{"id":536469,"date":"2026-03-14T19:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/536469\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T19:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:17:10","slug":"nascar-oreilly-series-mayer-on-pole-at-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/536469\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR O’Reilly Series: Mayer on pole at Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAS VEGAS \u2014 Sam Mayer could \u201cfeel it in his bones\u201d as he sets the fastest lap in NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Series qualifying for the The LiUNA! at Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

This is Mayer\u2019s 2nd pole this season and sixth career pole overall.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo: Ryan Kemna\/TRE<\/p>\n

Kyle Larson will start alongside Sam Mayer on the front row, continuing a packed Las Vegas weekend after winning Thursday night\u2019s Interstate Batteries High Limit Sprint race.<\/p>\n

Sheldon Creed rolls off third, reinforcing the Haas Factory Team\u2019s strong single-lap speed on the 1.5-mile track.<\/p>\n

Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Brandon Jones and Taylor Gray fill row three.<\/p>\n

JR Motorsports placed three more prepared cars inside the top ten. <\/p>\n

Sammy Smith starts fourth next to Creed in row two, Rajah Caruth lines up eighth in the No. 32 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet, and defending race winner Justin Allgaier starts ninth.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Clements starts tenth for his 535th O\u2019Reilly Series start which ties him for second all time in the series with Jeff Green. This is his best oval start since 2022 as well.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the field, Cup Series regulars Connor Zilisch starts 17th while Chase Briscoe lines up 23rd.<\/p>\n

There were 41 entrants for 38 total starting spots which saw three drivers sent home.<\/p>\n

Below is the full starting lineup for The LiUNA! at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

Starting Lineup<\/p>\n

Sam Mayer: 29.462<\/p>\n

Kyle Larson(i): 29.524<\/p>\n

Sheldon Creed: 29.569<\/p>\n

Sammy Smith: 29.623<\/p>\n

Brandon Jones: 29.647<\/p>\n

Taylor Gray: 29.687<\/p>\n

Jesse Love: 29.718<\/p>\n

Rajah Caruth: 29.720<\/p>\n

Justin Allgaier: 29.773<\/p>\n

Jeremy Clements: 29.793<\/p>\n

Corey Day: 29.816<\/p>\n

Parker Retzlaff: 29.830<\/p>\n

Austin Hill: 29.906<\/p>\n

William Sawalich: 29.956<\/p>\n

Jeb Burton: 29.981<\/p>\n

Cole Custer(i): 29.994<\/p>\n

Connor Zilisch: 30.016<\/p>\n

Carson Kvapil: 30.021<\/p>\n

Austin Green: 30.043<\/p>\n

Ryan Sieg: 30.065<\/p>\n

Nick Sanchez: 30.067<\/p>\n

Patrick Staropoli: 30.083<\/p>\n

Chase Briscoe(i): 30.098<\/p>\n

Harrison Burton: 30.112<\/p>\n

Dean Thompson: 30.163<\/p>\n

Brennan Poole: 30.203<\/p>\n

Daniel Dye(i): 30.209<\/p>\n

Chandler Smith(i): 30.234<\/p>\n

Kyle Sieg: 30.340<\/p>\n

Lavar Scott: 30.410<\/p>\n

Anthony Alfredo: 30.490<\/p>\n

Josh Williams: 30.504<\/p>\n

Blaine Perkins: 30.554<\/p>\n

Nathan Byrd: 30.673<\/p>\n

Ryan Ellis: 30.824<\/p>\n

Joey Gase: 30.827<\/p>\n

Mason Maggio: 30.851<\/p>\n

Josh Bilicki: 31.053<\/p>\n

DNQ: Myatt Snider (30.978), Chad Finchum (31.161), Dawson Cram (No Time)<\/p>\n

MORE:<\/p>\n

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Ryan Kemna is a photojournalist for The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2025.<\/p>\n

Currently residing in the Minneapolis, MN, area, Kemna brings his passion for motorsports, photography, and a good story to readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS \u2014 Sam Mayer could \u201cfeel it in his bones\u201d as he sets the fastest lap in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-536469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536469","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=536469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}