NASCAR: 2020 Las Vegas starting lineup – Kyle Busch on pole
By Asher Fair
Kyle Busch is on pole at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after a rainout caused the starting lineup to be set based on the NASCAR rulebook.
The starting lineup for the first intermediate track race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season has been set by the NASCAR rulebook after rain affected the schedule for the second consecutive week to open up the 36-race campaign.
UPDATE: Kyle Busch penalized; Martin Truex Jr. now on pole.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch is set to start on the pole position for his home race, the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, as the starting lineup was set based on 2019 owner points.
Set to start alongside Busch’s #18 Toyota in this 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) oval in Las Vegas, Nevada is teammate Martin Truex Jr., the most recent winner at the track. He won the round of 16 playoff race there in September behind the wheel of the #19 Toyota.
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Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin, the other two Championship 4 drivers from last year, are set to start in third and fourth place in their #4 Ford and #11 Toyota, respectively.
Team Penske’s Joey Logano, the winner of last year’s March race at the track, is set to start in fifth place in his #22 Ford. The highest starting Chevrolet driver is Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson in sixth in his #42 Chevrolet.
Team Penske teammates Ryan Blaney and Brad Keselowski, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer and Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott are set to round out the top 10 in seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place behind the wheel of the #12 Ford, #2 Ford, #14 Ford and #9 Chevrolet, respectively.
Here is the full starting lineup for the 2020 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Starting lineup
1st – Kyle Busch
2nd – Martin Truex Jr.
3rd – Kevin Harvick
4th – Denny Hamlin
5th – Joey Logano
6th – Kyle Larson
7th – Ryan Blaney
8th – Brad Keselowski
9th – Clint Bowyer
10th – Chase Elliott
11th – William Byron
12th – Alex Bowman
13th – Kurt Busch
14th – Aric Almirola
15th – Ross Chastain
16th – Erik Jones
17th – Cole Custer
18th – Jimmie Johnson
19th – Matt DiBenedetto
20th – Ryan Preece
21st – Austin Dillon
22nd – Christopher Bell
23rd – Chris Buescher
24th – Ty Dillon
25th – Tyler Reddick
26th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
27th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
28th – Michael McDowell
29th – John Hunter Nemechek
30th – Corey LaJoie
31st – Joey Gase
32nd – Quin Houff
33rd – Brennan Poole
34th – Garrett Smithley
35th – Daniel Suarez
36th – Reed Sorenson
37th – J.J. Yeley
38th – Timmy Hill
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Tune in to Fox at 3:30 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon for the live broadcast of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season’s second race.