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• Kurt Busch Set For Honorary Pace Laps at Las Vegas

  04-10-2026 01:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kurt Busch will be the honorary pace car driver for the South Point 400. GettyKurt Busch will serve as the honorary pace car driver for the NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, the 1.5-mile track is one Busch calls home. Kurt and his younger brother, Kyle, both shared success at their hometrack. Younger brother Kyle won the 2009 Cup Series race at Las Vegas and totaled seven NASCAR national touring series victories at the track. 
  
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• NASCAR race today at Las Vegas: Start time, TV, streaming, lineup for South Point 400

  04-10-2026 13:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  When the checkered flag drops on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 2 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the postseason Chase for the NASCAR Cup Series championship will be halfway over.Heading into the South Point 400, Kyle Larson is the leader at the top of the standings with a 26-point edge over regular season champion Denny Hamlin, but Hamlin is the pole-sitter for Sunday’s race and will aim to win a third consecutive race at Las Vegas.And for all the talk after Larson’s win at Kansas about t
  
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• NASCAR Cup Series at Las Vegas: Starting lineup, TV schedule for today's race

  04-10-2026 12:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Denny Hamlin is on the pole for the South Point 400NASCAR Cup Series race on Oct. 4 at Las Vegas.After a stretch of qualifying rainouts to start the Chase, Hamlin claimed the pole with a lap of 28.910 seconds ahead of his three teammates.Joe Gibbs Racing will start 1-2-3-4 at the 1.5-mile oval, with 23XI Racing Toyota's Tyler Reddick in fifth.Joey Logano (23rd) is the lone Chase driver starting outside of the top 20.Here's the full starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR race at Las Vegas.VEGAS RACE
  
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• What channel is the NASCAR Las Vegas race on today? Time, TV schedule for South Point 400

  04-10-2026 12:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series continues in the Chase with the South Point 400 on Oct. 4 at Las Vegas.This weekend is the first of two trips west in October as the Chase for the championship gets sorted out.Denny Hamlin is on the pole as Joe Gibbs Racing swept the front four spots on the grid.Kyle Larson leads Denny Hamlin by 26 points in the points standings ahead of this weekend's race.Here's how you can watch Sunday's race:LAS VEGAS RACE PICKS:NASCAR Las Vegas predictions 2026, expert picks for the So
  
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• NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas lineup, TV schedule for Sunday's race

  04-10-2026 11:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series Chase continues with the South Point 400 on Oct. 4 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Denny Hamlin is on the pole after Toyota dominated qualifying on Oct. 3, sweeping the top five spots including the first four for Joe Gibbs Racing.Hamlin trails Kyle Larson in the points standings by 26 points coming into the weekend.Las Vegas marks the fifth race of 10 in the Chase for the Cup Series championship.Here's the full starting lineup and TV information for Sunday's NASCAR race at Las
  
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• Kyle Larson debates purpose of stage points, call them "participation awards"

  04-10-2026 09:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoThe purpose of stage points and the impact they have on the championship has been a growing debate in recent weeks. NASCAR brought back the Chase format (with some alterations) after 13 years away, which was before stages were ever a part of NASCAR.At Kansas, Kyle Larson was the first driver to earn maximum points this year -- 55 for the race win, 20 for winning both of the stages, and one for the fastest lap bonus.Excluding the jump between first and second, one stage point is t
  
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• Josh Berry on Las Vegas practice crash: 'It's a shame to be that slow and blow a tire'

  04-10-2026 08:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoDuring NASCAR Cup Series practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, tire issues were appearing as teams once again pushed the envelope on air pressures. It doesn't help that Vegas also features a nasty bump in Turns 1 and 2 where cars often bottom out.Two cars ultimately crashed in Turns 1 and 2, and they were both Fords -- the No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford of Noah Gragson, and the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford of Josh Berry, who suffered a really big shunt.Watch: Josh Berry hit
  
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• NASCAR Punishes Multiple Drivers After O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Post-Race Inspection

  04-10-2026 07:16 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Brandon Jones has been disqualified from Saturday night’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after a post-race inspection found that four or more lug nuts on his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota were not secure.The Joe Gibbs Racing driver originally finished 35th in the Focused Health 302 after an early crash with Justin Allgaier, but the disqualification drops him to 36th, last in the 36-car field. The penalty also strips Jones of the seven stage points
  
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• Brandon Jones disqualified by NASCAR after Las Vegas crash

  04-10-2026 06:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoSaturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (NOAPS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was one both Brandon Jones and Justin Allgaier would like to forget.They crashed out of the race after tangling at the start of Stage 2, and Jones was later disqualified due to having four or more loose lug nuts on his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.Allgaier, the reigning NOAPS champion, entered this race just 11pts out of the championship lead. Jones missed the Chase, but was still racing for a
  
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• Brandon Jones disqualified after Las Vegas crash

  04-10-2026 06:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoSaturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (NOAPS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was one both Brandon Jones and Justin Allgaier would like to forget.They crashed out of the race after tangling at the start of Stage 2, and Jones was later disqualified due to having four or more loose lug nuts on his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.Allgaier, the reigning NOAPS champion, entered this race just 11pts out of the championship lead. Jones missed the Chase, but was still racing for a
  
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• What channel is NASCAR on today? TV schedule, start time, live stream to watch 2026 Las Vegas playoff race

  04-10-2026 06:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  What channel is NASCAR on today? TV schedule, start time, live stream to watch 2026 Las Vegas playoff race originally appeared on The Sporting News.Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.There are only six races remaining in the NASCAR Playoff Chase, which means it's crunch time for drivers. The Cup Series will head to Sin City this weekend for the South Point 400.After struggling through an unusually poor regular season, veteran Kyle Larson is hitting his stride at the per
  
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• Day hits the jackpot in back-and-forth Vegas battle with Kvapil

  04-10-2026 05:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  By Holly CainNASCAR Wire ServiceLAS VEGAS – In one of the most thrilling finishes of the season, 20-year-old Hendrick Motorsports rookie driver Corey Day prevailed in a final-lap back-and-forth with 23-year-old JR Motorsports’ racer Carson Kvapil to claim his third career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory in Saturday’s Focused Health 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Race Results: Focused Health 302 at Las VegasWOW!!!!!!!!!!@corey_day_ dramatically overtakes @Carson
  
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• Race Results: 2026 NOAPS Focused Health 302 at Las Vegas

  04-10-2026 04:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Corey Day came out on top in a thrilling late-race battle with Carson Kvapil in Saturday night’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Focused Health 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Day crossed the finish line ahead of Kvapil by a margin of 0.287 seconds.Jesse Love, Brent Crews, and Taylor Gray rounded out the top-five finishers in the race.Focused Health 302 Race ResultsFinStCarDriverTeamMakeLapsDiffStatus1117Corey Day (C)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet201---Running291Carson Kvapil (C)JR
  
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• Corey Day prevails in jaw-dropping battle for NASCAR O'Reilly win at Las Vegas

  04-10-2026 04:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoCorey Day earned his third win of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts season in dramatic fashion, narrowly holding off Carson Kvapil in an incredible back-and-forth battle.Kvapil ran Day down and passed him with ten laps to go, only for Day to immediately go to the very top and snatch it back. They battled side-by-side for the rest of the race, with Kvapil clearing Day for the lead again with two laps to go.Once again, Day went straight to the top, using all of his sprint car ski
  
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• Who won NASCAR O'Reilly Series Las Vegas race? Winner is Corey Day plus full results

  04-10-2026 04:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Corey Day completed a last-lap pass of Carson Kvapil to win the Focused Health 302NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race on Oct. 3 at Las Vegas.Day bounced off the wall twice on the final lap but kept in the throttle to complete the race-winning pass for the lead off of turn 4.Day stays in the Chase points race for the championship with a big points day, including 19 stage points and the bonus point for the fastest lap.Here are the full results from Saturday's race:RACE RECAP:NASCAR O'Reilly Ser
  
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• NASCAR O’Reilly Standings after Today: OARS The Chase Points Leaders after Las Vegas

  04-10-2026 04:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters ConnectThe Chase began in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series in September with many expecting Justin Allgaier would be the O’Reilly Series champion in 2026. After another crushing setback for the No. 7 team, this time at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the OARS crown is clearly up for grabs.Let’s take a look at the NASCAR O’Reilly Standings after today, focusing on The Chase points leaders with five races to go.Related: NASCAR O’Reilly Series R
  
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• Joe Gibbs Racing Makes History With Impressive Las Vegas Qualifying Outing

  04-10-2026 03:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Gibbs Racing makes history with stout qualifying run. GettyJoe Gibbs Racing put together a historic NASCAR Cup Series qualifying run on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For the first time in the team’s history, JGR will have its four cars start 1-2-3-4 following an impressive showing in Saturday’s qualifying session.Denny Hamlin, winner of the last two Cup Series races at Las Vegas, earned the pole for Sunday’s South Point 400. Ty Gibbs will roll off second, followed b
  
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• What now for Brad Keselowski and RFK Racing with impending split?

  04-10-2026 03:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoTo hear RFK Racing president Chip Bowers articulate it, Brad Keselowski simply wanted to keep racing more than he wanted to focus on his ownership duties with a focus on competition matters, leading to the surprise split announced this week.Both Bowers and Keselowski met with the media on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway but the 2012 Cup Series champion largely offered several no comments while the former Florida Marlins president was more expressive.“One of the things
  
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• Brexton Busch Gives Command For Kyle Busch Classic

  04-10-2026 02:27 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Las Vegas Bullring was the site of the Kyle Busch Classic on Friday night to honor the late two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion. Prior to the on-track action, there was a special pre-race command.Brexton Busch, Kyle and Samantha Busch’s 11-year-old son, delivered the most famous words in motorsports prior to the start of the Kyle Busch Classic. Brexton competed in the Legends cars event in his green and orange No. 18 machine.Kyle Busch, who passed away suddenly on May 21 after a case o
  
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• Drivers remember Kyle Busch before race at late Las Vegas star's hometown track

  04-10-2026 01:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — NASCAR Cup Series leaders Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin are focused primarily on maximizing their performances in an effort to win the season championship.At the same time, they and other drivers competing Sunday in Las Vegas took time to reflect on the loss of Las Vegas native Kyle Busch, the two-time Cup Series champion who died May 21 from sepsis following severe bacterial pneumonia.“This is a place I know the Busch brothers, especially, took a lot of pride in runn
  
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• Denny Hamlin Takes Pole In Dominant Joe Gibbs Racing Qualifying Session at Vegas

  04-10-2026 00:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Can you feel that? It feels like there could be a momentum shift in the works. On Saturday, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin led the way in a Joe Gibbs Racing clean sweep of the top-four starting spots in qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400.Hamlin, who snagged his 53rd career pole position, was the overwhelming favorite to win the Cup Series title heading into the 10-race Chase. However, after four races, he went from 25 points ahead of everyone to being 26 p
  
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• Denny Hamlin Takes Pole As Joe Gibbs Racing Sweeps Top-4 at Vegas

  04-10-2026 00:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Denny Hamlin will start from the pole position in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. | Wes Masure | Racing America On SIDenny Hamlin, the favorite to win the NASCAR Cup Series championship entering the Chase, came into Las Vegas Motor Speedway needing to find momentum, and needing to find it quickly. After Saturday's qualifying session for Sunday's South Point 400, perhaps he and Joe Gibbs Racing have woken up.With a lap time of 28.910 seconds (186.787 mph) a
  
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• Hamlin Confident on Las Vegas Pole As Tires Leave Teams Timid

  04-10-2026 00:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS -- Denny Hamlin will start on the pole for Sunday's South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where tire wear could be an issue.Joe Gibbs Racing swept the top-four spots with Hamlin, Ty Gibbs, Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe and Toyota swept the top-five with Tyler Reddick in fifth. Toyota has only swept the top-five starting spots one other time, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2025.Hamlin clocked in a lap averaging 186.787 mph around the 1.5-mile track t
  
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• NASCAR Cup Las Vegas Chase race starting lineup: Denny Hamlin earns pole in JGR 1-2-3-4

  04-10-2026 00:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoDenny Hamlin has answered Kyle Larson in the intensifying battle for the NASCAR Cup Series championship, rocketing to pole position at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Hamlin lapped the 1.5-mile track in 28.910s, just 0.017s clear of Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs for the top spot. Hamlin has won the last two Cup races at Vegas, and is trying to win three in-a-row on Sunday to erase his 26-point deficit to Larson."It was good," said Hamlin. "It had a lot of really good characteristic
  
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• Lineup: NASCAR Cup Series 2026 South Point 400 at Las Vegas

  04-10-2026 00:25 via sports.yahoo.com
  For the second time in Toyota's history, they swept the top-five starting spots for a NASCAR Cup Series race. Denny Hamlin led Ty Gibbs, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe and Tyler Reddick in qualifying, ahead of points leader Kyle Larson who won at Kansas Speedway over Austin Cindric. Cindric will start just behind Larson. This is the third consecutive Las Vegas NASCAR Cup Series race where Toyota swept the top-three starting spots. Denny Hamlin 186.787 mph averageTy Gibbs 186.677 mphCh
  
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• NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying Results: Who Won The Pole For Las Vegas?

  04-10-2026 00:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Denny Hamlin will lead the field to the green flag to start Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Winner of the last two Cup Series races at the 1.5-mile track, Hamlin will start the fifth race of the Chase from the pole position.Joe Gibbs Racing put together an impressive qualifying outing on Sunday as the organization’s four cars will start 1-2-3-4, the first time in the team’s history such a feat has been accomplished.Ty Gibbs will roll off
  
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• NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying Results: Who is on The Pole For Las Vegas?

  04-10-2026 00:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Denny Hamlin will lead the field to the green flag to start Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Winner of the last two Cup Series races at the 1.5-mile track, Hamlin will start the fifth race of the Chase from the pole position.Joe Gibbs Racing put together an impressive qualifying outing on Sunday as the organization’s four cars will start 1-2-3-4, the first time in the team’s history such a feat has been accomplished.Ty Gibbs will roll off
  
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• Is it time for NASCAR to look at the intermediate track rules package?

  04-10-2026 00:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoThree years ago, Tyler Reddick said the current-generation NASCAR Cup Series car was ‘slowly migrating back to 550 Package racing’ after a race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway so how about now approaching another race in Sin City?“I mean, it hasn't been much but just over the years just seeing the cars keep getting faster and faster as more and more people just get every last bit out of them, more throttle time,” said Reddick on Saturday at Las Vegas. “W
  
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• NASCAR Las Vegas qualifying results, Denny Hamlin on Cup Series pole as starting lineup set

  04-10-2026 00:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Denny Hamlin is on the pole for the South Point 400NASCAR Cup Series race on Oct. 4 at Las Vegas.After a stretch of qualifying rainouts to start the Chase, Hamlin claimed the pole with a lap of 28.910 seconds ahead of his three teammates.Joe Gibbs Racing will start 1-2-3-4 at the 1.5-mile oval, with 23XI Racing Toyota's Tyler Reddick in fifth.Joey Logano (23rd) is the lone Chase driver starting outside of the top 20.Here's the full starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR race at Las Vegas.VEGAS RACE
  
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• Corey Day wards off Kvapil in brilliant late-race battle, lands O'Reilly triumph in Vegas

  04-10-2026 00:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Corey Day emerged from a fierce lead-swapping battle with Carson Kvapil, holding on late to corral a convincing win in Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race, gaining ground in the postseason pursuit at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Day led a career-best 136 of the 201 laps in Saturday’s Focused Health 302, with his No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet kissing the Turn 4 wall on the final lap and claiming a slim 0.287-second margin of victory at the checkered flag. The p
  
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