{"id":202503,"date":"2025-10-10T11:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/202503\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:15:10","slug":"how-to-watch-sundays-cup-race-at-las-vegas-start-time-tv-info-and-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/202503\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch Sunday&#8217;s Cup race at Las Vegas: Start time, TV info and weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In perhaps the second-biggest race of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, Las Vegas Motor Speedway will open the Round of 8 for the fourth consecutive season.<\/p>\n<p>Last year Joey Logano became the third driver in the last four seasons to capture the championship after winning the Round of 8 opener. The Team Penske star also won at Las Vegas on his way to the 2022 title. In 2021, Kyle Larson won at Texas on his way to the championship.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Good news, bad news for NASCAR Cup drivers ahead of Las Vegas Round of 8 playoff race\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/good-news-bad-news-for-nascar-cup-drivers-ahead-of-las-vegas-round-of-8-playoff-race\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR: NASCAR All-Star Race\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760094909_547_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson seek a victory at Las Vegas to earn a spot in the championship race in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas will mark the seventh and final race on a 1.5-mile oval this season.<\/p>\n<p>The next three races will determine the field of the Championship 4 season finale at Phoenix Raceway.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Cup playoff standings heading into Las Vegas: Denny Hamlin 4,036 points, Ryan Blaney 4,034, Larson 4,032, William Byron 4,032, Christopher Bell 4,028, Chase Briscoe 4,018 and Logano (4,008).<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"NASCAR increasing horsepower for 2026 Cup season\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/nascar-increasing-horsepower-for-2026-cup-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"AUTO: OCT 05 NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760094910_539_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NASCAR will add 90 horsepower for teams at select tracks next season.<\/p>\n<p>    Details for Sunday\u2019s Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway<\/p>\n<p>(All times Eastern)<\/p>\n<p>START: The green flag is scheduled to wave at 5:35 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>PRERACE: The Cup garage will open at 2:30 p.m. &#8230; The drivers meeting will be at 4:25 p.m. &#8230; Driver introductions will be at 4:50 p.m. &#8230; The national anthem will be performed by Britnee Kellogg at 5:17 p.m. &#8230; The command to start engines is scheduled to be given at 5:24 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>DISTANCE: The race is 267 laps (400.5 miles) on the 1.5-mile oval in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 80. Stage 2 ends at Lap 165.<\/p>\n<p>PURSE: $9,797,935<\/p>\n<p>ENTRY LIST: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com\/be\/09\/fd533dc44220a7226090f0ae1af3\/las-vegas-2025-cup-entry.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here for the 38 cars entered at Las Vegas Motor Speedway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TV\/RADIO: USA will broadcast the race starting with Countdown to Green at 5 p.m. &#8230; Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will have radio coverage. <\/p>\n<p>FORECAST: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/hourly\/KLSV\/date\/2025-10-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WeatherUnderground<\/a>: Sunny with a high of 79 degrees and winds from the northeast at 5 to 10 mph with no chance of rain. It\u2019s expected to be 77 degrees with no chance of rain at the start of the Cup race.<\/p>\n<p>LAST TIME: Josh Berry became the first driver to earn his first career Cup victory at Las Vegas, winninng the March 16 race.<\/p>\n<p>LAST YEAR: Joey Logano led the final six laps on a fuel mileage gamble, winning the Oct. 20 race at Las Vegas to advance to the Championship 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In perhaps the second-biggest race of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, Las Vegas Motor Speedway will open the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-202503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}