The NASCAR Cup Series stays in the west on Sunday, March 15, heading to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 400.
Tyler Reddick fell short of a fourth straight victory to start the season, as Ryan Blaney captured the checkered flag at Phoenix last Sunday.
Josh Berry picked up his first career win at the Pennzoil 400 last March, finishing ahead of Daniel Suarez and Ryan Preece.
Let’s look at our Pennzoil 400 prediction for Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on PrizePicks Team Picks, with the race starting at 4:00 p.m. ET on FS1.
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Pennzoil 400: NASCAR Predictions, Payouts, Favorites – Sunday, March 15
Christopher Bell is the current favorite to win the Pennzoil 400, returning a 4.54x payout on PrizePicks Team Picks if he wins outright.
Denny Hamlin is right behind with a 5.26x payout if he wins, via PrizePicks Team Picks.
- Christopher Bell – 4.54x
- Denny Hamlin – 5.26x
- Kyle Larson – 5.26x
- Ty Gibbs – 7.14x
- William Byron – 7.69x
- Tyler Reddick – 7.69x
- Chase Briscoe – 11.11x
- Ryan Blaney – 11.11x
- Joey Logano – 11.11x
- Chase Elliott – 14.28x
- Carson Hocevar – 14.28x
Team Picks data is live as of writing and is subject to change.
NASCAR Pennzoil 400 Stats to Know for 2026
Here are some stats and figures to get you set for the Pennzoil 400 on Sunday, including insights on our Pennzoil 400 prediction for PrizePicks
- This is the first of two races at Las Vegas Speedway, with the second event coming on October 4.
- Kyle Larson has excelled in Las Vegas, finishing first or second four times in the past six races.
- Larson’s two March victories in Vegas came in 2021 and 2024. Last year, he led 61 laps before placing ninth.
- Tyler Reddick finished eighth at Phoenix last week, snapping his three-race winning streak.
- The driver of the #45 Toyota has never won in 12 career races from Las Vegas, with his best finish being second in 2024.
- Joey Logano seeks his fifth victory in Las Vegas and his first since October 2024. After finishing third at Daytona, Logano has failed to place in the top-10 in the last three races.
- Ryan Blaney has not historically been a driver to support in Las Vegas, finishing 32nd or worse in the past three races.
- Blaney hasn’t won in 19 Vegas races and closed top-10 twice in the past eight opportunities.
- Daniel Suarez posted three top-10 finishes in the last six Vegas races, including third place in October 2024 and second place last March.
2026 NASCAR Pennzoil 400 Picks for Sunday, March 15
Here are four top Pennzoil 400 picks to target on Sunday in the NASCAR. NASCAR picks for PrizePicks are headlined by four drivers: Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Christopher Bell, and Ryan Preece.
To calculate fantasy points, 0.25 points are received for a lap led, 0.45 points for fastest lap, while the race winner picks up 45 points, second place grabs 42 points, and that number decreases by one for each descending finish.
Denny Hamlin: 59.5 Fantasy Points, 5.26x to Win
- Hamlin captured the checkered flag in last November’s event in Las Vegas, his first victory at this course since 2021.
- Dating back to 2020, Hamlin owns five top-5 finishes in Vegas, but has never won the spring event.
- Hamlin is off his best finish of the season last Sunday in Phoenix, placing fifth. In three of his six wins in 2025, he finished in the top five the week before.
- He has led for 29 laps in the past four races at Las Vegas and has not picked up a stage victory since 2021.
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William Byron: 45.5 Fantasy Points, 7.69x to Win
- Byron seeks his second win at Las Vegas in 17 career races. He was last victorious here in 2023, while leading for 176 laps.
- He has closed top-10 in five consecutive spring events in Vegas, including fourth in 2025.
- It’s been a tough start for Byron, who has led for two laps in four races, but is off his first top-10 finish at Phoenix (7th).
- In last October’s event at Las Vegas, Byron crashed with 32 laps remaining. He won the opening stage and led for 55 laps, but closed 36th.
Christopher Bell Pick: 71.5 Laps Led, 4.54x to Win
- In the two Las Vegas races last season, Bell failed to lead for a single lap.
- His best outing at this track came in October 2024, finishing second and leading for 155 laps.
- In 11 of 12 career Vegas races, Bell has failed to reach this projection.
- Last week at Phoenix, Bell led for 176 laps before finishing second. In the first three races of the season, he led for a total of 18 laps.
Ryan Preece Pick: 21.5 Fantasy Points, 33.33x to Win
- In the two Las Vegas races last season, Preece finished third and ninth, his first two top-10 finishes in 12 events at this course.
- Preece placed in the top-18 in each of the past three races, including a ninth-place finish in Atlanta.
- Last season, he posted a career-high 14 top-10 finishes, including in four of the final five events.
- In 22 of the past 26 races, he placed in the top-20. To finish in 20th place is 23 fantasy points, so that is the target for him to eclipse this projection.
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