Starting from 2nd place Car 11 Denny Hamlin Yahoo! Toyota won the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube, his 61st win 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 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 2026. This is his 3rd win & 16th Top 10 finish in 29 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, started from 15th place posted his 7th Top 10 finish in 18 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 3rd Top 10 finish in 2026. 3rd Place Car 24 William Byron Raptor Chevrolet, started from 9th place posted his 9th Top 10 finish in 17 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
4th Place Car 20 Christopher Bell Interstate Batteries Toyota, started from pole followed by 5th place Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota, started from 3rd place. 6th Place Car 17 Chris Buescher Smith’s/Farm Rich Ford, started from 10th place followed by 7th place Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 5th place. 8th Place Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota, started from 18th place followed by 9th place Car 23 Bubba Wallace Xfinity Toyota, started from 4th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 6 Brad Keselowski Trimble Ford, in 10th place, started from 28th place. Connor Zilisch (32nd) was the highest finishing rookie. Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 61 points over Bubba Wallace.
The race 3 Cautions for 20 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 82 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 167 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 212 for #88, 47 Crash in turn 4.
The race had 21 Lead Changes among 9 drivers; C. Bell 1-2; D. Hamlin 3-33; C. Bell 34-35; J. Logano 36-38; C. Hocevar 39; B. Keselowski 40; C. Custer 41; D. Hamlin 42-67; C. Bell 68; D. Hamlin 69-70; C. Bell 71-92; K. Larson 93-120; R. Blaney 121-125; B. Keselowski 126-128; K. Larson 129-158; W. Byron 159-169; K. Larson 170-173; W. Byron 174-184; D. Hamlin 185-210; W. Byron 211-214; C. Bell 215-218; D. Hamlin 219-267.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 20, 5, 11, 54, 23, 24, 60, 9, 12, 45
Stage 2 Top 10: 24, 5, 20, 23, 11, 45, 17, 60, 9, 2
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 5
Race Results for the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube – Sunday, March 15, 2026
Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, NV – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 267 Laps – 400.5 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 3/15/2026 @ 07:01 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 2. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Yahoo! Toyota 267 Running
2. 15. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 267 Running
3. 9. Car 24 William Byron Raptor Chevrolet 267 Running
4. 1. Car 20 Christopher Bell Interstate Batteries Toyota 267 Running
5. 3. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 267 Running
6. 10. Car 17 Chris Buescher Smith’s/Farm Rich Ford 267 Running
7. 5. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 267 Running
8. 18. Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota 267 Running
9. 4. Car 23 Bubba Wallace Xfinity Toyota 267 Running
10. 28. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Trimble Ford 267 Running
11. 8. Car 60 Ryan Preece Body Guard Ford 267 Running
12. 11. Car 3 Austin Dillon Breztri Chevrolet 267 Running
13. 7. Car 45 Tyler Reddick Jordan Brand Toyota 267 Running
14. 12. Car 38 Zane Smith Aaron’s Rent To Own Ford 267 Running
15. 21. Car 22 Joey Logano Pennzoil Ultra Premium Ford 267 Running
16. 6. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Pennzoil Ford 267 Running
17. 17. Car 1 Ross Chastain Kubota Chevrolet 267 Running
18. 13. Car 7 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance Chevrolet 267 Running
19. 31. Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford 267 Running
20. 14. Car 43 Erik Jones Dollar Tree Toyota 267 Running
21. 26. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek TriState Vacuum & Rental LLC Toyota 266 Running
22. 19. Car 77 Carson Hocevar Chili’s Ride the ‘Dente Chevrolet 266 Running
23. 20. Car 35 Riley Herbst FRE Nicotine Pouches Toyota 266 Running
24. 29. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger U-Save Chevrolet 265 Running
25. 22. Car 48 Justin Allgaier(i) Ally Chevrolet 265 Running
26. 30. Car 71 Michael McDowell Workforce Chevrolet 265 Running
27. 35. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Chevrolet 265 Running
28. 24. Car 8 Kyle Busch Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet 265 Running
29. 23. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. NOS Energy Chevrolet 265 Running
30. 34. Car 4 Noah Gragson Curate Ford 265 Running
31. 32. Car 21 Josh Berry Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 264 Running
32. 25. Car 88 Connor Zilisch # Jockey 150th Anniversary Chevrolet 264 Running
33. 36. Car 10 Ty Dillon Campers Inn RV/U-Save Chevrolet 264 Running
34. 27. Car 4 Todd Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops Ford 264 Running
35. 33. Car 51 Cody Ware Yeego Chevrolet 263 Running
36. 16. Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen SuperFile Chevrolet 262 Running
Race Comments: No drivers dropped to the rear prior to the green flag to start the race. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 41 Mins, 17 Secs. Average Speed: 148.992 MPH. Margin of Victory: .502 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 11 lap 2/29.454. Caution Flags: 3 for 20 laps. Lead Changes: 21 among 9 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: March 22, 2026 – Darlington Raceway
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