NASCAR Cup Series

Harvick finished fourth at Indianapolis and is seeded second for the start of the playoffs, which begin at Las Vegas.

Kasey Kahne will continue to sit out from Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series competition this coming weekend in Las Vegas, as well as the upcoming series events at Richmond International Raceway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. This week the series travels west to Las Vegas Motor Speedway where temperatures for the weekend are projected to be around 100 degrees. The driver of the No. 95 Chevrolet with Leavine Family Racing continues to work with his physicians on a plan for his health.

Roush Fenway heads to one of its most storied tracks on the circuit this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a place where Jack Roush has seen 16 victories. In Xfinity and Cup action alone, RFR has 40 top-five and 76 top-10 finishes at the 1.5-mile oval.

Bayne will make his ninth career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start at Las Vegas this weekend. In eight previous races, Bayne has an average finish of 18.8 with one top-10.

Stenhouse has six-career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Las Vegas with an average starting position of 16.0 and average finishing position of 22.2.

AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CAMARO ZL1 LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY TRACK CONDITIONS FROM SPRING TO SUMMER: "Heading to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend, we already know it's going to be really hot there," Allmendinger said.

All three of NASCAR’s top touring series will be in action this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and Camping World Truck Series will compete in their respective Playoff openers while the NASCAR XFINITY Series concludes its regular season and sets the 12-driver postseason field.

In Monday’s regular-season finale for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS), Brad Keselowski captured his second straight MENCS triumph after winning the Brickyard 400. The 16-driver field is now set for the MENCS Playoffs, which will include a visit to Talladega Superspeedway for the second race (of three) in the Round of 12 on Oct. 14 for the 1000Bulbs.com 500.

Team Penske is the most dominant team in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history. But it never had won a NASCAR Cup Series race at IMS - until now.

Yet, the big story was the start of the race. When would that be? The wet cold rainy weather punted both practice and qualifying, thus nobody would have any laps in their car when the green waved. None. Zip.