Denny Hamlin carved through the field after a stage two speeding penalty to score his first win of the season, and 61st of his career.
Pole-sitter Christopher Bell ran away with the first stage amid fights with Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin to score his second stage win of the 2026 campaign.
While Toyotas dominated the opening stage of the race, Hendrick Motorsports rose to the occasion in the second stage, with William Byron passing teammate Kyle Larson in the closing laps of the stage for his first stage win of the year.
Connor Zilisch brought out the only caution for incident of the race on lap 221, with the rookie spinning on the frontstretch. The ensuing pit stops saw Christopher Bell take the lead at the restart. Hamlin cleared Bell two laps after the restart and never looked back at his teammate.
Chase Elliott made it close at the end, but ‘Chase from the Same Place’ was forced to settle for second place. Stage winners William Byron and Christopher Bell took third and fourth respectfully, with Ty Gibbs rounding out the top five.
Chris Buescher and Kyle Larson sixth and seventh, Chase Briscoe recovered from being a lap down to take eighth, Bubba Wallace retook second place in the points with a ninth in Vegas, and Brad Keselowski finished the top 10.
The Cup Series rolls into Darlington next week.
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