LAS VEGAS – William Byron will lead the Hendrick Motorsports quartet to the green flag for Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Cup Series main event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
With a lap time of 29.344 seconds, Byron earned the third starting position for tomorrow’s race, the highest of any playoff driver in the field.
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Kyle Larson will take the green flag in the 14th spot while Noah Gragson will start 17th. Gragson returns for the third straight race to pilot the No. 48 Ally Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 while Alex Bowman recovers from a concussion sustained in an accident at Texas Motor Speedway.
Chase Elliott will take the green flag in the 20th position for the Round of 8 opener.
Tyler Reddick will start on the pole for Sunday’s race.
Headed into the Round of 8, Elliott leads the points standings with a 31-point cushion on the cutline. With success at Las Vegas and Martinsville Speedway in the spring, the Dawsonville, Georgia, native will look to this weekend to begin his goal of earning his third consecutive Championship 4 appearance.
Byron also remains in the playoffs, making the Round of 8 for the first time in his career. After a fourth-place finish at Las Vegas in March and a victory at Martinsville earlier this year, the 24-year-old driver has his eyes set on his first appearance in the Championship 4.
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Cup Series action came to Las Vegas in 1998 and has hosted 29 events since then. Following the track's reconfiguration for the 2007 season, the track continued to maintain the original shape but increased banking in the turns to 20 degrees. The front stretch and back straightaway utilize nine degrees of banking. From a fan’s perspective, the Nevada track is also home to the "Neon Garage," which allows fans a closer look at the competition through an elevated viewing room.
Catch the 400-mile Cup Series main event at 2:30 p.m. ET this Sunday on NBC, PRN Radio, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).