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With a mostly disappointing month of February behind them, Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team are anxious to move into the month of March, beginning with this weekend’s Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

It’s time to roll the dice in Las Vegas as the NASCAR series make their first West Coast stop of the season.

Las Vegas Outlook: The 2021 NASCAR series heads out to the desert this weekend to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Sunday’s 400-mile event.

I’ve been happy with the start of the year. I feel like for the most part, or partially, we’ve kind of contended for a win in a way each week. So that’s been good. A top 10 at the 500 is always good.

We meet on Tuesdays in the morning and mostly talk about the upcoming week. We’ll talk about the previous week if we have anything major, but most of that stuff is talked about Sunday or Monday.

Michael McDowell, driver of the No. 34 Love’s Travel Stop Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Cup Series, goes into this weekend’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway fourth in the point standings.

Three former NASCAR Cup Series champions shook down the 20-turn, 3.41-mile long course in stock cars on Tuesday. Part of a Goodyear tire test in preparation for the inaugural May 23 EchoPark Texas Grand Prix

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Newman makes his 23rd Cup start at Las Vegas on Sunday, where he has an average finish of 15.6 with 10 top-10 finishes.

Buescher makes his ninth Cup start at Las Vegas on Sunday, where he carries an average finish of 17.2 with one top-10, which came in his most recent outing there last fall.