In Las Vegas, everyone is a legend in their own mind and in their own right. In the American epicenter of gambling and entertainment, mere Quixotic fantasies can quickly turn into a remarkable part of someone’s own personal history. And in some cases, what happens in Vegas can make you a legend well beyond Vegas.

Such is what’s at stake this weekend, as the NASCAR Cup Series makes its first trip of the season to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 400. After three wins in a row in a torrid start to the 2025 season, Christopher Bell is on the precipice of NASCAR history as he seeks to become only the ninth driver in the sport’s modern era to win four races in a row. Though four in a row is something that hasn’t been done in 18 years, Bell’s chances of pulling it off are fairly high – especially given what occurred the last time NASCAR raced in Vegas.

Last fall, Bell was the class of the field as he led 155 of 267 laps, but finished second to Joey Logano after the No. 22 team successfully gambled on fuel mileage. That finish had massive implications for the season – putting Logano in the Championship 4 and keeping Bell out of it – which will no doubt fuel the driver of the No. 20 this weekend as he looks to turn his win streak into one of NASCAR’s most memorable.

Where to watch the NASCAR Cup Series at Las Vegas

When: Sunday, March 16, 3:30 p.m. ET
Where: Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas
TV: FS1
Stream: fubo (try for free)

Storyline to watch

In looking to win four in a row, Bell would join Cale Yarborough (1976), Darrell Waltrip (1981), Dale Earnhardt (1987), Harry Gant (1991), Bill Elliott (1992), Mark Martin (1993), Jeff Gordon (1998), and Jimmie Johnson (2007) in setting what has become NASCAR’s standard for long winning streaks since the sport’s modern era began in 1972. But of that group, Bell’s win streak carries particular echoes of the one that Elliott had to start the 1992 season.

Not long ago, Kevin Harvick came close to matching Elliott’s feat in 2018 when he won three in a row at Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Phoenix immediately following that year’s Daytona 500. But his bid for four in a row was quickly ended in Fontana, as an early crash on the backstretch deprived him of his chance at winning four of the first five.

For Bell, a streak of four in a row would carry major implications for the rest of the season, as five out of the eight drivers to have accomplished that win streak have gone on to win the Cup championship the same year. Interestingly, however, Elliott was not one of them – His only other win of 1992 came in the season finale at Atlanta, a race where he would finish second in the points standings to Kulwicki by 10 points, a then-NASCAR record for the closest championship battle ever.