Very few drivers last season worked their way into the top 10 for the finish if they started outside of the top 15. It is essential that teams hit their setups early in the weekend and start up front to have a shot at winning. In fact, since 2016, only one race at Las Vegas was won by a driver starting outside of the top 15. Both winners at the track last season started on the front row and went on to lead more than 100 laps. Qualifying well and commanding the race from the start is the surest path to victory. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway is a track position type of oval.

This week's race is the first non-superspeedway race of the year, which means fans can start getting a better feel for who is fast and who still has work to do. While Byron and Suarez have one foot each in the playoff field due to their victories, the remainder of the Cup Series garage remains on the hunt. Hendrick Motorsports teammates William Byron and Kyle Larson swept the victories at the track last season, and Alex Bowman's win in 2022 means Hendrick cars have won three of the last four races at the 1.5-mile oval. All drivers now look ahead to a two-race trip westward with a first stop at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 400 Presented by Jiffy Lube. Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch were the two pipped at the line by Suarez in one of the closest three-way finishes in motorsports history. The race was a wild one with nearly the entire field caught up in contact in the race's many crashes.

Laps: 267 NASCAR Pennzoil 400 Presented by Jiffy Lube Previewĭaniel Suarez won a three-wide photo finish a week ago at Atlanta to grab his first win of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. This article is part of our NASCAR DFS series.

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