The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 is finally done and dusted. The third race of the season started at 3:30 pm ET and lasted for two hours, 50 minutes, and 35 seconds. It took place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with a total of 36 entries.
Driving the #24 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports, William Byron scored his first win of the 2023 season. A fast pit stop by his crew enabled him to beat teammate Kyle Larson off pit road for an overtime restart at the 1.5-mile-long track. The #24 crew was a fraction of a second faster on the stop and that was the deciding factor for William Byron’s dominating win.
In a race that went into four-lap overtime, Byron crossed the finish line 0.622 seconds ahead of Larson to grab the checkered flag.
The win marked William Byron's fifth NASCAR Cup Series career victory and first at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Meanwhile, Kyle Larson and Alex Bowman finished second and third respectively. It was the third time that Hendrick Motorsports have finished one-two-three in a Cup race. Bubba Wallace Jr. secured P4 and Christopher Bell completed the top-five.
Martin Truex Jr., who stayed on the older tires after NASCAR called the fourth and final caution, fell back to a seventh-place finish. It was his best finish of the 2023 Cup Series season so far.
Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 saw 13 lead changes among eight different drivers and witnessed four caution flags.
NASCAR 2023 Pennzoil 400 final results
Here are the final results for NASCAR's 2023 Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
- #24 - William Byron
- #5 - Kyle Larson
- #48 - Alex Bowman
- #23 - Bubba Wallace
- #20 - Christopher Bell
- #2 - Austin Cindric
- #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
- #31 - Justin Haley
- #4 - Kevin Harvick
- #99 - Daniel Suárez
- #11 - Denny Hamlin
- #1 - Ross Chastain
- #12 - Ryan Blaney
- #8 - Kyle Busch
- #45 - Tyler Reddick
- #10 - Aric Almirola
- #6 - Brad Keselowski
- #16 - A. J. Allmendinger
- #43 - Erik Jones
- #7 - Corey LaJoie
- #17 - Chris Buescher
- #54 - Ty Gibbs (R)
- #41 - Ryan Preece
- #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- #34 - Michael McDowell
- #21 - Harrison Burton
- #3 - Austin Dillon
- #14 - Chase Briscoe
- #9 - Josh Berry (i)
- #42 - Noah Gragson (R)
- #38 - Todd Gilliland
- #78 - B. J. McLeod
- #15 - J. J. Yeley
- #77 - Ty Dillon
- #51 - Cody Ware
- #22 - Joey Logano
Catch the NASCAR teams and drivers next at the Phoenix Raceway for the fourth race of the season on March 12th, 2023.