2009 Shelby 427

Race 3 of 36

Las Vegas
285 laps
Time of race: 3:34:37
Average speed of winner: 119.515 mph
Margin of victory: 0.411 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 66 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon 181.990
Lap leaders: Ky. Busch pole, Johnson 1-50, Edwards 51-52, Logano 53, Ky. Busch 54-55, R. Gordon 56, Johnson 57-75, Harvick 76-84, Biffle 85-124, Kahne 125, Johnson 126-148, J. Gordon 149-165, Ku. Busch 166, Burton 167-227, Ky. Busch 228-259, Bowyer 260-268, Ky. Busch 269-285

Race notes: Jeff Gordon took the points lead from Matt Kenseth.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Starting grid), Part 3 (Start), Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12 (Finish), Part 13 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Addington	185.995	285	3	51	running	461273	190
2	37	Clint Bowyer	33	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	182.772	285	1	9	running	244575	175
3	14	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Scott Miller	184.565	285	1	61	running	247281	170
4	4	David Reutimann	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	185.624	285	0	0	running	194923	160
5	17	Bobby Labonte	96	Ask.com	Ford	Hall of Fame	Todd Parrott	184.433	285	0	0	running	174554	155
6	28	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	183.799	285	1	17	running	167626	155
7	24	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Erwin	184.005	285	1	40	running	145250	151
8	21	Brian Vickers	83	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Ryan Pemberton	184.168	285	0	0	running	143923	142
9	38	Jamie McMurray	26	Irwin	Ford	Roush	Wingo	182.574	285	0	0	running	121450	138
10	31	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/AMP Energy	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Eury, Jr.	183.742	285	0	0	running	125375	134
11	7	Kasey Kahne	9	Budweiser	Dodge	RPM	Francis	185.382	285	1	1	running	145923	135
12	9	Kevin Harvick	29	Shell/Pennzoil	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	185.280	285	1	9	running	143728	132
13	20	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Zipadelli	184.388	285	1	1	running	151076	129
14	30	David Gilliland	71	Capital Window	Chevrolet	TRG	Labbe	183.748	285	0	0	running	100225	121
15	32	Robby Gordon	7	Jim Beam	Toyota	Robby Gordon	Almquist	183.486	285	1	1	running	123235	123
16	12	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	Mobil 1	Dodge	Penske	Geisler	184.989	285	0	0	running	121235	115
17	16	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Osborne	184.496	285	1	2	running	146331	117
18	11	David Stremme	12	No. 12 Penske Dodge	Dodge	Penske	McCauley	185.077	284	0	0	running	132665	109
19	18	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Guy	184.433	284	0	0	running	95125	106
20	5	Marcos Ambrose	47	Kingsford	Toyota	JTG	Kerr	185.459	284	0	0	running	116048	103
21	42	Scott Speed	82	Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull	Elledge	181.257	284	0	0	running	111198	100
22	34	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Office	Toyota	Gibbs	Ford	183.293	284	0	0	running	110125	97
23	2	Kurt Busch	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Tryson	185.707	284	1	1	running	102525	99
24	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	185.688	284	3	92	running	145201	101
25	6	Ryan Newman	39	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	185.395	283	0	0	running	120529	88
26	10	Tony Stewart	14	Old Spice	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Grubb	185.217	283	0	0	running	100173	85
27	15	Michael Waltrip	55	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Barker	184.540	283	0	0	running	98300	82
28	29	John Andretti	34	Window World	Chevrolet	Front Row	Lane	183.786	283	0	0	running	97200	79
29	33	Elliott Sadler	19	Stanley	Dodge	RPM	Buskirk	183.461	283	0	0	running	96900	76
30	41	Casey Mears	07	Jack Daniel's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	181.928	282	0	0	running	104125	73
31	23	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Energizer	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Pattie	184.118	281	0	0	running	122998	70
32	25	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	183.999	281	0	0	running	122715	67
33	19	A.J. Allmendinger	44	Harrah's	Dodge	RPM	Johns	184.395	281	0	0	running	85975	64
34	39	Reed Sorenson	43	Valvoline	Dodge	RPM	Shiplett	182.469	278	0	0	running	122176	61
35	36	Paul Menard	98	Johns Manville/Menards	Ford	Yates	Larry Carter	182.921	269	0	0	accident	115006	58
36	26	Max Papis	13	GEICO	Toyota	Germain	Goss	183.974	258	0	0	running	85400	55
37	43	Todd Bodine	64	Curtis Steel Co.	Toyota	Gunselman	Richert	183.231	227	0	0	engine	84175	52
38	13	Brad Keselowski	25	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	McGrew	184.786	221	0	0	running	83975	49
39	27	Aric Almirola	8	TomTom	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Randolph	183.936	143	0	0	accident	91775	46
40	8	Mark Martin	5	Pop-Tarts/CARQUEST	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	185.312	121	0	0	engine	91525	43
41	22	Joe Nemechek	87	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	Nemechek	Lopez	184.162	102	0	0	transmission	83300	40
42	35	David Ragan	6	UPS	Ford	Roush	Fennig	183.144	72	0	0	engine	91155	37
43	40	Matt Kenseth	17	USG	Ford	Roush	Blickensderfer	182.143	6	0	0	engine	129669	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	459	3	0	0	1	2
2	Clint Bowyer	441	3	0	0	2	2
3	Matt Kenseth	419	3	0	2	2	2
4	Greg Biffle	419	3	0	0	1	2
5	David Reutimann	408	3	0	0	1	1
6	Kyle Busch	405	3	1	1	2	2
7	Kurt Busch	393	3	0	0	1	2
8	Tony Stewart	379	3	0	0	0	2
9	Carl Edwards	377	3	0	0	0	1
10	Bobby Labonte	360	3	0	0	1	1
11	Kevin Harvick	351	3	0	0	1	1
12	Michael Waltrip	346	3	0	0	0	1
13	Kasey Kahne	338	3	0	0	0	0
14	Denny Hamlin	332	3	0	0	0	1
15	Juan Pablo Montoya	326	3	0	0	0	0
16	Elliott Sadler	324	3	0	0	1	1
17	Brian Vickers	322	3	1	0	0	2
18	Jeff Burton	316	3	0	0	1	1
19	Jimmie Johnson	314	3	0	0	0	1
20	Marcos Ambrose	312	3	0	0	0	0
21	A.J. Allmendinger	305	3	0	0	1	1
22	Jamie McMurray	305	3	0	0	0	1
23	David Stremme	302	3	0	0	0	0
24	David Ragan	299	3	0	0	0	1
25	Reed Sorenson	299	3	0	0	0	1