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  "id": 11783071,
  "title": "NASCAR qualifying, lineup for Sunday Chase race at Las Vegas",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/nascar-qualifying-lineup-for-sunday-chase-race-at-las-vegas",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T22:17:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nascar-qualifying-lineup-sunday-chase-221727264.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Denny Hamlin and Ty Gibbs secured the front row for Sunday's Chase race at the 1.5-mile oval track in Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 14 fastest drivers made up the field, with Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano being the exceptions. After Sunday's race, the championship postseason will have reached its halfway point in Las Vegas, marking the fifth stop in the new Chase for the championship. Kyle Larson, who won both stages and the race at Kansas last week, is leading the standings with 94 points, 26 points ahead of Hamlin. Larson has a strong recent record at Las Vegas, suggesting he will be a contender for a second consecutive win. The starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR race consists of Hamlin, Gibbs, Bell, Briscoe, Reddick, Larson, Cindric, Byron, Wallace, Hocevar, Preece, Elliott, Buescher, Bowman, Keselowski, Chastain, McDowell, Allmendinger, Blaney, Jones, Herbst, Logano, Custer, Shane van Gisbergen, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Todd Gilliland, Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon, Zane Smith, Connor Zilisch, John Hunter Nemechek, Austin Hill, Cody Ware, Josh Berry, Noah Gragson.",
  "summary": "Sunday's race is the fifth of 10 in the new NASCAR Cup Series championship Chase.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "NASCAR O'Reilly Series Las Vegas lineup, TV schedule for Saturday's race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/nascar-oreilly-series-las-vegas-lineup-tv-schedule-for-saturdays-race",
        "published": "2026-10-03T19:47:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "NASCAR Cup Las Vegas Chase race starting lineup: Denny Hamlin earns pole in JGR 1-2-3-4",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/nascar-cup-las-vegas-chase-race-starting-lineup-denny-hamlin-earns",
        "published": "2026-10-03T22:32:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Denny Hamlin wins the pole for the NASCAR South Point 400 at Las Vegas",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/denny-hamlin-wins-the-pole-for-the-nascar-south-point-400-at-las-vegas",
        "published": "2026-10-03T23:46:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}