Haas Factory Team
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series Notes
Race Information
● Event: Pennzoil 400 (Round 5 of 36)
● Date/Time: Sunday, March 15 | 4 p.m. ET
● TV/Radio: FS1 / PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (channel 90)
● Location: Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada
● Layout: 1.5-mile, asphalt tri-oval (Banking in turns: 20 degrees. Banking in straights: 9-12 degrees)
● Laps/Miles: 267 laps/400.5 miles
● Practice and qualifying:
Saturday, March 14
Practice 2:30 p.m. ET
Prime / PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (channel 90)
Qualifying 3:40 p.m. ET
Prime / PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (channel 90)
Notes of Interest
● Las Vegas hosts its annual spring race this weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series embarks on the fifth points race of the 2026 campaign.
● Cole Custer is the only four-time pole winner (2018, 2019-spring, 2019-fall, & 2024) at Las Vegas in the O’Reilly Series. The California native started inside the top-5 in his final eight O’Reilly races and had an average starting position of 3.9.
● On Saturday, Custer is also set to make his O’Reilly Series debut this season, marking his first O’Reilly start since November 2024 at Phoenix.
● Mark Martin won the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 1, 1988.
● Each team gets nine sets of Goodyear Racing Eagle tires for the race (eight race sets plus one set transferred from qualifying).
By the Numbers
● Custer makes his 10th Cup start at Las Vegas this weekend, with his best finish at the track coming in the 2020 fall race when he drove up to 16th after starting in the 22nd position.
● He has started inside the top 20 in two races and has an average starting position of 23.6.
● Custer has started inside the top 10 in two of his last four starts at Phoenix Raceway and has an average starting position of 18.3.
No. 41 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Driver and Crew Chief
Driver: Cole Custer
Hometown: Ladera Ranch, California
Crew Chief: Aaron Kramer
Hometown: Wellsville, New York
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