Week three of the NASCAR season kicks off in Las Vegas. Fans will be happy to know that there is a full slate of racing with all three series in action this weekend. Track activity began on Thursday with the Camping World Truck Series taking practice but kicks into full gear on Friday with all three series seeing track time including Cup Series qualifying and the Stratosphere 200 Truck Series race.
On Saturday Xfinity Series qualifying is sandwiched between two Cup Series practice sessions with the Boyd Gaming 300 taking showcase later in the day. Finally on Friday it’s the Cup Sereis running the Pennzoil 400.
Entry List: Cup Series Entry List for Pennzoil 400
Las Vegas Motor Speedway is a 1.5 mile track located in Clark County, NV. The venue seats 116,000 fans and opened it’s oval course 22 years ago.
Check out the full weekend schedule below as well as previous winners and weather information for this weekend at Las Vegas.
NASCAR Las Vegas Weekend Schedule
Friday, March 2
2-2:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice, FS1 Results
3:05-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice, FS1
5:05-5:50 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1
6:05 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying, FS1 Pole: Kyle Busch, Starting lineup
7:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, FS1
9 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Stratosphere 200 (134 laps, 201 miles), FS1 (Stages 40/80/134) Green Flag: 9:05 pm Winner: Kyle Busch, Results
Saturday, March 3
12-12:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series second practice, FS1
1:10 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, FS1
2:30-3:20 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1 Blaney fastest, speeds
4 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300 (200 laps, 300 miles), FS1 (Stages 45/90/200) Green Flag: 4:16 pm Winner: Larson, Results
Sunday, March 4
3:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube (267 laps, 400.5 miles), FOX Green Flag: 3:46 pm
Previous Winners
Cup Series: Martin Truex Jr.
Xfinity Series: Joey Logano
Truck Series: Ben Rhodes
Weather
Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60’s for much of Friday and Saturday with clouds in the area. On Sunday for the Cup Series race the high is just 58 but there is expected to be sun and zero chance of rain.
