Denny Hamlin seizes 60th win, Championship 4 spot with Las Vegas victory: Denny Hamlin scored an emotional victory and claimed a significant career milestone with a dramatic win in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series’ South Point 400 Playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Hamlin passed two cars in the final 10 laps, ultimately taking the lead from his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe with four laps remaining then holding off the day’s most dominant driver Kyle Larson by 1.533-second to claim his series’ best sixth win of the season and 60th win of his career.[Read More]
#11-Denny Hamlin won the South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win is his sixth win of the year, second at Las Vegas and 60th career win.
#5-Kyle Larson finished 2nd followed by #20-Christopher Bell, #19-Chase Elliott, #19-Chase Briscoe, #45-Tyler Reddick, #22-Joey Logano, #48-Alex Bowman, #8-Kyle Busch, #60-Ryan Preece, and #6-Brad Keselowski
Hamlin started from the pole but just let nine laps. Following a late caution, the team took four tires and he restarted in sixth with 14 laps to go. He moved through he field to take the lead with three laps to go and win by more than a second.
Playoff drivers having trouble: #12-Ryan Blaney cut a tire on lap 72 and hit the wall. He could not continue and finished 38th. With 30 laps remaining, #24-William Byron ran into the back of #10-Ty Dillon while Dillon was coming to pit road, tearing up the car. He finished 36th.
The fastest lap bonus a earned by #19-Chase Briscoe.
Stage 1 was won by #24-William Byron. Stage 2 was won by #5-Kyle Larson.
There were 21 lead changes among 11 drivers and 5 cautions for 32 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 137.131mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings Before Reset, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Where the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers finished at Las Vegas:
#11-Denny Hamlin, 1st
#5-Kyle Larson, 2nd
#20-Christopher Bell, 3rd
#19-Chase Briscoe, 4th
#22-Joey Logano, 6th
#9-Chase Elliott, 18th
#24-William Byron, 36th
#12-Ryan Blaney, 38th
Race Fast Facts – Las Vegas:
Denny Hamlin (P) won the South Point 400, his 60th victory in 718 Cup Series races.
This is his sixth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his second victory and 15th top-10 finish in 28 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson (P) (second) posted his 14th top-10 finish in 19 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 20th top-10 finish in 2025.
Christopher Bell (P) (third) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 12 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Riley Herbst (17th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Denny Hamlin (P) leads the point standings by 4 points over Kyle Larson (P).
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Cup Series Playoff Standings after Las Vegas:
Race 33 of 36 in the season
Race 7 of 10 in the Playoffs
Race 1 of 3 in the Round of 8
1) #11-Denny Hamlin [win in Round of 8], 4090
2) #5-Kyle Larson, 4086, +35
3) #20-Christopher Bell, 4071, +20
4) #19-Chase Briscoe, 4066, +15
Below the Championship Round cutoff
5) #24-William Byron, 4051, -15
6) #9-Chase Elliott, 4043, -23
7) #22-Joey Logano, 4042, -24
8) #12-Ryan Blaney, 4035, -31
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Hamlin. He’s locked into the Championship race at Phoenix. Larson finishes second, then Bell, Briscoe and Reddick.
White flag for Hamlin. He leads Larson by 1.4 second.
Lap 265 – Hamlin to the lead by .4 second with 3 to go. Hamlin has 4 fresh tires.
Lap 264 – Hamlin now battling Briscoe for the lead.
Lap 263 – Larson and Hamlin continue to battle for second. Briscoe’s lead holding at a half second.
Lap 262 – Larson back to second. He’s a half second behind Briscoe. Six laps to go.
Lap 261 – Seven laps to go. Briscoe leads Hamlin by .41 second. Larson along side Hamlin for second.
Lap 258 – Hamlin to third. 10 laps to go.
Lap 257 – Briscoe still leads, but Larson is up to second. Then Logano, Hamlin and Reddick.
Lap 255 -Hamlin moves to fifth on the restart. The top 4 are unchanged.
Lap 254 – Green flag with 14 laps remaining. Briscoe, Logano, Bowman, Larson, Keselowski, Hamlin, Bell, Busch, Reddick, and Buescher the top 10. Elliott is 14th.
Lap 247 – Under caution it’s Briscoe, Logano, Bowman, Larson, Keselowski.
Lap 245 – Green flag with 23 laps remaining. CAUTION right back out for Gibbs, SVG, Allmendinger, Hocevar in turn 1.
Lap 240 – Pit road is open. Leaders are in and off pit road it’s: Briscoe, Logano, and Keselowski with two tires, then Larson, SVG, Bowman, Bell, Gibbs, Reddick, and Hamlin.
Lap 237 – CAUTION for an accident in turn 4 involving Byron Nemechek, and TDillon. Byron did not know Dillon was pitting and ran into him at full speed. Byron will be done for the day.
Lap 233 – 35 laps remaining. Larson takes the lead back after Byron gets loose. Playoff driver positions: Larson 1st, Byron 2nd, Bell 3rd, Briscoe 7th, Hamlin 8th, Logano 14th, Elliott 17th, Blaney 38th.
Lap 223 – 45 laps remaining. Byron leads Larson by 1 second, third place Bell is 1.5 second back. Fourth place Bowman is 3.7 seconds back.
Lap 221 – Keselowski pits and stops have cycled through. Byron now the leader.
Lap 219 – Hamlin pits from the lead. The crew has an issue with the jack and it’s a slower stop.
Lap 218 – Byron is ahead of Larson on track as pit stops continue.
Lap 214 – Larson pits from the lead.
Lap 213 – Bell and Byron among those pitting this time.
Lap 212 – Pit stops beginning, including Briscoe and Logano. Briscoe has been falling back a bit since making some contact with the wall several laps ago.
Lap 201 – Another rough of pit stops coming but Larson leads Byron by .8 second. Hamlin is 1.5 second back.
Lap 196 – Two hours of racing complete. Just 72 laps to go.
Lap 192 – Playoff drivers are still five of the top six. Logano and Elliott still further back.
Lap 183 – Larson leads Byron, Reddick, Hamlin Bell and Briscoe. Logano is 15th, with Elliott back in 21st.
Lap 175 – Larson back to the lead over Reddick, Bell and Byron. Hamlin back to 5th.
Lap 174 – Hamlin back to the lead at the line.
Lap 173 – Green flag for the start of the final stage. 95 laps remaining.
Lap 168 – Pit road is open and leaders are in. Off pit road: Larson, Reddick, Hamlin, Briscoe, Byron, Gibbs, Bell, Bowman and SVG.
Lap 166 – CAUTION for the end of stage 2. Larson wins it. He’s followed by Reddick, Byron, Hamlin, Briscoe, Bell, Gibbs, Bowman, Logano, and Hocevar. The free pass will go to Elliott.
Lap 161 – Five to go in stage 2. Larson with a 1.9 second lead over Larson. Elliott is in the free pass spot.
Lap 151 – Fifteen laps remaining in stage 2. Larson leads Reddick (by more than a second now), Byron, Hamlin, Briscoe, Gibbs, Bell, Logano, SVG, and Bowman.
Lap 135 – Larson’s lead over Reddick is .2 second. Byron, in third, is 1 second back.
Lap 127 – Pit stops are complete and Larson is back in the lead over Reddick, Byron, Hamlin, and Gibbs. Elliott is currently 32nd, but in position for the free pass.
Lap 125 – Wallace pits from the lead. He is too fast on pit road.
Lap 120 – Larson pits from the lead. Wallace takes the lead. Elliott penalized for an uncontrolled tire. He will have to do a pass through.
Lap 119 – Preece too fast on pit road as stops continue.
Lap 116 – Pit stops getting started with Bell, Buescher and TDillon coming in.
Lap 113 – Larson leads Byron by 1.8 second. Green flag pit stops will be beginning again soon without a caution.
Lap 101 – The first 100 laps were completed in 1 hour and 4 minutes. 167 laps remaining.
Lap 98 – Larson continues to lead. Byron is back to second with Briscoe, Hamlin and Elliott following. The lowest running playoff driver on track is Bell in 11th.
Lap 88 – Larson to the lead. Byron falls to fourth behind Briscoe and Hamlin.
Lap 87 – Green flag for the start of the second stage.
Lap 83 – Pit road is open. Drivers that pitted under the last caution stay out. Everyone else pits.
Lap 81 – CAUTION for the end of stage 1. Byron wins it, followed by Larson, Briscoe, Hamlin, Elliott, Wallace, Bell, Reddick, Gibbs, and Logano.
Lap 78 – Green flag with three laps remaining in stage 1.
Lap 76 – Everyone a lap more more down takes the wave around to get a lap back.
Lap 75 – Pit road is open. Leaders all come in. Off pit road: Byron, Larson, Briscoe, Elliott, Reddick, Hamlin.
Lap 74 – Blaney will have to be towed to the DVP area for the team to work on the car. He will be done for the day.
Lap 72 – CAUTION for Blaney hard into the turn 4. He has heavy damage. Appears he had a tire go down.
Lap 71 – Byron now with a 3 second lead.
Lap 61 – With 20 laps left in stage 1, there are 26 cars on the lead lap.
Lap 56 – Bryon has a 1.5 second lead over Reddick. 25 laps left in stage 1.
Lap 42 – Pit stops have cycled through, it’s now Byron, Reddick, Larson, Briscoe, Hamlin, Elliott, Bell, Wallace, Bowman, and Logano in the top 10.
Lap 39 – With Briscoe’s slow stop he is now running behind Byron, Reddick, and Larson of those that have pitted.
Lap 37 – Hocevar currently the leader. He has not pitted. Briscoe had a slow stop on the left rear.
Lap 35 – Pit road really busy now, including Briscoe.
Lap 33 – Some green flag pit stops beginning. Larson, Logano, Chastain and Reddick among them.
Lap 29 – Byron has taken second from Hamlin.
Lap 26 – Briscoe has pulled out to a 3 second lead over Hamlin. Byron is 3.5 seconds back. Legge is the only driver down a lap so far.
Lap 11 – With 10 laps complete, it’s Briscoe, Hamlin, Elliott, Byron and Bell in the top 5. The lowest playoff driver is Blaney in 13th.
Lap 2 – Briscoe the leader after one lap.
• 5:35pm/et – Green flag.
• 5:24pm/et – Engines are fired.
• 5:16pmet – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 5:00pm/et – Pre-race coverage is now live on USA.
• Chastain is currently the only car to the rear. The team made unapproved adjustments.
• Another weekend of great weather. The National Weather Service forecast for today: Sunny, with a high near 79. North northwest wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Race details:
Broadcast: USA, PRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 267 laps / 400.5 miles
Stages: 80 / 165 / 267
Average time of race: 2:57:55
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 55 mph
Fuel Window: 64 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
- Drivers report to The Drivers Meeting tent in the Neon Garage by 1:25 p.m.
- Red Carpet Walk will begin at 1:40 p.m.
- Drivers will exit garage, then walk around the back side of the media center, through pit stall 15 opening following along the ¼ mile to stage at start/finish line.
- Driver Introductions will begin promptly at 1:50 p.m.
- Playoff drivers will be introduced in the seeding order and will remain on stage for Round of 8 photo.
- Drivers will exit stage, then walk back to their cars. NO RIDE-AROUND TRUCKS.
Invocation: 2:16:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 2:17:00 p.m.
Command: 2:24:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 2:35:00 p.m.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: #1-Ross Chastain (unapproved adjustments)
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #11-Denny Hamlin chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #19=Chase Briscoe took the 6th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Las Vegas Pit Stall page.
#11-Denny Hamlin won the Busch pole for the South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a speed of 184.849mph for his fourth pole of the year, first at Las Vegas and 47th of his career.
#19-Chase Briscoe will start second followed by #20-Christopher Bell, #9-Chase Elliott, #24-William Byron, #5-Kyle Larson, #23-Bubba Wallace, #45-Tyler Reddick, #22-Joey Logano, and #54-Ty Gibbs.
The only playoff drivers starting outside the top 10 is #12-Ryan Blaney in 14th.
See the complete qualifying results and the South Point 400 Starting Lineup.
Where the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers start at Las Vegas:
#11-Denny Hamlin, 1st
#19-Chase Briscoe, 2nd
#20-Christopher Bell, 3rd
#9-Chase Elliott, 4th
#24-William Byron, 5th
#5-Kyle Larson, 6th
#22-Joey Logano, 9th
#12-Ryan Blaney, 14th
Las Vegas – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Denny Hamlin (P) won the Pole Award for the South Point 400 with a lap of 29.213 seconds, 184.849 mph.
This is his 48th pole in 718 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his fourth pole and 17th top-10 start in 2025.
This is his first pole in 28 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Chase Briscoe (P) (second) posted his 20th top-10 start of 2025 and his third in ten races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Christopher Bell (P) (third) posted his seventh top-10 start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 16th in 33 races this season.
Shane Van Gisbergen (13th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Qualifying Order
Practice for the South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is over. The results:
#54-Ty Gibbs 181.732
#24-William Byron 181.171
#9-Chase Elliott 180.953
#11-Denny Hamlin 180.741
#23-Bubba Wallace 180.559
Slowest: #78-Katherine Legge 167.068mph.
Most laps run:#7-Justin Haley, 40 laps.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 31 drivers): #24-William Byron, 178.910mph
Notes: The top seven drivers overall we all in the second group.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the South Point 400 Practice speeds page.
NASCAR Cup Series pre-race inspection at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is complete. There were no multiple failures.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is posted, 38 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
The part-time team entered are #44-J.J. Yeley, #78-Katherine Legge.
See the full entry list on the South Point 400 Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — Las Vegas: The Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setups awaiting NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series teams at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be the same left- and right-side tire pairings both series used at Kansas Speedway two weeks ago.
Statistical Advance: Analyzing the South Point 400: A look at some of the top statistical performers at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada, going into the South Point 400 on Sunday
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Storylines and Insights:
- This weekend marks the 36th running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
- This is the eighth Playoff race held at Las Vegas, with each race opening a round in the Playoffs (Round of 16: 2018-19, Round of 12: 2020-21, Round of 8: 2022-present).
- Las Vegas is the first race of the Round of 8: Las Vegas, Talladega, Martinsville.
- This is the first time Talladega has been in the round of eight.
- Josh Berry became the first driver to earn his first Cup win at Las Vegas when he won in March.
- Las Vegas in the Spring had a track-record 32 lead changes.
- Seven of the last eight Las Vegas races had a MOV of less than one second.
- See much more
Race rules and information:
