NASCAR on a roll entering Las Vegas for Pennzoil 400

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Through two Cup Series races, it's safe to say NASCAR's 2024 season is on the right track.

After William Byron produced a season-opening Daytona 500 victory in Hendrick Motorsports' first race during its 40th season in the series, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch and Daniel Suarez raced to the checkers exactly like that -- three abreast, inside line to frontstretch wall, in that or