NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Race Results

Denny Hamlin was able to charge back from a mid-race speeding penalty to pick up his first win of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season in Sunday's Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry XSE led a race-high 134 laps in the 267-lap event, and was able to hold off a hard-charging Chase Elliott in the closing laps for the race win.
William Byron, Christopher Bell, and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top-five finishers in the race.
Fin | Car | Driver | Laps | Diff | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (X) | 267 | -- | 70 |
2 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 267 | 0.502 | 40 |
3 | 24 | William Byron (S2) | 267 | 3.414 | 49 |
4 | 20 | Christopher Bell (S1) | 267 | 3.787 | 51 |
5 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 267 | 4.441 | 39 |
6 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 267 | 6.985 | 35 |
7 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 267 | 9.200 | 48 |
8 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 267 | 10.695 | 29 |
9 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 267 | 11.821 | 41 |
10 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 267 | 12.056 | 27 |
11 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 267 | 12.652 | 33 |
12 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 267 | 14.753 | 25 |
13 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 267 | 15.138 | 30 |
14 | 38 | Zane Smith | 267 | 15.269 | 23 |
15 | 22 | Joey Logano | 267 | 15.723 | 22 |
16 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 267 | 20.155 | 23 |
17 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 267 | 21.142 | 20 |
18 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | 267 | 21.617 | 19 |
19 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 267 | 21.837 | 19 |
20 | 43 | Erik Jones | 267 | 22.625 | 17 |
21 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 266 | 1 lap | 16 |
22 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 266 | 1 lap | 15 |
23 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 266 | 1 lap | 14 |
24 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 265 | 2 laps | 13 |
25 | 48 | Justin Allgaier (i) | 265 | 2 laps | 0 |
26 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 265 | 2 laps | 11 |
27 | 41 | Cole Custer | 265 | 2 laps | 10 |
28 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 265 | 2 laps | 9 |
29 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 265 | 2 laps | 8 |
30 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 265 | 2 laps | 7 |
31 | 21 | Josh Berry | 264 | 3 laps | 6 |
32 | 88 | Connor Zilisch # | 264 | 3 laps | 5 |
33 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 264 | 3 laps | 4 |
34 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 264 | 3 laps | 3 |
35 | 51 | Cody Ware | 263 | 4 laps | 2 |
36 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | 262 | 5 laps | 1 |
(S1) Stage 1 winner
(S2) Stage 2 winner
(X) Xfinity Fastest Lap
# Rookie of the Year contender
(i) driver ineligible to score points
Time of Race: 2 hours, 41 minutes, 17 seconds
Average Speed: 148.992 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.502 seconds
Cautions: 3 for 20 laps
Lead Changes: 21 among 9 drivers

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