
Las Vegas Race Review
Date: 3-16-2025.
Name of the race: Pennzoil 400.
Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Laps: 267.
Pole Winner: Michael McDowell.
Outside Pole Winner: Joey Logano.
Stage 1 winner: Austin Cindric.
Stage 2 winner: Kyle Larson.
Stage 3 winner (won the race): Josh Berry.
Top 5: Josh Berry, Daniel Suarez, Ryan Preece, William Byron, and Ross Chastain.
Fun fact about Josh Berry: In 2015 Josh competed in the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown where he spun Lee Pulliam and Timothy Peters on the last lap for the lead, resulting in Berry finishing seventeenth and Pulliam calling him "The biggest joke in racing."
Fun fact about Las Vegas Motor Speedway: The idea for the racetrack was formed after the closure of Stardust International Raceway in 1971, the plans for it was to build a new road course and drag strip in North Vegas by Craig Road Speedway owner Curly Pierce on Las-Vegas owned land.
Fun fact about Nevada: Ever wonder how the state got its name? It comes from the Sierra Nevada Mountain range which in Spanish means "snow covered," although the state is home to many deserts the high mountain ranges are covered in snow for at least six months out of the year.
Next Race: Homestead Miami Speedway on Sunday afternoon (3-23-2025).