Las Vegas Motor Speedway announced Tuesday that acclaimed actor Glen Powell will serve as the grand marshal for this Sunday's South Point 400, giving the command to start engines for the first race in the Round of 8 of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Powell will serve a major role in pre-race festivities at Las Vegas as part of the promotion of his new film, The Running Man , from Paramount Pictures.

Powell, whose previous film credits include Top Gun: Maverick, Anyone but You, Hit Man and more, becomes the latest star to serve in the grand marshal role for a Cup race at Las Vegas. Powell serving as grand marshal comes after Morgan Freeman served in the role for the track's previous Cup Series race in March. Others to do the honors in the past include Mark Wahlberg, Kim Kardashian, Ti

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