As the NASCAR Cup Series cruises into Las Vegas, Christopher Bell has a chance to accomplish a feat that hasn’t been done in nearly 18 years.
Bell has won three consecutive races – at Atlanta, Circuit of the Americas and Phoenix – and if he takes the checkered flag Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he will become the first driver since Jimmie Johnson in 2007 to win four Cup races in a row.
During Johnson’s dominant 2007 season, the seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion won four consecutive races from Oct. 21 through Nov. 11 – at Martinsville, Atlanta, Texas and Phoenix – and finished the year with 10 victories and his second series title.
While Bell has never won in Sin City, the 30-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing driver has finished second in two of the past three races in Las Vegas – though both runner-up finishes came in October playoff races. Bell, though, has triumphed on similar intermediate tracks like Homestead-Miami Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, so a fourth consecutive win is more than a mere possibility.
Will Bell continue his early season dominance on Sunday? Here is all the information you need to get ready for the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
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The Pennzoil 400 starts at 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. local) at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
FS1 is broadcasting the Pennzoil 400 and has a pre-race show beginning at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. local).
The Pennzoil 400 can be live streamed on Max and the FoxSports app. Viewers can also stream the race on Fubo, which is offering a free trial to new subscribers.
The Pennzoil 400 is 267 laps around the 1.5-mile track for a total of 400.5 miles. The race will feature three segments (laps per stage) — Stage 1: 80 laps; Stage 2: 85 laps; Stage 3: 102 laps.
Joey Logano passed Daniel Suarez with six laps remaining before holding off Christopher Bell by 0.662 seconds to win the Las Vegas playoff race on Oct. 20, 2024 and lock himself into the championship race. He would go on to capture his third career series title.
And one year ago, Kyle Larson dominated, leading 181 of 267 laps, including the final 27, before edging Tyler Reddick by 0.441 seconds on March 3, 2024.
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