NASCAR at Las Vegas Motor Speedway 2018: Start time, lineup, TV schedule, more
It’s NASCAR race day at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and we've got everything you need to know to get ready for Sunday's Pennzoil 400.
START TIME: Golden Globe Winner and Emmy Award Nominee Dylan McDermott, star of the Fox comedy LA To Vegas, will instruct drivers to start their engines at 3:37 p.m. ET, followed by the green flag at 3:46 p.m. ET.
RACE DISTANCE: The Pennzoil 400 is is 267 laps around the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway for a total of 400.5 miles.
RACE STAGES: After a successful run last season, NASCAR will once again be dividing races into stages and handing out points. Here are the segments for today's race: Stage 1: 80 laps, Stage 2: 80 laps, Stage 3: 107 laps.
NATIONAL ANTHEM: Classic southern rock band 38 Special will perform the national anthem at 3:31 p.m. ET followed by a flyover by four F-16’s from the 57th OG Nellis AFB in southern Nevada.
WESTERN SWING: May show strongest 2018 Cup contenders
TRUEX: Reigning champ looks to start another title run in Vegas
NEXT BIG THING: Grandstand bars offer new ways to attract fans
TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: Fox will broadcast the race and has a pre-race show beginning at 3 p.m. ET. The Performance Racing Network and Sirius/XM NASCAR Radio will call the event on the radio.
LIVE STREAMING: Fox is offering a live stream through its Fox Sports Go app.
WEATHER: The Weather Channel is calling for sunny skies on Sunday with NNW winds around 8 mph and no chance of rain.
LAST TIME: Martin Truex led 150 of 267 laps at LVMS last spring on the way to his first victory of the season. Seven more wins followed — six of them at 1.5-mile tracks — en route to his first Cup Series championship.
LINEUP: Team Penske's Ryan Blaney captured his third career pole and will start alongside another Ford — Stewart-Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick, who won last weekend's race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Here is the starting lineup for the Pennzoil 400 (car number in parentheses):
1. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford
2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford
3. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford
4. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota
5. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet
6. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet
7. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford
8. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford
9. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota
10. (22) Joey Logano, Ford
11. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford
12. (21) Paul Menard, Ford
13. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota
14. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet
15. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford
16. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet
17. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet
18. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota
19. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota
20. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet
21. (95) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet
22. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet
23. (38) David Ragan, Ford
24. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford
25. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet
26. (43) Darrell Wallace Jr., Chevrolet
27. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet
28. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet
29. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford
30. (51) Cole Custer, Ford
31. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet
32. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford
33. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet
34. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet
35. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota
36. (00) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet
37. (55) Joey Gase, Chevrolet