The 2025 Pennzoil 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 16, 2025, 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 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Josh Berry won the race, his first career win. This marked the first time a driver has scored their first win at Las Vegas. Daniel Suárez finished 2nd, and Ryan Preece finished 3rd. William Byron and Ross Chastain rounded out the top five, and Austin Cindric, Alex Bowman, A. J. Allmendinger, Kyle Larson, and Chase Elliott 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 Justin Haley 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 (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 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 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 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 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Ross Chastain was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 28.747 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 28.747 187.845 2 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 28.987 186.290 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.005 186.147Official practice results
Qualifying Michael McDowell scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.883 and a speed of . This is the 1st career Cup Series pole for Spire Motorsports.
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 28.883 186.961 2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.898 186.864 3 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 28.909 186.793 4 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.933 186.638 5 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 28.934 186.632 6 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.936 186.619 7 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28.939 186.599 8 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.944 186.567 9 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.946 186.554 10 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.950 186.528 11 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 28.964 186.438 12 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 28.967 186.419 13 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.984 186.310 14 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 28.991 186.265 15 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.995 186.239 16 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.000 186.207 17 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.019 186.085 18 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.020 186.079 19 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.021 186.072 20 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29.035 185.982 21 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.059 185.829 22 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.068 185.771 23 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.082 185.682 24 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.131 185.370 25 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.133 185.357 26 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 29.135 185.344 27 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 29.149 185.255 28 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.185 185.027 29 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.191 184.989 30 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.243 184.660 31 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 29.285 184.395 32 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.344 184.024 33 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.371 183.855 34 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.788 181.281 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 30.093 179.444 36 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 0.000 0.000Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 102 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 75 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 57 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 48 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 39 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 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 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 84 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 75 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 66 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 57 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 48 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 39 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 210 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 7 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 267 46 2 23 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 267 39 3 12 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 267 34 4 8 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 42 5 19 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 267 40 6 3 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 267 41 7 6 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 39 8 18 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 267 34 9 10 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 44 10 16 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 35 11 27 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 267 26 12 13 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 26 13 11 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 267 24 14 33 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 23 15 2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 267 26 16 1 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 21 17 24 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 20 18 31 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 267 20 19 34 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 267 18 20 30 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 267 17 21 17 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 267 16 22 29 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 15 23 9 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 267 14 24 14 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 267 15 25 15 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 12 26 26 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 267 11 27 5 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 266 10 28 20 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 266 23 29 32 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 265 8 30 25 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 265 15 31 21 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 241 6 32 22 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 240 533 4 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 232 4 34 28 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 195 3 35 36 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 194 736 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 186 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 32 among 13 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 9 for 93 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 13 minutes and 13 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 Mark Garrow called the race in the booth where the field raced through the tri-oval. Nick Yeoman 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. Wendy Venturini, Brett McMillan, and Heather Debeaux worked pit road for the radio side.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Brad GillieAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Nick YeomanTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Wendy VenturiniBrett McMillanHeather Debeaux
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 207 2 Christopher Bell 178 (–29) 3 Tyler Reddick 159 (–48) 1 4 Chase Elliott 159 (–48) 1 5 Alex Bowman 156 (–51) 5 6 Kyle Larson 152 (–55) 3 7 Ryan Blaney 143 (–64) 1 8 Joey Logano 136 (–71) 1 9 Chris Buescher 133 (–74) 6 10 Ross Chastain 128 (–79) 1 11 Bubba Wallace 125 (–82) 5 12 Denny Hamlin 122 (–85) 8 13 Josh Berry 119 (–88) 1 14 Michael McDowell 117 (–90) 2 15 John Hunter Nemechek 116 (–91) 2 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 116 (–91)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 180 2 Chevrolet 179 (–1) 3 Ford 166 (–14)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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