NASCAR Las Vegas starting lineup: JGR 1-2-3 sweep

LAS VEGAS – Three Joe Gibbs Racing drivers will lead the Pennzoil 400 to the green flag tomorrow.

Christopher Bell will lead the NASCAR Cup Series to the green flag Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Bell won the pole for the Pennzoil 400 Saturday in qualifying at the 1.5-mile speedway, laying down a 28.853-second lap time.

Bell was the only driver to break below 29 seconds.

The pole was Bell’s first of 2026 and the 15th of his career. Bell is now tied with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart in career poles, the 55th-most in Cup Series history.

Denny Hamlin will start second, his first Top-10 start of the year.

Ty Gibbs qualified third. Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson rounded out the Top-5 starters.

Chase Briscoe, the lowest qualifying JGR entry, will start 19th.

Josh Berry, who picked up his lone Cup Series win in this race last year, will start 32nd.

The Pennzoil 400 is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET (Fox Sports 1/PRN).

Starting Lineup

1. No. 20 Christopher Bell
2. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
3. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
4. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
5. No. 5 Kyle Larson
6. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
7. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
8. No. 60 Ryan Preece
9. No. 24 William Byron
10. No. 17 Chris Buescher
11. No. 3 Austin Dillon
12. No. 38 Zane Smith
13. No. 7 Daniel Suarez
14. No. 43 Erik Jones
15. No. 9 Chase Elliott
16. No. 97 Shane Van Gisbergen
17. No. 1 Ross Chastain
18. No. 19 Chase Briscoe
19. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
20. No. 35 Riley Herbst
21. No. 22 Joey Logano
22. No. 48 Justin Allgaier
23. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
24. No. 8 Kyle Busch
25. No. 88 Connor Zilisch
26. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
27. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
28. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
29. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
30. No. 71 Michael McDowell
31. No. 2 Austin Cindric
32. No. 21 Josh Berry
33. No. 51 Cody Ware
34. No. 4 Noah Gragson
35. No. 41 Cole Custer
36. No. 10 Ty Dillon