Only a few short years after going from the short tracks of the southeast to earning his big break in NASCAR, Josh Berry earned his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in Sunday's Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Josh Berry is the type of driver the Wood Brothers need; his impressive run at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for his first NASCAR Cup Series win is the ____. On lap 254, with 16 laps remaining, Berry battled with Daniel Suarez before ultimately taking the lead and pulling away to a 1.35-second margin at the checkered flag.

Michael McDowell has a fast car on a 1.5-mile NASCAR race track. The Spire Motorsports driver, who is 15th in the Cup Series standings entering Sunday’s race at Las Vegas, won the pole position to lead the field to green for the Pennzoil 400.