Founded in 2014 and based in Statesville, North Carolina, MBM Motorsports has seen its share of ups and downs. Carl Long, with a history of 174 starts across NASCAR's national series, including 26 in the Cup Series, hoped to steer the team to a more consistent participation throughout the 2024 season.

Six different drivers have won the last NASCAR Cup Series Playoff races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Of those six different winners, three are currently in the Playoffs – Denny Hamlin (2021 winner), Joey Logano (2022 winner) and Kyle Larson (2023 winner). A non-Playoff driver has never won a Cup Series Playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The Round of 8 gets underway this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the seventh NASCAR playoff race of 2024. Here’s a full preview of the event.

The latest stop in the NASCAR Cup Series playoff hits Las Vegas on Sunday with high stakes. The one-and-a-half-mile track will play host to the entertainment capital of the world's annual NASCAR extravaganza featuring hometown racers like Kyle Busch and Noah Gragson and top drivers in the NASCAR Cup standings,

Las Vegas Motor Speedway presents 20-degree banking turns and a “bumpy” asphalt surface. The racetrack also causes high fall-off, so lap times will begin to drop as it takes on more rubber over the weekend.