It's NASCAR race day at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and we've got all the information you need to get ready for Sunday's Pennzoil 400, the third race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: START TIME: 3:30 p.m. ET. GREEN FLAG: 3:46 p.m. ET. NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series drivers Matt Hagan and Leah Pritchett will instruct drivers to start their engines at 3:37 p.m. ET. TV: Fox. Pre-race broadcast begins at 3 p.m. ET. RADIO: Performance Racing Network. STREAMING: Fox Sports Go. RACE DISTANCE: 267 laps around the 1.5-mile track for a total of 400.5 miles. STAGE LENGTHS (laps per stage): Stage 1: 80, Stage 2: 80, Stage 3: 107. NASCAR:Will big bet on new aerodynamic package pay off? NATIONAL ANTHEM: Grammy nominated recording artist Cassadee Pope, the season 3 winner of "The Voice," will perform the anthem at 3:31 p.m. ET, followed by a flyover by the United States Air Force Thunderbirds. WEATHER: Delightful. The Weather Channel is calling for sunny skies with temperatures in the mid-high 60s. LAST TIME: Brad Keselowski led 75 laps, including the final 22, to take the victory in the first race of the 2018 playoffs. And one year ago in March, Kevin Harvick crushed the field, leading 214 of 267 laps, en route to his second of three consecutive wins in early 2018. LINEUP: Harvick traversed a frantic and polarizing qualifying session on Friday to earn the pole, beating out Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin and Las Vegas native Kyle Busch. Here is the lineup for the Pennzoil 400 (car number in parentheses): 1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford 2. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota 3. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota 4. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet 5. (8) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet 6. (38) David Ragan, Ford 7. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet 8. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford 9. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet 10. (22) Joey Logano, Ford 11. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet 12. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet 13. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford 14. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet 15. (21) Paul Menard, Ford 16. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford 17. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford 18. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota 19. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford 20. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet 21. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet 22. (41) Daniel Suarez, Ford 23. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota 24. (47) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet 25. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford 26. (95) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota 27. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet 28. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet 29. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford 30. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford 31. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet 32. (96) Parker Kligerman, Toyota 33. (51) Cody Ware, Chevrolet 34. (52) BJ McLeod, Ford 35. (36) Matt Tifft, Ford 36. (66) Joey Gase, Toyota 37. (77) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet 38. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet Follow Horrow on Twitter @EllenJHorrow<doc-sep>The No. 13 Germain Racing Chevrolet of driver Ty Dillon and No. 00 StarCom Motorsports Racing Chevrolet of driver Landon Cassill both will start Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) from the rear of the field following unapproved adjustments. The No. 00 team changed a gear Sunday and the No. 13 team swapped in a new engine. PHOTOS: Lineup, team rosters Dillon had qualified 14th, his best starting position since the Texas spring race in 2017. Cassill qualified 31st. The drivers officially will “keep” their starting positions, but will roll to the back of the field on the warm-up laps. This story will be updated if other cars are forced to start from the rear.<doc-sep>LAS VEGAS – Kevin Harvick knew he didn’t have the fastest car for Friday’s knockout qualifying session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But Harvick also predicted that the fastest car wouldn’t win the pole for Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at the 1.5-mile track (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). He was right. When the cars crossed the stripe as the seconds ticked down in the final round, it was Harvick who had the pole-winning lap at 180.517 mph (29.914 seconds), edging Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin for the top starting spot by .010 seconds. Austin Dillon had the fastest car in practice, and in Harvick’s estimation, the fastest car for qualifying, too. But Dillon could do no better than fourth in the 12-car draft that constituted the money round. MORE: See every car in Sunday’s field | Complete lineup “The fastest car in qualifying trim is fourth,” said Harvick, who won his first pole at Las Vegas, his first of the season and the 26th of his career. “I told them before we qualified today that the fastest car would not get the pole today. In the final round it was going to come down to where you were at. “It’s definitely different. It’s one of those situations where you don’t really know where you need to be. I had never drafted, really, in these cars. They’re a lot faster than they were in the All-Star Race (last year), and the close-up rate was so fast. “We were able to run the bottom coming to the start of the second lap (in the final round), and that got us to the start/finish line in time to make it (before time expired). Definitely a little bit of luck involved there, but the guys have done a great job, really advancing in the last two weeks in getting what we need in these race cars.” With NASCAR’s new competition package in play, this was no ordinary single-car qualifying session. In the final round, all 12 of the pole-eligible cars waited until the last possible second in the five-minute period to start their runs. That cost Alex Bowman and Chase Elliott, who didn’t make it to the start/finish line to start a second lap before time ran out. Both Bowman and Elliott were faster than Harvick, but their times were not allowed, with Bowman missing the five-minute deadline by a half-second and Elliott getting to the stripe just over a second too late. Harvick’s No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford was the last car to make it to the line under the wire. Las Vegas native Kyle Busch (179.706 mph) qualified third, followed by Dillon and Richard Childress Racing teammate Daniel Hemric. David Ragan, Kyle Larson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Joey Logano claimed starting positions six through 10, respectively. Bowman and Elliott were 11th and 12th after failing to make a second lap before time ran out. “It got a little crazy, but it’s the games that you’re going to play through the whole thing of just trying to put yourself in the right position, be the right distance behind and still have your car handling properly,” Hamlin said of the new qualifying format. “It will be interesting going forward. Certainly will be some attrition here and there, but as long as it’s more exciting, we’re all for it.”<doc-sep>
Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images The 2019 NASCAR season begins its West Coast swing Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After the first two races of the year took place in the southeast, the Monster Energy Series moves west for three straight races, beginning with the Pennzoil 400. Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski already have wins to their name from Daytona and Atlanta, respectively, and there's a good chance a third driver moves into Victory Lane Sunday. Kevin Harvick became the third driver to win the pole for a race this season, as he beat out Hamlin and Kyle Busch during qualifying. Pennzoil 400 Info Start Time: 3:30 p.m. ET TV: Fox Video Play Button Videos you might like Ticket Info: Tickets for the race can be found on StubHub. Lineup: Full starting grid can be found on NASCAR.com. Preview Harvick and Hamlin start Sunday's race in the front row, while Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon occupy Row 2 and Daniel Hemric and David Ragan reside in Row 3. Hamlin, who has a win at Daytona and an 11th-place finish at Atlanta, is looking to continue his early-season success by benefiting from the second starting position. Because of his consistency in the first two competitions of the season, Hamlin is out to an early lead in the points standings. Harvick is just eight points behind Hamlin, while Kyle Busch is nine points back and Kyle Larson sits 10 out of first place. Kyle Busch and Erik Jones, who is seventh in points, are the only two drivers on the circuit with a pair of top-10 finishes, and they should be in contention to finish high up the leaderboard Sunday. Another factor worth taking into consideration when picking a winner is Harvick's recent success at Las Vegas, as he finished first in 2015 and 2018. Keselowski's also been successful in the past five years at Las Vegas, as he drove into the winner's circle in 2014 and 2016. The only other driver to win at Las Vegas during that span is Martin Truex Jr., who enters Sunday in 12th place in the points standings. If you're looking for a not-so-familiar name to take home the checkered flag, Hemric is the best option, as he lines up fifth on the starting grid. The driver of the No. 8 car put together a solid run on the track during qualifying and is in need of a good finish, as he's 29th in points. Follow Joe on Twitter, @JTansey90.