Richard Childress Racing flexed its muscle again in Saturday’s final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with Austin Dillon and Daniel Hemric topping the leaderboard. Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet, which also topped Friday’s opening practice, laid down a fast lap of 178.224 mph, while Hemric’s No. 8 came up at 177.072 mph. A trio of Fords completed the top five, with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. coming up third in his No. 17 and Aric Almirola and Brad Keselowski ranking fourth and fifth, respectively. Keselowski won the Las Vegas race in the 2018 Playoffs and was last weekend’s winner at Atlanta. MORE: 10-lap averages from final practice | Full practice results Reigning race winner and polesitter Kevin Harvick came up 29th on the speed charts. MORE: Starting lineup for Sunday | See all the cars in the field The afternoon session marked the final practice for the Monster Energy Series at Las Vegas; the morning session was canceled due to rain in the area. Cars hit the track once again Sunday for the Pennzoil 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).<doc-sep>NASCAR week culminates with the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Drivers compete during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 auto race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Sunday, March 4, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto Kevin Harvick (4) crosses the finish line to win the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 auto race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Sunday, March 4, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto Drivers compete in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 auto race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Sunday, March 4, 2018. Andrea Cornejo Las Vegas Review-Journal @DreaCornejo Fans watch the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 auto race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Sunday, March 4, 2018. Andrea Cornejo Las Vegas Review-Journal @DreaCornejo NASCAR week schedule Wednesday The Dirt Track at LVMS — 6:30 p.m.: World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and practice for the Star Nursery 100 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West (Spectator gates open at 3 p.m.) Thursday The Dirt Track at LVMS — 6:45 p.m.: World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and Star Nursery 100 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West feature races (Spectator gates open at 3 p.m.) Superspeedway: NASCAR Truck Series practice Ticket gates open at 2 p.m. (Main grandstand open to the public. Neon Garage closed.) — 2:05–2:55 p.m.: Strat 200 first practice — 4:05–4:55 p.m.: Strat 200 second practice Events (Las Vegas Strip/Downtown) — 3–6 p.m.: Ultimate Vegas Sports Weekend FanFest (Downtown Events Center) — 6–7 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Hauler Parade (Welcome Sign on Las Vegas Boulevard to downtown) Friday Ticket gates, Neon Garage and VIP suites open at 11 a.m. — 12–1 p.m.: NASCAR Truck Series autograph session (Neon Garage) — 12:05–12:55 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series first practice — 1:05–1:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice — 2:10 p.m.: NASCAR Truck Series qualifying (single vehicle, two rounds) — 3:35–4:25 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice — 4:40 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series qualifying (multivehicle, three rounds) — 5:30 p.m.: NASCAR Truck Series driver introductions — 6 p.m.: NASCAR Truck Series Strat 200 (134 laps/201 miles. Stages: 30/60/134) Saturday Ticket gates, Neon Garage and VIP suites open at 8 a.m. — 8:30–9:25 a.m.: NASCAR Cup Series second practice — 9:40 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying (multivehicle, three rounds) — 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series final practice — 12:30 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series driver introductions — 1 p.m.: Boyd Gaming 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race (200 laps/300 miles. Stages: 45/90/200) — 3:30 p.m.: Neon Garage Appreciation Party (Saturday Neon Garage pass or RV ticket/wristband required. Event will begin after Boyd Gaming 300) — 5 p.m.: Speedway Children’s Charities NASCAR Racing Experience Ride-Alongs Sunday Ticket gates, Neon Garage and VIP suites open at 7 a.m. — 9–10 a.m.: Speedway Children’s Charities Track Walk — 10:30 a.m.: NASCAR Cup Series driver and crew chief meeting (Neon Garage, pass required) — 11:50 a.m.: NASCAR Cup Series driver introductions — 12:30 p.m.: Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race (267 laps, 400 miles. Stages: 80/160/267) — Schedule is subject to change.<doc-sep>Hello? There's no Racing News down here. Where ya off to? Bob, this doesn't look good... Are you lost... The blue dot on the GPS won't help you here. It's probably too late to turn back now anyway. Baby Jessica, it appears you've fallen into the well. Like a mummy at night fightin' with bright lightnin'. I'm not here to save you. I'm just here for the ride. So, let me entertain you and everything will be fine. Have you had it up to here? That's Rock Bottom. Click here to exit the well.<doc-sep>NASCAR practice results from Las Vegas Motor Speedway Today, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series takes to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the first practice session of the weekend. It’s pre-qualifying practice in Las Vegas, Nevada. View full 2019 Las Vegas practice results below. Las Vegas Motor Speedway Menu: MENCS TV | Odds | Prac 1 | Qual | Prac 2 | Prac 3 | Averages | Race Toyota Camry aero ducts – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (Photo: Torey Fox | NASCAR Digital Media) Las Vegas Practice – Report Duration: 50 minutes 20 minutes in, most teams are making single car runs. This is the only practice session ahead of qualifying later tonight. Currently, Austin Dillon leads with a 30.036. 30 minutes in, Joe Gibbs Racing cars are on the track at once. Erik Jones, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr are lined up nose to tail. This is drafting practice. All four cars jumped into the top 8 on the board. 35 minutes in, another group of cars hit the track. Each of them turn quicker laps than they had prior via a single car run. This means qualifying later today is going to be very interesting. It’s going to require a group of cars to advance between rounds and grab the pole. 10 minutes remain, the entire Stewart-Haas Racing fleet hits the track at once. Almirola jumps inside the top five. They went by Jimmie Johnson like he was standing still. The Stewart-Haas Racing cars stuggled with the balance of their machines. They couldn’t stay in line as cars lost balance. For qualifying, the track should be a little cooler as the sun will start to set. Some shadows will be on the track which will increase the grip levels. 4 minutes remain, the Hendrick Motorsports cars have yet to make any group runs. Chase Elliott just jumped into the top five but he caught the draft of a Toyota group. 3 minutes, a new single-file group has formed. They run high on the get up to speed lap. On the money lap, they all drop to the bottom in sync. 2 minutes, Team Penske is on track together. All three cars run faster than previous runs. Austin Dillon wins Las Vegas practice! Qualifying will be good! View Las Vegas Motor Speedway practice times below. Las Vegas Practice Results NASCAR Cup Series March 1, 2019 Pos | Driver | Fastest Time 1. Austin Dillon 29.951 2. Daniel Hemric 29.987 3. Denny Hamlin 29.995 4. Chase Elliott 30.030 5. William Byron 30.047 6. Aric Almirola 30.088 7. Kyle Busch 30.104 8. Bubba Wallace 30.155 9. Clint Bowyer 30.163 10. Chris Buescher 30.163 11. Matt DiBenedetto 30.165 12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 30.219 13. Ryan Preece 30.222 14. Erik Jones 30.224 15. Kevin Harvick 30.226 16. Martin Truex Jr 30.231 17. Ryan Blaney 30.235 18. Jimmie Johnson 30.249 19. Alex Bowman 30.287 20. Ty Dillon 30.290 21. Daniel Suarez 30.296 22. Brad Keselowski 30.304 23. Kurt Busch 30.313 24. Michael McDowell 30.324 25. Paul Menard 30.331 26. Kyle Larson 30.331 27. Joey Logano 30.387 28. Ryan Newman 30.402 29. Parker Kligerman 30.451 30. Corey LaJoie 30.537 31. David Ragan 30.631 32. Matt Tifft 30.747 33. Landon Cassill 30.770 34. Ross Chastain 31.132 35. Cody Ware 31.320 36. BJ McLeod 31.463 37. Reed Sorenson 31.757 38. Joey Gase 32.318 More NASCAR TV Schedule: Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas NASCAR Test Results: Jan 31-Feb 1, 2019 LVMS Race Results: September 16, 2018 Links Las Vegas Motor Speedway | NASCAR<doc-sep>
Dillon, who was fastest in Friday’s practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, led the way in Saturday’s final session as well, with an average lap speed of 178.224 mph. “Last week, we had one car running really good and our car did it and that was just trying to maximize that first race to see which direction we needed to go with our cars. And, I felt like we found that with (Daniel Hemric),” Dillon said. “We had a good game plan coming here to Vegas and we stuck with it. The biggest thing is game planning and I’ve been really hard on the radio the last two weeks because I feel like the potential is there for us to get one of these races early. “So, the stress level is a little bit high because we’ve got the speed and executing with that sometimes can raise the stress level. I’m just trying to really harp on our guys as best we can and create less margin of error when we get out there just so everything is known.” Dillon’s Richard Childress Racing, Hemric, ended up second-fastest (177.072 mph), just as he did on Friday. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was third (176.927 mph). Aric Almirola and last weekend’s race winner, Brad Keselowski, completed the top-five. Rounding out the Top 10 were Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Daniel Suarez, Kyle Busch and Erik Jones. Kevin Harvick, who will start on the pole Sunday, ended up 29th fastest. Hemric had the fastest average speed among all drivers that ran at least 10 consecutive laps (176.181 mph). Austin Dillon and Keselowski were second and third, respectively, in that category. Read Also: Kevin Harvick wins pole at Las Vegas in wild final round