NASCAR at Las Vegas 2022 Results: Joey Logano Wins, Clinches Spot in Championship 4

Welcome to the Championship 4, Joey Logano.

The veteran driver clinched his spot Sunday, winning the South Point 400 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway after holding off Ross Chastain.

Kyle Busch, Chase Briscoe and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five.

Chase Elliott, who came into the day atop the playoff standings, finished 21st. Here's where the rest of the playoff contenders not previously mentioned finished on Sunday:

• Christopher Bell: Did Not Finish
• William Byron: 13th
• Ryan Blaney: 28th

Chastain, Elliott and Hamlin are currently in position to qualify for the Championship 4, though much could change over the next two races.

Bell's day ended in tough fashion, as he was collateral damage in a mid-race spat between Kyle Larson and Bubba Wallace—who won the first stage—that led to a crash, ended the day for all three drivers and led to a bit of a shoving match off the track:

Bell told reporters he and his team "got the short end of the stick" in the altercation between Larson and Wallace.

"It's disappointing because our performance is capable of racing for the championship, and it doesn't appear that we're going to get to," he added, as he now sits in eighth place in the playoff standings.

Blaney, meanwhile, was in second place Sunday and had already won the second stage when he lost control of his vehicle and hit the wall.

There was no such gaffe for Logano, however, who methodically tracked down Chastain over the final 10 laps and outmaneuvered him for the win. It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that Logano would find himself in contention—it's just what he does.

The second of three Round of 8 races will take place next Sunday at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, with the Dixie Vodka 400 set to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC.