Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell is aiming to become the first driver to win four consecutive NASCAR Cup Series races since Jimmie Johnson in 2007, as he is set to enter Sunday's Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway coming off of wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Circuit of the Americas, and Phoenix Raceway.
He initially qualified in 13th place for the 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Las Vegas, Nevada oval, but he will have to start at the back after the No. 20 team changed a throttle body.
Legacy Motor Club's John Hunter Nemechek, another Toyota driver, was issued the same penalty, as the No. 42 team also changed a throttle body. He initially qualified in 30th place and is set to join Bell on the back row to take the green flag.
Because of how "to the rear" penalties work in the Cup Series, drivers penalized pre-race simply drop to the tail end of their lane.
As a result, everybody who was set to start behind Bell on the inside lane is set to move up one row, meaning that the driver who qualified 15th is now technically set to start above the driver who qualified 14th.
Every driver who qualified on the outside lane behind Nemechek is set to move up a row as well.
Here is an updated Pennzoil 400 starting lineup at Las Vegas.
1st - Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
2nd - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
3rd - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
4th - Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
5th - Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
6th - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
7th - Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
8th - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
9th - Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
10th - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
11th - Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
12th - Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
13th - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
14th - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
15th - Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
16th - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
17th - Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
18th - A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
19th - Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
20th - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
21st - Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
22nd - Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
23rd - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
24th - Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
25th - Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
26th - Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
27th - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
28th - Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
29th - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
30th - Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
31st - Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
32nd - Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
33rd - Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
34th - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
35th - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
36th - John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
Fox Sports 1 is set to provide live coverage of the Pennzoil 400 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET this afternoon. Begin a free trial of FuboTV now and catch all of the action!