The playoff field started at 16 drivers and the three-race round of eight begins in Las Vegas to set the winner-take-all championship four finale. The third round next goes to Homestead-Miami Speedway and Martinsville Speedway in Virginia before the finale at Phoenix.
“Las Vegas has been one of our better tracks,” Larson said of his chances Sunday. “On paper, all three tracks in the round of eight stack up pretty well … but we still have to go out and execute. I would like to run well and win.”
Larson already has two wins throughLarson already has two wins through the first two rounds of the playoffs, at Bristol Motor Speedway in the first round and then last week’s elimination race on the hybrid/road course at Charlotte Motor Speedway. That victory was his Cup Series-best sixth win of the season.
Larson left victory lane at Charlotte celebrating a Hendrick Motorsports sweep because teammates William Byron, Alex Bowman and Chase Elliott all advanced put four Chevrolet teammates in the third round. But NASCAR ruled that Bowman’s car failed postrace inspection and he was disqualified, which knocked Bowman out of the final eight.
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