series Race at New Hampshire, Loudon, N.H.
June 30: Ally 400, Lebanon, Tenn.
July 7: Grant Park 165, Chicago
July 14: HighPoint.com 400, Long Pond, Pa.
July 21: Brickyard 400, Speedway, Ind.
Aug. 11: Cook Out 400, Richmond, Va.
Aug. 18: FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich.
Aug. 24: Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Sept. 1: Cook Out Southern 500, Darlington, S.C.
Sept. 8: Quaker State 400 available at Walmart, Hampton, Ga.
Sept. 15: Go Bowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Sept. 21: Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.
Sept. 29: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan.
Oct. 6: YellaWood 500, Talladega, Ala.
Oct. 13: Bank of America ROVAL 400, Concord, N.C.
Oct. 20: South Point 400, Las Vegas
Oct. 27: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Homestead-Miami, Homestead, Fla.
Nov. 3: XFINITY 500, Ridgeway, Va.
Nov. 10: NASCAR Cup Series Championship, Avondale, Ariz.
x-non-points race
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