2009 Sam's Town 300

Race 3 of 35

Las Vegas
209 laps
Time of race: 2:56:16
Average speed of winner: 106.713 mph
Margin of victory: 0.391 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 60 laps
Lap leaders: Speed 1-2, Harvick 3-30, Bires 31, Bliss 32-47, Harvick 48-55, Edwards 56-70, Harvick 71, Edwards 72-74, Harvick 75-78, Edwards 79-95, Allgaier 96-100, Biffle 101-146, Hamlin 147-153, Vickers 154-164, Gaughan 165-167, Burton 168, Ragan 169, Biffle 170-209

Race notes: Carl Edwards took the points lead from Kyle Busch.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4 (Townley crash), Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15 (Hamlin/Bliss crash), Part 16, Part 17 (Finish), Part 18 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Greg Biffle	16	citifinancial	Ford			181.886	209	2	86	running	94870	195
2	7	Carl Edwards	60	Save-A-Lot	Ford			181.087	209	3	35	running	64150	175
3	10	Brian Vickers	32	Dollar General Stores	Toyota			180.747	209	1	11	running	48900	170
4	23	Jason Leffler	38	Great Clips	Toyota			177.989	209	0	0	running	46518	160
5	15	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	5	Go Daddy	Chevrolet			179.617	209	0	0	running	32275	155
6	16	Michael McDowell	47	Kingsford/Smith's	Toyota			179.468	209	0	0	running	42693	150
7	13	Brendan Gaughan	62	South Point Hotel & Casino	Chevrolet			179.748	209	1	3	running	36693	151
8	11	Justin Allgaier	12	Verizon Wireless	Dodge			180.403	209	1	5	running	35043	147
9	42	Scott Lagasse, Jr.	11	America's Incredible Pizza Company	Toyota			no speed	209	0	0	running	34953	138
10	14	Jeff Burton	29	Holiday Inn	Chevrolet			179.730	209	1	1	running	28075	139
11	28	Scott Wimmer	40	Federated Auto Parts	Chevrolet			177.032	208	0	0	running	26375	130
12	35	Kenny Hendrick	42	Smith Ironworks	Dodge			175.833	208	0	0	running	32293	127
13	24	Morgan Shepherd	89	Victory in Jesus/Eldora Speedway	Chevrolet			177.907	207	0	0	running	31743	124
14	20	Kenny Wallace	28	U.S. Border Patrol	Chevrolet			178.542	207	0	0	running	31633	121
15	39	Tony Raines	34	Long John Silver's	Chevrolet			173.773	207	0	0	running	32023	118
16	33	Eric McClure	24	Hefty	Ford			176.528	207	0	0	running	30763	115
17	37	Ken Butler III	23	Aaron's	Chevrolet			175.120	207	0	0	running	30578	112
18	31	Danny O'Quinn, Jr.	01	Station Casinos/Shaug Construction	Chevrolet			176.939	206	0	0	running	23975	109
19	32	Brian Keselowski	26	Schweitzer Title	Dodge			176.852	205	0	0	running	23865	106
20	29	Joe Nemechek	87	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet			177.014	205	0	0	running	24605	103
21	4	Denny Hamlin	20	Interstate Batteries	Toyota			181.702	196	1	7	accident	23645	105
22	9	Mike Bliss	1	Miccosukee Indian Gaming & Resort	Chevrolet			180.898	194	1	16	accident	32478	102
23	27	Andy Ponstein	02	Corriestottracing.com	Chevrolet			177.334	189	0	0	engine	23375	94
24	36	Brandon Whitt	61	Specialty Racing	Ford			175.547	182	0	0	running	30133	91
25	26	Jason Keller	27	Scott Tissue	Ford			177.585	177	0	0	accident	29748	88
26	12	David Ragan	6	Discount Tire	Ford			180.042	169	1	1	accident	23020	90
27	8	Brad Keselowski	88	Klondike	Chevrolet			180.941	165	0	0	running	29353	82
28	43	Stanton Barrett	31	Zona Health	Chevrolet			176.183	151	0	0	running	22740	79
29	2	Kevin Harvick	33	Rheem	Chevrolet			182.377	146	4	41	running	22590	81
30	6	Steve Wallace	66	US Fidelis	Chevrolet			181.245	144	0	0	running	29248	73
31	19	David Green	07	PMCLife.com	Toyota			178.766	104	0	0	accident	28838	70
32	34	Michael Annett	15	Pilot Travel Centers	Toyota			176.257	90	0	0	accident	28728	67
33	25	D.J. Kennington	81	Red Bank Outfitters/NPP	Dodge			177.760	89	0	0	accident	28618	64
34	30	Robert Richardson, Jr.	0	sponsordavis.com	Chevrolet			177.003	89	0	0	accident	22040	61
35	17	Casey Atwood	05	31-W Insulation	Ford			179.259	76	0	0	engine	28398	58
36	38	Scott Gaylord	52	Hooters Casino Hotel	Chevrolet			174.509	65	0	0	accident	28363	55
37	18	Kelly Bires	10	Braun Racing	Toyota			179.182	32	1	1	ignition	21855	57
38	41	John Wes Townley	09	Zaxby's	Ford			173.477	26	0	0	accident	28288	49
39	5	Kyle Busch	18	Z-Line Designs	Toyota			181.245	21	0	0	accident	21765	46
40	1	Scott Speed	99	Red Bull	Toyota			182.451	21	1	2	accident	31298	48
41	22	Terry Cook	91	MSRP Motorsports	Chevrolet			178.471	20	0	0	electrical	28138	40
42	40	Johnny Chapman	90	MSRP Motorsports	Chevrolet			173.661	12	0	0	rear end	28093	37
43	21	Dennis Setzer	96	Dusty's Collision	Dodge			178.518	3	0	0	transmission	21582	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Carl Edwards	515	3	1	0	3	3
2	Brian Vickers	467	3	0	0	1	3
3	Greg Biffle	416	3	0	1	2	2
4	Brendan Gaughan	407	3	0	0	0	2
5	Kyle Busch	406	3	0	1	2	2
6	David Ragan	387	3	0	0	1	2
7	Kevin Harvick	386	3	1	0	1	1
8	Jason Leffler	354	3	0	0	1	1
9	Jason Keller	343	3	0	0	0	1
10	Michael McDowell	326	3	0	0	0	1
11	Justin Allgaier	311	3	0	0	0	1
12	Kenny Wallace	311	3	0	0	0	0
13	Mike Bliss	305	3	0	0	0	0
14	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	301	2	0	0	1	2
15	Scott Lagasse, Jr.	299	3	0	0	0	1
16	Jeff Burton	289	2	0	0	0	2
17	Tony Raines	288	3	0	0	0	0
18	Joe Nemechek	285	3	0	0	0	0
19	Morgan Shepherd	276	3	0	0	0	0
20	David Reutimann	273	2	0	0	0	1
21	Eric McClure	273	3	0	0	0	0
22	Brad Keselowski	271	3	0	0	0	0
23	Brian Keselowski	270	3	0	0	0	0
24	Joey Logano	268	2	0	0	1	1
25	D.J. Kennington	267	3	0	0	0	0