After being taken out in crashes in the first two points-paying Cup Series races of 2022, Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team are hoping to get back on track this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Burton, while disappointed to not have finished the races at Daytona and Fontana, is also focusing on the positive aspects of the team’s performance in those events.

“I’d say the season has been encouraging and frustrating at the same time,” he said. “We have had decent runs and some unfortunate situations in both, but I’m proud of our group for how we are rebounding from those situations.

“It is certainly important to get some finishes, starting with this weekend.”

Las Vegas is a place that in recent seasons has been good for Burton, crew chief Brian Wilson and the Wood Brothers. Burton has top-10 finishes in all four of his Xfinity starts at Las Vegas, and the Wood Brothers have two runner-up finishes and an average finish of eighth in their past four Vegas races. Wilson has a win, a pole and five top-fives in Xfinity Series races at Las Vegas.

Still, Burton and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team, like all others in the garage, are working to maximize the performance of the Next Gen car.

“I think the Vegas race is going to certainly be a challenge,” Burton said. “The bumps in the corners are going to challenge both the cars and drivers, so whichever team figures them out first should be in good shape.”

Practice for the Pennzoil 400 is set for Saturday at 10:30 a.m. (1:30 p.m. Eastern), followed by qualifying at 11:05 a.m. (2:05 p.m. Eastern).

Sunday’s 400-mile race, with Stage breaks at Laps 80 and 165, is set to start at 12:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m.) with TV coverage on FOX.

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Wood Brothers Racing

Wood Brothers Racing was formed in 1950 in Stuart, Va., by Hall of Famer Glenn Wood. Wood Brothers Racing is the oldest active team and one of the winningest teams in NASCAR history. Since its founding, the team won 99 races (including at least one race in every decade for the last seven decades) and 120 poles in NASCAR’s top-tier series. Fielding only Ford products for its entire history, the Wood Brothers own the longest association of any motorsports team with a single manufacturer. Glenn’s brother, Leonard, is known for inventing the modern pit stop. The team currently runs the Ford Mustang driven by Harrison Burton in the famous No. 21 racer.

NASCAR CUP SERIES
LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
PENNZOIL 400
TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
MARCH 2, 2022

AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 BREZTRI CAMARO ZL1, met with the media via teleconference in advance of this weekend’s Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Press Conference Transcript:

COLE CUSTER TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE BUMPS AT LAS VEGAS AND KIND OF COMPARING THEM TO THE BUMPS IN THREE AND FOUR AT FONTANA. ARE THE BUMPS AND CHALLENGES THE SAME? EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES OR CHALLENGES WITH THOSE.
“Turns one and two at Las Vegas (Motor Speedway) are high speed corners and the bumps have always been something that you work on your car to get through to make speed. The faster your car can go through there without having to unload and get the feel back in the front tires has always been kind of an issues. The person that kind of skips through them the best usually runs really well. There it’s an entry issue, unlike last week where it was an exit issue; where you’re kind of leaving the corner with wheel in the car. I think it could definitely be a problem and it will be challenging. The stuff I’ve done on the simulator – for some reason, it wasn’t very upsetting like it was at Fontana. The Fontana stuff was pretty accurate to our sim, where we were busting loose across those bumps. So, I’m hoping that it’s accurate again, as far as the bumps in Vegas not being as much of a problem as they were in Fontana.”

OBVIOUSLY, THE BIG ISSUE HAS BEEN THE ISSUE OF FLAT TIRES ANE BEING ABLE TO GET BACK ON TRACK. HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO THAT?
“I think it would really suck to end your race trying to miss a wreck and having to spin and having flats. I think that’s not on the driver as much as the situation that he’s in. I mean he can do his best job to miss a wreck. There becomes a safety issue in that – if you know you spin out, your race is going to be done because you’re going to have four flats and you’re going to wait three laps to get towed, that I might drive through the closest window I can to not turn the wheel and spin it out, instead of trying to dodge someone or run into them. You’re going to take whatever advantage you can not to spin out because you’re going to be thinking about that in the back of your head eventually.

“So I think that’s a problem that we’ve got to work; we have to get fixed. I know in other forms of racing; you spin out and your day is pretty much done. But we have 40 cars on the track in our form of racing and I think it’s way more competitive throughout the field than other forms of racing. So, when someone is driving their heart out, spins out and you’re just trying to dodge that wreck, you shouldn’t be penalized for that. I do think that we eventually will have to find a fix for that. In the meantime, it is what it is and you have to try and do your best to miss wrecks without spinning. And then also, just drive around the track without spinning.”

YOU AND TYLER (REDDICK) RAN WELL IN LOS ANGELES. YOU WERE BOTH REALLY STRONG AT FONTANA. EXPLAIN IT TO ME – HAS RCR MADE A BIG STEP? IS IT THE NEW CAR? IS IT THAT YOU GUYS DID A LOT OF WORK WITH THE NEW CAR?
“I think Chevrolet, in general, is in a pretty good position. RCR and ECR, we definitely tried to be the guys to embrace this new car the earliest in the process. I think some of the teams probably didn’t embrace it as much as we did. We saw it coming and tried to put a lot of effort into it from the beginning. I really love working with Tyler (Reddick). He’s a great teammate and I think we both do each other some good. We have different thought processes on things and I think that allows us to kind of open our minds and push each other in different ways. I was bummed for him last week. I felt like that was his first win coming, for sure. And then all of a sudden, we popped up there and had a great shot at winning it.

“It’s a good place to be in, as far as RCR and our affiliates. Some of our other affiliates looked really good last week with Erik Jones and Daniel Hemric getting another top-10. We’re in a good place right now. It’s still early in the season, but I like where we’re at and we just have to keep progressing. We definitely feel as though RCR should be a force to be reckoned with. We’ve always felt that way and now is an opportunity to take advantage of this early start and keep working hard.”

A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE IN THE TOP-10. DANIEL SUAREZ HAD A SHOT. ERIK JONES HAD A SHOT. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
“I think the playing field has definitely been leveled. You’re going to see different guys perform at different tracks I think throughout the year. The guys that have tracks that they’re good at are going to show up. I think with the old car, there was so much of an aerodynamic balance that you had to have to be good on a consistent basis. You kind of saw more guys have hit or miss runs on certain weekends than you had with the guys that always performed. This new car is going to level the playing field. That’s what it was kind of built for. Everyone has pretty much the same stuff, it’s just how you assemble it and the setup choices you make going into the race. There’s a lot being learned at a high rate right now, so we’re trying to take in all that data the best we can – as our company can – and make the best decisions going into the race so that we can adjust and make our car a little bit better than the other guys. We have the same stuff. It’s buying everything, parts-wise, from different manufacturers. You’re not really making anything.”

YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS ON FOX NEWS THIS MORNING. HE SAID HE’S OFFERED A MILLION ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION TO UKRAINE. WHERE YOU AWARE OF THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT’S ALL ON HIM OR IS THE FAMILY SORT OF INVOLVED IN THIS?
“With RC (Richard Childress), you never know what he’s getting into. But I was aware of it. I got to watch him and I thought he did a good job. He’s always into everything. He’s inspirational and someone that constantly keeps me working because he’s a worker and I don’t think he’ll ever stop.”

GOING BACK TO THE FLAT TIRE SITUATION – DO YOU FEEL LIKE NASCAR IS GOING TO MAKE A RULE CHANGE FOR THIS WEEKEND OR DO YOU THINK IT’S STILL A FEW WEEKS AWAY? WHAT WOULD BE THE PREFERABLE CHANGE?
“I think that’s pretty hard. I don’t think a change is coming this weekend. Right now, the best choice for NASCAR is to help the teams as much as they can to keep it as simple as possible. Our guys are working their tails off right now just to get the cars to the track. They’re exhausted and any type of change like that, it just puts a new load on them to try and come up with setups and changing the cars.

“I don’t think that change is going to happen right away, especially while we’re on this west coast swing. We have guys flying back and forth to the west coast trying to work on the car; get back here and try and work on the setups; and then flying back out. So there’s just a lot going on. I think NASCAR will make the right choice when they roll out something for this. I think we need to get caught up a little bit more before we make just a shot in the dark at it. It’s pretty complicated to fix the problem because we’ve seen good racing so far. A lot of people liked what we saw at Fontana, as far as the racing goes. So when you go to change some of that stuff, it can hurt it. So I think they’re trying to have the smartest people in the garage come up with different ways to fix this. I mean it’s a ride-height issue. When the tires go flat, you’re sitting on the blocks. If it’s taking down the block size or taking the block off the car, there’s a lot of different things – different tech things – that start to play into all of this.

“It’s not just an easy fix. If we all knew what it was, we’d try. There have been some good ideas I think thrown out there, but they’re time consuming and could set you back in other areas. It should have been done before, but we’re in it now. It’s something that will get fixed. We’ll just have to be patient with it and in the meantime, enjoy the good racing. I hate it for the guys – including me – that when we get a flat, it’s not going to be our day.”

WHENEVER NASCAR GOES TO LAS VEGAS, YOU ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT ODDS. NOW WITH GAMBLING OPENING UP IN OTHER STATES, DO YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK MORE ABOUT ODDS?
“We have a great sponsor in BetMGM. I think Tyler (Reddick) and I are doing an appearance for them. Daytona is usually a place you hear about odds and who has big shots because you just never know who can win. I think it’s great for our sport to be more involved in the sports betting world. It gives fans another thing to really cheer for and get engaged in the sport. But I haven’t really experienced anything more than what I have in the past with fantasy NASCAR. It hasn’t really been brought more than it has in the past.”

AS IT PERTAINS TO THE NEXT GEN CAR – WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HARD TO DRIVE AND SNAPPY LOOSE. WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, WHAT DO WE THINK LAS VEGAS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AFTER FONTANA?
“Hard to drive and snappy loose – I think they kind of play together. There’s just not a lot of forgiveness in this car, is the best way I can put it. Which makes it hard to drive and you have those moments where you talk about snappy loose. Snappy loose comes from just pushing too hard and getting over that edge, in my opinion. It doesn’t come back when you get to that point. You have about one shot of catching it. Where with the old car, you could catch it and keep driving it off of the right rear a really long time. This car when you get that first moment – if it doesn’t come back after that and you’re still kind of in a slide, you better lock the wheel left and just spin out because the next thing that’s coming is the wall. Every time you make a correction throughout the corner, you’re putting yourself on edge and you’re putting yourself in a vulnerable position making those corrections because you know – ‘ok, I got away with that one’. And we’re learning that kind of forgiveness and ability; and the guys are learning on setups. You’re taking a risk every time you back-steer with these cars. You do it multiple times throughout the corner, it doesn’t work out.”

ATLANTA IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND WE’VE NEVER REALLY SEEN SOMETHING QUITE LIKE THIS. IT’S AN INTERMEDIATE TRACK DESIGNED, THEORETICALLY, TO RACE LIKE A SUPERSPEEDWAY. IS THAT WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO GET WHEN YOU GO THERE?
“I have no clue actually on this one. I’ve watched a couple laps of the test that they had. I’ve heard people talk about – we’re going to be wide open; speedway racing on a 1.5-mile track and it’s gripped up. We’ll just have to see what that’s really like. I just hope it’s not a train race because Atlanta has been a great track in the past with the old, worn out asphalt. Our best races come from places that just have antient asphalt that tears up tires. It could be a great race and it could be one of those where you’re just trying to make it through it. I’m assuming that with it being speedway style and if handling is up, there will be some aggressive driving and some blocks made. And you’ll have the potential to wipe out a bunch of cars.

“We’ll just see how it works out.”

DID HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH (INAUDIBLE).. GIVE YOU GUYS TIME TO PERFECT PIT STOPS? THE PIT STOPS JUST SEEMED TO BE OFF THE CHAIN FOR RCR.
“Yes – I bragged in my interview after the race. I couldn’t believe how good our pit crews were. It was a pleasure to come down pit road when a caution came out. The guys in the off season put in a lot of work. I was at the pit crew competition and it was kind of disastrous, truthfully, and kind of funny. We have five teams I think right now at RCR that we send to the track: The 3, 8, 43, 42 and one other I believe. Our development team ended up winning the competition and we were kind of like ‘wow, that wasn’t supposed to happen’. But we had heard how great they had done during the off season and we felt like we were pretty prepared; and we just needed to get to that first race. Man, they were on it. The 8 and the 3 looked great. Everybody had solid pit stops. Adjustments and where you park in the pit stall really matter. So getting stopped correctly helps those guys tremendously. They have a really hard job of hitting perfect hangs and getting those lugs off and not leaving a wheel loose. A lot goes into that to be fast and trying to be perfect at the same time. The guys had a really good weekend. I thought that last stop – I was like ‘man, if we come out on the front row here, we’re going to have a shot’ because I knew how good of a short-run car I had and I could really cut the bottom. That was the only one that we didn’t gain, was the last stop. We really gained on every other pit stop. It was a great day for the 3 team. And obviously the 8 performed great when they were out front and did their job.”

AT DAYTONA, KYLE LARSON SAID HE THOUGHT TYLER (REDDICK) WOULD BE THE NEXT BREAKOUT DRIVER. WITH SOMEBODY THAT HAS HIS AMBITION AND TALENT, HAS THAT KIND OF PUSHED YOU TO UP YOUR GAME?
“Yeah – I think Tyler (Reddick) is an aggressive driver. He’s got a positive attitude and, like you said, he has a lot of talent. He goes places that guys don’t go right off the bat. It’s good for me because he can go test it out and I’ll figure it out during the race usually and we progress differently. I think that some of what I do and some of what Tyler does – if we both kind of gain on that throughout – we could be really good. I’m a patient driver. I’m constantly trying to make my car better throughout the race and try to keep up with the track. Tyler, he’s going to fire it off in there first lap no matter what and it’s going to stick or not. That’s the great thing about him. He works as hard as any driver that I’ve been around at his craft and I think that’s another reason why he’s doing so well. He really puts in a big effort. We’re working well together and I think we’re both good for each other.”

LOOKING AHEAD TO PHOENIX – WE’VE SEEN THIS CAR ON MULTIPLE STYLES OF TRACKS. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE RACING TO BE LIKE AT PHOENIX?
“I tested one day there. We didn’t really get around a bunch of cars at the test. One thing about Fontana – reason being it was I feel like a pretty solid race – there were a lot of options. Places to go find some air for these cars. I think short tracks are going to be great for this car; Richmond, Martinsville, different places like that. You saw L.A. was a great race.

“Phoenix is kind of in between a short track and then you start getting into a bit of an aero problem at Phoenix. You start relying on downforce and different things. It’s going to be important to qualify good, I feel like. I do think tires are going to fall off a pretty good amount at Phoenix, which will be nice. You just have to setup your car for that and hopefully you make it work.

“It’s going to be a race either way. I don’t know how great it’s going to be. I think it’s performed well so far, so I wouldn’t underestimate it and think that it’s not going to race good. It’s a challenging car to drive and it’s putting on a good show so far.”

HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOU’LL BE ABLE TO TAKE FROM NEXT WEEK TO WHEN WE GO BACK FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN NOVEMBER?
“I would say some things will probably change, but not a whole lot by the time we go back. So you just take good notes. Anytime you go to the track, we’re going to be writing notes every weekend. Talking about parts, pieces, thoughts on how to drive – it’s a whole new notebook. Even if you don’t go back to a track or your change tracks that you’ll never see again, there’s something you can learn and take to the next event.”

OUTSIDE OF THE RACES YOU’VE WON THE PAST FEW YEARS, SUNDAY WAS ONE OF THE MOST DOMINATING PERFORMANCES THAT RCR HAS BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER SINCE ABOUT 2013. WHAT’S THE VIBE BEEN AT THE SHOP?
“That’s a good question – half of the shop is gone, so it’s hard to kind of get everybody in the building, see them and see what’s going on because people are so busy right now. I’m headed that way here in a little while and then I have to go to the simulator. I’m getting texts from guys and I think that’s the best way to kind of know – guys that have been in the shop for a long period of time, that I’ve known for a long period of time, that are pumped and feel like we’re going to string off some wins this year. Hearing that from those guys that are excited, I know that just boosts morale and makes them want to work that much harder when they see the runs that we had this past weekend.”

ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC COMPETITION GOALS THE TEAM HAS SET FORTH?
“Yeah, for me, it’s winning a championship. My goal is to be the first guy to win all three. It’s what I put the effort into. It’s what I spend my weekends for – to try and win all three. That’s why I wrote on the back of my helmet this year is ‘crazy faith’, knowing that just believing in the process of that. I’ve set goals throughout different seasons. You set those obtainable goals – a couple of wins, get in the Playoffs. But I just want to kind of start thinking about what I really want and having faith towards that. The championship is the only thing I’ve wrote down as a goal.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR EVOLUTION AS A DRIVER, HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SAY YOU’VE GROWN AND HOW MUCH DO YOU SAY YOU MISS SOME OF YOUR YOUNGER ASPECTS?
“I definitely feel like I’ve gotten more experienced. Obviously, we’ve been doing this for a while now and I’m starting to grow as a human, in general; from the time I came into the sport to now. I think experience pays off in certain situations. Some of things that when I was younger – I don’t know, I feel pretty good where I’m at right now. I don’t think I would go back in time, for sure. Maybe some of the unknowing aspect of it would be nice; the first couple of years. But experience-wise, I would not trade a minute of what I’ve gained since. Still willing to go run at 200 mph into the corner, flip into a catch-fence and go race the next weekend. I haven’t lost any of the drive and I’m enjoying where I’m at. I think I have some good years ahead with the experience I’ve gained over all these years. All these changes with cars and different things; seeing different guys leave the sport and come into the sport. I love where I’m at.”

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Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Sunday, March 6, 2022
1.5-Mile Oval
3:30 PM ET
Location: Las Vegas
TV: Fox
Event: NASCAR Cup Series (3 of 36)
Radio: SiriusXM, PRN

5 KYLE LARSON
Age: 29 (July 31, 1992)
Hometown: Elk Grove, California
Resides: Mooresville, North Carolina
Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
Standings: 8th

No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, will be available in the Las Vegas Motor Speedway media center on Saturday, March 5, at 9:15 a.m. local time.

LARSON HIT ON 16: On Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, Kyle Larson led 28 laps en route to his first victory of 2022 and the 17th of his NASCAR Cup Series career. The driver of the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is now tied with Marvin Panch and Curtis Turner for 52nd on the all-time Cup Series wins list. With his next visit to victory lane in NASCAR’s premier series, Larson could break into the top 50 in that statistical category.

WINNER WINNER: Dating back to last season, Larson has won five of the past seven points-paying Cup Series races. In the modern era (1972-present), the feat has been accomplished nine other times by eight drivers – all members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame: former Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty (twice), Tony Stewart, Rusty Wallace, Dale Earnhardt, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison, and David Pearson.

WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS: In March 2021 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Larson led a race-high 103 laps to capture his first victory driving for Hendrick Motorsports and his first career Cup Series win on a 1.5-mile track. Prior to the win, he had scored nine runner-up finishes – the most all-time without a victory – in 71 career Cup starts on 1.5-mile tracks.

GOOD ODDS: Including his victory at Las Vegas last year, Larson won four of the final eight races held on 1.5-mile tracks for a winning percentage of 50%. In the nine total races held on 1.5-mile tracks last season, the 29-year-old driver led 1,317 laps – the most all-time on that track configuration. In fact, the rest of the field combined to lead 1,337 – only 20 more laps than Larson.

FUN IN THE SUN: Larson has won four of the last six Cup Series races held on the West Coast. Along with his victory at Las Vegas, the Elk Grove, California, native won at Sonoma Raceway and Phoenix Raceway in 2021 plus last weekend at Auto Club Speedway.

LAS VEGAS EDGE: Only three drivers with more than three starts at Las Vegas have an average finish better than 10th. Larson’s average finish of 9.82 there trails only Joey Logano (8.59) and Ryan Blaney (8.82). Larson’s average finish at Las Vegas also ranks third among tracks where the 2014 rookie of the year has made more than one start. In eight appearances at Darlington Raceway, Larson has a 5.5 average finish while he has a 7.0 average result in 13 starts at Dover Motor Speedway.

YOUR CAR NEEDS: This weekend, Larson will drive the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. From the convenience of home, customers can select the category, make, model and vehicle packages that are important to them from the nearly 30,000 new, high-quality pre-owned and certified cars, trucks and SUVs available at HendrickCars.com. The website also makes it easy for customers to find one of Hendrick Automotive Group’s 93 dealership locations nationwide.

WE’RE HIRING: Hendrick Automotive Group is hiring more than 300 technicians at its dealerships throughout the country. Positions are open for all skill levels and offer tuition and training reimbursement. Interested people can apply at HendrickCars.com.

OVER $200K: In March, Larson launched the Kyle Larson Foundation, which was established to better serve today’s youth, families and communities in need through hands-on support. The Sanneh Foundation and the Urban Youth Racing School are the primary beneficiaries of the foundation, which will also work closely with Hendrick Cares, the corporate social responsibility program of Hendrick Automotive Group. To kickstart the “Drive for 5,” Larson pledged a personal donation of $5 for every Cup Series lap he completed in 2021 and contributed another $5,000 for every top-five finish he earned. After 36 races, he pledged more than $140,000 and raised more than $200,000. To learn more, please visit KyleLarsonFoundation.org.

9 CHASE ELLIOTT
Age: 26 (Nov. 28, 1995)
Hometown: Dawsonville, Georgia
Resides: Dawsonville, Georgia
Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
Standings: 19th

No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

LAS VEGAS STATS: Chase Elliott has 10 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and nearly visited victory lane there last fall, finishing in the runner-up position after a late-race charge for the win. At the track, he has three top-five finishes, four top-10s and three stage wins, which is tied for second among active drivers. The Dawsonville, Georgia, native is also tied for the longest active streak of races led at Las Vegas with five, dating back to the fall of 2019.

KEEP THE STREAK ALIVE: Elliott, driver of the No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, is riding a streak of six consecutive top-10 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks, which currently leads all drivers in the series. During that span, he has led 78 laps and earned an average finish of 4.2. Elliott drove to runner-up finishes in three of the six races.

1.5-MILERS: Elliott will make his 66th 1.5-mile track start Sunday at Las Vegas. In his previous 65 races, he has led 842 laps and recorded two victories, most recently at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May 2020. Along with his pair of wins, Elliott has collected 22 top-five finishes – eight of which are runner-up results – and 35 top-10s on 1.5-milers.

GUSTAFSON AT LAS VEGAS: This weekend, No. 9 team crew chief Alan Gustafson will call his 22nd race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway from atop the pit box. In his previous 21 races at the 1.5-mile desert oval, Gustafson has garnered six top-five finishes, nine top-10s and 187 laps led.

NAPA KNOWS LAS VEGAS: NAPA AUTO PARTS, the Atlanta-based company that has been a primary partner of Elliott in all seven of his seasons at Hendrick Motorsports, will be on board the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 this weekend at Las Vegas. It will mark the ninth time it has served as the primary sponsor of the No. 9 team at the 1.5-mile track. That last time NAPA colors were on Elliott’s Chevrolet at Las Vegas, the Georgia native drove to a second-place finish.

A SHOC ENERGY DAYTONA RACE EXPERIENCE: A SHOC Energy is giving fans the opportunity to win a VIP trip to the Cup Series race at Daytona on Saturday, Aug. 27. One grand prize winner and guest will receive flight and hotel accommodations, tickets to the regular-season finale and a $500 Visa gift card. The sweepstakes is open now through July 15. Fans can enter by texting “ASHOCTRIP” to 97579.

24 WILLIAM BYRON
Age: 24 (Nov. 29, 1997)
Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina
Resides: Charlotte, North Carolina
Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
Standings: 33rd

No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

1.5-MILE MOMENTUM: William Byron is no stranger to success on mile-and-a-half tracks during his NASCAR Cup Series career. In 2021, he picked up the win in the third race of the year at Homestead-Miami Speedway – his first on a 1.5-mile configuration. He went on to collect seven top-10 finishes across nine races on the intermediate tracks throughout the year – tied for the second-most behind only Kyle Busch (eight). In fact, Byron scored 370 points on 1.5-mile venues in 2021 – the third most behind Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson (440) and Busch (381). Heading into Sunday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Byron is on a streak of two consecutive top-10 finishes at 1.5-mile tracks.

LOOKING FOR LUCK: When the No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 unloads for Sunday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it will mark Byron’s ninth Cup Series start at the 1.5-mile venue. In the eight previous starts, Byron has a personal-best finish of seventh (September 2019). However, the Charlotte, North Carolina, native’s stats at Las Vegas don’t accurately represent the strength the No. 24 team has displayed there. Byron is tied for third across the Cup Series field for the longest active streak of races led at Las Vegas (three). Also, the 24-year-old’s 71 laps led there rank as the sixth-most he’s led at a single track.

VIVA LAS RUDY: Returning to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the third time with the Cup Series, crew chief Rudy Fugle is confident heading to a venue where he has had success before. In his two Cup showings last season, the No. 24 team scored an eighth-place result in the spring and was poised for a top-five result in the fall before a flat tire with 50 laps to go left them with an 18th-place finish at the 1.5-mile track. Aside from those two starts, the Livonia, New York, native has called the shots for 10 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Las Vegas. He has collected one win (March 2019) with driver Busch, four top-five finishes, six top-10s, three pole awards and 238 laps led. With Byron in the Truck Series in 2018, the duo qualified 10th and raced to a fifth-place finish at the 1.5-mile venue.

AXALTA TRIPLE: Already having been on board for the first two races of the 2022 season, Axalta will adorn Byron’s No. 24 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 once again for Sunday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Axalta is now in its 30th year of partnership with Hendrick Motorsports. For a better look at Byron’s No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, click here.

48 Alex Bowman
Age: 28 (April 25, 1993)
Hometown: Tucson, Arizona
Resides: Concord, North Carolina
Crew Chief: Greg Ives
Standings: 25th

No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

BOWMAN ON 1.5-MILERS: Alex Bowman will make his 48th start on a 1.5-mile track for Hendrick Motorsports this Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In his past 47 appearances, Bowman has garnered one win, nine top-five finishes, 19 top-10s, three stage wins and has led 461 laps.

IVES IN VEGAS: Crew chief Greg Ives will sit atop the No. 48 pit box for his 12th start at Las Vegas on Sunday. In his last 11 starts at the 1.5-mile venue, Ives has garnered two top-five finishes and four top-10s. From 2006-2012, Ives was a race engineer for the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team with seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson. During that time, he was part of three wins and four top-five finishes at Las Vegas.

PIT STOP POWER: The No. 48 Ally Racing pit crew gained a combined 15 spots across all pit stops made in Sunday’s race at Auto Club Speedway. The crew notched the eighth-fastest stop of the 2022 Cup Series season on lap 133, clocking in at 10.73 seconds. The No. 48 crew also holds the fifth-fastest average through the two points-paying races this year, averaging a 12.72-second pit stop. The No. 48 pit crew includes fueler Jacob Conley, tire carrier Allen Stallings, jackman Eric Ludwig, and tire changers Scott Brzozowski (front) and Devin DelRicco (rear).

SAVE THEM ALL: Bowman and primary partner Ally are teaming up this year to bring back the Best Friends Animal Society donation effort. This week, the duo will make charitable contributions to The Animal Foundation, which serves the local community in Las Vegas beyond household pets. Bowman and Ally will donate $4,800 to Best Friends and The Animal Foundation. Ally will increase its donation to $10,000 if the No. 48 team wins on Sunday.

MULTIPLE WINS: With four victories, Bowman is the second-winningest driver since the start of the 2021 Cup Series season, trailing only teammate and 2021 champion Kyle Larson. Bowman’s four-win season started at Richmond Raceway in April. His win at Richmond also notched primary sponsor Ally’s first points-paying victory in the Cup Series. He tallied three more wins: Dover Motor Speedway, where he led his teammates to Hendrick Motorsports’ first 1-2-3-4 finish, Pocono Raceway, and Martinsville Speedway.

RACING FOR UKRAINE: In addition to competing for a win in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports will race in support of Ukraine. To help bring awareness to the growing humanitarian crisis and to encourage relief donations, team owner Rick Hendrick and sponsor Hendrick Automotive Group have committed $200,000 to Samaritan’s Purse to support disaster assistance. The Hendrick organization will also contribute $2,000 toward Ukraine relief for each lap led by the four-car Hendrick Motorsports stable at Las Vegas, where the team led a combined 150 laps last March. This weekend, the Samaritan’s Purse website, SamaritansPurse.org, will appear prominently on the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 of defending race winner and 2021 Cup Series champion Kyle Larson. Donations that directly support relief efforts in Ukraine can be made via the site.

75,000 LAPS LED: Since it was founded 1984, Hendrick Motorsports has led exactly 75,000 laps in points-paying NASCAR Cup Series races. It reached the milestone Sunday after leading 52 laps at Auto Club Speedway to extend its all-time record. The team has led 98,574.473 miles in the series, which is equal to nearly four full trips around the Earth.

LAPPING THE FIELD: In 2021, Hendrick Motorsports set a new record for laps led on 1.5-mile tracks in a single season with a combined 1,693. The previous record of 1,515 was set in 2005 by RFK Racing. Including six at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports has 65 victories on 1.5-mile tracks, which is 10 more than second-best Joe Gibbs Racing and 24 more than third-best RFK Racing.

KEPT IT GOING: Following Larson’s victory Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports has won at least one Cup Series race in a record-extending 38 different seasons. With the exception of only 1985, the team has delivered a victory each year since Rick Hendrick opened the doors in 1984. Petty Enterprises is second all-time with 36 years with a victory.

THE BIG FOUR-OH: On Sunday, Hendrick Motorsports notched its 12th victory at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, and its 40th combined NASCAR Cup Series win on the West Coast. It has also won 12 times at Phoenix Raceway, seven times at Sonoma Raceway and three times at the defunct Riverside International. The team will seek its seventh Las Vegas Motor Speedway victory this weekend.

BACK FOR MORE: Entering the 2022 NASCAR season, Hendrick Motorsports will seek to defend as Cup Series champions and extend its current streak of consecutive titles to three. Chase Elliott won the coveted Bill France Cup in 2020, followed by teammate Larson in 2021. Hendrick Motorsports has earned 14 NASCAR Cup titles – the most in history – and holds series records in every major statistical category, including wins, pole positions and laps led.

BANNER YEAR: The 2021 season was one of the most memorable in the history of Hendrick Motorsports. In May, the team finished 1-2-3-4 at Dover Motor Speedway, won Chevrolet’s milestone 800th race at Circuit of The Americas and broke Petty Enterprises’ long-standing record for all-time Cup Series wins at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The organization recorded 17 points-paying victories, which rank as its second-most ever (18 in 2007). With its entire four-car stable contributing to the 2021 total, Hendrick Motorsports became the first team in Cup Series history with four race winners under the age of 30 in a single season. The year culminated with Larson’s victory at Phoenix Raceway, which clinched the organization’s record-extending 14th NASCAR Cup Series championship.

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Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports, on this weekend’s efforts to support Ukraine relief: “Like the rest of the world, our family has watched the worsening crisis in Ukraine with shock and sadness. We’ve been especially struck by the needless suffering inflicted on innocent children. NASCAR provides us with an incredibly powerful platform, and I believe we have a moral obligation to use it to help people in need. We hope to encourage others to support Ukraine, whether it be through Samaritan’s Purse or one of the other organizations providing critical humanitarian relief. We cannot ignore the disaster that is unfolding.”

Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on last year’s Las Vegas win: “That win was really special for us. It was our first win as a team and meant a lot to a lot of people on this team – some visiting victory lane in the Cup Series for the first time. But I also know how much it meant to Rick and Linda (Hendrick) because the paint scheme was similar to what (their late son) Ricky (Hendrick) ran. It’s an honor to drive for them and to drive this car with this scheme that means so much to so many.”

Larson, on last Sunday’s win at Auto Club Speedway: “It’s always fun to win in your home state. I learned a lot on the track with this new Camaro ZL1 and I’m sure (crew chief) Cliff (Daniels) and the team did as well. But it’s a new car and we’re going to be constantly learning each and every race – and it will be no different this weekend at Vegas. Every lap we turn, we learn.”

Cliff Daniels, crew chief of the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on if last year’s success at Las Vegas can translate to this weekend: “It’s a completely different car and tire, and the way the race plays out will probably be different. Las Vegas is real bumpy and it has a lot of character. The way you approach its uniqueness and the bumps – you have to have good ride in your car and the driver can’t get too upset by the bumps. The comfort and control and stability are things the entire field will be searching for, and we missed some of those qualities a little bit last weekend in California but still ended up with a great result.”

Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on racing at Las Vegas: “Last week was our first real test with these new cars and I think it definitely made for some exciting racing for the fans. Having Fontana under our belts will put us in a better position this weekend at Vegas, knowing a little bit more about how these cars race on intermediate tracks and what adjustments we can make.”

Elliott on the West Coast swing: “The West Coast swing, I’ve always found it kind of challenging. You start with Daytona, and I feel like that week has its own vibe. Then you go west and you kind of feel like things really get rolling and get started and that’s where you really kind of figure out, ‘OK, hey, this is where we are, this is where we stack up, this is where we need to go to work in certain areas.’ And then I feel like everybody comes home and gets an opportunity to get caught up.”

Alan Gustafson, crew chief of the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on heading to the second intermediate track of the season: “There’s a lot we can take from Fontana. The cars aren’t going to change much and there’s not a whole lot we can do to them. Fundamentally, what we’re trying to do is good. As long as we get the car balanced and driving reasonable for Chase then I think we’ll have a shot. In Fontana, nobody knew what to expect with it being our first time on an intermediate track. So I’m interested in going to Vegas, and I think if we get the car driving good and execute, we’ll have a shot.”

William Byron, driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on how the Next Gen car will race at Las Vegas: “Just based on off-season testing and the characteristics of Vegas, I think racing is going to be pretty similar to Charlotte (Motor Speedway). It’s going to be fast, and Vegas typically has a lot of grip in the springtime. The fall race is a little bit of a different story since it’s a little bit hotter that time of year. The spring race is a little more straightforward in that you can tell pretty early on who has the fast cars, and I think that will be the case again. That was us for sure this time last year, and I think we’ll have another good shot to win this race. Hopefully we get it done this time.”

Byron on what makes Las Vegas different from other mile-and-a-half tracks: “It’s got a lot of character but it’s fast and really smooth. I feel like Vegas and Phoenix, as weird as that sounds, have similar asphalt. They’re very smooth surfaces but have character as well. With it being so smooth you really have to run all over and utilize every lane to be good. The track changes a lot with rubber buildup, too, so you have to keep up with that so you don’t get behind early on in the race.”

Rudy Fugle, crew chief of the No. 24 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on maintaining confidence despite misfortune early in the season: “Obviously this isn’t the start to the year that we envisioned, but no one on the No. 24 team is getting down about it. It’s only been two races and even then, both races we were running up front and in contention for the win. We have a strong team, from the work they put in, the speed we show and how we execute during the weekend. The results don’t reflect that accurately. We had a hot rod in Fontana, and we’ll have another one in Vegas. We’re not going to dwell on the past. We’re already focused on Vegas and ready for our next challenge.”

Fugle on what it takes to run well at Las Vegas: “Vegas in the spring has much cooler temperatures than when we race there in the fall. The spring race seems to focus more on overall speed and setting yourself up with track position. Vegas is a track where you walk a fine line with your setups, and in Fontana we really found out just how fine that line is with the Next Gen car. I feel like we showed a lot of speed in Fontana, so if we keep up with track changes, we should be up front again this weekend.”

Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on heading to Las Vegas: “I’m looking forward to going to Las Vegas. We had a good car at Auto Club last week, just an unfortunate situation at the end of the race. Our team works so hard to put together fast race cars, and I know they are going to do it again this weekend. Greg and I will talk about our strategy and be ready for the green flag this Sunday.”

Greg Ives, crew chief of the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on his approach to Sunday’s race at Las Vegas: “I feel like Las Vegas is another place where you don’t have to be isolated to one lane. You can run top, bottom and middle. As long as your car has the ability to move around, you can make passes. We have run well in the past at Las Vegas and come close to getting some wins there, and I feel like we have the speed to do it. We just have to go out there and execute and make sure we are there at the end when the checkered flag falls.”

COLE CUSTER
Las Vegas Advance
No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing

Event Overview

● Event: Las Vegas 400 (Round 3 of 36)
● Time/Date: 3:30 p.m. EST on Sunday, March 6
● Location: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
● Layout: 1.5-mile oval
● Laps/Miles: 267 laps/400 miles
● Stage Lengths: Stage 1: 80 laps / Stage 2: 85 laps / Final Stage: 102 laps
● TV/Radio: FOX / PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Notes of Interest

● Cole Custer returns to the track where it all began for him in the NASCAR Cup Series when he and his No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) head to the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway oval for Sunday’s Las Vegas 400. Custer made his Cup Series debut in the March 2018 race at Las Vegas, when he started 30th and finished 25th in the No. 54 Rick Ware Racing Ford.

● Sunday’s 400-mile race marks Custer’s 78th in the Cup Series and his sixth at Las Vegas. The 24-year-old Southern California native’s 16th-place finish in September 2020 was his best previous result at the desert oval. He started 28th and finished 29th in his previous outing last September.

● Coming off last Sunday’s 11th-place finish at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, Custer arrives at Las Vegas 16th in the driver standings, 37 points behind leader Austin Cindric. Custer finished 20th in the season-opening Daytona 500 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.

● Also last weekend at Fontana, Custer scored his 10th career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in dominating fashion behind the wheel of the No. 07 for SS GreenLight Racing. He qualified second, led a race-high 80 laps and crossed the finish line .565 of a second ahead of runner-up Noah Gragson in the third overtime.

● In Xfinity Series competition at Las Vegas, Custer has five appearances from 2017 through 2019, all behind the wheel of the No. 00 SHR Ford. He started on the pole in each of the last three and posted top-10 finishes in each of the last four with a best of third in the September 2018 race. He’s led a total of 54 laps in Xfinity Series competition at Las Vegas.

● In Custer’s lone career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series outing at Las Vegas, he started and finished third in the October 2016 race, driving the No. 00 entry for JR Motorsports.

● Riding along with Custer and his SHR Mustang is team co-owner Gene Haas’ newest holding, Haas Tooling, which was launched as a way for CNC machinists to purchase high-quality cutting tools at great prices. Haas cutting tools are sold exclusively online at HaasTooling.com and shipped directly to end users. HaasTooling.com products became available nationally in July 2020. Haas Automation, founded by Haas in 1983, is America’s leading builder of CNC machine tools. The company manufactures a complete line of vertical and horizontal machining centers, turning centers and rotary tables and indexers. All Haas products are constructed in the company’s 1.1-million-square-foot manufacturing facility in Oxnard, California, and distributed through a worldwide network of Haas Factory Outlets.

Cole Custer, Driver of the No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing

You and your fellow SHR teams have had a solid first two races overall. How are you feeling as you head to Las Vegas this weekend?

“I think right now we’ve done a really solid job. We’ve been competitive at every single race, so far. Are we where we want to be? Are we leading a bunch of laps and up front? I think we still have a little bit of room to grow, but the guys have done a great job over the offseason working hard on this car and this is our year to rebound. We’re working as hard as we can to try and get our cars back up front, but it’s been solid so far. I think we have cars that are driving well and we have stuff that we can build on for the rest of the year.”

Coming off your solid run at Fontana, how do you and the team balance feeling good about that with all you still have to learn with the new NextGen car?

“You’ve just got to take it one week at a time. You kind of have to live in the moment, I guess. Our team did a great job in Fontana. Our pit crew was awesome and you just have to keep building on that. Obviously, things are going to change week to week and you have to use your resources and teammates and everything around you to try and understand this car better. But I think we’re off to a good start and we’ve got to just keep building on it.”

How do you expect the NextGen car to react to the racing surface at Las Vegas?

“You look at Vegas this weekend and it’s going to be very interesting with the bumps in (turns) one and two. At Fontana, people struggled a lot with that bump in three and four and it’s going to be interesting to see what teams push it more than others on aggressive setups and stuff like that, and what drivers push it more because it’s going to be edgy through those bumps.”

What has made Las Vegas so challenging for you over the years, and do you feel the surface has aged a good bit?

“It’s one of those places that’s really in the middle. It’s starting to get the pavement wore out, but it’s still really high-speed and you’ve also got those big bumps in (turns) one and two. It’s a place that is really hard to get ahold of, so it’s going to be an interesting race. It’s going to be a lot of seeing how far guys want to push it. I think you’re going to see, similar to Fontana, where everybody is on the edge and I think you’re going to see that same thing this weekend.”

Can you give a sense of how similar the bumps are from Fontana to Las Vegas?

“It’s definitely a question mark. I think there’s a chance people will be spinning out and really struggling over those bumps. They’re really big. Obviously, we saw a bump at Fontana kind of mess a lot of guys up last weekend, so it’s all about you sitting on these shocks and it’s a very harsh ride. Some guys are going to push it more than others is the biggest thing, so it’s going to be interesting. I don’t think anybody really knows what to expect, so it’s going to be a new experience every single weekend.”

Do you feel you’ll have to change your driving style to adapt with the NextGen car to the track?

“You’re going to change your setup around a little bit, but I think the biggest thing, at least with us, is how you’re going to navigate the bumps in one and two. They’re some of the biggest bumps that we have on the schedule. At Fontana, we saw the problems people had over the bumps in three and four, so it’s going to be a matter of how far you can push it through those bumps and how your car is handling through that.”

How important was it to score that Xfinity Series win last week at Fontana?

“It’s just huge to go back to the Xfinity Series and get a win. All of those guys, (SS GreenLight Racing owner) Bobby Dotter, I mean, to be in victory lane. I know Bobby has been doing it for a really long time, so it was cool to see him back in victory lane, but also for our sponsor, Production Alliance Group. It was their race, the Production Alliance Group 300, and I think he’s been talking for about six months about winning his own race, so it was really cool to make that happen. And that being a home race for me, I mean, it was as good as you can get.”

Safe to say winning that race energized you and the team?

“Obviously, it adds a little bit of confidence. You still know what you’re doing in some respect but, at the same time, you’ve just got to keep focusing on what’s coming next. Obviously, with this NextGen car, it’s pretty much a new experience every single weekend. We don’t know exactly what to expect, so you’ve kind of got to stay on your game and make sure you’re not getting too cocky, I guess you would say. I think it’s definitely, at every single type of racetrack, you have to make sure you’re on your game and adapting as fast as you can.”

No. 41 HaasTooling.com Team Roster

Primary Team Members

Driver: Cole Custer
Hometown: Ladera Ranch, California

Crew Chief: Mike Shiplett
Hometown: Amherst, Ohio

Car Chief: Tony Cardamone
Hometown: Bristol, Virginia

Engineer: Lee Deese
Hometown: Rockingham, North Carolina

Engineer: Scott Bingham
Hometown: Lawrenceville, Georgia

Spotter: Andy Houston
Hometown: Hickory, North Carolina

Over-The-Wall Members

Front Tire Changer: Josh Leslie
Hometown: Mount Clemens, Michigan

Rear Tire Changer: Coleman Dollarhide
Hometown: Hickory, North Carolina

Tire Carrier: Chad Emmons
Hometown: Tyler, Texas

Jack Man: Matthew Schlytter
Hometown: Ponte Vedra, Florida

Fuel Man: Dewayne Moore
Hometown: Griffin, Georgia

Road Crew Members

Mechanic: Joe Zanolini
Hometown: Sybertsville, Pennsylvania

Shock Specialist: Aaron Kuehn
Hometown: Kensington, Connecticut

Tire Specialist: Austin Greco
Hometown: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Engine Specialist: Evan Cupples
Hometown: Hudson, Illinois

Transporter Co-Driver: David Rodrigues
Hometown: Santa Clarita, California

Transporter Co-Driver: Charlie Schleyer
Hometown: Youngsville, Pennsylvania