Starting Lineup: Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas

Michael McDowell will lead the field to green in Sunday's Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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by Toby Christie on Mar 15, 2025

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Michael McDowell rocketed to his first pole position of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, and his seventh career pole Saturday afternoon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet captured the first-ever pole for the Spire Motorsports organization.

Here is the complete starting lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, race 5 of 36.

2025 Pennzoil 400 Starting Lineup

Row	Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Lap time	Diff	Speed
1	1	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports Group 1001 Chevrolet	28.883	0.000	186.961
1	2	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske Pennzoil Ultra Platinum Ford	28.898	0.015	186.864
2	3	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske Discount Tire Ford	28.909	0.026	186.793
2	4	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing BetMGM Chevrolet	28.933	0.050	186.638
3	5	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota	28.934	0.051	186.632
3	6	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports Ally Chevrolet	28.936	0.053	186.619
4	7	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing Motorcraft / Quick Lane Ford	28.939	0.056	186.599
4	8	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports Raptor Coatings Chevrolet	28.944	0.061	186.567
5	9	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports TitleMax Ford	28.946	0.063	186.554
5	10	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	28.950	0.067	186.528
6	11	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing Smith's / Dasani Ford	28.964	0.081	186.438
6	12	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing Consumer Cellular Ford	28.967	0.084	186.419
7	13	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing Interstate Batteries Toyota	28.984	0.101	186.310
7	14	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing The Beast Toyota	28.991	0.108	186.265
8	15	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing Yahoo! Toyota	28.995	0.112	186.239
8	16	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet	29.000	0.117	186.207
9	17	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing Sea Best Sefood Chevrolet	29.019	0.136	186.085
9	18	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing Action Industries Chevrolet	29.020	0.137	186.079
10	19	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Kubota Orange Days Sales Event Chevrolet	29.021	0.138	186.072
10	20	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing U.S. Air Force Toyota	29.035	0.152	185.982
11	21	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports Beef A Roo Ford	29.059	0.176	185.829
11	22	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing Dow Mobility Science Chevrolet	29.068	0.185	185.771
12	23	99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing Freeway Insurance Chevrolet	29.082	0.199	185.682
12	24	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Spring Fishing Classic Toyota	29.131	0.248	185.370
13	25	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet	29.133	0.250	185.357
13	26	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team HaasTooling.com Ford	29.135	0.252	185.344
14	27	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing Castrol Ford	29.149	0.266	185.255
14	28	88	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing Red Bull Chevrolet	29.185	0.302	185.027
15	29	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota	29.191	0.308	184.989
15	30	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Backstreet Boys Toyota	29.243	0.360	184.660
16	31	47	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	HYAK Motorsports Real American Beer Chevrolet	29.285	0.402	184.395
16	32	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford	29.344	0.461	184.024
17	33	7	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet	29.371	0.488	183.855
17	34	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing SunnyD Toyota	29.788	0.905	181.281
18	35	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing Evil Knievel / Parts Plus Ford	30.093	1.210	179.444
18	36	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske Menards / Pennzoil Ford	--	--	--