NASCAR race results, winner at Las Vegas in Cup Series playoffs

He won the South Point 400, the first race of the Round of 8, on Sunday, Oct. 12, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, overtaking Chase Briscoe with four laps left. It was his first victory since Gateway five weeks ago.

Hamlin led only nine laps. He beat runner-up Kyle Larson and third-place finisher Briscoe with a final margin of 1.5 seconds.

As the first driver to clinch a spot in the final race of the season at Phoenix in three weeks, Hamlin doesn’t have to stress about upcoming trips to Talladega and Martinsville. Larson, Briscoe and Christopher Bell currently join him above the cutline.

Here is the full finishing order.

NASCAR standings: Results of Cup Series race at Las Vegas

1. Denny Hamlin, No. 11
2. Kyle Larson, No. 5
3. Christopher Bell, No. 20
4. Chase Briscoe, No. 19
5. Tyler Reddick, No. 45
6. Joey Logano, No. 22
7. Alex Bowman, No. 48
8. Kyle Busch, No. 8
9. Ryan Preece, No. 60
10. Brad Keselowski, No. 6
11. Austin Cindric, No. 2
12. Chris Buescher, No. 17
13. Noah Gragson, No. 4
14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47
15. Erik Jones, No. 43
16. Michael McDowell, No. 71
17. Riley Herbst, No. 35
18. Chase Elliott, No. 9
19. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16
20. Daniel Suarez, No. 99
21. Todd Gilliland, No. 34
22. Bubba Wallace, No. 23
23. Ross Chastain, No. 1
24. Zane Smith, No. 38
25. Austin Dillon, No. 3
26. Josh Berry, No. 21
27. Justin Haley, No. 27
28. Cole Custer, No. 41
29. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42
30. JJ Yeley, No. 44
31. Katherine Legge, No. 78
32. Carson Hocevar, No. 77
33. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88
34. Ty Gibbs, No. 54
35. Cody Ware, No. 51
36. William Byron, No. 24
37. Ty Dillon, No. 10
38. Ryan Blaney, No. 12