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 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.

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 picked up his seventh-career pole position on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the first-ever NASCAR Cup Series pole for the Spire Motorsports team.

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.

Spire Motorsports driver Michael McDowell snagged the organization\"s first Busch Light Pole Award for Sunday\"s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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.

Las Vegas is not a place widely known to be connected to Michael McDowell. The 40-year-old is an Arizona native and, in a story familiar to many in the racing world, his career features go-karting

The No. 71 Spire Motorsports driver rockets to his seventh career Busch Light Pole award and first for Spire Motorsports.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Spire Racing's 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.