The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Las Vegas for Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Christopher Bell has won three races in a row coming into the weekend and ran well in the fall race at Las Vegas last season.
Bell and William Byron have been the class of the field through a month of racing, but Sunday’s race is the first of the year on a 1.5-mile non-drafting track.
Here are The Tennessean’s expert picks for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas:
NASCAR predictions for Cup Series Las Vegas race: Here’s who wins the Pennzoil 400
Mike Organ’s pick: William Byron, No. 24, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Byron has run well since getting off to a great start at Daytona. He will stretch his lead in the NASCAR standings Sunday.
Nick Gray’s pick: Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Bell can’t win every race left on the schedule, but he can replicate last fall’s performance at Las Vegas when he led 155 laps but finished second to fuel-saving Joey Logano.
Austin Chastain’s pick: Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Larson won has won this race twice, including last year, and has three Las Vegas wins in total. Larson has yet to emerge as a forefront contender in a race and he will do just that and snap Christopher Bell’s winning streak
Tom Kreager’s pick: Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
If anyone is going to snap Christopher Bell’s win streak, it’s got to be Larson, the last person to have a three-race win streak. Larson gets Hendrick Motorsports in victory lane and snaps a slow start for him and his team. It’ll be his third win in Las Vegas since 2022.
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