In five previous starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, A.J. Allmendinger had yet to finish inside of the top 15. That changed on Sunday, though, as he would finish the Kobalt 400 in the sixth spot.
In just the third race of the season, there were a plethora of firsts and lasts, from Jeff Gordon running his last ever race at Vegas to Brian Vickers starting his first race since open heart surgery and Kevin Harvick standing in Victory Lane for the first time ever at LVMS.
After posting a top-five time and qualifying second at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Brian Scott had his hopes set high for victory. However, his day wouldn't go as planned as motor problems would hand him a DNF.
He led both practices on Friday and on Saturday, he would score the pole for the Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The lap of 29.295 seconds marks his second pole of the season in his second start of the year.
At the end of Sprint Cup Series qualifying at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Jeff Gordon would score the pole award for the Kobalt 400. It marks his 79th career, and his second pole in three races thus far this season. Gordon's lap of 27.738 seconds is a track record, and his first pole at Las Vegas.
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports announced on Thursday, February 5th that Arrow Based Electronics will be the primary sponsor of the team's No. 5 Honda driven by James Hinchcliffe.
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB driver Erik Jones and team President Michael Gutilla were made available to the media on Sunday morning prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Kansas Speedway, with the team announcing a contract extension with Jones.
Hailie Deegan (No. 16 5.11 Tactical Chevrolet) stormed past race-long leader Trevor Huddleston (No. 50 High Point Racing / Racecar Factory Ford) on the last lap following an overtime restart to take her first win of the 2026 ARCA Menards Series West
Once the dust settled in 1926, Cyrus Avery wrote a polite thank-you letter to the federal highway official who had helped end a fight that dragged on for months.
