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- RYAN BLANEY
He’s finished second and third in his last two outings and now comes to Phoenix Raceway on Sunday where last November Blaney wrapped up his first career Cup Championship
Last Week: 1st
- WiLLIAM BYRON
The world’s largest trash bag got stuck on the nose of Byron’s Chevrolet significantly raising engine temperatures but the Hendrick Motorsports driver was still able to recover with a fast car and battled back to a top-10 Las Vegas finish.
Last Week: 3rd
- JOEY LOGANO
The power of Penske horsepower has been on display in the early going for Logano who has been on the front row for the opening three races of the season. The handling of the No. 22 Ford wasn’t as potent in Las Vegas and Logano had his hands full just to get a ninth place finish.
Last Week: 5th
- KYLE LARSON
His first win of the season and third career at Las Vegas Motor Speedway came in a race that saw Larson lead 181 laps and take the first two stages as well. He had to fight off a hard-charging Tyler Reddick at the finish but was still fast enough to prevail.
Last Week: 10th
- KYLE BUSCH
The Richard Childress Racing driver appeared to have one of the fastest cars in Las Vegas and Busch led 18 laps as he stayed in the hunt for most of the race. But then a self-inflicted problem pitting outside his pit box doomed Busch to a 26th place finish.
Last Week: 2nd
- DENNY HAMLIN
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was able to score his first top-10 finish of the season in Las Vegas when he started 28th and drove to an eighth place Pennzoil 400 finish.
Last Week: 6th
- ROSS CHASTAIN
What a day for Chastain who was sent to the rear of the field for an unapproved adjustment to start the race, was penalized for speeding on pit road and the Trackhouse Racing driver was still able to post a fourth place Las Vegas finish.
Last Week: 7th
- DANIEL SUAREZ
The Atlanta photo finish winner didn’t have a bad follow-up performance at Las Vegas. Suarez had 15 laps at the front of the field and took the checkered flag with an 11th place finish.
Last Week: 9th
- BUBBA WALLACE
What might have been for Wallace we’ll never know. He obviously had a very fast 23XI Racing Toyota and qualified fifth. But a lug nut issue kept him on pit road for multiple laps early in the race and Wallace was credited with a 35th-place finish.
Last Week: 4th
- TY GIBBS
He needed to battle back from some issues including a transmission problem but Gibbs was able to do so and had his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the front pack crossing the finish line with a fifth-place Las Vegas finish.
Last Week: NR
Dropped Out: Austin Cindric
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