Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com TRACK: Las Vegas Motor Speedway NASCAR Sprint Cup Race No. 3 of 36 for the 2014 season Race: Sunday, March 9, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV Title Sponsor: Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Scheduled Green Flag: 3:16pm/et ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Television Coverage/Re-air/Team: NASCAR Pre-Race: FOX - 2:30pm/et Television Race Coverage: FOX - 3:00pm/et In the Booth: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds Pit Reporters: Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers and Michael Waltrip Virtual Garage: Jeff Hammond FoxSports1's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 1:30pm/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty & Kenny Wallace Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times: None ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week: Performance Racing Network Sirius XM Satellite Radio Channel 90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practices: Thursday, March 6, 3:00 - 7:00 pm/et, TV-none scheduled Friday, March 7, 2:00 - 3:30 pm/et, TV-FS1 Saturday, March 8, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm/et, TV-TBA Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, March 8, 2:30 - 3:30pm/et, TV-FS2 Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, March 7 at 6:35 pm/et, TV-FS1, no re-air scheduled -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Specifications: Track Length: 1.5 mile oval Race Length: 267 laps, 400 miles Front straight: 2,275 feet Back straight: 1,572 feet Banking: Corners: 20°, Front Straight: 9°, Back Straight: 9° Grandstand Seating: 142,000 Pace Car Speeds: Pit Road - 45 mph; Track 55 mph Opened: 1996 (First Cup race held in 1998)
Kobalt Tools 400 Starting Lineup courtesy of Jayski.com Pos Car Driver Sponsor Make Speed Time 1 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 193.278 27.939 2 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 193.099 27.965 3 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 192.713 28.021 4 3 Austin Dillon* Cheerios Chevy 192.678 28.026 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Kobalt Tools Chevy 192.596 28.038 6 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Zest Ford 192.596 28.038 7 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna/Bad Boy Buggies Chevy 192.397 28.067 8 43 Aric Almirola Farmland Ford 192.335 28.076 9 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 192.260 28.087 10 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevy 191.939 28.134 11 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 191.591 28.185 12 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevy 191.510 28.197 13 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 191.659 28.175 14 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Mountain Dew Kickstart Chevy 191.618 28.181 15 24 Jeff Gordon Axalta Chevy 191.618 28.181 16 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevy 191.598 28.184 17 42 Kyle Larson* Target Chevy 191.496 28.199 18 47 AJ Allmendinger Kingsford Charcoal Chevy 191.489 28.200 19 66 Jeff Burton Let's Go Places Toyota 191.435 28.208 20 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 191.381 28.216 21 27 Paul Menard Quaker State/Menards Chevy 190.934 28.282 22 10 Danica Patrick Aspen Dental Chevy 190.543 28.340 23 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevy 190.503 28.346 24 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevy 189.514 28.494 25 16 Greg Biffle Red Cross Ford 190.396 28.362 26 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 189.893 28.437 27 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 189.767 28.456 28 26 Cole Whitt* Speed Stick GEAR Toyota 189.647 28.474 29 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 189.328 28.522 30 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevy 189.261 28.532 31 98 Josh Wise Ambient Edge HVAC Chevy 188.851 28.594 32 30 Parker Kligerman* Aria Hotels/Black Clover Toyota 188.838 28.596 33 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 188.686 28.619 34 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft Ford 188.429 28.658 35 95 Michael McDowell WRL General Contractors Ford 188.271 28.682 36 23 Alex Bowman* Dr. Pepper Toyota 188.166 28.698 37 51 Justin Allgaier* Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevy 187.415 28.813 38 7 Michael Annett* Pilot/Flying J Chevy 186.800 28.908 39 83 Ryan Truex* Borla Exhaust Toyota 186.265 28.991 40 36 Reed Sorenson xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Chevy 186.027 29.028 41 33 Timmy Hill LittleJoesAutos.com Chevy 185.471 29.115 42 32 Travis Kvapil Ask More-Get More Ford 185.344 29.135 43 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 180.469 29.922 DNQ 35 Blake Koch(i) MDS Transport Ford 186.683 28.926 DNQ 40 Landon Cassill(i) Square HD/nabi Inspire Chevy 186.207 29.000 DNQ 44 J.J. Yeley Phoenix Warehouse of NJ/CA Chevy 181.044 29.827 DNQ 77 Dave Blaney xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ford 186.143 29.010 DNQ 87 Joe Nemchek (i) Morris-Hardwick-Schneider Toyota 182.822 29.537 * Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate (i) = Driver not running for 2014 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points
Kobalt Tools 400 Results courtesy of ESPN.com POS DRIVER MANUFACTURER LAPS EARNINGS START LED PTS BONUS PENALTY 1 Brad Keselowski Ford 267 $449,048 2 53 48 5 0 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 267 $263,005 14 51 43 1 0 3 Paul Menard Chevrolet 267 $237,719 21 6 42 1 0 4 Joey Logano Ford 267 $220,196 1 44 41 1 0 5 Carl Edwards Ford 267 $170,730 11 1 40 1 0 6 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 267 $186,831 5 34 39 1 0 7 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 267 $134,920 10 0 37 0 0 8 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 267 $137,470 13 0 36 0 0 9 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 267 $162,006 15 0 35 0 0 10 Matt Kenseth Toyota 267 $163,281 29 2 35 1 0 11 Kyle Busch Toyota 267 $164,076 20 52 34 1 0 12 Denny Hamlin Toyota 267 $121,410 27 1 33 1 0 13 Brian Vickers Toyota 267 $144,385 9 0 31 0 0 14 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 267 $139,068 12 0 30 0 0 15 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 267 $144,474 7 0 29 0 0 16 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 267 $155,096 4 0 28 0 0 17 Jeff Burton Toyota 267 $115,960 19 0 27 0 0 18 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 267 $125,018 18 0 26 0 0 19 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 266 $132,005 17 0 25 0 0 20 Trevor Bayne Ford 266 $102,060 34 0 0 0 0 21 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 266 $112,060 22 0 23 0 0 22 Greg Biffle Ford 266 $143,435 25 0 22 0 0 23 Clint Bowyer Toyota 266 $141,851 3 0 21 0 0 24 Marcos Ambrose Ford 266 $126,680 43 0 20 0 0 25 Aric Almirola Ford 264 $136,771 8 0 19 0 0 26 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 264 $94,835 23 0 18 0 0 27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 264 $132,960 6 0 17 0 0 28 Casey Mears Chevrolet 264 $120,193 30 0 16 0 0 29 Michael Annett Chevrolet 264 $109,868 38 0 15 0 0 30 David Gilliland Ford 264 $116,493 33 0 14 0 0 31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 264 $112,682 37 0 13 0 0 32 David Ragan Ford 263 $102,435 26 0 12 0 0 33 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 263 $125,893 24 0 11 0 0 34 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 262 $91,535 40 0 10 0 0 35 Ryan Truex Toyota 261 $91,310 39 0 9 0 0 36 Cole Whitt Toyota 261 $91,110 28 0 8 0 0 37 Alex Bowman Toyota 259 $90,883 36 0 7 0 0 38 Timmy Hill Chevrolet 258 $85,590 41 0 6 0 0 39 Travis Kvapil Ford 253 $81,590 42 0 5 0 0 40 Parker Kligerman Toyota 240 $77,590 32 0 4 0 0 41 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 237 $114,623 16 23 4 1 0 42 Josh Wise Chevrolet 212 $69,590 31 0 2 0 0 43 Michael McDowell Ford 141 $66,090 35 0 1 0 0
