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Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube

Sunday, March 7th, 2021

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV

  • 14 Ford
  • 6 Toyota
  • 18 Chevrolet

  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • 24th Annual Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube
  • Pole Winner: Kevin Harvick
  • Age: 45
  • Team : No. 4 - Mobil 1 Ford
  • Owner: Stewart-Haas Racing
  • Crew Chief: Rodney Childers
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on performance in the previous race.
  • Kevin Harvick won the Pole Award for the 24th Annual Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube by having the highest total PMQ.
  • 15% of a fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver’s final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner’s final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Sunday, March 7th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Kyle Larson wins NASCAR Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Kyle Larson left little to chance Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway leading a race best 103 laps and pulling away to a convincing 3.156-second win over former NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski to win the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube - his first victory in two years.

Larson, 28, of Elk Grove, Calif. became the quickest winner in Hendrick Motorsports long and esteemed history, taking the checkered flag in only his fourth start in the team's famous No. 5 Chevrolet.

It was a hard-earned and highly-emotional win for Larson, who missed most of last season serving a suspension for using racially-insensitive language. The popular young Californian was reinstated by NASCAR in the offseason after following a course of rehabilitation and sensitivity training. He came into the season with the Hendrick Motorsports opportunity, grateful and ready to redeem himself.

Larson was exuberant speaking to the team on the radio while driving under the checkered flag as the race winner. He did celebratory burnouts on the backstretch and then again under the flag-stand on the frontstretch telling his Hendrick Motorsports team on the car radio, "What a car, what an opportunity. Thank you, guys."

Just as Larson was finishing his live television interview, Keselowski ran across the infield grass to shake Larson's hand and congratulate him on a powerful race performance.

"I'm just really happy for him, I know he's been through a lot in the last year and he's a good kid who I've known for a little while and has a good family and I'm just happy to see him bounce back," the Team Penske driver Brad Keselowski said.

"He was really fast - had a lot of speed in all the lanes which was really impressive, usually you have to make a compromise, but they were really good. If Kyle Larson wasn't here, we would have had a dominant day," Keselowski added with a smile.

It was a highly competitive race from green to checkered flag with 27 lead changes among 12 different drivers. Five drivers led at least 20 laps. Keselowski won Stage 1 and Larson won Stage 2 - the first stage victories for both drivers this season.

In all, Larson led a race best six times, working his Chevrolet back to the front no matter the challenge, ultimately pacing the field for the last 30 laps en route to his seventh career win. It is his first on a 1.5-mile track after nine previous runner-up finishes on mile-and-a-half venues.

"It was such an awesome car," Larson said. "Cliff (Daniels, crew chief) and everybody did a great job preparing this piece. It was so much fun to drive. I could go wherever I wanted to. I know we had a really good car once we would kind of get single-filed out; but just drafting early in the run was tough.

"But thank you so much Mr. Hendrick, Jeff Gordon and everybody at Hendrick Motorsports for the amazing opportunity I've been gifted. Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet everybody at the engine shop. Thank you so much for all the hard work. This is definitely special."

Larson and Keselowski managed to use the final portion of the race to get around the full-on Joe Gibbs Racing team, whose drivers combined to lead 53 laps on the afternoon. Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Kyle Busch - a Las Vegas native - and Denny Hamlin finished third and fourth. Team Penske driver Ryan Blaney was fifth, his first top 10 of the season.

Two more Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas, driven by Martin Truex Jr. and Christopher Bell were sixth and seventh, followed by last week's winner, Hendrick Motorsport's William Byron. Team Penske driver Joey Logano and Richard Petty Motorsport's driver Erik Jones rounded out the top 10.

Larson's teammate Chase Elliott - the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion - finished 13th after overcoming several problems. His team had a jack issue in the pits and contact with another car made for multiple long pit stops.

"We were good on the short run, just didn't quite have enough long run speed," said Denny Hamlin, who led 47 laps on the day. "Certainly I thought it was a good start, we'll just gather our data and try to figure out what we need to do to be better when we come back here and it really counts."

Hamlin and Keselowski, who are still looking for their first wins of the 2021 season sit atop the championship points standings. Hamlin leads by 38 points over Keselowski and Larson is third.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 267
  • Margin of Victory: 03.156 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 52 Minutes 7 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 139.615
  • Cautions: 6 for 30 laps
  • Lead Changes: 27
  • Green Flag Passes: 4,057 (17.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • 24th Annual Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube
  • Race Winner: Kyle Larson
  • Age: 28
  • Team : No. 5 - HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
  • Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
  • Kyle Larson won the 24th Annual Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube, his seventh victory in 227 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 10 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Brad Keselowski (second) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 16 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Kyle Busch (third) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 20 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Chase Briscoe (21st) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • This is Hendrick Motorsport's 265th NASCAR Cup Series victory and the sixth at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • This is Chevrolet's ninth victory in the NASCAR Cup Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
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Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 10 Aric Almirola Tampa, FL Mar 14, 1984 40 Ford Smithfield Power Bites Stewart-Haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
2 2 Brad Keselowski Auburn Hills, MI Feb 12, 1984 40 Ford Discount Tire Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
3 11 Denny Hamlin Chesterfield, VA Nov 18, 1980 43 Toyota FedEx Ground Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
4 22 Joey Logano Middleton, CT May 24, 1990 34 Ford Pennzoil Team Penske Paul Wolfe
5 4 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Dec 8, 1975 48 Ford Mobil 1 Stewart-Haas Racing Rodney Childers
6 1 Kurt Busch Las Vegas, NV Aug 4, 1978 46 Chevrolet Monster Energy Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
7 18 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV May 2, 1985 39 Toyota Ethel M Chocolates Joe Gibbs Racing Ben Beshore
8 19 Martin Truex Jr Mayetta, NJ Jun 29, 1980 44 Toyota Bass Pro Shops Joe Gibbs Racing James Small
9 34 Michael McDowell Phoenix, AZ Dec 21, 1984 39 Ford Love's Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
10 6 Ryan Newman South Bend, IN Dec 8, 1977 46 Ford Wyndham Rewards RFK Racing Scott Graves
11 3 Austin Dillon Lewisville, NC Apr 27, 1990 34 Chevrolet Bet MGM Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
12 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Olive Branch, MS Oct 2, 1987 37 Chevrolet Kroger JTG Daugherty Racing Brian Pattie
13 66 Timmy Hill Port Tobacco, MD Feb 25, 1993 31 Toyota LasVegas.net MBM Motorsports Clinton Cram
14 5 Kyle Larson Sacremento, CA Jul 31, 1992 32 Chevrolet HendrickCars.com Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels
15 48 Alex Bowman Tuscon, AZ Apr 25, 1993 31 Chevrolet Ally Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
16 12 Ryan Blaney High Point, NC Dec 31, 1993 30 Ford Menards / Pennzoil Team Penske Todd Gordon
17 7 Corey Lajoie Kannapolis, NC Sep 25, 1991 33 Chevrolet Built Bar Spire Motorsports Ryan Sparks
18 15 Joey Gase Cedar Rapids, IA Feb 8, 1993 31 Chevrolet NV Donor Network Rick Ware Racing Pat Tryson
19 9 Chase Elliott Dawsonville, GA Nov 28, 1995 28 Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
20 21 Matt DiBenedetto Grass Valley, CA Jul 27, 1991 33 Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
21 17 Chris Buescher Prosper, TX Oct 29, 1992 31 Ford Fastenal RFK Racing Luke Lambert
22 43 Erik Jones Byron, MI May 30, 1996 28 Chevrolet Medallion Bank Richard Petty Motorsports Jerry Baxter
23 78 BJ McLeod Wauchula, FL Nov 17, 1983 40 Ford Surface Sunscreen Live Fast Motorsports Frank Kerr
24 37 Ryan Preece Berlin, CT Oct 25, 1990 33 Chevrolet Natural Light Naturdays JTG Daugherty Racing Trent Owens
25 99 Daniel Suarez Monterrey, Mexico Jan 7, 1992 32 Chevrolet Camping World Trackhouse Racing Travis Mack
26 51 Cody Ware Greensboro, NC Nov 7, 1995 28 Chevrolet Nurtec ODT Rick Ware Racing Mike Hillman Sr
27 42 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Dec 4, 1992 31 Chevrolet Clover Chip Ganassi Racing Phil Surgen
28 23 Bubba Wallace Mobile, AL Oct 8, 1993 31 Toyota Columbia Sportwear 23XI Racing Mike Wheeler
29 24 William Byron Charlotte, NC Nov 29, 1997 26 Chevrolet Liberty University Hendrick Motorsports Rudy Fugle
30 41 Cole Custer Ladera Ranch, CA Jan 23, 1998 26 Ford HaasTooling.com Stewart-Haas Racing Mike Shiplett
31 53 Garrett Smithley Ligonier, PA Apr 27, 1992 32 Chevrolet Trophy Tractor / Texas Strong Rick Ware Racing Billy Plourde
32 52 Josh Bilicki Menomonee Falls, WI Jun 3, 1995 29 Ford dontbebroke.com Rick Ware Racing Peter Sospenzo
33 8 Tyler Reddick Corning, CA Jan 11, 1996 28 Chevrolet Quartz Hill Records Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett
34 00 Quin Houff Weyers Cave, VA Sep 15, 1997 27 Chevrolet 8 Ball Chocolate Whiskey StarCom Racing George Church
35 77 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 25 Chevrolet Nations Guard Spire Motorsports Kevin Bellicourt
36 20 Christopher Bell Norman, OK Dec 16, 1994 29 Toyota Craftsman Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
37 14 Chase Briscoe Mitchell, IN Dec 15, 1994 29 Ford Ford Performance Racing School Stewart-Haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
38 38 Anthony Alfredo Ridgefield, CT Mar 1, 1999 25 Ford Speedy Cash Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour