5 KYLE LARSON
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Age: 33 (July 31, 1992)
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Hometown: Elk Grove, California
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Last Week: 3rd (Phoenix)
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Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
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Standings: 10th
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No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
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2026<\/p>\n
Cup Career<\/p>\n
Las Vegas<\/p>\n
Races<\/p>\n
4<\/p>\n
406<\/p>\n
19<\/p>\n
Wins<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
32<\/p>\n
3<\/p>\n
Poles<\/p>\n
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22<\/p>\n
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1<\/p>\n
135<\/p>\n
9<\/p>\n
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2<\/p>\n
206<\/p>\n
14<\/p>\n
Laps Led<\/p>\n
55<\/p>\n
10,417<\/p>\n
819<\/p>\n
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0<\/p>\n
72<\/p>\n
8<\/p>\n
Average Finish<\/p>\n
14.3<\/p>\n
14.0<\/p>\n
9.0<\/p>\n
Last weekend at Phoenix Raceway, Kyle Larson and the No. 5 HendrickCars.com team started from the second position. Despite falling back as far as 26th, Larson rebounded to finish third, his best finish of the 2026 season and his first top five.
\nThe 33-year-old leads all drivers at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with 819 laps led and eight stage wins. His average finish of ninth is the best among drivers with more than four starts at the track.
\nSince arriving at Hendrick Motorsports in 2021, Larson has led 30% of all laps run at Las Vegas (792 of 2,681).
\nThe Elk Grove, California, native has 16 stage wins on 1.5-mile tracks in the Next Gen car, no other driver has more than nine. In addition, he has six victories on intermediate tracks in the Next Gen car, also the most among all drivers.
\nLarson will drive the No. 88 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet for JR Motorsports in Saturday\u2019s NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Later that evening, he will drive a sprint car in High Limit Racing’s season-opening weekend at the complex’s dirt track. <\/p>\n
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9 CHASE ELLIOTT
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Age: 30 (Nov. 28, 1995)
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Hometown: Dawsonville, Georgia
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Last week: 23rd (Phoenix)
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Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
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Standings: 4th
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No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
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2026<\/p>\n
Cup Career<\/p>\n
Las Vegas<\/p>\n
Races<\/p>\n
4<\/p>\n
362<\/p>\n
17<\/p>\n
Wins<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
21<\/p>\n
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Poles<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
12<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
Top 5<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
116<\/p>\n
3<\/p>\n
Top 10<\/p>\n
2<\/p>\n
192<\/p>\n
6<\/p>\n
Laps Led<\/p>\n
13<\/p>\n
5,993<\/p>\n
178<\/p>\n
Stage Wins<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
39<\/p>\n
3<\/p>\n
Average Finish<\/p>\n
11.3<\/p>\n
12.9<\/p>\n
18.9<\/p>\n
Chase Elliott heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend fourth in the NASCAR Cup Series standings.
\nElliott is one of nine drivers to finish on the lead lap through four races this year. His average finish of 11.25 ranks third.
\nLast season, the 30-year-old driver ranked fourth in points earned on 1.5-mile tracks.
\nIn the Next Gen era, Elliott has two wins on 1.5-mile tracks. Most recently, he made a last lap pass for the win at Kansas Speedway last fall.
\nHe has eight top-10 finishes in the last 13 races on mile-and-a-half tracks.
\nElliott\u2019s best Cup Series finish at Las Vegas is second, coming in the fall of 2021. In this race last spring, Elliott earned points in the first stage en route to a 10th-place finish. <\/p>\n
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24 WILLIAM BYRON
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Age: 28 (Nov. 29, 1997)
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Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina
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Last Week: 7th (Phoenix)
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Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
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Standings: 11th
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No. 24 RAPTOR Chevrolet
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Las Vegas<\/p>\n
Races<\/p>\n
4<\/p>\n
292<\/p>\n
16<\/p>\n
Wins<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
16<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
Poles<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
16<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
Top 5<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
65<\/p>\n
4<\/p>\n
Top 10<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
121<\/p>\n
8<\/p>\n
Laps Led<\/p>\n
2<\/p>\n
4,310<\/p>\n
337<\/p>\n
Stage Wins<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
34<\/p>\n
3<\/p>\n
Average Finish<\/p>\n
15.0<\/p>\n
15.1<\/p>\n
15.0<\/p>\n
Qualifying ninth at Phoenix Raceway last Sunday, William Byron ran inside the top 10 until suffering a flat tire under caution in stage two. However, he was able to fight back to score a seventh-place finish, his first top 10 of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.
\nThe 28-year-old’s average running position of 11.64 this season is sixth best in the field.
\nIn 16 starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Byron has one win (spring 2023), four top-five finishes, eight top 10s and 337 laps led.
\nIn the Next Gen era on 1.5-mile tracks, Byron has an average finish of 9.82, best among all drivers. He has also led 886 laps which is second best to Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson.
\nIn that same timeframe at Las Vegas, Byron has led the second-most laps (266) and has the fourth-best average finish (10.0).
\nThe Charlotte, North Carolina, native has led laps at Las Vegas in each of the last six events and 10 of the last 11.<\/p>\n
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48 JUSTIN ALLGAIER
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Age: 39 (June 6, 1986)
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Hometown: Riverton, Illinois
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Last Week: 33rd (Phoenix, Anthony Alfredo driving)
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Crew Chief: Blake Harris
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Standings: 36th (owner\u2019s points)
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No. 48 Ally Chevrolet
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1<\/p>\n
84<\/p>\n
2<\/p>\n
Wins<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
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Top 5<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
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Top 10<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
2<\/p>\n
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Laps Led<\/p>\n
3<\/p>\n
20<\/p>\n
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0<\/p>\n
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Average Finish<\/p>\n
38.0<\/p>\n
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35.5<\/p>\n
Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, will not compete in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as he continues to recover from vertigo.
\nMaking his second Cup Series start of the 2026 season, NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Series champion (2024) Justin Allgaier will fill in for Bowman.
\nAllgaier has made 23 starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the NOAPS, earning one win (spring 2025), 13 top fives and 20 top-10 finishes. He has scored nine consecutive top 10s at the track in the Saturday series, tying him for the longest active streak.
\nLast weekend at Phoenix Raceway, Allgaier\u2019s win in the NOAPS made him the first driver to win in 10 consecutive seasons in series history.
\nBowman and the No. 48 team won the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series spring race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
\nThe No. 48 team holds the longest active top-10 streak at Las Vegas with three. In the Next Gen car at the 1.5-mile tri-oval, the team has an average finish of 10.86, fifth best in the series. <\/p>\n
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17 COREY DAY
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Age: 20 (November 28, 2005)
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Hometown: Clovis, California
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Last Finish: 9th (Phoenix)
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Crew Chief: Adam Wall
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Standings: 8th
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Corey Day enters this weekend’s NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway coming off a top-10 showing at Phoenix Raceway in his most recent event. The ninth-place finish marked his third-consecutive top 10, following a fourth-place run at Atlanta Motor Speedway and a fifth place at Circuit of The Americas.
\nThrough 15 career starts on pavement, Day has recorded three top-five finishes and five top 10s while continuing to gain experience on various types of tracks.
\nIn his only NOAPS start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in October 2025, Day advanced from 19th to 4th, earning his first career top-five finish.
\nIn addition to fielding the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet this weekend, the Clovis, California, native will also be running a sprint car in the High Limit Series. <\/p>\n
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HENDRICK
MOTORSPORTS \/
Hendrick Motorsports
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2026<\/p>\n
All-Time<\/p>\n
Las Vegas<\/p>\n
Races<\/p>\n
4<\/p>\n
1,421<\/p>\n
36<\/p>\n
Wins<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
320*<\/p>\n
10*<\/p>\n
Poles<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
259*<\/p>\n
2<\/p>\n
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2<\/p>\n
1,324*<\/p>\n
37*<\/p>\n
Top 10<\/p>\n
5<\/p>\n
2,265*<\/p>\n
64*<\/p>\n
Laps Led<\/p>\n
70<\/p>\n
85,437*<\/p>\n
2,682*<\/p>\n
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137<\/p>\n
15*<\/p>\n
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Hendrick Motorsports enters this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the facility’s all-time leader in wins (10), top fives (37), top 10s (64), laps led (2,682) and stage wins (15).
\nOut of 16 stages at the 1.5-mile tri-oval in the Next Gen era, Hendrick Motorsports has combined to win 10 of them. At least two of the organization’s cars have finished in the top 10 in the last six Las Vegas races.
\nSince the beginning of 2025, the organization has led over half of the laps run on 1.5-mile race tracks (1,029 of 2,012, 51%).
\nThe Hendrick Motorsports engine department enters the weekend with 558 victories across all three national NASCAR touring series including three straight in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series.
\nHendrick Motorsports remains the premier series’ all-time standard bearer in wins (320), poles (250), top-five finishes (1,324), top 10s (2,265), laps led (85,437) and championships (15). <\/p>\n
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Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet, on returning to Las Vegas Motor Speedway: \u201cLas Vegas is always a track I look forward to because it\u2019s our first real chance in the season to see where we stack up on a mile-and-a-half. With the new Chevy body, there\u2019s still a lot we\u2019re learning, so getting laps at a place like Vegas will be really valuable for our No. 5 team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Chevrolet, on Las Vegas Motor Speedway: \u201cI\u2019m really curious to get to Vegas and see where we\u2019re at. I said at the beginning of the season with this new body that this track would probably be the first really good gauge. The results don\u2019t really show it from last season, but I felt like we had pretty good pace (at Las Vegas) and had made some gains. Hopefully we\u2019re able to continue that this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
William Byron, driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet, on heading to Las Vegas Motor Speedway: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t an easy day in Phoenix, but I\u2019m proud of the effort my No. 24 team put in. To battle back from a flat tire and damage to finish seventh shows our strength as a group. Now we\u2019re heading to Las Vegas (Motor Speedway) and we\u2019ve always had a lot of speed there. Hopefully that\u2019s the case again this weekend and we can really start to stack some big point days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Justin Allgaier, driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet, on filling in for Alex Bowman at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: \u201cFirst and foremost, I wish Alex (Bowman) a continued and speedy recovery so that he can get back behind the wheel as soon as he can. I\u2019m thankful to everyone at Hendrick Motorsports for this opportunity to fill in, as well as to everyone at JR Motorsports. I feel confident we can go out and have a solid day and make Alex and everyone on this No. 48 Ally team proud.\u201d<\/p>\n
Corey Day, driver of the No. 17 Chevrolet, on returning to Las Vegas Motor Speedway: \u201cI\u2019m super excited to get back to Vegas. This will be a fun weekend for me, running a sprint car and then the NOAPS car in the same weekend. We were really, really good at Vegas in the fall, hopefully we\u2019ll bring a faster \u2013 or as fast \u2013 car and have a lot of fun. I definitely have more knowledge of the track so it\u2019s one I have had circled for a while now.\u201d<\/p>\n
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