2012 Kobalt Tools 400

Race 3 of 36

Las Vegas
267 laps
Time of race: 2:54:44
Average speed of winner: 137.524 mph
Margin of victory: 0.461 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 33 laps
Lap leaders: Kahne pole, Earnhardt, Jr. 1-43, Harvick 44-45, Biffle 46, Earnhardt, Jr. 47-73, Biffle 74, Ragan 75, Harvick 76-77, Kenseth 78-98, Johnson 99-133, Stewart 134-175, Keselowski 176, Allmendinger 177, Gordon 178-179, Stewart 180-230, Bowyer 231-233, Stewart 234-267

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Tony Stewart	14	Mobil 1/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	189.667	267	3	127	running	428175	48
2	6	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	189.773	267	1	35	running	281776	43
3	9	Greg Biffle	16	3M/Meguiars	Ford	Roush	Puccia	189.500	267	2	2	running	207365	42
4	18	Ryan Newman	39	Quicken Loans	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	188.436	267	0	0	running	201273	40
5	21	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Osborne	188.088	267	0	0	running	187281	39
6	5	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	189.807	267	1	3	running	150854	39
7	26	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Schrock	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	187.305	267	0	0	running	127865	37
8	19	Jamie McMurray	1	McDonald's	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	188.160	267	0	0	running	152498	36
9	25	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	187.363	267	0	0	running	112865	0
10	4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	189.873	267	2	70	running	118240	35
11	3	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	190.014	267	2	4	running	153641	34
12	16	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont 20 Years	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	188.758	267	1	2	running	150241	33
13	15	Marcos Ambrose	9	DeWalt	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	188.910	267	0	0	running	133313	31
14	22	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	187.754	267	0	0	running	142680	30
15	28	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	186.987	267	0	0	running	129413	29
16	8	Joey Logano	20	Dollar General	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	189.620	267	0	0	running	111230	28
17	10	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	189.421	267	0	0	running	128069	27
18	13	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	188.970	267	0	0	running	99755	26
19	1	Kasey Kahne	5	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	190.456	267	0	0	running	112555	25
20	17	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	188.712	267	0	0	running	140321	24
21	35	David Ragan	34	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Guy	184.388	267	1	1	running	113063	24
22	11	Matt Kenseth	17	Zest	Ford	Roush	Fennig	189.208	267	1	21	running	140691	23
23	2	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's Brown	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	190.040	266	0	0	running	138363	21
24	27	Aric Almirola	43	Richard Petty Fantasy Racing Camp	Ford	RPM	Ford	186.987	266	0	0	running	130366	20
25	29	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Clorox	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	186.780	264	0	0	running	122846	19
26	24	Bobby Labonte	47	Kingsford/Bush's Beans	Toyota	JTG	Berrier	187.663	264	0	0	running	113388	18
27	32	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	185.274	264	0	0	running	101788	17
28	43	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Inception	Lane	182.704	263	0	0	running	98677	16
29	38	Dave Blaney	36	Ollie's Bargain Outlet	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton	183.949	263	0	0	running	85905	15
30	41	Ken Schrader	32	Federated Auto Parts	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	183.306	263	0	0	running	97630	14
31	31	David Reutimann	10	Accell Construction	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	185.644	261	0	0	running	85430	13
32	20	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	188.134	259	1	1	running	122975	13
33	34	David Gilliland	38	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	184.685	258	0	0	running	85030	11
34	23	Brendan Gaughan	33	South Point Casino	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	187.669	252	0	0	running	92830	10
35	12	Kurt Busch	51	Tag Heuer Eyewear	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	189.148	251	0	0	accident	92605	9
36	30	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Richert	185.650	240	0	0	engine	110750	8
37	14	A.J. Allmendinger	22	Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	188.937	238	1	1	running	128755	8
38	39	Michael McDowell	98	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	183.861	147	0	0	rear gear	83982	6
39	37	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Anderson	184.175	123	0	0	engine	88450	5
40	33	Josh Wise	26	1-800-Loan Mart	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	184.837	64	0	0	brakes	81675	4
41	40	Joe Nemechek	87	AM FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	183.542	44	0	0	vibration	79925	0
42	42	Timmy Hill	37	Poynt.com	Ford	Gunselman	Furr	182.877	42	0	0	accident	79780	0
43	36	J.J. Yeley	49	America Israel Racing	Toyota	Robinson-Blakeney	Furr	184.370	39	0	0	engine	80044	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Greg Biffle	125	3	0	0	3	3
2	Kevin Harvick	115	3	0	0	1	2
3	Denny Hamlin	113	3	0	1	2	2
4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	107	3	0	0	1	2
5	Matt Kenseth	102	3	0	1	1	1
6	Carl Edwards	102	3	1	0	1	2
7	Tony Stewart	100	3	0	1	1	1
8	Martin Truex, Jr.	98	3	0	0	0	1
9	Joey Logano	98	3	0	0	0	2
10	Mark Martin	97	3	1	0	0	2
11	Paul Menard	89	3	0	0	0	2
12	Kyle Busch	87	3	0	0	0	1
13	Jimmie Johnson	86	3	0	0	2	2
14	Ryan Newman	86	3	0	0	1	1
15	Clint Bowyer	86	3	0	0	0	1
16	Jeff Burton	82	3	0	0	1	1
17	Bobby Labonte	76	3	0	0	0	0
18	Jeff Gordon	75	3	0	0	0	1
19	Marcos Ambrose	74	3	0	0	0	0
20	Regan Smith	74	3	0	0	0	0
21	Dave Blaney	66	3	0	0	0	0
22	Brad Keselowski	65	3	0	0	1	1
23	Aric Almirola	63	3	0	0	0	0
24	Juan Pablo Montoya	60	3	0	0	0	0
25	Jamie McMurray	57	3	0	0	0	1