NASCAR CUP Series

Positions at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Explore detailed statistics of driver performance at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, featuring tables with historical and projected start and finish positions, sparklines, averages over the last two and four years, alongside visual charts highlighting the top and bottom performers over the last 6 years.

Trending Drivers at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

To capture how drivers have performed over time at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, I calculate the trend of their start and finish positions using linear regression. This method plots each race as a data point and draws a trend line that best fits all the data over a 6-year period. The slope of this trend line helps us understand performance trends:

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6-Year Trend of Driver Start Positions

6-Year Trend of Driver Finish Positions

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'Asterisk Races' driver did not finish with 'Running' status or was more than 2-laps down.

Improving. Average position has improved.

Declining. Average position has worsened.

Stable. Little to no change in average position.

No Data. This could be due to insufficient race data for the period.

The numbers in the table header (... 3, 2, 1) correspond to the races numbered here. Races are ordered chronologically from newest (1) to oldest.

2024
1 #3 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Pennzoil 400 on Sunday, March 3rd, 2024
2023
2 #33 Las Vegas Motor Speedway South Point 400 on Sunday, October 15th, 2023
3 #3 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Pennzoil 400 on Sunday, March 5th, 2023
2022
4 #33 Las Vegas Motor Speedway South Point 400 on Sunday, October 16th, 2022
5 #3 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Pennzoil 400 on Sunday, March 6th, 2022
2021
6 #30 Las Vegas Motor Speedway South Point 400 on Sunday, September 26th, 2021
7 #4 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube on Sunday, March 7th, 2021
2020
8 #30 Las Vegas Motor Speedway South Point 400 on Sunday, September 27th, 2020
9 #2 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube on Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
2019
10 #27 Las Vegas Motor Speedway South Point 400 on Sunday, September 15th, 2019
11 #3 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube on Sunday, March 3rd, 2019

Driver Track History of Positions at Las Vegas Motor Speedway * 'Asterisk Races': Driver DNF or was 2+ laps down.
																							Understanding the Sparkline	START POSITION 2-, 4-, 6-YEARS						FINISH POSITION 2-, 4-, 6-YEARS
DRIVER																							START FINISH	PRJ	BST	2	4	6	TRND	PRJ	BST	2	4	6	TRND
AJ Allmendinger															21	9	23	18	22	21				22.5	21	22.5	22.0	22.0		20.1	9	19.5	16.0	16.0
Aric Almirola	25	7	4	13	14	21	4	17	28	38*	17	19	20	6	23	18	21	16	13	14				18.5	4	17.0	20.3	16.9		14.8	6	15.0	18.5	16.9
Brad Keselowski	19	2	18	3	8	7	12	13	10	2	8	7	15	24	25	17	7	17	21	4	25	13		19.2	7	17.7	15.9	15.3		14.0	2	11.3	12.0	9.9
Clint Bowyer	17	14	1	25	9	12	6	12																3.9	1			8.3		12.9	12			15.8
David Ragan	6	28*	11	22																				11.2	6			8.5		21.8	22			25.0
Denny Hamlin	2	10	13	15	4	17	10	3	6	4	6	1	8	32*	31	5	12	11	15	10	28	8		21.6	2	18.3	15.1	12.3		10.3	1	9.7	10.1	10.5
Greg Biffle													26	34*											26		26.0	26.0			34		34.0	34.0
JJ Yeley			36	32*	37	28*	37	33*			38	38*			26	31*	29	33*	26	29	37	34*		29.7	26	30.7	31.2	33.3		32.1	28	32.0	33.0	32.3
Jimmie Johnson	9	19	9	11	18	5	18	11																19.1	9			13.5		7.0	5			11.5
Joe Nemechek			38	34*																					38			38.0			34			34.0
Joey Logano	10	1	22	9	5	1	5	14	15	9	9	11	6	14	5	1	1	36*	9	12	1	9		2.3	1	3.7	6.6	8.0		19.0	1	19.0	13.1	10.6
Kevin Harvick	1	4	3	2	3	8	1	10	1	20	5	9	25	12	13	12	14	9	24	16				22.2	1	19.0	13.7	9.0		13.9	2	12.5	13.0	10.2
Kurt Busch	28	5	5	39*	13	25	9	1	7	19	20	8	31	13										25.2	5		19.3	16.1		10.0	1		13.3	15.7
Kyle Busch	3	3	20	19	1	15	2	6	14	3	10	3	37	4	18	3	5	14	6	3	21	26		14.3	1	10.7	15.9	12.5		14.0	3	14.3	8.0	9.0
Martin Truex Jr	23	8	24	1	2	20	11	4	4	6	4	4	12	8	27	7	15	7	4	9	7	7		8.8	2	8.7	10.4	12.1		7.5	1	7.7	6.9	7.4
Matt Kenseth							20	18																	20			20.0			18			18.0
Michael McDowell	16	30*	10	24	28	36*	17	21	5	17	23	21	22	27	15	19	17	25	18	17	12	25		15.7	5	15.7	16.0	16.6		21.4	17	22.3	21.6	23.8
Paul Menard	15	15	21	14																				21.3	15			18.0		14.0	14			14.5
Reed Sorenson	37	36*	37	37*	36	34*																		36.2	36			36.7		34.8	34			35.7
Ryan Newman	29	24	17	10			27	15	13	18	29	20												22.7	13		21.0	23.0		17.4	10		19.0	17.4
Landon Cassill	31	32*	30	29											32	32*								32.0	30		32.0	31.0		31.9	29		32.0	31.0
Austin Dillon	4	20	7	12	21	4	7	32*	12	12	15	13	10	11	10	10	26	27	16	18	19	16		20.7	4	20.3	15.4	13.4		19.4	4	20.3	15.3	15.9
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	8	6	12	26	26	3	33	23	17	11	22	17	9	21	29	23	16	24	30	25	13	17		20.2	8	19.7	19.4	19.5		23.5	3	22.0	19.7	17.8
Timmy Hill					38	38*	36	37*	38	36*														37.2	36		38.0	37.3		36.1	36		36.0	37.0
Kyle Larson	7	12	15	8	6	9			3	1	1	10	2	2	14	35*	6	2	2	1	2	1		3.0	1	3.3	4.3	5.8		2.7	1	1.3	7.4	8.1
Parker Kligerman	32	31*																							32			32.0			31			31.0
Alex Bowman	11	11	19	6	12	13	8	5	9	27	7	22	13	1			11	3	14	35*	23	18		16.5	7	16.0	12.8	12.7		19.0	1	18.7	17.7	14.1
Ryan Blaney	13	22	23	5	7	11	15	7	26	5	2	5	11	36*	4	28*	3	13	12	6	15	3		8.8	2	10.0	10.4	11.9		9.8	3	7.3	13.7	12.8
Corey Lajoie	30	27*	33	28	30	16	31	27	33	37*	27	30*	29	15	30	24	19	20	28	19	17	32		20.5	17	21.3	26.1	27.9		23.2	15	23.7	25.3	25.0
Joey Gase	36	38*	39	38*	31	31*	34	35*	37	34*	37	37*												35.9	31		37.0	35.7		34.7	31		35.5	35.5
Ty Dillon	14	29*	27	16	24	10	24	26					32	20	33	33*	33	34*	27	24				32.3	14	30.0	31.3	26.8		30.0	10	29.0	27.8	24.0
Chase Elliott	12	9	8	4	10	26	3	22	8	13	11	2	5	9	20	21			35	32	11	12		22.9	3	23.0	15.0	12.3		21.7	2	22.0	14.8	15.0
Matt DiBenedetto	26	21	25	21	19	2	19	2	30	16	14	12												18.6	14		22.0	22.2		8.0	2		14.0	12.3
Chris Buescher	27	18	28	18	23	14	16	9	18	14	25	25	27	18	12	15	18	21	5	11	9	37*		9.0	5	10.7	16.3	18.9		24.1	9	23.0	20.1	18.2
Erik Jones	18	13	26	36*	16	23	13	8	29	10	16	26	23	31*	22	8	22	19*	23	28	22	14		22.8	13	22.3	22.4	20.9		19.7	8	20.3	19.4	19.6
BJ McLeod	34	37*	35	33*					34	30*	34	33*	35	28	36	30*	36	32*	31	31				33.7	31	33.5	34.3	34.4		30.3	28	31.5	30.7	31.8
Ryan Preece	24	25	16	27	20	37*	21	19	19	15	24	28					31	23	32	26	36	23		34.3	16	33.0	28.4	24.8		23.6	15	24.0	23.0	24.8
Gray Gaulding							30	31*																	30			30.0			31			31.0
Daniel Suarez	22	17	2	20	35	30*	29	29*	22	26	26	15	21	37*	6	16	24	10	36	15	16	11		23.9	2	25.3	21.6	21.7		12.0	10	12.0	18.6	20.5
Cody Ware	33	35*							32	32*	35	31*	33	26	34	27*	30	35*						30.7	30	30.0	32.8	32.8		31.8	26	35.0	30.2	31.0
Ross Chastain	38	33*	32	31*	15	27			21	23	18	23	18	3	11	2	8	12	10	5	20	4		10.2	8	12.7	15.1	19.1		1.6	2	7.0	10.3	16.3
Bubba Wallace	21	26	31	23	27	6	23	28	23	28*	21	16	17	25	9	36*	13	4	7	13	5	35*		5.4	5	8.3	13.6	17.9		19.8	4	17.3	22.4	21.8
Daniel Hemric	5	23	6	17									16	22							34	19		34.5	5	34.0	25.0	15.3		19.4	17	19.0	20.5	20.3
William Byron	20	16	14	7	11	22	28	25	2	8	3	18	14	5	3	13	2	1	3	7	4	10		1.2	2	3.0	4.4	9.5		5.0	1	6.0	8.9	12.0
Brennan Poole					33	29*	35	30*											34	30				34.0	33	34.0	34.0	34.0		30.0	29	30.0	30.0	29.7
Cole Custer					17	19	22	16	20	25	28	29	24	33*	24	20								25.3	17		24.0	22.5		27.4	16		26.8	23.7
Chad Finchum							39	39*																	39			39.0			39			39.0
Garrett Smithley			34	35*	34	35*			31	31*	30	35*	36	30*										34.1	30		32.3	33.0		30.2	30		32.0	33.2
Josh Bilicki							38	36*	35	35*	31	36*	34	29*										32.9	31		33.3	34.5		29.3	29		33.3	34.0
Tyler Reddick					25	18	14	38*	11	22	13	6	7	7	1	6	34	15	8	8	18	2		18.0	1	20.0	13.1	14.6		4.9	2	8.3	9.4	13.6
Matt Tifft	35	34*	29	30*																				28.8	29			32.0		29.8	30			32.0
Quin Houff					32	32*	32	34*	36	33*	36	34*												36.4	32		36.0	34.0		34.1	32		33.5	33.3
Justin Haley									25	29*	33	32*	28	17	28	14	27	8	20	22	35	27		27.7	20	27.3	28.0	28.0		17.8	8	19.0	21.3	21.3
John Hunter Nemechek					29	24	25	20													27	22		26.9	25	27.0	27.0	27.0		21.9	20	22.0	22.0	22.0
Christopher Bell					22	33*	26	24	16	7	12	24	1	10	7	34*	10	5	1	2	10	33		4.3	1	7.0	8.1	11.7		13.9	2	13.3	16.4	19.1
Kaz Grala																					32	31			32	32.0	32.0	32.0			31	31.0	31.0	31.0
Austin Cindric													3	19	2	29*	9	6	19	23	3	29		10.8	2	10.3	7.2	7.2		20.1	6	19.3	21.2	21.2
Chase Briscoe									24	21	19	14	4	35*	16	4	20	28	17	33*	6	21		12.5	4	14.3	15.1	15.1		27.5	4	27.3	22.3	22.3
Harrison Burton													19	16	8	26	35	26	33	20	29	30		34.2	8	32.3	24.8	24.8		26.4	16	25.3	23.6	23.6
Noah Gragson															17	11	25	30			30	6		29.1	17	27.5	24.0	24.0		16.7	6	18.0	15.7	15.7
Anthony Alfredo									27	24	32	27												32.2	27		29.5	29.5		27.1	24		25.5	25.5
Zane Smith																					24	36*			24	24.0	24.0	24.0			36	36.0	36.0	36.0
Josh Berry																	32	29			26	20		25.9	26	29.0	29.0	29.0		19.9	20	24.5	24.5	24.5
Ty Gibbs															19	22	4	22	11	34*	8	5		6.4	4	7.7	10.5	10.5		18.7	5	20.3	20.8	20.8
Todd Gilliland													30	23	35	25	28	31*	29	27	31	24		29.2	28	29.3	30.6	30.6		27.4	23	27.3	26.0	26.0
Derek Kraus																					33	28			33	33.0	33.0	33.0			28	28.0	28.0	28.0
Carson Hocevar																			25	36*	14	15		13.9	14	19.5	19.5	19.5		14.7	15	25.5	25.5	25.5

POSITIONS BY TRACK

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X-Axis (Horizontal Axis)

This axis represents the sequence of races at this track. The leftmost point is the earliest race in your dataset, and the rightmost point is the most recent race.

Y-Axis (Vertical Axis)

This axis represents the positions in the race. Lower on the axis corresponds to a lower numerical position (i.e., closer to 1st place), and higher on the axis corresponds to a higher numerical position (i.e., farther from 1st place).

Blue Line (Start Positions):

This line shows where the driver started each race. Each point on this line corresponds to the starting position of the driver for a particular race.
Lower Points: Indicates that the driver started closer to the front of the grid (better starting position).
Higher Points: Indicates that the driver started farther back on the grid (worse starting position).

Red Line (Finish Positions):

This line shows where the driver finished each race. Each point on this line corresponds to the finishing position of the driver for a particular race.
Lower Points: Indicates that the driver finished closer to the front (better finishing position).
Higher Points: Indicates that the driver finished farther back (worse finishing position).

Interpreting the Lines Together

Consistency: If both lines are relatively flat and near the bottom of the chart, it indicates that the driver consistently starts and finishes in good positions.
Improvement: If the red line is generally below the blue line, it indicates that the driver tends to finish races in better positions than they start. This can be interpreted as the driver making significant progress during races.
Decline: If the red line is generally above the blue line, it indicates that the driver tends to finish races in worse positions than they start. This can be interpreted as the driver losing positions during races.
Variability: Large fluctuations in either line indicate variability in starting or finishing positions. This can highlight inconsistency in the driver's performance or qualifying results.

Example Interpretation

Let's take an example of a driver's sparkline with the following data:

Start Positions: [18, 14, 25, 30, 21, 16]
Finish Positions: [10, 8, 14, 20, 11, 9]

Analysis:

1. Start Positions (Blue Line):

The driver started races in positions 18, 14, 25, 30, 21, and 16.
The start positions indicate that the driver often begins races in the mid to back of the field, with some races starting as far back as 30th.

2. Finish Positions (Red Line):

The driver finished races in positions 10, 8, 14, 20, 11, and 9.
The finishing positions show a trend of consistent improvement during the race, finishing better than their starting position in almost every race.

3. Comparative Insights:

The driver consistently improved from their starting position, such as moving up from 25th to 14th or 21st to 11th.
Even when starting as far back as 30th, the driver made significant gains to finish 20th, showcasing strong race performance.
This pattern indicates a driver who is capable of gaining positions during the race, often finishing much higher than where they began.

Visual Example

This sparkline helps to quickly visualize the driver's performance trends over multiple races, showing how their starting and finishing positions compare and highlighting the pattern of consistent finishes outperforming start positions.

TLDR: When you see a driver with a negative slope (to the left of the 0), they're getting better over time, which could lead to higher points or better bets. Drivers with a positive slope are trending downward, so they may be less reliable choices.

The length of the bars you see on the chart corresponds to a value called the 'slope'. The slope is the result of a calculation called linear regression, which analyzes past data points (in this case, 'finish' or 'start' positions) to identify a trend.

While the slope helps illustrate whether a driver is generally improving or declining over time, it does not specifically predict the next value but rather shows the overall direction of the trend based on previous positions.

The slope on these charts represents the trend in starting or finishing positions the driver has in the races competed in at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the previous six seasons.

NEGATIVE SLOPE: Indicates improvement, meaning the driver is generally starting or finishing in better (lower) positions over time.
POSITIVE SLOPE: Indicates decline, meaning the driver is starting or finishing in worse (higher) positions over time.

Interpreting the Bars

Bars to the Left of 0 (Negative Slope): These drivers are improving. For example, a driver with a slope of -7 is showing significant improvement, starting or finishing much better than before.

Bars to the Right of 0 (Positive Slope): These drivers are declining. A positive slope suggests the driver is either qualifying or finishing worse compared to their previous performances.

Fantasy NASCAR, DFS, and Sports Betting

Fantasy NASCAR : Favor drivers with a negative slope (improving trend) for your lineups. They are trending toward better finishes, which likely means more points.
DFS NASCAR : Focus on drivers with an improving trend, especially those who start further back but finish strong. They offer value picks and upside in points.
Sports Betting : Bet on drivers with improving finishing trends (negative slope). They have momentum, making them solid picks for top placements or even wins.