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Kahne Dominates At Vegas, But Kenseth Gets Win [Full Recap and Results]

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If the race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday proved anything, it was that you can pass with this new Generation-6 car. Matt Kenseth, who started 18th, got the lead on lap 242 after a round of pit stops and didn’t look back from there, holding off Kasey Kahne to get his first win of the 2013 season–and first with Joe Gibbs Racing. Kahne arguably had the best car all day long, leading 114 of the 267 laps, but just wasn’t able to get around Kenseth’s car when it mattered the most. The 2012 champion, Brad Keselowski, finished 3rd, followed by Kyle Busch and last week’s winner, Carl Edwards, who rounded out the top 5. The Sprint Cup Series will be back here next season, as they only visits Las Vegas Motor Speedway once a year.

Other important happenings:

Lap 16 - Clint Bowyer, who started 2nd, has to pit because his car is that bad. He went down 2 laps and never recovered.
Lap 38 – Greg Biffle has to pit a little early, also due to a bad handling race car.
Lap 47 – Kyle Busch and Joey Logano get caught speeding on pit road. Busch was inside the top 5 at the time.
Lap 66 – A caution for debris saves Kyle Busch from going a lap down.
Lap 69 – The woes continue for Greg Biffle, who has a tire violation during his pit stop.
Lap 118 – Denny Hamlin gets caught speeding on pit road. He was near the top 5 at the time.
Lap 235 – Ryan Newman’s engine blows. He was running inside the top 20 but wasn’t very good all day.

Full Results From The Kobalt Tools 400:

  1. Matt Kenseth
  2. Kasey Kahne
  3. Brad Keselowski
  4. Kyle Busch
  5. Carl Edwards
  6. Jimmie Johnson
  7. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
  8. Martin Truex, Jr.
  9. Kevin Harvick
  10. Paul Menard
  11. Tony Stewart
  12. Joey Logano
  13. Jamie McMurray
  14. Mark Martin
  15. Denny Hamlin
  16. Aric Almirola
  17. Greg Biffle
  18. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
  19. Juan Montoya
  20. Kurt Busch
  21. Austin Dillon
  22. Marcos Ambrose
  23. Trevor Bayne
  24. Dave Blaney
  25. Jeff Gordon
  26. Jeff Burton
  27. Clint Bowyer
  28. David Gilliland
  29. Casey Mears
  30. Bobby Labonte
  31. David Ragan
  32. David Stremme
  33. Danica Patrick
  34. David Reutimann
  35. Josh Wise
  36. J.J. Yeley
  37. Ken Schrader
  38. Ryan Newman
  39. Travis Kvapil
  40. Joe Nemechek
  41. Scott Speed
  42. Landon Cassill
  43. Michael McDowell

Keselowski On Pole At Las Vegas [Full Starting Lineup - Kobalt Tools 400]

Brad Keselowski #2 Car

Last week at Phoenix, track position was more important than ever, but will that be the case at Las Vegas this weekend? The Cup Series visits this track just once a year, so fantasy racers already have limited data to go through this weekend. When you add in the fact that this is the first intermediate track race with the new Generation-6 car, there may be a bunch of surprises on Sunday. Or it could be predictable. We’ll find out soon enough. On Friday, rain cancelled all on-track activity for the Cup Series, which means that Brad Keselowski will be awarded the pole for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400, as stated in the rule book: if there is a rain-out in the first three races of the season, the points standings from the previous season are used to determine the starting lineup. There are two practice sessions scheduled for Saturday and rain doesn’t look like it will be a factor.

Full Starting Lineup For The 2013 Kobalt Tools 400:

  1. Brad Keselowski
  2. Clint Bowyer
  3. Jimmie Johnson
  4. Kasey Kahne
  5. Greg Biffle
  6. Denny Hamlin
  7. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
  8. Kevin Harvick
  9. Tony Stewart
  10. Jeff Gordon
  11. Martin Truex, Jr.
  12. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
  13. Kyle Busch
  14. Ryan Newman
  15. Mark Martin
  16. Carl Edwards
  17. Paul Menard
  18. Matt Kenseth
  19. Marcos Ambrose
  20. Jeff Burton
  21. Joey Logano
  22. Aric Almirola
  23. Jamie McMurray
  24. Kurt Busch
  25. Juan Montoya
  26. Bobby Labonte
  27. Austin Dillon
  28. Travis Kvapil
  29. David Ragan
  30. Casey Mears
  31. David Gilliland
  32. David Reutimann
  33. Dave Blaney
  34. Ken Schrader
  35. J.J. Yeley
  36. Trevor Bayne
  37. Danica Patrick
  38. David Stremme
  39. Michael McDowell
  40. Scott Speed
  41. Landon Cassill
  42. Joe Nemechek
  43. Josh Wise

Biffle Fastest In Second Test At Vegas [Full Thursday Test #2 Results]

Greg Biffle #16 Car

After Thursday’s first 3.5-hour test at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the teams got a 30-minute break before the track was open again for test session #2, which lasted an additional 3 hours. This week will be the first race on an intermediate track for the Generation-6 race cars, and NASCAR decided to let all of the teams get a whole bunch of track time in preparation for it. These speeds do not count as “official practice speeds” for the weekend, as these were simply test sessions. Most teams will put new engines in these cars overnight in preparation for the official practices scheduled for Friday afternoon.

Las Vegas Test #2 Speeds (03-07-2013)

Rank Driver Laps Ran Best Lap # Best Speed Best Time
1. Greg Biffle 61 59 189.427 28.507
2. Jimmie Johnson 57 55 189.142 28.550
3. Mark Martin 50 50 189.142 28.550
4. Carl Edwards 35 35 189.102 28.556
5. Kevin Harvick 36 36 189.049 28.564
6. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 41 41 188.798 28.602
7. Martin Truex, Jr. 27 27 188.646 28.625
8. Kurt Busch 55 53 188.646 28.625
9. Aric Almirola 51 49 188.567 28.637
10. Juan Montoya 35 11 188.422 28.659
11. Clint Bowyer 27 27 188.062 28.714
12. Jeff Burton 48 45 187.806 28.753
13. Austin Dillon 19 18 187.585 28.787
14. Trevor Bayne 42 41 187.533 28.795
15. Joey Logano 49 48 187.207 28.845
16. Marcos Ambrose 31 23 187.169 28.851
17. Paul Menard 46 43 186.935 28.887
18. Casey Mears 49 47 186.819 28.905
19. Danica Patrick 19 16 186.806 28.907
20. Kyle Busch 69 38 186.143 29.010
21. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 74 70 186.085 29.019
22. David Ragan 30 29 185.408 29.125
23. Kasey Kahne 59 20 185.306 29.141
24. Scott Speed 9 9 185.058 29.180
25. Denny Hamlin 62 56 184.875 29.209
26. Tony Stewart 41 12 184.811 29.219
27. Brad Keselowski 79 17 184.710 29.235
28. Matt Kenseth 54 7 184.615 29.250
29. Mike Bliss 17 17 184.332 29.295
30. Jamie McMurray 56 41 184.313 29.298
31. Jeff Gordon 37 31 184.269 29.305
32. Travis Kvapil 35 32 184.049 29.340
33. Landon Cassill 23 23 183.899 29.364
34. Josh Wise 23 18 183.849 29.372
35. David Stremme 20 20 183.705 29.395
36. Ken Schraer 19 12 183.567 29.417
37. Dave Blaney 29 27 183.561 29.418
38. David Reutimann 36 35 183.219 29.473
39. Ryan Newman 53 47 183.076 29.496
40. Joe Nemechek 28 27 183.057 29.499
41. David Gilliland 36 28 182.365 29.611
42. Bobby Labonte 19 11 182.143 29.647
43. Michael McDowell 15 15 180.699 29.884

Best Ten-Lap Average

Rank Driver Best Speed
1. Kevin Harvick 185.329
2. Kyle Busch 184.799
3. Jimmie Johnson 184.423
4. Mark Martin 184.259
5. Greg Biffle 184.149
6. Paul Menard 183.552
7. Brad Keselowski 183.509
8. Kurt Busch 183.454
9. Juan Montoya 183.238
10. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 182.970
11. Clint Bowyer 182.356
12. Jeff Burton 182.004
13. Ryan Newman 180.875

Kenseth Fastest In First Test At Vegas [Full Thursday Test #1 Results]

Matt Kenseth #20 Car

This week will be the first race on an intermediate track for the Generation-6 race cars, and NASCAR decided to let all of the teams get a whole bunch of track time in preparation for it. These speeds do not count as “official practice speeds” for the weekend, as these were simply test sessions. Most teams will put new engines in these cars overnight in preparation for the official practices scheduled for Friday afternoon.

Early on in this test, it was reported that Juan Montoya had blown an engine. It was later revealed  however, that oil got on his engine and caused smoke, which made people believe his engine had blown. That was not the case.

Las Vegas Test #1 Speeds (03-07-2013)

Rank Driver Laps Ran Best Lap # Best Speed Best Time
1. Matt Kenseth 45 25 187.396 28.816
2. Carl Edwards 39 25 187.363 28.821
3. Kevin Harvick 58 16 187.344 28.824
4. Martin Truex, Jr. 44 21 187.214 28.844
5. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 46 15 186.819 28.905
6. Clint Bowyer 38 15 186.625 28.935
7. Juan Montoya 34 13 186.432 28.965
8. Mark Martin 40 26 186.271 28.990
9. Kyle Busch 62 14 186.213 28.999
10. Denny Hamlin 37 13 186.207 29.000
11. Jimmie Johnson 46 21 185.982 29.035
12. Brad Keselowski 36 17 185.663 29.085
13. Austin Dillon 48 23 185.427 29.122
14. Paul Menard 59 30 185.382 29.129
15. Greg Biffle 46 11 185.325 29.138
16. Aric Almirola 50 23 184.818 29.218
17. Tony Stewart 38 27 184.786 29.223
18. Kasey Kahne 45 38 184.483 29.271
19. Jeff Burton 45 11 184.483 29.271
20. Mike Bliss 7 1 184.451 29.276
21. Kurt Busch 38 18 184.407 29.283
22. Jeff Gordon 25 9 184.382 29.287
23. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 45 27 184.168 29.321
24. Joey Logano 46 29 184.055 29.339
25. Marcos Ambrose 47 28 183.980 29.351
26. Casey Mears 82 55 183.605 29.411
27. Jamie McMurray 42 21 183.511 29.426
28. Ryan Newman 28 6 183.380 29.447
29. Bobby Labonte 19 13 183.219 29.473
30. Trevor Bayne 48 32 183.194 29.477
31. Danica Patrick 46 14 182.927 29.520
32. David Ragan 29 17 182.352 29.613
33. David Gilliland 15 7 182.149 29.646
34. Joe Nemechek 9 6 181.726 29.715
35. Scott Speed 15 6 181.708 29.718
36. Josh Wise 10 8 181.537 29.746
37. Travis Kvapil 25 21 181.318 29.782
38. Dave Blaney 21 18 181.305 29.784
39. David Stremme 29 10 181.074 29.822
40. Landon Cassill 9 6 180.198 29.967
41. Ken Schrader 17 17 179.862 30.023
42. David Reutimann 16 5 179.671 30.055

Best Ten-Lap Average

Rank Driver Best Speed
1. Kevin Harvick 184.799
2. Jimmie Johnson 183.081
3. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 182.163
4. Greg Biffle 181.753
5. Casey Mears 181.500
6. Jeff Burton 181.041

Las Vegas Practice #3 (Happy Hour) Ten-Lap Averages – Kobalt Tools 400

Pos Driver Ten-Lap
Avg (MPH)
1 Kyle Busch 179.626
2 Mark Martin 179.490
3 Jimmie Johnson 179.365
4 Jamie McMurray 179.298
5 Kevin Harvick 179.248
6 Joey Logano 179.167
7 Tony Stewart 179.040
8 Kasey Kahne 178.921
9 Jeff Gordon 178.890
10 Regan Smith 178.845
11 Aric Almirola 178.692
12 Trevor Bayne 178.514
13 Kurt Busch 178.500
14 A.J. Allmendinger 178.405
15 Jeff Burton 178.399
16 Ryan Newman 178.336
17 Clint Boywer 178.299
18 Brendan Gaughan 178.200
19 Denny Hamlin 177.603

Las Vegas Practice #3 (Happy Hour) Results – Kobalt Tools 400

Pos Driver Laps Best Speed Avg. Speed
1 Joey Logano 38 182.970 173.855
2 Mark Martin 41 182.698 178.976
3 Kevin Harvick 39 182.698 179.724
4 Marcos Ambrose 29 182.618 169.337
5 Martin Truex Jr. 40 182.618 175.480
6 Kurt Busch 35 182.451 175.167
7 Matt Kenseth 25 182.328 169.611
8 Kasey Kahne 35 182.266 179.441
9 Clint Bowyer 33 182.113 172.420
10 Regan Smith 42 182.100 174.170
11 Aric Almirola 43 182.020 175.877
12 Jamie McMurray 48 181.763 175.252
13 Tony Stewart 52 181.677 178.470
14 Jeff Gordon 37 181.592 177.511
15 Greg Biffle 29 181.574 178.446
16 AJ Allmendinger 49 181.561 178.769
17 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 39 181.458 178.185
18 Jeff Burton 31 181.202 172.994
19 Kyle Busch 38 181.184 179.097
20 Denny Hamlin 33 181.020 178.275
21 Bobby Labonte 40 180.911 176.553
22 Ryan Newman 28 180.880 169.529
23 Brad Keselowski 35 180.850 177.031
24 Jimmie Johnson 20 180.832 178.945
25 Trevor Bayne 35 180.777 174.011
26 Juan Pablo Montoya 22 180.656 178.276
27 Travis Kvapil 26 180.614 177.062
28 Landon Cassill 26 180.355 178.116
29 Carl Edwards 30 180.325 178.914
30 Paul Menard 30 180.264 176.637
31 David Ragan 25 180.090 168.270
32 Brendan Gaughan 35 179.946 178.243
33 David Stremme 27 179.033 167.743
34 Casey Mears 20 178.974 177.336
35 Ken Schrader 31 178.814 174.395
36 Dave Blaney 9 178.200 177.074
37 David Reutimann 17 178.018 176.010
38 J.J. Yeley 22 177.597 175.361
39 David Gilliland 14 176.471 173.091
40 Timmy Hill 13 176.332 173.464
41 Joe Nemechek 12 176.142 174.545
42 Michael McDowell 27 175.867 173.431
43 Josh Wise 2 174.582 174.500

Las Vegas Practice #2 Ten-Lap Averages – Kobalt Tools 400

Pos Driver Ten-Lap
Avg (MPH)
1 Jimmie Johnson 183.302
2 Kevin Harvick 183.075
3 Kyle Busch 182.917
4 Paul Menard 182.539
5 Brad Keselowski 182.357
6 Greg Biffle 182.284
7 Joey Logano 181.741
8 Ryan Newman 181.642
9 Regan Smith 181.011
10 Bobby Labonte 180.012
11 Jeff Burton 179.868

Las Vegas Practice #2 Results – Kobalt Tools 400

Pos Driver Laps Best Speed Avg. Speed
1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 27 184.957 181.656
2 Kasey Kahne 27 184.754 182.224
3 AJ Allmendinger 25 184.666 182.266
4 Jimmie Johnson 31 184.489 181.503
5 Kyle Busch 45 184.187 181.892
6 Aric Almirola 28 184.099 181.080
7 Greg Biffle 29 184.049 181.706
8 Brad Keselowski 30 184.030 180.526
9 Jeff Gordon 22 183.886 180.512
10 Tony Stewart 36 183.817 181.838
11 Ryan Newman 28 183.767 180.614
12 Kevin Harvick 33 183.698 182.053
13 Carl Edwards 27 183.686 181.778
14 Paul Menard 36 183.592 181.268
15 Joey Logano 35 183.536 180.816
16 Marcos Ambrose 31 183.524 181.249
17 Juan Pablo Montoya 21 183.424 181.409
18 Jeff Burton 34 183.212 180.286
19 Kurt Busch 35 183.175 180.985
20 Clint Bowyer 26 183.107 181.429
21 Mark Martin 23 182.952 181.039
22 Jamie McMurray 30 182.834 180.551
23 Brendan Gaughan 34 182.760 178.264
24 Matt Kenseth 26 182.667 180.796
25 Martin Truex Jr. 21 182.630 181.487
26 Trevor Bayne 29 182.525 180.439
27 Regan Smith 33 182.377 180.092
28 Travis Kvapil 25 182.217 179.726
29 Denny Hamlin 11 182.051 179.848
30 Casey Mears 16 181.708 179.415
31 Landon Cassill 19 181.354 179.638
32 Bobby Labonte 35 180.693 179.124
33 David Reutimann 12 180.554 177.458
34 Ken Schrader 25 180.186 177.362
35 Dave Blaney 15 179.904 178.790
36 David Ragan 23 179.503 176.740
37 David Stremme 16 179.307 177.496
38 David Gilliland 17 178.986 177.699
39 Josh Wise 1 178.554 178.554
40 Joe Nemechek 18 178.042 175.535
41 Timmy Hill 5 177.614 175.651
42 J.J. Yeley 7 176.783 175.620
43 Michael McDowell 3 176.361 175.306

Las Vegas Qualifying Results – Kobalt Tools 400

POS DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR TIME BEHIND
1 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 28.353 Leader
2 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s Ms. Brown 28.415 -0.062
3 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 28.419 -0.066
4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew 28.440 -0.087
5 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 28.450 -0.097
6 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools 28.455 -0.102
7 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 / Office Depot 28.471 -0.118
8 Joey Logano Toyota Dollar General 28.478 -0.125
9 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / Meguiars 28.496 -0.143
10 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 28.508 -0.155
11 Matt Kenseth Ford Zest 28.540 -0.187
12 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Tag Heuer Eyewear 28.549 -0.196
13 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 28.576 -0.223
14 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Pennzoil 28.581 -0.228
15 Marcos Ambrose Ford Dewalt 28.585 -0.232
16 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 20 Years 28.608 -0.255
17 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 28.615 -0.262
18 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 28.657 -0.304
19 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald’s 28.699 -0.346
20 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 28.703 -0.35
21 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 28.710 -0.357
22 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 28.761 -0.408
23 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet South Point Hotel & Casino 28.774 -0.421
24 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kingsford / Bush’s Beans 28.775 -0.422
25 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 28.821 -0.468
26 Paul Menard Chevrolet Schrock / Menards 28.830 -0.477
27 Aric Almirola Ford Richard Petty Fantasy Racing Camp 28.879 -0.526
28 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 28.879 -0.526
29 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Clorox 28.911 -0.558
30 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King 29.087 -0.734
31 David Reutimann Chevrolet Accell Construction 29.088 -0.735
32 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 29.146 -0.793
33 Josh Wise Ford Morristown Driver’s Service 29.215 -0.862
34 David Gilliland Ford Front Row Motorsports 29.239 -0.886
35 David Ragan Ford Front Row Motorsports 29.286 -0.933
36 J.J. Yeley Toyota America Israel Racing 29.289 -0.936
37 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King 29.320 -0.967
38 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 29.356 -1.003
39 Michael McDowell Ford Curb Records 29.370 -1.017
40 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 29.421 -1.068
41 Ken Schrader Ford Federated Auto Parts 29.459 -1.106
42 Timmy Hill Ford Poynt.com 29.528 -1.175
43 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 29.556 -1.203


Las Vegas Practice #1 Results – Kobalt Tools 400

Pos Driver Laps Best Speed Avg. Speed
1 Jimmie Johnson 13 188.14 184.763
2 Clint Bowyer 14 188.134 183.671
3 Tony Stewart 24 188.127 177.668
4 Marcos Ambrose 14 187.813 183.27
5 Greg Biffle 12 187.656 186.178
6 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 7 187.643 180.261
7 Carl Edwards 7 187.533 186.706
8 Kasey Kahne 27 187.435 183.443
9 Mark Martin 13 187.396 183.167
10 Kevin Harvick 17 187.292 181.761
11 Matt Kenseth 18 187.156 182.528
12 AJ Allmendinger 12 187.071 182.622
13 Joey Logano 14 187.007 182.254
14 Brad Keselowski 18 186.968 184.42
15 Ryan Newman 20 186.825 181.882
16 Kurt Busch 20 186.638 183.866
17 Martin Truex Jr. 13 186.599 185.176
18 Jamie McMurray 21 186.587 182.031
19 Denny Hamlin 11 186.438 182.99
20 Kyle Busch 5 186.303 176.532
21 Jeff Gordon 25 186.297 181.311
22 Regan Smith 19 186.175 180.622
23 Jeff Burton 9 186.136 183.619
24 Paul Menard 14 186.079 183.315
25 Aric Almirola 21 185.912 182.78
26 Brendan Gaughan 19 185.293 181.202
27 Casey Mears 19 185.223 181.632
28 Trevor Bayne 15 185.166 184.357
29 Bobby Labonte 19 184.906 181.346
30 David Ragan 12 184.634 182.196
31 Juan Pablo Montoya 6 183.755 182.232
32 David Gilliland 8 183.698 182.386
33 David Reutimann 19 183.642 180.867
34 Landon Cassill 9 183.492 182.048
35 Michael McDowell 10 183.219 181.455
36 Dave Blaney 7 183.107 181.71
37 Joe Nemechek 13 183.069 180.011
38 Ken Schrader 11 182.852 181.165
39 Travis Kvapil 7 182.84 180.461
40 J.J. Yeley 8 182.84 181.886
41 Josh Wise 14 182.642 180.601
42 David Stremme 11 182.359 180.074
43 Timmy Hill 19 181.843 179.085
44 Scott Riggs 9 181.818 180.156
45 Robby Gordon 11 181.739 180.001