Christopher Bell secured the pole for Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a lap of 28.853 seconds at 187.156 miles per hour. It is Bell’s fourth pole in 13 races at LVMS and his 15th career pole in 221 NASCAR Cup Series races.

“We had a lot of grip, I held my foot down and we won the pole,” said Bell, driver of the No. 20 Interstate Batteries Toyota. “Every time you come to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it’s a compromise of getting your car to have as much grip as you can have in (Turns) 3 and 4 without hindering you in Turns 1 and 2. Any time you make the car drive better across the bumps, you’re giving up performance in the smooth part of the race track, and my team nailed it. They did it as good as any of them today.”

Denny Hamlin, who won the South Point 400 in Las Vegas in October, will accompany him on the front row after clocking a lap of 29.003/186.188. Ty Gibbs (29.063/185.803) and Bubba Wallace (29.068/185.771) qualified third and fourth, respectively, giving Toyota a sweep of the top four spots for the seventh time in Toyota Racing history.

Two-time Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube winner Kyle Larson (2021, 2024) will start from the inside of Row 3 alongside Ryan Blaney. Defending Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube Champion Josh Berry qualified 32nd and will have a lot of ground to make up to earn a repeat trip to Victory Lane.

Mayer claims Kennametal Pole Award for Saturday’s LVMS action

Sam Mayer won the pole for Saturday afternoon’s The LiUNA NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (NOAPS) race at LVMS with a lap time of 29.462 seconds at 183.287 miles per hour. Kyle Larson, a 2018 NOAPS winner at LVMS, will start beside him on the front row after a lap of 29.524/182.902.

Mayer, 22, now has six poles in 154 NOAPS races, and this marks his second pole of the 2026 season. Mayer will pilot the No. 41 Audibel Chevrolet for the Haas Factory Team and take the green flag from the pole for the first time at LVMS.

“This Haas Factory car is really fast, and I’m really looking forward to what we can do in the race,” Mayer said. “The last time we got the pole, it was very short-lived, but we fought back for a good day. So, hopefully we can do that again.”

Sheldon Creed (29.569/182.624) will start third, and Sammy Smith (29.623/182.291) will start fourth.