The 2024 Pennzoil 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 3, 2024, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 267 laps on the asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the third race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Kyle Larson won the race. Tyler Reddick finished 2nd, and Ryan Blaney finished 3rd. Ross Chastain and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top five, and Noah Gragson, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, and William Byron 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 Josh Berry (R) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Noah Gragson Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 Derek Kraus Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Ryan Preece Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Ross Chastain was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.305 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.305 184.269 2 10 Noah Gragson Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 29.402 183.661 3 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.531 182.859Official practice results
Qualifying Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.291 and a speed of . This was the first qualifying session where the inside & outside rows were set by times in Groups A & B respectively for 11th position on down.
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 29.348 29.291 2 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.227 29.312 3 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 29.309 29.333 4 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.195 29.362 5 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29.382 29.404 6 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 29.228 29.430 7 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.392 29.481 8 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.356 29.484 9 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 29.335 29.520 10 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.373 29.580 11 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.357 — 12 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.413 — 13 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.410 — 14 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.479 — 15 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 29.438 — 16 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.534 — 17 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.441 — 18 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 29.587 — 19 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.498 — 20 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.592 — 21 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.554 — 22 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.620 — 23 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.575 — 24 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.620 — 25 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 29.689 — 26 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 29.647 — 27 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.730 — 28 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.654 — 29 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.821 — 30 10 Noah Gragson Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 29.795 — 31 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.884 — 32 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 29.795 — 33 16 Derek Kraus Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.175 — 34 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.936 — 35 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 0.000 — 36 41 Ryan Preece Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 0.000 — 37 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 0.000 — Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 93 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 48 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 39 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 210 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 93 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 75 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 48 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 210 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 60 2 18 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 267 53 3 15 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 267 41 4 20 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 267 36 5 8 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 37 6 30 10 Noah Gragson Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 267 31 7 7 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 44 8 28 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 43 9 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 267 30 10 4 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 27 11 16 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 267 26 12 11 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 30 13 25 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 267 24 14 22 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 267 24 15 14 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 22 16 19 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 2517 13 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 267 20 18 23 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 22 19 34 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 267 18 20 26 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 267 17 21 6 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 267 16 22 27 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 267 15 23 36 41 Ryan Preece Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 267 14 24 31 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 267 13 25 12 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 267 12 26 21 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 18 27 35 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 267 10 28 33 16 Derek Kraus Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 267 9 29 3 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 267 10 30 29 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 267 7 31 32 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 267 6 32 17 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 266 9 33 10 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 265 5 34 37 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 261 0 35 5 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 254 2 36 24 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 254 137 9 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 27 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 24 among 15 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 6 for 35 laps Red flags: 1 for 10 minutes and 39 seconds Time of race: 3 hours, 0 minutes and 25 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports was carried by Fox 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 from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
FoxBooth 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. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth where the field raced through the tri-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 where the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 where the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Wendy Venturini, and Heather Debeaux worked pit road for the radio side.
PRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brad GillieBrett McMillanWendy VenturiniHeather Debeaux
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10 1 Kyle Larson 118 3 2 Ryan Blaney 110 (–8) 7 3 Martin Truex Jr. 104 (–14) 2 4 William Byron 103 (–15) 3 5 Ross Chastain 98 (–20) 5 6 Kyle Busch 95 (–23) 1 7 Chase Elliott 95 (–23) 1 8 Daniel Suárez 90 (–28) 5 9 Ty Gibbs 87 (–31) 9 10 Denny Hamlin 87 (–31) 8 11 Austin Cindric 86 (–32) 13 12 Tyler Reddick 84 (–34) 4 13 Alex Bowman 82 (–36) 10 14 Bubba Wallace 76 (–42) 2 15 Erik Jones 71 (–47) 3 16 John Hunter Nemechek 68 (–50)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 120 2 Toyota 101 (–19) 3 Ford 97 (–23)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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