Josh Berry grabs first NASCAR Cup Series victory at Las Vegas: Winning an intense battle against Daniel Suárez after a restart with 19 laps left, Josh Berry pulled away to a convincing victory in Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win was Berry’s first in the NASCAR Cup Series at a track where he won twice in a NASCAR Xfinity Series car. Berry is the fourth straight Wood Brothers Racing driver to pick up his first Cup win in the No. 21 Ford.[Read More]
#21-Josh Berry won the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win is his first career win and the 101st for Wood Brothers Racing..
#99-Daniel Suarez finished 2nd followed by#60-Ryan Preece, #24-William Byron, #1-Ross Chastain, #2-Austin Cindric, #48-Alex Bowman, #16-A.J. Allmendinger, #5-Kyle Larson, and #9-Chase Elliott.
Pole sitter #71-Michael McDowell finished 16th.
The lead lap bonus goes to #45-Tyler Reddick.
Stage 1 was won by #2-Austin Cindric. Stage 2 was won by #5-Kyle Larson.
There were 32 lead changes among 13 drivers and 9 cautions for 93 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 124.368mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Race Fast Facts – Las Vegas:
Josh Berry won the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube, his first victory in 53 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in four races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Daniel Suarez (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 16 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2025.
Ryan Preece (third) posted his first top-10 finish in 11 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Riley Herbst (19th) was the highest finishing rookie.
William Byron leads the point standings by 29 points over Christopher Bell.
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Cup Series Playoff Standings after Las Vegas:
Race 5 of 36 in the season
1) #20-Christopher Bell, 3 wins, 178 points [16 playoff points]
2) #24-William Byron, 1 win, 207 points [regular season points leader], [6 playoff points]
3) #21-Josh Berry, 1 win, 119 points, [5 playoff points]
4) #45-Tyle Reddick, 159, +45 ahead of 17th
5) #9-Chase Elliott, 159, +45 ahead of 17th
6) #48-Alex Bowman, 156, +42 ahead of 17th
7) #5-Kyle Larson, 152, [2 playoff points], +38 ahead of 17th
8) #12-Ryan Blaney, 143, [1 playoff point] +29 ahead of 17th
9) #22-Joey Logano, 136 [1 playoff point], +22 ahead of 17th
10) #17-Chris Buescher, 133, +19 ahead of 17th
11) #1-Ross Chastain, 128, +14 ahead of 17th
12) #23-Bubba Wallace, 125 [1 playoff point], +11 ahead of 17th
13) #11-Denny Hamlin, 122, +8 ahead of 17th
14) #71-Michael McDowell, 117, +3 ahead of 17th
15) #42-John Hunter Nemechek, 116 +2 ahead of 17th
16) #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 116, +2 ahead of 17th
Outside the top 16:
17) #8-Kyle Busch, 114, -2 behind 16th
18) #60-Ryan Preece, 102 [1 playoff point], -14 behind 16th
19) #99-Daniel Suarez, 94, -22 behind 16th
20) #19-Chase Briscoe, 94, -22 behind 16th
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Josh Berry. His first career win and he’s locked into the 2025 playoffs. Suarez finished second, then Preece, Byron, Chastain, Cindric, Bowman, Allmendinger, Larson, and Elliott.
White flag for Berry. His lead is 1.1 second.
Lap 265 – Three to go. Berry still in control.
Lap 263 – Five laps remaining. Berry over Suarez by 1.3 second, Preece is 3 seconds back.
Lap 261 – Seven laps remaining. Berry’s lead over Suarez is now .9 second.
Lap 258 – Ten to go. Berry over Suarez by .7 second. Third place is Preece, 2 seconds off the lead.
Lap 255 – Berry has now cleared Suarez for the lead.
Lap 254 – Berry leads Suarez by .001 second.
Lap 253 – 15 to go. Berry leads Suarez, Chastain, Byron, and Preece.
Lap 249 – Green flag with 19 laps remaining.
Lap 248 – On the restart it will be: Suarez, Berry, Preece, Chastain, Bowman, Cindric, Larson, Allmendinger, Byron, and Buescher.
Lap 246 – Pit road is open. Off pit road first is Suarez and Berry. Slow stop for Logano.
Lap 243 – 25 laps remaining. Caution is out. Gragson into the wall. Logano continues to lead Berry, Suarez, Bowman, and Chastain.
Lap 237 – Logano now the leader. 31 laps remaining.
Lap 235 – Suarez pits. Berry takes the lead over Logano and Suarez.
Lap 234 – Reddick pits for fuel.
Lap 231 – Suarez takes the lead from Reddick. Then Logano, Hamlin, Berry, McDowell, Preece, Bowman, Allmendinger, Chastain.
Lap 225 – Hamlin has moved up to third.
Lap 218 – Fifty laps remaining. Reddick leads Suarez, McDowell, Hamlin Preece, Logano, berry, Bowman, Allmendinger and Chastain. Van Gisbergen is done for the day.
Lap 210 – Reddick’s lead over Suarez is .4 second. McDowell is third, then Preece and Hamlin. Ware and Blaney are done for the day.
Lap 205 – Van Gisbergen gets into the wall and slows on the backstretch but makes it to pit road and heads to the garage.
Lap 201 – Green flag with 67 laps remaining. Reddick, Suarez, Gragson, McDowell, Hamlin, Preece, Berry, Allmendinger, Nemechek, Hocevar the top 10.
Lap 198 – Many drivers back on pit road. Larson off first, then Byron, Elliot, Bell, Cindric. Larson and Bell took fuel only. Bell and Blaney to the garage.
Lap 195 – Green flag with 73 laps remaining. Caution right back out. Wreck on the backstretch involving Stenhouse, Blaney, ADillon and Jones.
Lap 190 – Pit road open again. Off pit road: Chastain (2 tires), Larson, Cindric, Elliott, Suarez, Byron, Blaney, Bell (2 tires). Hocevar and Gibbs make contact on pit road.
Lap 188 – Caution for an accident by Ware between turns 3 & 4 after a tire went down. Free pass is Gilliland. Larson still the leader.
Lap 180 – Larson, Suarez, Byron, Chastain, Wallace, Blaney, McDowell, Reddick, Gragson and Stenhouse now the top 10. ADillon has fallen to 15th.
Lap 175 – Larson quickly back to the lead.
Lap 174 – Green flag for the start of the final stage. 93 laps remaining. Top 10: McDowell, ADillon, Suarez, Larson, Byron, Wallace, Chastain, Blaney, Berry, Gragson the top 10.
Lap 170 – Drivers back on pit road for service. Off pit road: Suarez, Larson, Byron, Wallace, Chastain, Blaney, Berry. Suarez and Blaney took two tires. McDowell and ADillon stayed out. Herbst was too fast on pit road.
Lap 166 – Caution out for the end of stage 2. Larson wins it over Bryon, Chastain, Wallace, Hocevar, Blaney, Suarez, Berry, Reddick, Stenhouse. Ware is the free pass.
Lap 164 – Larson takes the lead with two laps remaining in stage 2.
Lap 161 – Byron takes the lead from Chastain with five laps left in stage 2.
Lap 153 – Green flag with 13 laps left in stage 2.
Lap 150 – Leaders back on pit road. Off pit road: Chastain, Jones, Hamlin, Larson, Wallace, Byron, Suarez. The top 3 only took two tires.
Lap 147 – Caution back out. Gilliland got into the wall on the frontstretch and bounced down into Stenhouse. Gibbs is the free pass.
Lap 145 – Reddick is now up to second.
Lap 136 – Thirty laps left in stage 2. Larson leads Byron, Reddick, Wallace, Suarez, Berry, Hocevar, Allmendinger, Chastain, Buescher.
Lap 128 – Van Gisbergen has a tire down but makes it to pit road.
Lap 121 – Larson back to the lead.
Lap 120 – Green flag back out.
Lap 115 – Under caution it’s Byron, Larson, Wallace, Reddick, Hocevar. Busch takes his car to the garage for repairs.
Lap 113 – Back to green. Wallace is the leader. Caution is out on the backstretch. Busch got into the wall with a loose wheel. The wheel then came off the car. He will be held two laps. Hamlin gets the free pass.
Lap 111 – Cindric pitted again with a possible loose wheel.
Lap 110 – Leader pit under caution. Off pit road: Wallace, Byron, Larson, Reddick, Berry, Hocevar, Suarez, Allmendinger, Logano, Gragson. Bell left his stall with a loose wheel. He stopped in Briscoe’s stall to have it tightened. He will have to start at the rear for pitting outside of his box.
Lap 108 – Caution for a spin by Van Gisbergen on the backstretch. He did not hit anything. Blaney is the free pass.
Lap 101 – Larson takes the lead.
Lap 92 – Bowman comes to pit road. He was reporting a vibration.
Lap 89 – Green flag for the start of the second stage. Wallace is the leader.
Lap 85 – Leaders are on pit road for service. Off pit road: Elliott, Wallace, Cindric, Larson, Bowman, Berry, Logano, Bell, Suarez, Hocevar. Elliott was caught speeding and will have to restart at the rear.
Lap 81 – Caution out for the end of stage 1. Cindric wins it. He’s followed by Bowman, Elliott, Wallace, Larson, Allmendinger, Logano, Berry, Hocevar, Bell. Gibbs is the free pass. Blaney and Hamlin are still a lap down.
Lap 71 – Ten laps remaining in stage 1. Cindric leads Bowman by .2 second.
Lap 55 – Cindric leads Bowman, Elliott, Wallace, and Logano.
Lap 43 – Cindric back to the lead. Wallace to second.
Lap 42 – Bowman to the lead.
Lap 41 – Green flag back out. The top 10: Cindric, Bowman, Logano, Elliott, Reddick, Wallace, Berry, Allmendinger, Bell, Hocevar.
Lap 37 – Pit stops are complete. Drivers that had pitted before the caution and fell a lap down stay out and take the wave-around. Busch was too fast on pit road.
Lap 34 – Caution it out for a wheel on the track. It’s the left rear from Briscoe’s car. Busch is now the leader. Hamlin was caught speeding on pit road. Ware is the free pass. Briscoe will be held two laps.
Lap 33 – Pit road gets busier, including leader Logano. Cindric takes the lead
Lap 32 – Blaney pits.
Lap 23 – Logano continues to lead. Cindric is now up to second with Byron and Bowman trailing. McDowell has fallen to 5th. Busch, Jones, Larson, Reddick and Smith are the rest of the top 10.
Lap 15 – Logano has a .6 second lead over McDowell. Cindric, Byron, and Bowman round out the top 5.
Lap 3 – Logano takes the lead.
Lap 2 – McDowell leads the first lap.
3:43pm/et – Green flag for the race. McDowell and Logano on the front row. First stage is 80 laps.
3:33pm/et – Engines fired at Las Vegas.
3:24pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• Ricky Stenhouse will also start at the rear after unapproved adjustments.
• Ryan Blaney is technically falling to the rear as well, even though he did not qualify. The team made unapproved adjustments.
• Add Riley Herbst to those going to the rear. His team also changed a throttle body.
• Two drivers to the rear for the race (as of Saturday night): Christopher Bell’s and John Hunter Nemechek’s teams each changed a throttle body.
• No surprise, but no weather issues expected today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Light and variable wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon.
Race details:
Broadcast: FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 267 laps / 400.5 miles
Stages: 80 / 165 / 267
Average time of race: 3:06:27
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel Window: 64 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
Invocation: 12:24:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 12:25:00 p.m.
Command: 12:32:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 12:43:00 p.m.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: #12-Blaney (unapproved adjustments), #20-Bell (unapproved adjustments), #35-Herbst (unapproved adjustments), #42-Nemechek (unapproved adjustments), #47-Stenhouse (unapproved adjustments)
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #71-Michael McDowell chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #22-Joey Logano took the 6th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Las Vegas Pit Stall page.
#71-Michael McDowell won the Busch pole for the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a speed of 186.961mph for his 1st pole of the year, 1st at Las Vegas and 7th of his career.
#22-Joey Logano will start second followed by #2-Austin Cindric, #8-Kyle Busch, #43-Erik Jones, #48-Alex Bowman, #21-Josh Berry, #24-William Byron, #38-Zane Smith, and #5-Kyle Larson.
See the complete qualifying results and the Pennzoil 400 Starting Lineup.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Michael McDowell won the Pole Award for the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube with a lap of 28.883 seconds, 186.961 mph.
This is his seventh pole in 506 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2025.
This is his first pole in 23 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Joey Logano (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2025 and his 20th in 24 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Austin Cindric (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his third in five races this season.
Shane Van Gisbergen (28th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Qualifying Order
Practice for the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is over. The results:
#1-Ross Chastain 187.845
#23-Bubba Wallace 186.290
#24-William Byron 186.174
#5-Kyle Larson 185.982
#3-Autin Dillon 185.694
Slowest: #34-Todd Gilliland, 180.553 mph
Most laps run: #2-Austin Cindric and #11-Denny Hamlin, 39 laps.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 33 drivers): #1-Ross Chastain 184.130mph.
Notes: #12-Ryan Blaney spun and backed into the wall during Group A after a tire went down. The team will repair the car.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the Pennzoil 400 Practice speeds page.
Pre-race inspection in the NASCAR Cup Series garage is complete. No multiple failures.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is posted, 36 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
There are no open teams entered this week.
See the full entry list on the Pennzoil 400 Entry List page.
Statistical Advance
NASCAR News & Notes:
- This weekend marks the 35th running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1998-2025).
- Christopher Bell is the fourth driver to win three of the first four races of the season, the only driver to win four of the first five races was Bill Elliott in 1992.
- In NASCAR’s modern era (from 1972 to present), only eight drivers—Cale Yarborough (1976), Darrell Waltrip (1981), Dale Earnhardt Sr. (1987), Harry Gant (1991), Bill Elliott (1992), Mark Martin (1993), Jeff Gordon (1998), and Jimmie Johnson (2007) —have won four straight races.
- The Cup Series pole winner has won only once in Las Vegas Motor Speedway history – Kyle Busch in 2009 (he started in the rear due to an engine change).
Goodyear Fast Facts — Las Vegas: This is the same right-side tires that Cup teams ran twice at Las Vegas last season . . . this is a different left-side tire code than Cup teams ran at this track last season (compound change for more tire wear and lap-time fall-off) . . . Cup teams ran this same tire set-up on the Charlotte oval, Darlington and Homestead last season.
Race rules and information:
