Starting from 2nd Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet won the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube, his 24th win in 334 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 2024. This is his 3rd win & 12th Top 10 finish in 16 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 45 Tyler Reddick Nasty Beast Toyota, started from 18th place posted his 5th Top 10 finish in 9 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 1st Top 10 finish in 2024. 3rd Place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Pennzoil Ford, started from 15th place posted his 10th Top 10 finish in 16 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
4th Place Car 1 Ross Chastain Kubota Chevrolet, started from 20th place followed by 5th place Car 54 Ty Gibbs He Gets Us Toyota, started from 8th place. 6th Place Car 10 Noah Gragson Fanttik Ford, started from 30th place followed by 7th place Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Resers Fine Foods Toyota, started from 7th place. 8th Place Car 11 Denny Hamlin Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota, started from 28th place followed by 9th place Car 22 Joey Logano Pennzoil Ford, started from pole. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 24 William Byron Z HP Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 4th place. Carson Hocevar (15th) was the highest finishing rookie. Kyle Larson leads the point standings by 8 points over Ryan Blaney.
The race had 6 Cautions for 35 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 11 for Possible fluid on track. 2nd Caution on lap 28 for #17 Crash in turn 1 [Red Flag: Lap 33; 10:39]. 3rd Caution on lap 82 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 158 for #20 spin turn 2. 5th Caution on lap 167 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 6th Caution on lap 236 for #7 Crash in turn 2.
The race had 24 Lead Changes among 15 drivers; J. Logano 1-2; K. Larson 3-12; D. Hemric 13; C. Buescher 14-15; C. Briscoe 16; W. Byron 17-30; K. Larson 31; D. Suarez 32-42; K. Busch 43-60; K. Larson 61-84; M. Truex Jr. 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. Suarez 212-215; M. McDowell 216-219; D. Kraus 220-221; K. Larson 222-239; R. Chastain 240; K. Larson 241-267.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 5, 45, 19, 8, 11, 54, 7, 1, 2, 20
Stage 2 Top 10: 5, 45, 11, 12, 19, 9, 3, 48, 22, 43
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 3
Race Results for the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube – Sunday, March 3, 2024
Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, NV – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 267 Laps – 400.5 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 3/3/2024 @ 07:10 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 2. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 267 Running 2. 18. Car 45 Tyler Reddick Nasty Beast Toyota 267 Running 3. 15. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Pennzoil Ford 267 Running 4. 20. Car 1 Ross Chastain Kubota Chevrolet 267 Running 5. 8. Car 54 Ty Gibbs He Gets Us Toyota 267 Running 6. 30. Car 10 Noah Gragson Fanttik Ford 267 Running 7. 7. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Resers Fine Foods Toyota 267 Running 8. 28. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota 267 Running 9. 1. Car 22 Joey Logano Pennzoil Ford 267 Running 10. 4. Car 24 William Byron Z HP Chevrolet 267 Running 11. 16. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance Chevrolet 267 Running 12. 11. Car 9 Chase Elliott LLumar Chevrolet 267 Running 13. 25. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Solomon Plumbing Ford 267 Running 14. 22. Car 43 Erik Jones Dollar Tree Toyota 267 Running 15. 14. Car 77 Carson Hocevar # Premier Security Chevrolet 267 Running 16. 19. Car 3 Austin Dillon BetMGM Chevrolet 267 Running 17. 13. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Smiths/Tree Top Chevrolet 267 Running 18. 23. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 267 Running 19. 34. Car 31 Daniel Hemric South Point Hotel and Casino Chevrolet 267 Running 20. 26. Car 4 Josh Berry # Mobil 1 Take 5 Ford 267 Running 21. 6. Car 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford 267 Running 22. 27. Car 42 John Hunter NemechekAlbertsons Toyota 267 Running 23. 36. Car 41 Ryan Preece HaasTooling.com Ford 267 Running 24. 31. Car 38 Todd Gilliland gener8tor Ford 267 Running 25. 12. Car 34 Michael McDowell Loves Travel Stops Ford 267 Running 26. 21. Car 8 Kyle Busch BetMGM Chevrolet 267 Running 27. 35. Car 51 Justin Haley Ohanafy Ford 267 Running 28. 33. Car 16 Derek Kraus Western States Flooring Chevrolet 267 Running 29. 3. Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford 267 Running 30. 29. Car 21 Harrison Burton Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 267 Running 31. 32. Car 15 Kaz Grala # N29 Capital Partners Ford 267 Running 32. 17. Car 7 Corey LaJoie USANA Chevrolet 266 Running 33. 10. Car 20 Christopher Bell Interstate Batteries Toyota 265 Running 34. 37. Car 44 * JJ Yeley(i) Urban Youth Racing School Chevrolet 261 Running 35. 5. Car 23 Bubba Wallace Columbia Sportswear Company Toyota 254 Running 36. 24. Car 71 Zane Smith # Focused Health Chevrolet 254 Running 37. 9. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford 27 Accident
Race Comments:Prior to the start of the race, the No. 41 (backup car) and Nos. 1, 51 (unapproved adjustments) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 0 Mins, 25 Secs. Average Speed: 133.192 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.441 Seconds. Caution Flags: 6 for 35 laps. Lead Changes: 24 among 15 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: March 10, 2024 – Phoenix Raceway
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