Chris Bell Lights Up Las Vegas' Monster Energy Sprint!
Toyota absolutely dominated Saturday qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, as the starting lineup is now set
Motorsport photo It's a Toyota lockout of the first two rows with Joe Gibbs Racing 1-2-3 in Las Vegas NASCAR Cup qualifying. Christopher Bell rocketed to the top of the charts and was the only driver to break into the 28-second bracket. Four of Bell's 15 career poles have happened in Vegas, with the other three taking place in 2022 (first career pole in the Cup Series), 2023, and 2024.
"Our Interstate Batteries Camry feels very nice," said Bell with a smile after qualifying. "I've talked about this a lot through the last couple of races, but just super, super proud of my team. We're finally getting back to where we need to be and it feels good.
We used to be able to qualify really well on these intermediates, and then, I don't know, it feels we fell a little bit off and now we got it back My engineers, crew chief, my mechanics, my pit crew -- everybody has been doing such a good job in 2026. It's so fun to drive this #20 car, and I'm excited about tomorrow. " He bested teammate Denny Hamlin by a full 0.
150s, with the two of them followed by Ty Gibbs in third, who is coming off of back-to-back top five finishes. Bubba Wallace completed the Toyota quartet in fourth, while Kyle Larson led the Chevrolets in fifth. Ryan Blaney was the top-qualifying Ford driver in sixth, followed by championship leader Tyler Reddick in seventh, Ryan Preece eighth, William Byron ninth, and Chris Buescher tenth.