Mar 15, 2026; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin (11) and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell (20) lead a group during the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images

NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Race Results

Originally posted on Racing America on SI
By Toby Christie | Last updated Mar 15, 2026 7:27 PM ET

Denny Hamlin was able to charge back from a mid-race speeding penalty to pick up his first win of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season in Sunday's Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry XSE led a race-high 134 laps in the 267-lap event, and was able to hold off a hard-charging Chase Elliott in the closing laps for the race win.

William Byron, Christopher Bell, and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top-five finishers in the race.

Fin	Car	Driver	Laps	Diff	Points
1	11	Denny Hamlin (X)	267	--	70
2	9	Chase Elliott	267	0.502	40
3	24	William Byron (S2)	267	3.414	49
4	20	Christopher Bell (S1)	267	3.787	51
5	54	Ty Gibbs	267	4.441	39
6	17	Chris Buescher	267	6.985	35
7	5	Kyle Larson	267	9.200	48
8	19	Chase Briscoe	267	10.695	29
9	23	Bubba Wallace	267	11.821	41
10	6	Brad Keselowski	267	12.056	27
11	60	Ryan Preece	267	12.652	33
12	3	Austin Dillon	267	14.753	25
13	45	Tyler Reddick	267	15.138	30
14	38	Zane Smith	267	15.269	23
15	22	Joey Logano	267	15.723	22
16	12	Ryan Blaney	267	20.155	23
17	1	Ross Chastain	267	21.142	20
18	7	Daniel Suarez	267	21.617	19
19	2	Austin Cindric	267	21.837	19
20	43	Erik Jones	267	22.625	17
21	42	John Hunter Nemechek	266	1 lap	16
22	77	Carson Hocevar	266	1 lap	15
23	35	Riley Herbst	266	1 lap	14
24	16	AJ Allmendinger	265	2 laps	13
25	48	Justin Allgaier (i)	265	2 laps	0
26	71	Michael McDowell	265	2 laps	11
27	41	Cole Custer	265	2 laps	10
28	8	Kyle Busch	265	2 laps	9
29	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	265	2 laps	8
30	4	Noah Gragson	265	2 laps	7
31	21	Josh Berry	264	3 laps	6
32	88	Connor Zilisch #	264	3 laps	5
33	10	Ty Dillon	264	3 laps	4
34	34	Todd Gilliland	264	3 laps	3
35	51	Cody Ware	263	4 laps	2
36	97	Shane van Gisbergen	262	5 laps	1

(S1) Stage 1 winner
(S2) Stage 2 winner
(X) Xfinity Fastest Lap
# Rookie of the Year contender
(i) driver ineligible to score points

Time of Race: 2 hours, 41 minutes, 17 seconds
Average Speed: 148.992 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.502 seconds
Cautions: 3 for 20 laps
Lead Changes: 21 among 9 drivers

This article first appeared on Racing America on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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