2011 Kobalt Tools 500

Race 35 of 36

Phoenix
312 laps
Time of race: 2:45:47
Average speed of winner: 112.918 mph
Margin of victory: 0.802 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 30 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart 134.333
Lap leaders: Kenseth 1-35, Stewart 36-42, Yeley 43, Kenseth 44-45, Stewart 46-94, Kenseth 95-97, Stewart 98-157, Kenseth 158-166, Edwards 167-181, Stewart 182-221, Ku. Busch 222-278, Edwards 279-290, Stewart 291-294, Keselowski 295-298, Kahne 299-312

Race notes: Debut for Cole Whitt.

Video links: Highlights/Finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	10	Kasey Kahne	4	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Francis	135.675	312	1	14	running	202233	47
2	9	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Osborne	135.701	312	2	27	running	210141	43
3	8	Tony Stewart	14	Mobil 1/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Grubb	135.911	312	5	160	running	188033	43
4	14	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar Global Mining	Chevrolet	Childress	Lambert	135.298	312	0	0	running	126350	40
5	30	Ryan Newman	39	U.S. Army Veterans Day	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	134.509	312	0	0	running	155850	39
6	2	A.J. Allmendinger	43	WIX Filters	Ford	RPM	Erwin	136.446	312	0	0	running	136836	38
7	7	David Reutimann	00	TUMS	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	135.988	312	0	0	running	115458	37
8	3	Marcos Ambrose	9	DeWalt	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	136.307	312	0	0	running	114166	36
9	11	Paul Menard	27	Peak/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	135.609	312	0	0	running	90275	35
10	28	Clint Bowyer	33	USO/Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	134.574	312	0	0	running	123058	34
11	25	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	134.852	312	0	0	running	87150	33
12	33	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	134.078	312	0	0	running	121375	32
13	29	Greg Biffle	16	3M/Meguiar's	Ford	Roush	Puccia	134.549	311	0	0	running	92075	31
14	16	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	135.247	311	0	0	running	124761	30
15	26	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Pohlman	134.811	311	0	0	running	111683	29
16	4	Mark Martin	5	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	136.080	311	0	0	running	81150	28
17	6	Jamie McMurray	1	McDonald's	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	136.008	311	0	0	running	107364	27
18	12	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	135.415	311	1	4	running	97208	27
19	27	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	134.756	311	0	0	running	117036	25
20	5	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Scott Miller	136.080	311	0	0	running	80375	24
21	31	Bobby Labonte	47	Wounded Warrior Project/Clorox/Kleenex	Toyota	JTG	Burns	134.363	311	0	0	running	98645	23
22	17	Kurt Busch	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Addington	135.227	311	1	57	running	112975	23
23	18	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Ryan Pemberton	135.216	311	0	0	running	98439	21
24	22	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Retro Diet Mt. Dew/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	135.166	310	0	0	running	79925	20
25	19	Cole Whitt	84	Red Bull Racing	Toyota	Red Bull	Cox	135.211	310	0	0	running	67175	0
26	38	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Toyota	Germain	Barker	133.028	309	0	0	running	70875	18
27	43	Dave Blaney	35	Golden Corral	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	132.563	309	0	0	running	67925	17
28	41	J.J. Yeley	38	Vampt	Ford	Front Row	Guy	128.981	309	1	1	running	84483	17
29	21	Landon Cassill	51	Phoenix Construction	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	135.181	309	0	0	running	81758	0
30	39	Mike Bliss	32	Veterans United Home Loans	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	132.431	308	0	0	running	80572	0
31	42	David Gilliland	34	Aloft Hotels	Ford	Front Row	Sospenzo	123.069	307	0	0	running	69400	13
32	23	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	134.887	306	0	0	running	105936	12
33	13	David Ragan	6	UPS My Choice	Ford	Roush	Blickensderfer	135.399	298	0	0	running	75325	11
34	1	Matt Kenseth	17	Crown Royal	Ford	Roush	Fennig	137.101	238	4	49	accident	108986	11
35	20	Robby Gordon	7	SPEED Energy/MAPEI	Dodge	Robby Gordon		135.186	218	0	0	accident	65850	9
36	34	Kyle Busch	18	Interstate Batteries	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	133.650	188	0	0	engine	113816	8
37	40	Geoff Bodine	36	Luke & Associates, Inc.	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Lopez	131.305	153	0	0	accident	65575	7
38	15	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	135.272	62	0	0	accident	92070	6
39	24	Scott Speed	46	Green Stuff Absorbent	Ford	Dusty Whitney	Furr	134.862	60	0	0	electrical	65325	0
40	35	Michael McDowell	66	HP Racing LLC	Toyota	HP	Nead	133.437	46	0	0	transmission	65175	4
41	32	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	134.143	30	0	0	brakes	65020	0
42	36	Mike Skinner	37	MaxQ Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Greg Conner	133.220	25	0	0	brakes	64895	0
43	37	Travis Kvapil	55	Aloft Hotels	Ford	Front Row	Derrick Finley	133.136	20	0	0	brakes	65274	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Carl Edwards	2359	35	2	1	18	25
2	Tony Stewart	2356	35	1	4	8	18
3	Kevin Harvick	2308	35	0	4	9	18
4	Brad Keselowski	2294	35	1	3	10	14
5	Jimmie Johnson	2291	35	0	2	14	21
6	Matt Kenseth	2289	35	3	3	11	19
7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2257	35	1	0	4	12
8	Kurt Busch	2252	35	3	2	8	16
9	Ryan Newman	2252	35	3	1	9	17
10	Denny Hamlin	2249	35	0	1	5	13
11	Jeff Gordon	2247	35	1	3	12	17
12	Kyle Busch	2224	34	1	4	14	18
13	Clint Bowyer	1009	35	0	1	4	15
14	Kasey Kahne	1004	35	2	1	8	14
15	Greg Biffle	987	35	3	0	3	10
16	A.J. Allmendinger	984	35	0	0	1	10
17	Marcos Ambrose	931	35	0	1	5	12
18	Paul Menard	919	35	0	1	4	8
19	Juan Pablo Montoya	918	35	2	0	2	8
20	Mark Martin	910	35	2	0	2	10
21	David Ragan	900	35	2	1	4	8
22	Jeff Burton	900	35	0	0	2	4
23	Martin Truex, Jr.	895	35	1	0	2	11
24	Joey Logano	877	35	2	0	4	6
25	Brian Vickers	818	35	0	0	3	7