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2012 Kobalt Tools 400 loop data Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post         Lap-by-Lap Driver Chart NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 3 of 36 Sunday, March 11, 2012 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV 267 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (400.500 miles) Time of race: 2:54:44 Average speed: 137.524 mph Pole speed: 190.456 mph Cautions: 8 for 33 laps Margin of victory: .461 sec Attendance: 150000 Lead changes: 16 Green flag passes: 1,301 (5.6 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2012 standings

Loop data for this race: Driver Start Mid Race Finish High Pos. Low Pos. Avg. Pos. Pass Diff. Green Flag Passes Green Flag Times Passed Quality Passes Pct. Quality Passes Fastest Lap Top 15 Laps Pct. Top 15 Laps Laps Led Pct. Laps Led Total Laps DRIVER RATING Tony Stewart 7 2 1 1 10 3 11 20 9 20 100.0 45 267 100.0 127 47.6 267 141.7 Jimmie Johnson 6 1 2 1 43 8 2 43 41 30 69.8 43 220 82.4 35 13.1 267 115.4 Greg Biffle 9 3 3 1 25 5 10 48 38 46 95.8 30 266 99.6 2 0.7 267 121.8 Ryan Newman 18 8 4 4 19 10 -7 20 27 20 100.0 0 261 97.8 0 0.0 267 99.0 Carl Edwards 21 11 5 4 23 11 -12 38 50 38 100.0 2 210 78.7 0 0.0 267 98.0 Clint Bowyer 5 13 6 1 20 11 -8 32 40 32 100.0 0 258 96.6 3 1.1 267 93.6 Paul Menard 26 9 7 3 24 13 9 50 41 50 100.0 1 203 76.0 0 0.0 267 92.2 Jamie McMurray 19 10 8 2 25 12 13 53 40 40 75.5 5 193 72.3 0 0.0 267 94.8 Trevor Bayne 25 18 9 8 25 19 4 58 54 14 24.1 0 49 18.4 0 0.0 267 78.5 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 4 12 10 1 25 8 -19 32 51 32 100.0 33 245 91.8 70 26.2 267 113.1 Kevin Harvick 3 5 11 1 22 7 -3 28 31 28 100.0 12 236 88.4 4 1.5 267 107.7 Jeff Gordon 16 22 12 1 33 17 -7 34 41 34 100.0 0 104 39.0 2 0.7 267 78.7 Marcos Ambrose 15 17 13 8 26 18 -3 53 56 24 45.3 0 26 9.7 0 0.0 267 75.5 Jeff Burton 22 14 14 11 26 20 -10 39 49 7 17.9 0 15 5.6 0 0.0 267 71.9 Regan Smith 28 20 15 5 42 21 -14 54 68 23 42.6 1 71 26.6 0 0.0 267 69.8 Joey Logano 8 21 16 2 28 17 -25 25 50 9 36.0 2 92 34.5 0 0.0 267 76.4 Martin Truex Jr 10 6 17 2 20 8 2 27 25 27 100.0 0 249 93.3 0 0.0 267 95.7 Mark Martin 13 15 18 8 24 17 -17 31 48 15 48.4 0 69 25.8 0 0.0 267 74.5 Kasey Kahne 1 7 19 1 23 9 6 44 38 44 100.0 5 254 95.1 0 0.0 267 94.3 Denny Hamlin 17 24 20 9 26 22 -13 48 61 15 31.3 0 14 5.2 0 0.0 267 63.2 David Ragan 35 28 21 1 33 26 -22 22 44 0 0.0 1 2 0.7 1 0.4 267 55.1 Matt Kenseth 11 4 22 1 22 4 8 20 12 20 100.0 45 261 97.8 21 7.9 267 110.4 Kyle Busch 2 23 23 5 38 16 -6 51 57 28 54.9 0 120 44.9 0 0.0 266 74.1 Aric Almirola 27 26 24 13 30 25 -10 26 36 0 0.0 2 2 0.7 0 0.0 266 59.7 Juan Pablo Montoya 29 25 25 13 43 28 -15 48 63 4 8.3 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 264 51.8 Bobby Labonte 24 29 26 17 36 28 -14 21 35 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 264 56.6 Casey Mears 32 30 27 25 43 33 -1 19 20 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 264 42.0 David Stremme 43 35 28 28 41 33 -32 28 60 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 263 45.4 Dave Blaney 38 31 29 28 37 32 -1 26 27 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 263 44.7 Ken Schrader 41 34 30 28 43 35 -26 19 45 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 263 37.7 David Reutimann 31 36 31 25 38 33 -31 10 41 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 261 51.0 Brad Keselowski 20 16 32 1 33 15 10 41 31 41 100.0 2 208 77.9 1 0.4 259 72.6 David Gilliland 34 37 33 28 41 36 -33 9 42 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 258 34.9 Brendan Gaughan 23 39 34 22 42 38 -15 4 19 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 252 32.2 Kurt Busch 12 27 35 5 35 23 -17 33 50 17 51.5 2 46 17.2 0 0.0 251 69.2 Landon Cassill 30 32 36 24 36 30 -5 18 23 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 240 47.8 A.J. Allmendinger 14 19 37 1 37 21 3 52 49 42 80.8 1 61 22.8 1 0.4 238 66.4 Michael McDowell 39 33 38 27 40 36 -30 20 50 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 147 35.0 Travis Kvapil 37 38 39 28 39 36 -28 22 50 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 123 40.1 Josh Wise 33 40 40 31 43 39 -27 10 37 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 64 32.0 Joe Nemechek 40 41 41 34 43 41 -33 2 35 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 44 27.4 Timmy Hill 42 42 42 31 42 41 -28 15 43 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 42 27.3 J.J. Yeley 36 43 43 29 43 42 -29 8 37 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 39 31.9 Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position. Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers. Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.