What is Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas)?
{{Infobox motor race |Race title=Pennzoil 400 |Track map=Las Vegas Motor Speedway.PNG |Series long=[[Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series]] |Venue=[[Las Vegas Motor Speedway]] |Location=[[Las Vegas, Nevada]]<br>[[United States]] |Sponsor=[[Pennzoil]] |Previous names=Las Vegas 400 (1998-1999)<br>CarsDirect.com 400 (2000)<br>UAWDaimler Chrysler 400 (2001-2007)<br>UAW Dodge 400 (2008)<br>Shelby 427 (2009)<br>Shelby American (2010)<br>Kobalt Tools 400 (2011-2013)<br>Kobalt 400 (2014-2017) |First race=1998 |Last race= |Distance={{convert|400.5|mi|km|3}}|Laps=267 (Stage 1: 80<br>Stage 2: 80<br>Stage 3: 107) |Most wins driver=[[Jimmie Johnson]] (4) |Most wins team=[[Roush Fenway Racing]] (7) |Most wins manufacturer=[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] (10) |Surface=Asphalt |Length mi=1.5 |Turns=4 }} The '''Pennzoil 400''' is a [[Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series]] race. It is held every year at [[Las Vegas Motor Speedway]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], it is first of two races on the Cup Schedule. (The other one is the [[South Point 400]] in the NASCAR playoffs,) The first Pennzoil 400 race was in 1998. The winners receive a championship belt instead of a [[trophy]]. The race was part of the '''No Bull 5''' challenge from 1999 to 2002. ==Sponsors and names== Since this race started, it has had different sponsors. Each sponsor changed the name of the race. * 2001-2008: The race was sponsored by [[Chrysler]]. It was called the '''UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400'''. In 2008, the race was renamed to '''UAW-Dodge 400'''. * 2009-2010: [[Shelby Enterprises]] became the sponsor. They renamed the race '''Shelby American''' in 2010. * 2011-2017: [[Lowe's]], through its subsidiary [[Kobalt]], became the sponsor. From 2011 to 2013, the race was called the '''Kobalt Tools 400'''. From 2014 to 2017, it was called the '''Kobalt 400'''. * 2018: The race became the '''Pennzoil 400'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lvms.com/media/news/jiffy-lube-presenting-sponsor-pennzoil-400.html|title=Jiffy Lube to be presenting sponsor of Pennzoil 400|last=Cook|first=Za