NASCAR at Las Vegas reside updates, outcomes, highlights from the South Level 400

Twelve drivers stay in pursuit of a NASCAR Cup Collection championship.

The primary of three races within the playoffs Spherical of 12 kicks off Sunday evening at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Polesitter Kyle Larson (3,059 factors) enters the race with a 30-point lead within the playoff standings over Martin Truex Jr. (3,029).

LAS VEGAS LINEUP: Starting order, pole for race without qualifying

Larson is the newest winner in Vegas, having gained the Pennzoil 400 in March, however Joey Logano also needs to be coming into the race with confidence. He gained the race in 2019 and 2020.

A win by a playoff driver on this race will assure him a spot within the Spherical of 8, however inserting extremely on this race shall be essential to the playoff hopes of all 12 drivers with a difficult race at Talladega Superspeedway subsequent week.

Sporting Information is monitoring reside updates and lap-by-lap highlights from NASCAR’s race at Las Vegas on Sunday evening. Observe under for full outcomes from the South Level 400.

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NASCAR at Las Vegas reside updates, highlights from South Level 400

8:15 p.m.: Hamlin selecting to trip the underside on the restart.

8:11 p.m.: Hamlin, Larson, Elliott, Blaney and Byron are the primary off pit street. Kyle Busch drops 5 spots as the beginning of the second stage nears.

8:07 p.m.: Larson wins the primary stage by simply over a second and a half. Busch, Hamlin, Blaney, Byron spherical out the highest 5. 

8:04 p.m.: 5 laps to go within the first stage. Larson leads Busch, Hamlin, Blaney and Byron.

8:00 p.m.: Tyler Reddick is making an attempt to play the function of spoiler, as he handed Harvick on the within to push the 4 right down to eighth place.

7:56 p.m.: Harvick and Chase Elliott now battling in for sixth after Byron strikes up into the fifth spot. There was, after all, some friction between the two during last week’s playoff race.

7:52 p.m.: Harvick and DiBenedetto with some contact.

7:51 p.m.: Byron has moved into sixth and is pushing Harvick for fifth.

7:49 p.m.: Larson makes a powerful transfer to work by visitors and transfer previous Hamlin for first place. Busch additionally in a position to cross Hamlin to maneuver the 11 down to 3rd.

7:45 p.m.: Larson will get the cross on Busch on lap 41 to maneuver out into second.

7:44 p.m.: Larson will get out forward of Blaney for third place and is shut behind Hamlin and Busch.

7:41 p.m.: Hamlin is ready to get out in entrance of Busch, who’s now using subsequent to Larson for second and third.

7:40 p.m.: The inexperienced flag is again out. Hamlin will get a powerful run off the restart and almost will get forward of Kyle Busch, however the 18 is ready to keep out in entrance. The 2 are using subsequent to at least one one other early on the thirty second lap.

7:39 p.m.: Christopher Bell took some injury to the entrance proper coming into pit street. He is now in thirty third coming off pit street.

7:35 p.m.: First 5 off pit street: Kyle Busch, Hamlin, Blaney, Larson and Harvick.

7:35 p.m.: Many of the area is making the cease on pit street.

7:33 p.m.: Competitors warning introduced out for lap 25.

7:30 p.m.: Byron has moved up 25 spots, now as much as No. 10, whereas Truex has moved up 17 spots to No. 19. Each needed to begin within the rear, however have made critical waves on lap 19.

7:24 p.m.: Hamlin has now labored the within to chop in entrance of Blaney for the lead. Busch and Larson had been using side-by-side, but it surely’s Busch that stays out in entrance with Blaney sticking in second.

7:23 p.m.: Hamlin and Kyle Busch at the moment are at second and third, but it surely’s a good race. The highest seven are all inside a second of first six laps into the race.

7:21 p.m.: Ryan Blaney does not take lengthy to take the lead forward of Larson. Hamlin is making an attempt to work the surface to get in forward of Larson to maneuver into second.

7:20 p.m.: The Spherical of 12 is formally underway. 

7:08 p.m.: UFC president Dana White provides the command to drivers.

7:08 p.m.: Each William Byron and Martin Truex Jr. must begin within the rear after failing pre-race inspections.

7:01 p.m.: Matt Stell singing the nationwide anthem in the course of the pre-race ceremonies.

6:45 p.m.: Drivers are being launched forward of tonight’s race. This is one of the common in Vegas.

6:30 p.m.: A few milestones for the Busch brothers. Kurt Busch is beginning race No. 750 of his NASCAR Cup Collection profession and Kyle Busch racing in No. 600.

NASCAR begin time at present

• Time: 7 p.m. ET (TV time)
• TV channel: NBCSN (TSN in Canada)
• Reside stream: NBCSports.com | NBC Sports activities App | fuboTV (7-day free trial)

The inexperienced flag for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Collection playoff race on Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s 1.5-mile oval is scheduled to drop at 7:19 p.m. ET.

Desert warmth would be the greatest climate concern for drivers and groups on Sunday. The Nationwide Climate Service’s Sunday forecast for Las Vegas is for sunny skies and a excessive temperature within the low 90s. Skies will stay clear Sunday evening with a low within the excessive 60s. The race is scheduled to start within the late afternoon and finish after sundown Pacific time.

NASCAR Cup playoff standings

Kyle Larson leads the playoff factors standings because the Spherical of 12 begins. He is 30 factors away from second-place driver Martin Truex Jr. Tied for third are Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney, one other 5 factors again.

On the opposite finish are the drivers under the Spherical of 8 reduce line: Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Christopher Bell and Kevin Harvick. Logano is only one level behind eighth-place driver William Byron, nevertheless.

A playoff driver who wins a race within the Spherical of 12 routinely advances to the Spherical of 8. 

NASCAR beginning lineup at Las Vegas

Right here is the entire NASCAR beginning lineup for Sunday’s playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the South Level 400.