2025 Pennzoil 400
Motor car race
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The 2025 Pennzoil 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 16, 2025, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the fifth race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
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| Race 5 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | March 16, 2025 | ||
| Location | Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km) | ||
| Average speed | 124.368 miles per hour (200.151 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Spire Motorsports | ||
| Time | 28.883 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 61 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | |
| Time | 29.194 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick | ||
| Nielsen ratings | 1.48 (3.01 million) | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow | ||
| Turn announcers | Nick Yeoman (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) | ||
Josh Berry won the race, his first career win. This marked the first time a driver has scored their first win at Las Vegas. Daniel Suárez finished 2nd, and Ryan Preece finished 3rd. William Byron and Ross Chastain rounded out the top five, and Austin Cindric, Alex Bowman, A. J. Allmendinger, Kyle Larson, and Chase Elliott rounded out the top ten.
Report
Background
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
Ross Chastain was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 28.747 seconds and a speed of 187.845 mph (302.307 km/h).
Practice results
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
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| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 28.747 | 187.845 |
| 2 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 28.987 | 186.290 |
| 3 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.005 | 186.147 |
| Official practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Michael McDowell scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.883 and a speed of 186.961 mph (300.885 km/h).[7] This is the 1st career Cup Series pole for Spire Motorsports.
Qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 80
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
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| 1 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 10 |
| 2 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 3 |
| 9 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 |
| Official stage one results | |||||
Stage Two Laps: 85
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
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| 1 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 5 |
| 7 | 99 | Daniel Suárez | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 3 |
| 9 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Hyak Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 |
| Official stage two results | |||||
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 102
| Pos | Grid | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points |
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| 1 | 7 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 267 | 46 |
| 2 | 23 | 99 | Daniel Suárez | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 39 |
| 3 | 12 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Ford | 267 | 34 |
| 4 | 8 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 42 |
| 5 | 19 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 40 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 267 | 41 |
| 7 | 6 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 39 |
| 8 | 18 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 34 |
| 9 | 10 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 44 |
| 10 | 16 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 35 |
| 11 | 27 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 267 | 26 |
| 12 | 13 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 267 | 26 |
| 13 | 11 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 267 | 24 |
| 14 | 33 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 23 |
| 15 | 2 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 267 | 26 |
| 16 | 1 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 21 |
| 17 | 24 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 267 | 20 |
| 18 | 31 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Hyak Motorsports | Chevrolet | 267 | 20 |
| 19 | 34 | 35 | Riley Herbst (R) | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 267 | 18 |
| 20 | 30 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 267 | 17 |
| 21 | 17 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 267 | 16 |
| 22 | 29 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 267 | 15 |
| 23 | 9 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 267 | 14 |
| 24 | 14 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 267 | 15 |
| 25 | 15 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 267 | 12 |
| 26 | 26 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 267 | 11 |
| 27 | 5 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 266 | 10 |
| 28 | 20 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 266 | 23 |
| 29 | 32 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 265 | 8 |
| 30 | 25 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 265 | 15 |
| 31 | 21 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 241 | 6 |
| 32 | 22 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 240 | 5 |
| 33 | 4 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 232 | 4 |
| 34 | 28 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen (R) | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 195 | 3 |
| 35 | 36 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 194 | 7 |
| 36 | 35 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 186 | 1 |
| Official race results | |||||||
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 32 among 13 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 9 for 93
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 3 hours, 13 minutes and 13 seconds
- Average speed: 124.368 miles per hour (200.151 km/h)
Media
Television
Fox Sports was carried by FS1 in the United States. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and two-time Las Vegas winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight on-site during the race.
| FS1 | ||
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| Booth announcers | Pit reporters | In-race analyst |
| Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Clint Bowyer Color-commentator: Kevin Harvick | Jamie Little Regan Smith | Larry McReynolds |
Radio
PRN covered the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth where the field raced through the tri-oval. Nick Yeoman called the race from a billboard in turn 2 where the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 where the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Wendy Venturini, Brett McMillan, and Heather Debeaux worked pit road for the radio side.
| PRN | ||
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| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Brad Gillie Announcer: Mark Garrow | Turns 1 & 2: Nick Yeoman Turns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson | Wendy Venturini Brett McMillan Heather Debeaux |
Standings after the race
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