2011 Kobalt Tools 400

Race 3 of 36

Las Vegas
267 laps
Time of race: 2:57:20
Average speed of winner: 135.508 mph
Margin of victory: 1.246 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 14 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 35 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 182.408
Lap leaders: Kenseth 1-2, Biffle 3-9, Kenseth 10, J. Gordon 11-12, Stewart 13-50, Biffle 51-54, Truex 55, Menard 56-58, Blaney 59, Skinner 60, Stewart 61-97, Ambrose 98, Stewart 99-150, Truex 151, Edwards 152-197, Truex 198, Stewart 199-234, Montoya 235-241, Ku. Busch 242, Bowyer 243, Reutimann 244, Edwards 245-267

Race notes: Tony Stewart took the points lead from Kyle Busch.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Carl Edwards	99	Scotts/Kellogg's	Ford	Roush	Osborne	188.127	267	2	69	running	401541	47
2	15	Tony Stewart	14	Mobil 1/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Grubb	186.528	267	4	163	running	300308	44
3	23	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Clorox	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Pattie	185.970	267	1	7	running	236908	42
4	2	Marcos Ambrose	9	Stanley	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	188.166	267	1	1	running	187866	41
5	8	Ryan Newman	39	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	187.220	267	0	0	running	173575	39
6	9	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Tryson	187.201	267	3	3	running	128300	39
7	17	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	186.464	267	0	0	running	159300	37
8	33	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/AMP Energy	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	183.949	267	0	0	running	126125	36
9	22	Kurt Busch	22	Shell/Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Addington	186.002	267	1	1	running	150700	36
10	19	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Ryan Pemberton	186.335	267	0	0	running	133614	34
11	1	Matt Kenseth	17	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Fennig	188.884	267	2	3	running	149311	34
12	18	Paul Menard	27	Moen/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	186.445	267	1	3	running	103375	33
13	25	David Reutimann	00	TUMS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	185.567	267	1	1	running	130933	32
14	30	Kasey Kahne	4	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Francis	184.470	267	0	0	running	127083	30
15	28	Clint Bowyer	33	Wheaties Fuel	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	185.103	267	1	1	running	145358	30
16	14	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	186.728	267	0	0	running	148761	28
17	26	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	185.478	267	0	0	running	143561	27
18	10	Mark Martin	5	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	187.195	267	0	0	running	104625	26
19	7	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Best Buy	Ford	RPM	Shiplett	187.253	267	0	0	running	132461	25
20	16	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	186.528	267	0	0	running	103600	0
21	21	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	186.053	267	0	0	running	101325	23
22	42	David Ragan	6	UPS	Ford	Roush	Blickensderfer	no speed	267	0	0	running	100775	22
23	6	Joey Logano	20	Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	187.318	266	0	0	running	100075	21
24	24	Bobby Labonte	47	Kingsford	Toyota	JTG	Kerr	185.688	266	0	0	running	116345	20
25	27	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Toyota	Germain	Barker	185.217	266	0	0	running	89425	19
26	20	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	186.079	265	0	0	running	112308	18
27	11	Jamie McMurray	1	McDonald's	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	187.084	264	0	0	running	122414	17
28	4	Greg Biffle	16	3M Post-it	Ford	Roush	Erwin	187.970	264	2	11	running	101150	17
29	29	Mike Skinner	32	Southern Pride Trucking	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	184.742	262	1	1	running	83575	0
30	37	Bill Elliott	09	Rydex	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	181.977	262	0	0	running	100958	14
31	38	Robby Gordon	7	SPEED Energy	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Lane	181.403	261	0	0	running	96258	13
32	40	Andy Lally	71	Eco-Fuel Saver	Chevrolet	TRG	Guy	179.414	261	0	0	running	91400	12
33	39	Travis Kvapil	38	Long John Silver's	Ford	Front Row	Henderson	181.269	261	0	0	running	92197	0
34	34	Dave Blaney	36	Accell Construction	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	183.014	260	1	1	running	81500	11
35	41	Tony Raines	37	Race Fuel Energy Drink	Ford	Front Row	Greg Conner	177.299	258	0	0	running	81275	9
36	13	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	186.903	193	1	2	accident	118011	9
37	35	David Gilliland	34	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	Sospenzo	183.007	147	0	0	accident	80850	7
38	5	Kyle Busch	18	Snickers	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	187.565	107	0	0	engine	128491	6
39	12	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	187.084	77	0	0	engine	106795	5
40	32	J.J. Yeley	46	Darlington Raceway and Espar Heater Systems	Chevrolet	Dusty Whitney	Furr	184.200	45	0	0	rear gear	80175	4
41	43	Michael McDowell	66	HP Racing LLC	Toyota	HP	Nead	181.769	41	0	0	brakes	79925	3
42	31	Joe Nemechek	87	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	Nemechek	Lopez	184.464	34	0	0	transmission	79780	0
43	36	Landon Cassill	60	Big Red	Toyota	Germain	Sisco	182.070	32	0	0	rear gear	80044	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Stewart	113	3	0	0	1	2
2	Kurt Busch	113	3	0	0	1	3
3	Carl Edwards	106	3	1	1	2	2
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	106	3	0	0	1	2
5	Ryan Newman	103	3	0	0	2	2
6	Paul Menard	96	3	0	0	0	1
7	Martin Truex, Jr.	95	3	0	0	0	1
8	Denny Hamlin	95	3	0	0	0	1
9	A.J. Allmendinger	94	3	0	0	0	1
10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	91	3	1	0	0	2
11	Mark Martin	91	3	0	0	0	1
12	Jimmie Johnson	87	3	0	0	1	1
13	Kasey Kahne	87	3	0	0	0	1
14	Kyle Busch	86	3	0	0	1	2
15	Bobby Labonte	84	3	0	0	1	1
16	Matt Kenseth	77	3	1	0	0	0
17	Marcos Ambrose	76	3	0	0	1	1
18	Clint Bowyer	75	3	0	0	0	0
19	Jeff Gordon	74	3	0	1	1	1
20	Kevin Harvick	71	3	0	0	1	1
21	David Gilliland	70	3	0	0	1	1
22	Bill Elliott	67	3	0	0	0	0
23	Brad Keselowski	63	3	0	0	0	0
24	Brian Vickers	61	3	0	0	0	1
25	David Reutimann	61	3	0	0	0	0