Las Vegas Motor Speedway

• Clean air
• 20° banks
• Desert night

Booth notes

Vegas is the desert 1.5 — 20 degrees in the corners, a D-shape, and a long enough straight that dirty air still wrecks a nose. Denny Hamlin took the 2026 Pennzoil 400 after a pit-road speeding penalty, leading 134 of 267. Chase Briscoe swept the South Point 400 on Oct. 4, leading 175 of 267 and beating Kyle Larson by 1.376 seconds. Track position pays. Restarts pay more. If you are fifth and the leader is in clean air, you are in a different race.

1. 012026

   Chase Briscoe · #19

   South Point 400

2. 022026

   Denny Hamlin · #11

   Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube

3. 032025

   Denny Hamlin · #11

   South Point 400

4. 042025

   Josh Berry · #21

   Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube

5. 052024

   Joey Logano · #22

   South Point 400

6. 062024

   Kyle Larson · #5

   Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube

7. 072023

   Kyle Larson · #5

   South Point 400

8. 082023

   William Byron · #24

   Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube

9. 092022

   Joey Logano · #22

   South Point 400

10. 102022

    Alex Bowman · #48

    Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube

11. 112021

    Denny Hamlin · #11

    South Point 400

Fun facts

• First Cup race: 1998. The 1.5-mile oval replaced the old 1-mile layout before Cup arrived.

• Hamlin’s 2026 Pennzoil 400 was his third Vegas Cup win after the 2021 and 2025 fall dates.

• Josh Berry’s 2025 Pennzoil 400 put the Wood Brothers #21 in Victory Lane in the desert.

• 20° corner banking is steeper than Kansas, flatter than Bristol — a classic intermediate package.

• Joey Logano has multiple South Point 400 trophies in this window (2022, 2024).