Starting from 7th place Wood Brothers Car 21 Josh Berry Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford won the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube, his 1st win in 53 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 2025. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 4 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 99 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance Chevrolet, started from 23rd place posted his 4th Top 10 finish in 16 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 1st Top 10 finish in 2025. 3rd Place Car 60 Ryan Preece Consumer Cellular Ford, started from 12th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 11 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Credit: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 16: Josh Berry, driver of the #21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford, poses with the trophy in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
4th Place Car 24 William Byron Raptor Chevrolet, started from 8th place followed by 5th place Car 1 Ross Chastain Kubota Orange Days Sales Event Chevrolet, started from 19th place. 6th Place Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford, started from 3rd place followed by 7th place Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet, started from 6th place. 8th Place Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Action Industries Chevrolet, started from 18th place followed by 9th place Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 10th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 16th place. Riley Herbst (19th) was the highest finishing rookie. William Byron leads the point standings by 29 points over Christopher Bell.
Credit: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 16: Josh Berry, driver of the #21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
The race had 9 Cautions 53 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 34 for Tire on racetrack. 2nd Caution on lap 82 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 108 for #88 spin backstretch. 4th Caution on lap 114 for Tire on racetrack. 5th Caution on lap 148 for #34, 47 Crash in turn 4. 6th Caution on lap 167 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 7th Caution on lap 189 for #51 Crash in turn 3. 8th Caution on lap 196 for #12, 43, 4, 3, 23, 47, 16 Crash on the backstretch. 9th Caution on lap 244 for #4 Crash in turn 2.
Credit: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 16: Michael McDowell, driver of the #71 Group 1001 Chevrolet, and Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Pennzoil Ultra Premium Ford, lead the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
The race had 32 Lead Changes among 13 drivers; M. McDowell 1; J. Logano 2-31; A. Cindric 32; K. Busch 33-35; T. Reddick 36; A. Cindric 37-40; A. Bowman 41-42; A. Cindric 43-84; B. Wallace 85-99; K. Larson 100-108; B. Wallace 109-112; W. Byron 113-119; K. Larson 120-148; T. Reddick 149; R. Chastain 150-151; E. Jones 152; R. Chastain 153-159; W. Byron 160-162; K. Larson 163-168; B. Wallace 169; M. McDowell 170-173; K. Larson 174-188; D. Suarez 189; R. Chastain 190-194; K. Larson 195-196; T. Reddick 197-199; D. Suarez 200; T. Reddick 201-229; D. Suarez 230-233; J. Berry 234-235; J. Logano 236-245; D. Suarez 246-251; J. Berry 252-267.
Credit: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 16: Daniel Suarez, driver of the #99 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet, leads Josh Berry, driver of the #21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford, during the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 2, 48, 9, 23, 5, 16, 22, 21, 77, 20
Stage 2 Top 10: 5, 24, 1, 23, 77, 12, 99, 21, 45, 47
Credit: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 16: Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 Kubota Orange Days Sales Event Chevrolet, races Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, during the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
Credit: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 16: Austin Cindric, driver of the #2 Discount Tire Ford, races Alex Bowman, driver of the #48 Ally Chevrolet, during the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 5
Race Results for the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube – Sunday, March 16, 2025
Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, NV – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 267 Laps – 400.5 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 3/16/2025 @ 07:05 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 7. Car 21 Josh Berry Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 267 Running
2. 23. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance Chevrolet 267 Running
3. 12. Car 60 Ryan Preece Consumer Cellular Ford 267 Running
4. 8. Car 24 William Byron Raptor Chevrolet 267 Running
5. 19. Car 1 Ross Chastain Kubota Orange Days Sales Event Chevrolet 267 Running
6. 3. Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford 267 Running
7. 6. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 267 Running
8. 18. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Action Industries Chevrolet 267 Running
9. 10. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 267 Running
10. 16. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 267 Running
11. 27. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Castrol Ford 267 Running
12. 13. Car 20 Christopher Bell Interstate Batteries Toyota 267 Running
13. 11. Car 17 Chris Buescher Smith’s/Dasani Ford 267 Running
14. 33. Car 7 Justin Haley Gainbridge Chevrolet 267 Running
15. 2. Car 22 Joey Logano Pennzoil Ultra Premium Ford 267 Running
16. 1. Car 71 Michael McDowell Group 1001 Chevrolet 267 Running
17. 24. Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Spring Fishing Classic Toyota 267 Running
18. 31. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Real American Beer Chevrolet 267 Running
19. 34. Car 35 Riley Herbst # SunnyD Toyota 267 Running
20. 30. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Backstreet Boys Toyota 267 Running
21. 17. Car 10 Ty Dillon Sea Best Chevrolet 267 Running
22. 29. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 267 Running
23. 9. Car 38 Zane Smith TitleMax Ford 267 Running
24. 14. Car 45 Tyler Reddick The Beast Toyota 267 Running
25. 15. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Yahoo! Toyota 267 Running
26. 26. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 267 Running
27. 5. Car 43 Erik Jones Dollar Tree Toyota 266 Running
28. 20. Car 23 Bubba Wallace U.S. Air Force Toyota 266 Running
29. 32. Car 34 Todd Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops Ford 265 Running
30. 25. Car 77 Carson Hocevar Delaware Life Chevrolet 265 Running
31. 21. Car 4 Noah Gragson Beef A Roo Ford 241 Accident
32. 22. Car 3 Austin Dillon Dow MobilityScience Chevrolet 240 Running
33. 4. Car 8 Kyle Busch BetMGM Chevrolet 232 Running
34. 28. Car 88 Shane Van Gisbergen # Red Bull Chevrolet 195 Accident
35. 36. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Pennzoil Ford 194 Accident
36. 35. Car 51 Cody Ware Evel Knievel/Parts Plus Ford 186 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear: No. 12 (DNQ), Nos. 20, 35, 42, 47 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 13 Mins, 13 Secs. Average Speed: 124.368 MPH. Margin of Victory: 1.358 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 45 lap 202/29.194. Caution Flags: 9 for 53 laps. Lead Changes: 32 among 13 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: March 23, 2025 – Homestead-Miami Speedway
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