Michael McDowell made headlines by defying the odds to secure his first-ever pole position for Spire Motorsports ahead of the Pennzoil 400 in Las Vegas. After a blistering qualifying session, the No.

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.

The NASCAR Cup Series arrives at Las Vegas for Sunday's Pennzoil 400 as Christopher Bell is close to making history. Bell won his third consecutive race last week in Phoenix and can be the first to win four races in a row since Jimmie Johnson in 2007.

Spire Motorsports' Michael McDowell captured pole position for the seventh time in his career during Saturday's qualifying session for the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It's the first pole for Spire,

Michael McDowell will lead the field at Sunday’s Pennzoil 400. He secured pole position at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a lap of 28.883 seconds — just 0.01 seconds quicker than three time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano.

NASCAR Cup Series season continues with the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas on Sunday. See the starting lineup here.

The most famous words in motorsports carried some extra weight with them Sunday, as legendary actor and narrator Morgan Freeman gave the command to start engines for the NASCAR Cup Series' Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

NASCAR Cup Series season continues with the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas on Sunday. See the starting lineup here.

The lineup is set for Sunday's Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Speedway. This will be the fifth race of NASCAR's 36-race Cup Series season.

Michael McDowell delivered Spire Motorsports' first career Cup pole Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. McDowell won the pole with a lap of 186.961 mph. This marks the third consecutive race that Spire Motorsports has had a car start in the first two rows.