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2011 Kobalt Tools 400

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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 3 of 36
Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
267 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (400.500 miles)

Time of race: 2:57:20 Average speed: 135.508 mph Pole speed: 188.884 mph	Cautions: 7 for 35 laps Margin of victory: 1.246 sec Attendance: 152000 Lead changes: 21
Green flag passes: 3,040 (13.1 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup results / 2011 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	99	Carl Edwards	Scotts EZ Seed / Kellogg's (Jack Roush)	Ford	267	401541	running	69	47
2	15	14	Tony Stewart	Mobil 1 / Office Depot (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	267	300308	running	163	44
3	23	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Clorox (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	267	236908	running	7	42
4	2	9	Marcos Ambrose	Stanley / DeWalt Tools (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Ford	267	187866	running	1	41
5	8	39	Ryan Newman	Haas Automation (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	267	173575	running	0	39
6	9	56	Martin Truex Jr	NAPA (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	267	128300	running	3	39
7	17	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	267	159300	running	0	37
8	33	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	National Guard / AMP Energy (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	267	126125	running	0	36
9	22	22	Kurt Busch	Shell / Pennzoil Platinum (Roger Penske)	Dodge	267	150700	running	1	36
10	19	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	267	133614	running	0	34
11	1	17	Matt Kenseth	Crown Royal (Jack Roush)	Ford	267	149311	running	3	34
12	18	27	Paul Menard	Moen / Menards (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	267	103375	running	3	33
13	25	00	David Reutimann	Tums (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	267	130933	running	1	32
14	30	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull (Dietrich Mateschitz)	Toyota	267	127083	running	0	30
15	28	33	Clint Bowyer	Wheaties Fuel (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	267	145358	running	1	30
16	14	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	267	148761	running	0	28
17	26	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	267	143561	running	0	27
18	10	5	Mark Martin	GoDaddy.com (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	267	104625	running	0	26
19	7	43	A.J. Allmendinger	Best Buy (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Ford	267	132461	running	0	25
20	16	21	Trevor Bayne	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center (Wood Brothers)	Ford	267	103600	running	0	0
21	21	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	267	101325	running	0	23
22	42	6	David Ragan	UPS "We Love Logistics" (Jack Roush)	Ford	267	100775	running	0	22
23	6	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	266	100075	running	0	21
24	24	47	Bobby Labonte	Kingsford (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Toyota	266	116345	running	0	20
25	27	13	Casey Mears	GEICO (Germain Racing)	Toyota	266	89425	running	0	19
26	20	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	265	112308	running	0	18
27	11	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	264	122414	running	0	17
28	4	16	Greg Biffle	3M Post-it (Jack Roush)	Ford	264	101150	running	11	17
29	29	32	Mike Skinner	Southern Pride Trucking (Frank Stoddard)	Ford	262	83575	running	1	0
30	37	09	Bill Elliott	Security Benefit / Rydex / Billboard.com (James Finch)	Chevrolet	262	100958	running	0	14
31	38	7	Robby Gordon	Speed Energy (Robby Gordon)	Dodge	261	96258	running	0	13
32	40	71	Andy Lally	Super Eco-Fuel Saver (Kevin Buckler)	Chevrolet	261	91400	running	0	12
33	39	38	Travis Kvapil	Long John Silver's (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	261	92197	running	0	0
34	34	36	Dave Blaney	Accell Construction (Tommy Baldwin, Jr.)	Chevrolet	260	81500	running	1	11
35	41	37	Tony Raines	Race Fuel Energy Drink (Larry Gunselman)	Ford	258	81275	running	0	9
36	13	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	193	118011	crash	2	9
37	35	34	David Gilliland	Taco Bell (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	147	80850	crash	0	7
38	5	18	Kyle Busch	Snickers Peanut Butter Squared (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	107	128491	engine	0	6
39	12	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row / Denver Mattress (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	77	106795	engine	0	5
40	32	46	J.J. Yeley	Darlington Raceway / Espar Heater (Dusty Whitney)	Chevrolet	45	80175	rear gear	0	4
41	43	66	Michael McDowell	HP Racing (Phil Parsons)	Toyota	41	79925	brakes	0	3
42	31	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports (Joe Nemechek)	Toyota	34	79780	transmission	0	0
43	36	60	Landon Cassill	Big Red (Germain Racing)	Toyota	32	80044	rear gear	0	0

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Denny Hamlin	11	engine change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
44	Brian Keselowski	92	MGM Grand	Bob Keselowski	Dodge

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	9	9
	10	12	3	#7 spun turn 4	none
	13	15	3
	16	18	3	#71 spun turn 2	#7
	19	97	79
	98	101	4	debris	#18
	102	102	1
	103	106	4	#4,22 spun turn 4	#48
	107	108	2
	109	116	8	fluid on track	#6
	117	150	34
	151	156	6	#34 accident turn 2	#21
	157	195	39
	196	202	7	#24 accident turn 4	#17
	203	267	65
Percent of race run under caution: 13.1% Average green flag run: 29.0 laps

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Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Matt Kenseth	1	2	2
Greg Biffle	3	9	7
Matt Kenseth	10	10	1
Jeff Gordon	11	12	2
Tony Stewart	13	50	38
Greg Biffle	51	54	4
Martin Truex, Jr.	55	55	1
Paul Menard	56	58	3
Dave Blaney	59	59	1
Mike Skinner	60	60	1
Tony Stewart	61	97	37
Marcos Ambrose	98	98	1
Tony Stewart	99	150	52
Martin Truex, Jr.	151	151	1
Carl Edwards	152	197	46
Martin Truex, Jr.	198	198	1
Tony Stewart	199	234	36
Juan Pablo Montoya	235	241	7
Kurt Busch	242	242	1
Clint Bowyer	243	243	1
David Reutimann	244	244	1
Carl Edwards	245	267	23

Nbr	# Stops	Driver	Laps	Total Time	Average Time
Today's top pit crews:
11	9	Denny Hamlin	267	348.255Denny Hamlin	38.695
29	6	Kevin Harvick	267	238.885Kevin Harvick	39.814
17	8	Matt Kenseth	267	320.423Matt Kenseth	40.053
21	7	Trevor Bayne	267	285.215Trevor Bayne	40.745
9	6	Marcos Ambrose	267	244.676Marcos Ambrose	40.779
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Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Tony Stewart	113
1	Kurt Busch	113	0
3	Carl Edwards	106	-7
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	106	-7
5	Ryan Newman	103	-10
6	Paul Menard	96	-17
7	Martin Truex Jr	95	-18
7	Denny Hamlin	95	-18
9	A.J. Allmendinger	94	-19
10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	91	-22
10	Mark Martin	91	-22
12	Jimmie Johnson	87	-26
12	Kasey Kahne	87	-26
14	Kyle Busch	86	-27
15	Bobby Labonte	84	-29
16	Matt Kenseth	77	-36
17	Marcos Ambrose	76	-37
18	Clint Bowyer	75	-38
19	Jeff Gordon	74	-39
20	Kevin Harvick	71	-42
21	David Gilliland	70	-43