Martin Truex Jr. overcame a penalty for jumping the start at the green flag at Richmond, but easily made his way back to the front and held off Denny Hamlin to secure the win.
Denny Hamlin won Stage 1 and held off Kyle Larson over the closing laps to win the Cook Out Southern 500. It was Hamlin's first win of the season and locked him into Round 2 of the Playoffs.
Ryan Blaney avoided late carnage at Daytona and took the win in an overtime finish to win the Coke Zero Sugar 400. It was Blaney's third win of the season and second in a row, and places him second in the playoff reset.
Elliott started 34th after failing to post a qualifying time, but methodically worked his way into the lead, passing Matt DiBenedetto on Lap 38, and then overtaking Kyle Busch with 17 to go.
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The 22-year-old Mayer from Franklin, Wisconsin, clocked in a singe-qualifying pole-winning lap at 183.287 mph in 29.462 seconds for his second O'Reilly Auto Parts Series pole of 2026 at Sin City.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell was made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport heads to the Nevada desert this weekend looking to build on recent momentum as the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series returns to the high speeds of Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Saturday’s The LiUNA!
Scott McLaughlin had a great time in the first practice Friday for the inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington, and his pleasure didn’t come just from the fast digits next to his name on the results sheet.