Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas)

The Pennzoil 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series race. It is held every year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada, it is first of two races on the Cup Schedule. (The other one is the South Point 400 in the NASCAR playoffs,) The first Pennzoil 400 race was in 1998.

The winners receive a championship belt instead of a trophy. The race was part of the No Bull 5 challenge from 1999 to 2002.

Sponsors and names

Since this race started, it has had different sponsors. Each sponsor changed the name of the race.
 2001-2008: The race was sponsored by Chrysler. It was called the UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400. In 2008, the race was renamed to UAW-Dodge 400.
 2009-2010: Shelby Enterprises became the sponsor. They renamed the race Shelby American in 2010.
 2011-2017: Lowe's, through its subsidiary Kobalt, became the sponsor. From 2011 to 2013, the race was called the Kobalt Tools 400. From 2014 to 2017, it was called the Kobalt 400.
 2018: The race became the Pennzoil 400.

 Past winners 
YearDateDriver ManufacturerRace team Distance Race time Laps Miles 1998March 1Mark Martin6FordRoush Racing267400.5 (644.542)2:43:58 1999March 7Jeff Burton99FordRoush Racing267400.5 (644.542)2:54:43 2000March 5Jeff Burton99FordRoush Racing148*222 (357.224)1:51:01 2001March 4Jeff Gordon24ChevroletHendrick Motorsports267400.5 (644.542)2:57:17 2002March 3Sterling Marlin40DodgeChip Ganassi Racing267400.5 (644.542)2:55:43 2003March 2Matt Kenseth17FordRoush Racing267400.5 (644.542)3:00:46 2004March 7Matt Kenseth17FordRoush Racing267400.5 (644.542)3:06:35 2005March 13Jimmie Johnson48ChevroletHendrick Motorsports267400.5 (644.542)3:18:32 2006March 12Jimmie Johnson48ChevroletHendrick Motorsports270*405 (651.784)3:02:13 2007March 11Jimmie Johnson48ChevroletHendrick Motorsports267400.5 (644.542)3:07:28 2008March 2Carl Edwards99FordRoush Fenway Racing267400.5 (644.542)3:08:08 2009March 1Kyle Busch18ToyotaJoe Gibbs Racing285427.5 (687.994)3:34:37 2010February 28Jimmie Johnson48ChevroletHendrick Motorsports267400.5 (644.542)2:49:53 2011March 12Carl Edwards99FordRoush Fenway Racing267400.5 (644.542)2:57:20 2012March 11Tony Stewart14ChevroletStewart-Haas Racing267400.5 (644.542)2:54:44 2013March 2Matt Kenseth20ToyotaJoe Gibbs Racing267400.5 (644.542)2:44:16 2014March 9Brad Keselowski2FordTeam Penske267400.5 (644.542)2:35:24 2015March 8Kevin Harvick4ChevroletStewart-Haas Racing267400.5 (644.542)2:47:15 2016March 6Brad Keselowski2FordTeam Penske267400.5 (644.542)2:53:55 2017March 12Martin Truex Jr.78ToyotaFurniture Row Racing267400.5 (644.542)2:56:59 2018March 4Kevin Harvick4FordStewart-Haas Racing267400.5 (644.542)2:49:31

References
 2000: Race shortened due to rain.
 2006: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish. Last race to use old track layout.
 2007: First race to use on new track layout.
 2013: Matt Kenseth won on his 41st birthday.

Multiple winners (drivers)
 # Wins Driver Years Won 4 Jimmie Johnson 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 3 Matt Kenseth 2003, 2004, 2013 2 Jeff Burton 1999, 2000 Carl Edwards 2008, 2011 Brad Keselowski 2014, 2016 Kevin Harvick 2015, 2018

Multiple winners (teams)
 # Wins Team Years Won 7 Roush Fenway Racing 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2011 5 Hendrick Motorsports 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 3 Stewart-Haas Racing 2012, 2015, 2018 2 Joe Gibbs Racing 2009, 2013 Team Penske 2014, 2016

 References 

 Other websites 
 Offical site 
 Pennzoil 400

Category:NASCAR races
Category:1998 establishments in the United States
Category:1990s establishments in Nevada
Category:NASCAR Cup Series races