NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: Pennzoil 400 Presented by Jiffy Lube
The Place: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Sunday, March 16
The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $11,055,250
TV: FS1, 2 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 400 miles (267 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 80),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 165), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 267)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: The LiUNA!
The Place: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Saturday, March 15
The Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,651,939
TV: CW, 4 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 300 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Next Race: Ecosave 200
The Place: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Friday, March 14
The Time: 9 p.m. ET
The Purse: $782,900
TV: FS1, 9 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 201.0 miles (134 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 30),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 60), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 134)
Where To Watch NASCAR This Week:
Friday, March 14
NCTS Kennametal Pole Qualifying (FS2 at 3:30 p.m. ET)
NXS Kennametal Pole Qualifying (The CW App at 6 p.m. ET)
NCTS Race: Ecosave 200 (FS1, NRN, SiriusXM at 9 p.m. ET)
Saturday, March 15
NCS Practice and Busch Light Pole Qualifying (Amazon Prime, PRN, SiriusXM at 1:30 p.m. ET)
NXS Race: The LiUNA! (The CW, PRN, SiriusXM at 4:30 p.m. ET)
Sunday, March 16
NCS Race: Pennzoil 400 Presented by Jiffy Lube (FS1, PRN, SiriusXM at 3:30 p.m. ET)
NASCAR Cup Series
Las Vegas Storylines and Insights:
· This weekend marks the 35th running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1998-2025).
· Christopher Bell is the fourth driver to win three of the first four races of the season, the only driver to win four of the first five races was Bill Elliott in 1992.
· Christopher Bell is the first driver to win three straight races in the Next Gen car and the first since Kyle Larson three consecutive races in 2021. The last to win four straight races was Jimmie Johnson in 2007.
· In NASCAR’s modern era (from 1972 to present), only eight drivers—Cale Yarborough (1976), Darrell Waltrip (1981), Dale Earnhardt Sr. (1987), Harry Gant (1991), Bill Elliott (1992), Mark Martin (1993), Jeff Gordon (1998), and Jimmie Johnson (2007) —have won four straight races.
· Christopher Bell, from Norman, Oklahoma, has given Joe Gibbs Racing it’s last five Cup wins.
· Christopher Bell’s three wins in 2025 are tied for his most in a season (2022, 2024).
· Christopher Bell won the pole for three of the last five 1.5-mile races; including the most recent Las Vegas race.
· The Cup Series pole winner has won only once in Las Vegas Motor Speedway history – Kyle Busch in 2009 (he started in the rear due to an engine change).
· The driver that led the first lap at Las Vegas is winless in all previous 34 Cup races.
· A total of 19 drivers have won the pole in the Cup Series at Las Vegas, and seven of the 19 are active this weekend; led by Christopher Bell and Joey Logano with three each.
| Active Las Vegas Pole Winners | Poles | Seasons |
| Christopher Bell | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2022 |
| Joey Logano | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2014 |
| Kyle Busch | 2 | 2009, 2008 |
| Tyler Reddick | 1 | 2022 |
| Erik Jones | 1 | 2018 |
| Ryan Blaney | 1 | 2018 |
| Brad Keselowski | 1 | 2017 |
· Nine different organizations in the NASCAR Cup Series have won poles at Las Vegas, led by Joe Gibbs Racing with eight.
· Joey Logano’s 207 laps led in 2025 is the most ever through four races by a driver without a top-10 finish (in those four races).
· Logano is the first defending champion to fail to earn a top-10 finish in the first four races of the following season.
· A total of 18 different drivers have won in the Cup Series at Las Vegas, and this weekend eight of 18 are active; led by Joey Logano with four wins.
| Active Las Vegas Race Winners | Wins | Seasons |
| Joey Logano | 4 | 2024, 2022, 2020, 2019 |
| Brad Keselowski | 3 | 2018, 2016, 2014 |
| Kyle Larson | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2021 |
| William Byron | 1 | 2023 |
| Alex Bowman | 1 | 2022 |
| Denny Hamlin | 1 | 2021 |
| Kyle Busch | 1 | 2009 |
· Kyle Larson has won two of the last three Las Vegas Cup races.
· Kyle Larson’s 629 laps led at Las Vegas ranks second all-time to Kevin Harvick (679).
· Hendrick Motorsports drivers won five of the last eight races at Las Vegas and won the spring race the last four seasons.
· 2025 is the first season in Cup with three last lap passes for the win through four races (Daytona, Atlanta, Phoenix).
· 2025 Cup season has produced 142 lead changes through the first four races – most all-time.
· There have been eight different stage winners in the eight stages in 2025 (no repeats).
· Four of the last six Las Vegas races had a pass for the lead in the last six laps.
· The pass for the win came in the final six laps in three of the last five 1.5-mile races; including two last lap passes.
· Three of the last four Las Vegas race winners swept the stages.
· Toyota drivers won the pole for the last five 1.5-mile races, Joe Gibbs Racing won four of the last five.
· The last six 1.5-mile races were won by six different drivers in the Cup Series.
· The Cup race winner swept stages at Las Vegas five times, the most of all tracks.
· The Stage 1 winner at Las Vegas won the race six times, the most of any track.
· The Stage 2 winner at Las Vegas won the race 10 of the 15 races, the most of any track (next most is 5).
· Joey Logano earned the second most stage points in 2025 (46), main reason he’s ninth in points without a top-10 finish. William Byron has earned the most stage points in 2025 at 49.
· Bubba Wallace earned 31 more stage points through four races in 2025 compared to 2024, the second biggest improvement of anyone (Logano – 40). Bubba missed the Playoffs by 27 points in 2024.
· Kyle Larson earned 30 fewer stage points in 2025 through four races compared to 2024, the biggest decline of every driver.
· Joe Gibbs Racing led 45% of the laps in the last five 1.5-mile races.
· Joe Gibbs Racing becomes the first team to win three consecutive races with the NextGen car (all with Christopher Bell).
· Ross Chastain’s average finish at Las Vegas in the Next Gen car is 5.5, the best of all drivers.
· Noah Gragson finished sixth in the spring Las Vegas race last year, tied for his career best at a non-drafting track.
· The deepest in the field that a NASCAR Cup Series race winner has started at Las Vegas is 25th, by Matt Kenseth in 2004. The deepest in the field that an active Cup race winner has started at Las Vegas is 13th, by Brad Keselowski in 2018 and Alex Bowman in 2022 (in Next Gen car).
· William Byron is the only driver to lead in every race this season. He also has the longest active streak of top 10s at Las Vegas with four.
· Kyle Larson’s 11 stage wins on 1.5-mile tracks in the Next Gen car lead all drivers, no other driver has more than five.
· Kyle Larson’s 1,225 laps led on 1.5-mile tracks in the Next Gen car, nearly double the next closest driver (Bell – 614).
· Three drivers from Las Vegas in the race on Sunday (Busch, Gragson, Herbst) is tied for the most ever (2004).
· 33 different drivers finished in the Top-15 in 2025, the most through four races since 2001 and only the second time since 1985.
· Hendrick Motorsports (4) and Team Penske (2) are the only teams to win at Las Vegas with the NextGen car.
· A total of seven different organizations have won a Cup race at Las Vegas. Hendrick Motorsports leads all organizations at Las Vegas in race wins (10) and stage wins (12).
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Las Vegas Storylines and Insights:
· This weekend will be the 36th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1997-2025).
· Las Vegas is the qualifying race for the 2025 season’s Dash4Cash, the four best finishing eligible drivers will compete for $100,000 prize at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 22.
· The four Dash4Cash races in 2025 are Homestead-Miami, Martinsville, Bristol and Rockingham.
· 2025 is the 17th season of Dash4Cash in the NXS and $5,925,000 awarded since the start of the program in 2009.
· Justin Allgaier, Elliott Sadler and Noah Gragson lead all drivers with five Dash4Cash bonus money wins.
· 2024 Dash4Cash Winners: Martinsville: Aric Almirola; Texas: Sam Mayer; Talladega: Ryan Sieg; Dover: Anthony Alfredo.
· The last six Las Vegas races were won by six different drivers, and the last five were won by five different teams.
· All six races on 1.5 mile tracks in 2024 were won by a different drivers.
· Austin Hill (2/23) is the only NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas winner in the field this weekend. Austin Hill (9/19, 9/20) and Christian Eckes (9/21) are both CRAFTSMAN Truck Series winners at Las Vegas in the Xfinity field this weekend.
· The driver leading the most laps won the last three Xfinity races at Las Vegas.
· Justin Allgaier has more, second-place finishes (4), top fives (11), stage wins (3) and laps led (330) at Las Vegas Motor Speedway than the rest of the field combined but is still winless at the track.
· The first caution at Las Vegas was before Lap 10 in each of the last four Xfinity races there, the final green flag run was at least 72 laps in three of the four.
· Only one of the last 22 races at Las Vegas ended in overtime, none of the last 11.
· Each of the last eight Las Vegas races have been won from a starting position of eighth or worse.
· Richard Childress Racing’s next win will be their 100th in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Only two other teams won at least 100 Xfinity races (Joe Gibbs Racing-215, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing-138).
· Two of the four races in 2025 ended with a last lap pass (Atlanta, Phoenix). Since the start of 2024, 22% of all NASCAR Xfinity Series races have ended with a last lap pass (eight of 37).
· Aric Almirola’s six starts at Las Vegas without a top-10 finish are his most starts at a track without a top-10; he finished 12th (March) and 13th (October) in the two races there last year.
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Las Vegas Storylines and Insights:
· 2025 will mark the 33rd time the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series has competed at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (starting in 1996).
· Grant Enfinger leads the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series standings by one point over reigning series champion Ty Majeski in second following Atlanta.
· Six different winners in the last six CRAFTSMAN Truck races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (2020-2024).
· Four of the last seven Truck races at Las Vegas have been won by the driver that leads the most laps.
· In three of the last five Truck races at Las Vegas the last pass for the lead was with 21 or more laps to go, twice with four or less laps to go: 2024 (21 to go), 2023 (24 to go), 2022 (2 to go), 2021 (4 to go), 2021 (31 to go).
· In total, 22 different drivers have won the pole at Las Vegas in the Truck Series.
· Four former Truck Series Las Vegas pole winners have made starts this season – Kyle Busch (three), Rajah Caruth (one), Matt Crafton (one), Johnny Sauter (one) and Ben Rhodes (one).
· Eleven times the Truck Series race winner at Las Vegas started from the pole or first starting position, most of all tracks; the most recent driver to win the pole was Rajah Caruth in 2024.
· In total 26 different drivers have won a race in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series at Las Vegas.
· Five former Truck Series Las Vegas winners have made starts this season – Kyle Busch (four), Rajah Caruth (one), Grant Enfinger (one), Johnny Sauter (one) and Chandler Smith (one).
· Rajah Caruth became the 12th driver to win their first career pole and first race in the same event last year at Las Vegas.
· Caruth looks to become the first driver in series history to win back-to-back Truck races at Las Vegas.
· Seven drivers have scored their first career CRAFTSMAN Truck Series win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Rajah Caruth (2024), Christian Eckes (2021), Ben Rhodes (2017), John Wes Townley (2015), Johnny Sauter (2009), Shane Hmiel (2004) and David Starr (2002).
· Chevrolet won the last two Las Vegas races; Chevrolet’s only wins in the last 13 Las Vegas races.
· The last two Las Vegas races were won from the pole, there’s never been three straight won from the pole at Las Vegas (back-to-back four times)
· Corey Heim became the youngest driver to reach 12 wins after he was awarded the win in Daytona.
· Las Vegas will be Matt Crafton’s 200th start on a 1.5-mile track, only one driver on the preliminary entry list has 200 career Truck starts (Ben Rhodes 212).
· Matt Crafton was in 93% of the 1.5-mile races in series history (199 of 215).
· Corey Day is making his first Truck start since signing a multiyear agreement with Hendrick Motorsports in December 2024, he made four starts last year with a best finish of 16th at Miami.
· Las Vegas is the first of five conventional 1.5-mile tracks on the 2025 schedule. All five are in the next nine races.
· The five races on 1.5 mile tracks in 2025 is the fewest in a season since 2000.
· The first two Truck races of 2025 have combined to produce 49 leads changes (30 at Daytona and 19 at Atlanta) – the series-most through the first two races of a season.
· The first two Truck races of 2025 have combined to produce 23 different leaders (12 at Daytona and 11 at Atlanta) – the series-most through the first two races of a season.
· Both races in 2025 were won with a last lap pass, Kligerman was later disqualified at Daytona after winning with a last lap pass.
NASCAR & Las Vegas, Etc.
Historical & Significant Events at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
· In 1995, hotel/casino CEO’s Ralph Engelstad (Imperial Palace) and Bill Bennett (Circus Circus & Sahara), both racing enthusiasts, agreed that there was a market for a “state of the art” speedway in Las Vegas. Richie Clyne, an Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino executive who originally had the vision for the development was assigned to manage the project.
· In April 1995, construction began on a 1600-acre site located on North Las Vegas Blvd. near Nellis Air Force Base.
· The location had a long racing history dating to a drag strip in 1958. A road course was added in 1983 and a 3/8-mile paved oval in 1985. The site is now the location of a 1.5-mile speedway, an industrial park, a drag strip (3/00), a 1/2-mile dirt track (11/96), a 3/8-mile paved oval (4/00) and two road courses.
· The speedway was completed in June 1996. The track had 12-degree banking in the turns, three degrees on the backstretch and nine degrees on the frontstretch. Total seating capacity was 130,000.
· Building of the track was the largest excavation project in Nevada history. More than 600,000 tons of concrete and 10 million linear feet of steel were used to build the $200 million facility.
· On June 22-25, 1996, the first drivers to test the superspeedway were Tony Stewart and Richie Hearn. Hearn went on to win the Inaugural IRL Las Vegas 500K on September 16, 1996, setting a fast time with a speed of 222.359 mph, a world record (since broken) for 1.5-mile tracks.
· In December 1998, Speedway Motorsports agreed to purchase the track for $215 million. The purchase included the track for $150 million and $65 million for the real estate and warehouses. Chris Powell has headed the track since the SMI acquisition in early 1999.
· Speedway Motorsports launched a multimillion-dollar renovation project at the beginning of 2006 to include the Neon Garage, track changes (progressive banking was added to the turns), relocated pit road and a state-of-the-art media center.
· The centerpiece of the project was the new garage area for the Cup teams and an interactive fan area. The two-level, four-building garage area encompasses 32,000 square feet. A 52,000-square-foot roof deck allows fans to look directly down into the individual garage stalls. Windows on the lower level allow fans to watch the teams work. In addition to the close proximity, the Neon Garage has concession stands and an entertainment area.
· The most dramatic change was to the track, as the banking was increased, and a new pit road was built. The turns changed from 12-degree banking to 20 degrees and each straight to nine degrees. The new pit road is 150 feet closer to the grandstands. Moving pit road allowed for construction of a quarter-mile oval in front of the main grandstand.
· The new media center opened in 2007. It can accommodate more than 500 media members and has room for drivers’ meetings and a full-service spa for the racers and their families. The 58,600-square-foot facility is equipped with meeting rooms, offices, interview rooms and a cafeteria. The Blackjack Club is on the third floor of the structure.
· Different tracks located within the Las Vegas Motor Speedway facility: Superspeedway, Drag Strip, Bull Ring, Dirt Track, Go-Cart Track, Inside Road Course (within the superspeedway), Outside Road Course, Off-Road Course, and Exotics Course.
· In 2011, the Electric Daisy Carnival moved its flagship location to Las Vegas Motor Speedway from Los Angeles. The track has held the event annually since.
· In 2012, Enrico Bertaggia, a former Italian Formula Three driver, started running the Dream Racing program at the track, a program where the general public can drive exotic cars around a road course on the track’s complex.
· In 2013, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosted the World Long Drive Championship.
· 2018 marked the first season where LVMS was part of the Playoffs hosting the first race, this was also the first season where LVMS hosted two Cup races. LVMS has hosted a Playoff race every year since.
· In 2020, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the track held a graduation ceremony for Faith Lutheran High School, a private Lutheran school based in Summerlin.
· Since 2023, the track has hosted a Las Vegas branch of the Foodie Land Night Market, a food festival.
Latest Las Vegas Motor Speedway Storylines:
· With a voice that transcends the screen, echoes through generations and a presence that commands respect, Academy Award winner, actor, producer, director and narrator Morgan Freeman has been named grand marshal of this year’s Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube on March 16 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
· Morgan Freeman will join a list of distinguished guests who have also delivered the command at LVMS including Las Vegas Raider A.J. Cole, Vegas Golden Knight Adin Hill and former Vegas Golden Knight William Carrier, legendary car builder Carroll Shelby, actor Mark Wahlberg, comedian Tim Allen, former Raiders Marcus Allen and Derek Carr, actor Cole Hauser, socialite Kim Kardashian, country music group Rascal Flatts, noted broadcaster Brent Musburger, legendary musician John Fogerty and UFC President Dana White.
· Reigning WWE Women’s United States Champion Chelsea Green has been named the honorary pace car driver for the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube on Sunday, March 16 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Known for her showstopping presence inside and outside the ring, Green will take on a new role in her career at LVMS. She will ignite the atmosphere with her energy and flair right before she hops into the Toyota Supra pace car, leading a pack of drivers revving their engines in anticipation of 400 miles of action-packed racing.
· Ross Chastain took a pit stop from the racetrack and joined students for a special Nevada Reading Week event where he inspired young racers and readers. The NASCAR Cup Series driver visited Lucille S. Rogers Elementary School in Las Vegas, where he engaged with students through storytelling and interactive discussions about the importance of reading and education.
· Milestone starts this weekend at Las Vegas in the NASCAR Cup Series: Ty Dillon (250th career Cup start), Carson Hocevar (50th career Cup start), and Zane Smith (50th career Cup start).
