The 2026 Pennzoil 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 15, 2026, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 267 laps on the asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the fifth race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Denny Hamlin won the race, his 61st career win, moving him to 10th all time on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners. Chase Elliott finished 2nd, and William Byron finished 3rd. Christopher Bell and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top five, and Chris Buescher, Kyle Larson, Chase Briscoe, Bubba Wallace, and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Justin Allgaier (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Alex Bowman, the original driver of the No. 48, was sidelined for the race due to vertigo sustained at Austin.
Practice Christopher Bell was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.338 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.338 184.062 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.438 183.436 3 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 29.460 183.299 Official practice results
Qualifying Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.853 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.853 187.156 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.003 186.188 3 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.063 185.803 4 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29.068 185.771 5 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.103 185.548 6 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 29.160 185.185 7 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 29.168 185.134 8 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 29.205 184.900 9 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.217 184.824 10 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 29.245 184.647 11 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.250 184.615 12 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.252 184.603 13 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.279 184.433 14 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.285 184.395 15 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.289 184.370 16 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.294 184.338 17 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.338 184.062 18 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.343 184.030 19 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.356 183.949 20 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 29.363 183.905 21 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 29.376 183.824 22 48 Justin Allgaier (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.376 183.824 23 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 29.387 183.755 24 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.455 183.331 25 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.478 183.187 26 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.493 183.094 27 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.493 183.094 28 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 29.504 183.026 29 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.530 182.865 30 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.652 182.113 31 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 29.690 181.879 32 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.745 181.543 33 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 29.770 181.391 34 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.059 179.647 35 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 30.250 178.512 36 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.607 176.430 Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 66 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 48 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 210 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 75 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 57 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 48 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 39 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 70 2 15 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 40 3 9 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 49 4 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 51 5 3 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 396 10 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 267 357 5 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 48 8 18 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 29 9 4 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 267 41 10 28 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 267 27 11 8 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 267 33 12 11 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 25 13 7 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 267 30 14 12 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 267 23 15 21 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 267 2216 6 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 267 23 17 17 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 267 20 18 13 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 19 19 31 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 267 19 20 14 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 267 1721 26 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 266 16 22 19 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 266 15 23 20 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 266 14 24 29 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 265 13 25 22 48 Justin Allgaier (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 265 0 26 30 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 265 11 27 35 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 265 10 28 24 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 265 9 29 23 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 265 8 30 34 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 265 7 31 32 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 264 6 32 25 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 264 5 33 36 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 264 4 34 27 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 264 3 35 33 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 263 2 36 16 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 262 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 21 among 9 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 3 for 20 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 41 minutes and 17 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports was carried by FS1 in the United States. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and two-time Las Vegas winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight on-site during the race.
FS1Booth announcersPit reportersIn-race analyst Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Kevin Harvick Jamie LittleRegan Smith Larry McReynolds
Radio PRN covered the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Nick Yeoman called the race in the booth when the field races through the tri-oval. Andrew Kurland called the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field races through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field races through turns 3 and 4. Wendy Venturini, Alan Cavanna, and Heather DeBeaux worked pit road for the radio side.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Brad GillieAnnouncer: Nick Yeoman Turns 1 & 2: Andrew KurlandTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Wendy VenturiniAlan CavannaHeather DeBeaux
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Tyler Reddick 255 1 2 Bubba Wallace 194 (–61) 1 3 Ryan Blaney 188 (–67) 8 4 Denny Hamlin 177 (–78) 1 5 Chase Elliott 168 (–87) 6 Christopher Bell 164 (–91) 3 7 Kyle Larson 157 (–98) 3 8 William Byron 157 (–98) 9 Chris Buescher 146 (–109) 5 10 Ty Gibbs 140 (–115) 4 11 Joey Logano 135 (–120) 4 12 Brad Keselowski 127 (–128) 5 13 Ryan Preece 125 (–130) 6 14 Michael McDowell 122 (–133) 1 15 Carson Hocevar 118 (–137) 11 16 Shane van Gisbergen 117 (–138)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 255 2 Ford 179 (–76) 3 Chevrolet 173 (–82)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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