NASCAR at Las Vegas Lineup 2025: Starting Order & Pole for 2025 Pennzoil 400

After the Shriners Children’s 500, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada, for the Pennzoil 400. The fifth race of the season will go live on FS1 at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 16.

The Las Vegas Spring race will be contested on a 1.5-mile-long tri-oval track. Thirty-six drivers will compete over 267 laps to drive down Victory Lane. FOX Sports journalist Bob Pockrass tweeted the starting lineup for the 2025 Pennzoil 400.

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Who is on pole for Pennzoil 400?

In Saturday’s (March 15) Cup Series qualifying, Spire Motorsports driver Michael McDowell claimed his first pole of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season with a time of 28.883 and a speed of 186.961 mph. It marked McDowell’s eighth pole of his career.

Team Penske driver and the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano will share the front row with McDowell after a lap of 186.864 mph. It was his second back-to-back front-row start.

The pair will be followed by Austin Cindric, Kyle Busch, and Erik Jones in the top five. Alex Bowman, Josh Berry, William Byron, Zane Smith and the defending winner of the event, Kyle Larson, completed the top-10.

Christopher Bell, who won three consecutive races this season, will start 13th on Sunday.

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2025 Pennzoil 400 starting line-up

Below is the complete starting lineup for the 36-car grid at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

1. #71 - Michael McDowell
2. #22 - Joey Logano
3. #2 - Austin Cindric
4. #8 - Kyle Busch
5. #43 - Erik Jones
6. #48 - Alex Bowman
7. #21 - Josh Berry
8. #24 - William Byron
9. #38 - Zane Smith
10. #5 - Kyle Larson
11. #17 - Chris Buescher
12. #60 - Ryan Preece
13. #20 - Christopher Bell
14. #45 - Tyler Reddick
15. #11 - Denny Hamlin
16. #9 - Chase Elliott
17. #10 - Ty Dillon
18. #16 - AJ Allmendinger
19. #1 - Ross Chastain
20. #23 - Bubba Wallace
21. #4 - Noah Gragson
22. #3 - Austin Dillon
23. #99 - Daniel Suarez
24. #19 - Chase Briscoe
25. #77 - Carson Hocevar
26. #41 - Cole Custer
27. #6 - Brad Keselowski
28. #88 - Shane Van Gisbergen
29. #54 - Ty Gibbs
30. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
31. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
32. #34 - Todd Gilliland
33. #7 - Justin Haley
34. #35 - Riley Herbst
35. #51 - Cody Ware
36. #12 - Ryan Blaney

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Watch all NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Sunday’s 28th annual Pennzoil 400.