Starting Line Up by Row
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, March 09, 2012 @ 08:19 PM Eastern
146.554
Time Speed
03/01/98 02:43:58
Driver Date
Track Race Record: Mark Martin
15th Annual Kobalt Tools 400
Row 1: 1 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 28.353 190.456
2 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Brown Toyota 28.415 190.040
Row 2: 3 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 28.419 190.014
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet 28.440 189.873
Row 3: 5 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 28.450 189.807
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet 28.455 189.773
Row 4: 7 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet 28.471 189.667
8 20 Joey Logano Dollar General Toyota 28.478 189.620
Row 5: 9 16 Greg Biffle 3M/Meguiars Ford 28.496 189.500
10 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 28.508 189.421
Row 6: 11 17 Matt Kenseth Zest Ford 28.540 189.208
12 51 Kurt Busch Tag Heuer Eyewear Chevrolet 28.549 189.148
Row 7: 13 55 Mark Martin Aaron's Toyota 28.576 188.970
14 22 AJ Allmendinger Pennzoil Dodge 28.581 188.937
Row 8: 15 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 28.585 188.910
16 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont 20 Years Chevrolet 28.608 188.758
Row 9: 17 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 28.615 188.712
18 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevrolet 28.657 188.436
Row 10: 19 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevrolet 28.699 188.160
20 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 28.703 188.134
Row 11: 21 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 28.710 188.088
22 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet 28.761 187.754
Row 12: 23 33 Brendan Gaughan South Point Casino Chevrolet 28.774 187.669
24 47 Bobby Labonte Kingsford/Bush's Beans Toyota 28.775 187.663
Row 13: 25 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 28.821 187.363
26 27 Paul Menard Menards/Schrock Chevrolet 28.830 187.305
Row 14: 27 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Fantasy Racing Camp Ford 28.879 186.987
28 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row/Farm American Chevrolet 28.879 186.987
Row 15: 29 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Clorox Chevrolet 28.911 186.780
30 83 Landon Cassill Burger King Toyota 29.087 185.650
Row 16: 31 10 David Reutimann Accell Construction Chevrolet 29.088 185.644
32 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 29.146 185.274
Row 17: 33 26 Josh Wise # 1-800-Loan Mart Ford 29.215 184.837
34 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.239 184.685
Row 18: 35 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.286 184.388
36 49 JJ Yeley America Israel Racing Toyota 29.289 184.370
Row 19: 37 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King Toyota 29.320 184.175
38 36 Dave Blaney Ollie's Bargain Outlet Chevrolet 29.356 183.949
Row 20: 39 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 29.370 183.861
40 87 Joe Nemechek(i) AM FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 29.421 183.542
Row 21: 41 32 Ken Schrader Federated Auto Parts Ford 29.459 183.306
42 37 Timmy Hill # Poynt.com Ford 29.528 182.877
Row 22: 43 30 David Stremme Inception Motorsports Toyota 29.556 182.704
Did Not Qualify: # 23 Scott Riggs; # 7 Robby Gordon.
Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs
Chevrolet 16 1
Dodge 2 1
Ford 13 0
Toyota 12 0
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Friday, March 9, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
NASCAR National News And Notes: Las Vegas ‘House Money’ To Roush Fenway Racing
Las Vegas ‘House Money’ To Roush Fenway Racing
Anniversaries are fun to celebrate, but this weekend’s observance is one Carl Edwards would prefer to be less significant.The Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway marks exactly one year on the schedule since Edwards’ last victory. Another win or two over the remainder of the 2011 season might have made the Missouri driver the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion – avoiding the win-match that fell in Tony Stewart’s favor when the pair posted identical point totals at season’s end. (Read more)
Sunday, March 4, 2012
NSCS Race Recap: Denny Hamlin holds off Harvick to win Cup race at Phoenix
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- At the racetrack that dashed his championship hopes in 2010, Denny Hamlin found redemption in Sunday's Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
In his second race with 2011 Sprint Cup championship crew chief Darian Grubb on his pit box, Hamlin held off Kevin Harvick in a 53-lap green-flag run to finish the 312-lap race at the one-mile track and took over the series points lead for the first time since surrendering it in the final race of 2010 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Harvick lost fuel pressure with fewer than two laps left but had enough momentum to retain the second position, 7.315 seconds behind the race winner. (Read more)
NNS Race Recap: Elliott Sadler holds off Keselowski for Nationwide win at Phoenix
News - NNS Race Recap: Elliott Sadler holds off Keselowski for Nationwide win at Phoenix
March 3, 2012
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Elliott Sadler got some well-deserved payback at Phoenix International Raceway.
At the one-mile venue where a wreck in Turn 3 effectively knocked him out of the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship last November, Sadler took the lead with 25 laps left in the Bashas' Supermarkets 200 and held off hard-charging Brad Keselowski for the win.
The victory was Sadler's first at PIR, the sixth of his career and his first in the Nationwide Series since 1998 at Rockingham, N.C.
Defending series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ran third, followed by rookie Austin Dillon and Kevin Harvick, who dominated much of the race, leading 107 of 200 laps, but fell victim to pit strategy in the late going.
Rather than enjoy a sense of vindication at Phoenix, however, Sadler would prefer to forget what happened last year.
"Honestly, it feels like three or four years ago," said Sadler, who leads the series standings by 10 points over second-place Dillon. "Last year was last year, and, yes, it probably could have affected how the championship could have worked, but we're on a whole new deal, a whole new season, a whole new outlook with a different team (with the sale of Harvick's Nationwide operation to Richard Childress Racing), so, honestly, what happened here last year just felt like a long time ago.
"It did not weigh on my mind one second of the whole weekend I was here. I felt like, coming out of Daytona, leading the points with a third-place finish (Feb. 25), we just had a lot of momentum on our side . . . I try not to dwell on what happened last year. I try to learn from what maybe I did wrong and apply it. But I'm trying to stay more focused on what we're doing week-to-week this year."
Keselowski took the lead from pole-sitter Denny Hamlin after a restart on Lap 168 but couldn't hold it.
"We're coming off four consecutive top-2s," said Keselowski, who also finished second in the Feb. 25 Drive4COPD 300 at Daytona. "That's pretty good. To come out of the gate and have two strong runs, that's a lot to be proud of.
"I obviously wanted to get one more spot and pick up the win, but Elliott was a little stronger. There's nothing to be ashamed of running second, but we'll keep pushing, and if we keep putting ourselves in this position, we'll get a win."
Driving for RCR, Harvick took control of the race on Lap 53, when he passed Hamlin for the lead four circuits after a restart. He pulled away to an advantage of more than six seconds before Kenny Wallace's crash into the Turn 4 wall caused the second caution of the afternoon.
Hamlin regained the lead off pit road on Lap 105, but it didn't last, as Harvick took over the top spot moments after the subsequent restart on Lap 111.
Harvick stayed out front until NASCAR called the third caution on Lap 163 for debris in Turn 3. When the leap-lap cars pitted one circuit later, Harvick took four tires and came out seventh, as the six drivers ahead of him either took two tires or fuel only on their stops.
Keselowski passed Hamlin for the lead after the restart on Lap 168 but surrendered the top position to Sadler on Lap 175.
Note: Danica Patrick qualified 30th and finished 21st, three laps down.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
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