Haas Factory Team News
HFT Weekend Preview: Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Saturday O’Reilly Series Action:
Hometown: Ladera Ranch, CA
Crew Chief: Aaron Kramer
Partner: HaasTooling.comCuster’s Las Vegas Cup Series History:
Hometown: Alpine, CA
Crew Chief: Jonathan Toney
Partner: Ollie’sCreed’s Las Vegas O’ Reilly Series History:
Hometown: Franklin, WI
Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
Partner: AudibelMayer’s Las Vegas O’ Reilly Series History:
- Date: Saturday, March 14, at 5:30 p.m. ET
- Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
- Race Distance: 200 laps / 300 miles
- Broadcast: CW | PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90)
- Date: Sunday, March 15, at 4 p.m. ET
- Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
- Race Distance: 267 laps / 400.5 miles
- Broadcast: FS1 | PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90)
- 12 p.m. ET – O’ Reilly Practice
CW App | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio - 1:05 p.m. ET – O’ Reilly Qualifying
CW App | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio - 2:30 p.m. ET – Cup Practice
Prime | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio - 3:40 p.m. ET – Cup Qualifying
Prime | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio - 5:30 p.m. ET – O’ Reilly Race
CW | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
- 4 p.m. ET – Cup Race
FS1 | PRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
- Las Vegas hosts its annual spring race this weekend as the NASCAR Cup/O’ Reilly Series embarks on the fifth points race of the 2026 campaign.
- Cole Custer is the only four-time pole winner (2018, 2019-spring, 2019-fall, & 2024) at Las Vegas in the O’ Reilly Series. The California native started inside the top-5 in his final eight O’ Reilly races and had an average starting position of 3.9.
- He is set to make his O’ Reilly Series debut this season with Sysco on the hood and first O’ Reilly start since November 2024 at Phoenix.
- Sheldon Creed (143) sits fifth in the O’ Reilly Series points standings after four races, behind Carson Kvapil (146), Austin Hill (179), Jesse Love (181) and Justin Allgaier (184).
- Creed recorded his second top-five finish of the season last weekend at Phoenix after earning his first O’ Reilly Series victory at EchoPark Speedway two weeks ago.
- Sam Mayer is the only driver in the O’ Reilly Series to lead a lap in every race so far this season and holds the highest average starting position (6.0) through four races.
Hometown: Ladera Ranch, CA
Crew Chief: Aaron Kramer
Partner: HaasTooling.comCuster’s Las Vegas Cup Series History:
- Starts: 9
- Wins: –
- Top-10s: –
- Poles: –
- Custer makes his 10th Cup start at Las Vegas this weekend, with his best finish at the track coming in the 2020 fall race when he drove up to 16th after starting in the 22nd position.
- He has started inside the top 20 in two races and has an average starting position of 23.6.
Hometown: Alpine, CA
Crew Chief: Jonathan Toney
Partner: Ollie’sCreed’s Las Vegas O’ Reilly Series History:
- Starts: 8
- Wins: –
- Top-10s: 4
- Poles: –
- Creed is set to make his ninth O’ Reilly Series start at Las Vegas on Saturday, where he has four career top-10 finishes. His best result came in his debut race at the track in 2022 where he finished P7, and he finished 11th last fall.
- He has started inside the top-10 in four of eight career races at LVMS and holds an average starting position of 15.5.
- Creed was the biggest mover in the 2023 fall race, as he finished 9th after starting 38th following an engine change that sent him to the rear.
Hometown: Franklin, WI
Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
Partner: AudibelMayer’s Las Vegas O’ Reilly Series History:
- Starts: 9
- Wins: –
- Top-10s: 5
- Poles: –
- Mayer is in line for his 10th O’ Reilly Series start at Las Vegas this weekend, where he matched his best career result at the track last spring with a P5 finish (also fall of 2023).
- His best career starting position was P4 in the fall of 2024, and he boasts an average qualifying effort of 10.1. Mayer has not started outside the top 16 in nine career races at LVMS.