NASCAR been racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway since 1998 with Mark Martin winning the inaugural event. Joe Gibbs Racing and Hendrick Motorsports drivers hold the top six starting spots on the grid with Denny Hamlin leading a 1-2-3 for JGR.
However, the pole-sitter has only won this race once before, and that was Kyle Busch back in 2009. Recent races have seen an emergence of Penske-powered cars with Joey Logano winning this race one year ago, which vaulted him into the final four and helped him to earn his third Cup title. Earlier this year, Josh Berry in the Penske-aligned Wood Brothers Ford earned his first career win in Vegas, but the Penske cars were the slowest of the eight remaining title combatants.
