McDowell earns the Pole for the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

15 March 2025
By Bob Francis, Managing Editor
Go Full Throttle Racing News

LAS VEGAS, NV — Spire Motorsports driver Michael McDowell powered his №71 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to capture the Busch Light Poll Award with the fastest time in qualifying for the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For McDowell, its his 7th career Cup Series pole and first since joining Spire Motorsports. NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano will start P2.

Michael McDowell, driver of the #71 Group 1001 Chevrolet, poses for photos after winning the pole award during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 15, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

Pole Winner Press Conference

“Poles are fun, and it is fun, today will be great, and everybody’s going to go to the hotel and be excited and be pumped up for tomorrow, but wins are what matter, right? And so tomorrow’s what matters. And so, you know, much tougher challenge to go win that race tomorrow, but that’s the goal, and I think we’ll have a race car to contend with.” — Michael McDowell.

Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 goes green at 3:30pm Eastern / 12:30pm Pacific