Kevin Harvick will lead the NASCAR Cup Series field to green at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday (March 7).
His No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford was placed on the pole after he finished fifth at Homestead-Miami Speedway last week.
Homestead’s victor William Byron joins Harvick on the front row, while his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson is third. Martin Truex Jr. will wheel his No. 19 Toyota of Joe Gibbs Racing from fourth, while Daytona 500 champion Michael McDowell rounds out the top five.
Denny Hamlin begins sixth and Kurt Busch starts seventh. Hendrick cohorts Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman roll off eighth and ninth, respectively, with Brad Keselowski completing the top 10 starters.
The lineup was formed using an equation that combined four weighted categories: driver’s finishing position (25%), owner’s finishing position (25%), fastest lap (15%) and team owner’s points (35%).
Cup Series Lineup from Las Vegas
The Pennzoil 400 airs on March 7 at 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX and PRN radio.
Joy joined Frontstretch in 2019 as a NASCAR DraftKings writer, expanding to news and iRacing coverage in 2020. She's currently an assistant editor and involved with photos, social media and news editing. A California native, Joy was raised watching motorsports and started watching NASCAR extensively in 2001. She earned her B.A. degree in Liberal Studies at California State University Bakersfield in 2010.