Denny Hamlin was too fast Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Literally.
Hamlin overcame a Lap 84 speeding penalty and later beat Chase Elliott in a 50-lap final run Sunday to become the third different winner in the NASCAR Cup Series season, capturing the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube in Las Vegas, Nev.
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver, who was victorious in Vegas last October in an emotional performance, passed Christopher Bell shortly after a restart and beat Elliott to the checkers by 0.502 seconds for his first 2026 victory and third at Vegas.
The 61st win for the 45-year-old Hamlin broke a tie for 10th place with Kevin Harvick.
He also became the fifth NASCAR driver to win a race in 20 different Cup seasons, joining Hall of Famers Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Bobby Allison and Richard Petty.
William Byron, Bell and Ty Gibbs followed as JGR put three cars in the top five.