Overview

• Denny Hamlin sealed a Championship 4 berth at Phoenix with a late charge at Las Vegas, taking the lead with four laps to go for his sixth win of the season and 60th of his career.
• Crew chief Chris Gayle’s four-tire call on the final stop proved decisive against rivals who took two tires, enabling Hamlin to overtake Kyle Larson and Chase Briscoe in the closing laps.
• William Byron crashed into a pitting Ty Dillon with 31 laps remaining, triggering the late strategy shuffle; the two offered conflicting accounts about whether a pit signal was communicated.
• Kyle Larson led a race-high 129 laps and finished second, with Christopher Bell third and Chase Briscoe fourth, tightening the standings behind Hamlin’s locked-in spot.
• Ryan Blaney exited early after a tire failure and sits roughly 31 points below the cutline, while Byron is 15 down as the field heads to the volatile Talladega race before Martinsville.