LAS VEGAS - When it comes to NASCAR Cup Series venues that have been kind to Hendrick Motorsports, its hard to find many more welcoming than Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
And on Saturday, all four of the team's cars showed the speed that's made them historically formidable in Nevada.
All the organization's drivers will fire off from decent spots in the race on Sunday after qualifying was held on Saturday. The company effort was led by Alex Bowman, who turned in a lap of 28.94 seconds to earn the sixth starting spot. William Byron will start two spots behind in eighth with Kyle Larson two more positions behind in 10th. Chase Elliott rounded out the effort and will fire off from the 16th spot.
Hendrick Motorsports has won the last four spring races on the 1.5-mile tri-oval. Larson has won two of those and has three victories there total, equaling Michigan International Speedway as his most at any track.
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All four drivers showed plenty of speed in practice as well, placing in the top 15 in lap time. The effort was led by Byron, whose single lap of 29 seconds flat was third on the board, three-one-hundredths of a second and one spot above Larson. Elliott was next with a top time of 29.12 seconds to place seventh on the board with Bowman's quickest circuit of 29.24 seconds accounting for the 14th-best time.
"I think it feels similar to how you typically feel here at Vegas, at least for us," Larson said after practice concluded. "I think we're close. Overall, felt comfortable, so happy about the HendrickCars.com Chevy."
Sunday's race is set to start at 3:30 p.m. and will air on FS1.
NASCAR qualifying results
- Michael McDowell, No. 71
- Joey Logano, No. 22
- Austin Cindric, No. 71
- Kyle Busch, No. 8
- Erik Jones, No. 43
- Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Chevrolet
- Josh Berry, No. 21
- William Byron, No. 24 RAPTOR Chevrolet
- Zane Smith, No. 38
- Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
- Chris Buescher, No. 17
- Ryan Preece, No. 60
- Christopher Bell, No. 20
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45
- Denny Hamlin, No. 11
- Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
- Ty Dillon, No. 10
- AJ Allmendinger, No. 16
- Ross Chastain, No. 1
- Bubba Wallace, No. 23
- Noah Gragson, No. 4
- Austin Dillon, No. 3
- Daniel Suarez, No. 99
- Chase Briscoe, No. 19
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77
- Cole Custer, No. 41
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6
- Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54
- John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47
- Todd Gilliland, No. 34
- Justin Haley, No. 7
- Riley Herbst, No. 35
- Cody Ware, No. 51
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12 (did not attempt qualifying lap)
NASCAR practice results
- Ross Chastain, 28.75
- Bubba Wallace, 28.99
- William Byron, No. 24 RAPTOR Chevrolet, 29.01
- Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, 29.04
- Austin Dillon, No. 3, 29.08
- Noah Gragson, No. 4, 29.12
- Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, 29.12
- Christopher Bell, No. 20, 29.13
- Michael McDowell, No. 71, 29.15
- Chris Buescher, No. 17, 29.19
- Kyle Busch, No. 8, 29.21
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77, 29.21
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45, 29.24
- Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Chevrolet, 29.24
- Erik Jones, No. 43, 29.25
- Justin Haley, No. 7, 29.25
- AJ Allmendinger, No. 16, 29.27
- Daniel Suarez, No. 99, 29.27
- Chase Briscoe, No. 19, 29.33
- Joey Logano, No. 22, 29.39
- Austin Cindric, No. 2, 29.41
- Cole Custer, No. 41, 29.45
- Riley Herbst, No. 35, 29.47
- Zane Smith, No. 38, 29.49
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54, 29.49
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6, 29.5
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47, 29.53
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12, 29.61
- Denny Hamlin, No. 11, 29.61
- John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42, 29.62
- Ryan Preece, No. 60, 29.7
- Josh Berry, No. 21, 29.8
- Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88, 29.84
- Cody Ware, No. 51, 29.86
- Ty Dillon, No. 10, 29.9
- Todd Gilliland, No. 34, 29.91