Cup - 2026 - Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube

Date: 2026-03-15 | Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Denny Hamlin (#11) Christopher Bell (#20) Christopher Bell (#20)
Finish P1 P4 P4
TLS points 8704 9150 9150
ARP 4.52 2.86 2.86
Laps led 134 31 31

Three different ways to measure a race — and they often point to different drivers.

Official winner — Denny Hamlin (#11): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 134 laps with 4.52 average running position and 8,704 TLS points.

TLS leader — Christopher Bell (#20): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (9,150 points). Finished P4 with 31 laps led and 2.86 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (2.86). The official winner ran a worse average position (4.52).

The checkered flag reflects who survived the final seconds. TLS reflects where drivers ran across the whole race. ARP tells you the typical running spot — but not who banked the most valuable laps.

Hamlin through traffic at Vegas

Christopher Bell (#20) won stage 1 and William Byron (#24) won stage 2, but Denny Hamlin (#11) led 134 laps and controlled the closing act. Pit penalties hit Hamlin (#11) and Gibbs (#54) early, and Chase Briscoe (#19) was penalized for pitting outside his box.

A lap-211 caution after Riley Herbst (#88) spun in turn 4 led to a final round of stops — Kyle Larson (#5) had a slow stop with a right-front issue. Hamlin (#11) worked through lapped traffic and won by 0.502 seconds over Chase Elliott (#9).

Finish Position Points Position Driver Car Number Manufacturer Team Start Position Laps Led ARP Points
1 3 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 2 134 4.52 8704
2 6 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 15 0 6.91 8064
3 4 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 9 26 4.74 8647
4 1 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 31 2.86 9150
5 9 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 3 0 8.78 7563
6 8 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 10 0 8.61 7609
7 2 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 5 62 3.93 8863
8 21 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 0 20.30 4476
9 5 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 4 0 6.77 8102
10 13 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 28 4 14.78 5954
11 10 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 8 0 9.55 7356
12 16 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 11 0 15.81 5678
13 7 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 7 0 7.25 7974
14 12 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 12 0 12.79 6488
15 15 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 21 3 15.32 5810
16 11 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 6 5 11.35 6874
17 18 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 17 0 17.33 5272
18 14 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 13 0 15.29 5818
19 17 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 31 0 15.98 5634
20 20 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 14 0 18.93 4844
21 24 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 26 0 24.86 3242
22 19 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 19 1 17.58 5186
23 22 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 20 0 22.59 3847
24 23 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 29 0 22.71 3801
25 36 Justin Allgaier(i) 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 22 0 0.00 0
26 26 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 30 0 27.15 2620
27 31 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 35 1 29.77 1922
28 25 Kyle Busch 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 24 0 25.35 3098
29 27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 23 0 27.56 2511
30 29 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 34 0 28.71 2206
31 30 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 32 0 29.69 1938
32 28 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 25 0 27.68 2470
33 32 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 36 0 31.43 1476
34 33 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 27 0 32.01 1323
35 34 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 33 0 32.59 1165
36 35 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 16 0 32.96 1063

Season Points Standings (Up to This Race)

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Rank Driver Car Number Season Points Average Running Position Total Laps Led Points this race
1 Tyler Reddick 45 35130 8.09 112 7974
2 Christopher Bell 20 34780 8.80 225 9150
3 Bubba Wallace 23 32949 11.36 86 8102
4 William Byron 24 32767 10.07 28 8647
5 Denny Hamlin 11 32720 11.40 152 8704
6 Ryan Blaney 12 32587 9.75 52 6874
7 Kyle Larson 5 30444 9.45 117 8863
8 Joey Logano 22 30028 12.10 111 5810
9 Chase Elliott 9 29514 13.40 13 8064
10 Chris Buescher 17 29244 13.57 4 7609
11 Ross Chastain 1 26472 15.07 16 5272
12 Ty Gibbs 54 26361 12.88 17 7563
13 Austin Cindric 2 25607 14.92 26 5634
14 Ryan Preece 60 24566 18.05 4 7356
15 Brad Keselowski 6 23859 18.93 14 5954
16 Zane Smith 38 23164 18.65 10 6488
17 Carson Hocevar 77 22372 20.25 4 5186
18 Daniel Suarez 7 21875 19.10 0 5818
19 Michael McDowell 71 21660 18.57 15 2620
20 Chase Briscoe 19 21356 14.10 58 4476
21 AJ Allmendinger 16 20975 19.80 2 3801
22 John Hunter Nemechek 42 19757 21.41 19 3242
23 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 19396 19.50 6 1063
24 Austin Dillon 3 19354 21.49 0 5678
25 Erik Jones 43 18093 23.70 0 4844
26 Riley Herbst 35 17262 22.22 0 3847
27 Kyle Busch 8 16049 20.40 19 3098
28 Ty Dillon 10 15820 24.40 3 1476
29 Josh Berry 21 15749 20.01 13 1938
30 Connor Zilisch # 88 15166 23.76 0 2470
31 Todd Gilliland 34 15141 23.00 1 1323
32 Noah Gragson 4 14585 25.39 0 2206
33 Cole Custer 41 12249 26.15 1 1922
34 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 12063 25.57 4 2511
35 Cody Ware 51 10149 29.90 2 1165
36 Alex Bowman 48 8940 22.13 0 0
37 * Jimmie Johnson 84 2399 30.00 0 0
38 * Casey Mears 66 1101 36.38 0 0
39 * BJ McLeod 78 821 30.24 0 0