Welcome to the Round of 8. NASCAR.com's Alex Weaver brings you the top storylines and drivers to watch from the playoff opener in Sin City.
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00:00Welcome to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, I'm Alex Weaver and eight drivers are hoping to punch
00:06their ticket to a championship for a berth.
00:09Last week's robo-winner Kyle Larson is the favorite according to Vegas odds and his confidence
00:13is high heading into a racetrack where he's found success.
00:17There's still room to be better here and all that but I do have confidence coming here
00:21because this is probably our best track for the five teams so yeah, hopefully we can have
00:27a good start to the round and get off on the right foot for the rest of the playoffs.
00:31Kyle Larson has reached the championship for two of three times that he's made a round
00:35of eight appearance.
00:36A crash in turn two, Blaney around in the wall.
00:40But the reigning champ Brian Blaney will start from the rear today after blowing a tire in
00:44practice forcing the team to go to a backup car.
00:48Hope you have some good old fashioned gambling spirit because what happens in Vegas may end
00:52up in victory lane.
00:53Tune into the NASCAR Cup Series 2.30pm Eastern on NBC.