Race cars lined up before the start of the South Point 400
AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo is LIVE at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the 2018 South Point 400 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Race. It is the first race of the 2018 NASCAR Playoffs and the second race held this year at the track in the desert. Erik Jones won the Bush Pole Award with a lap speed of 28.705 seconds or 188.121 mph. Las Vegas native Kyle Busch leads in points, but it’s anyone’s game from this point until the season ends at Homestead-Miami.
Welcome to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway!
Pre-Race Activities
Kyle Larson’s No. 42 going into inspections
Pre-Race Ceremonies
Martin Truex Jr. signing autographs
NBC Sports Camry
Toyota Tundras
LVMS President Chris Powell
KODAK Digital Still Camera
KODAK Digital Still Camera
KODAK Digital Still Camera
KODAK Digital Still Camera
KODAK Digital Still Camera
KODAK Digital Still Camera
South Point GM Ryan Growney
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman
Timmy Hill starts 39th
BJ McLeod starts 38th
Landon Cassill starts 37th
JJ Yeley starts 36th
Jeffrey Earnhardt starts 35th
Ross Chastain starts 34th
Kyle Weatherman starts 33rd
Corey LaJoie starts 32nd
Monster Energy girl
Bubba Wallace starts 31st
Ty Dillon starts 30th
AJ Allmendinger starts 29th
Chris Buescher starts 28th
David Ragan starts 27th
Matt DiBenedetto starts 26th
Regan Smith starts 25th
Michael McDowell starts 24th
Ryan Newman starts 22nd
William Byron starts 21st
Paul Menard starts 20th
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. starts 19th
Ricky relaxing before the race
Austin Dillon started 18th
Jimmie Johnson starts 17th
Clint Bowyer starts 15th
Brad Keselowski starts 13th
Brad Keselowski from Rochester Hills, MI
Jamie McMurray starts 12th
Martin Truex Jr. starts 10th
Alex Bowman starts 9th
Kurt Busch starts 8th
Chase Elliott starts 7th
Ryan Blaney starts 6th
Kevin Harvick starts 5th
Kyle Busch starts 4th
Las Vegas native Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch in the M&M’s Toyota
Denny Hamlin starts 3rd
Fans watching the pre-race ceremony
Joey Logano starts 2nd
Joey Logano
Erik Jones won the Busch Pole Award
Pole winner Erik Jones
Fans returning to their seats
Drivers lined up in Toyota Tacomas
Pre-race ceremony trailer
A look down pit road before the race
South Point 400 on jumbotron
Strolling along pit road…
Pit boxes
He’s marking the Goodyear tires
Monster Energy girl
Race cars lined up before the start of the South Point 400
