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NASCAR Sprint Cup Kobalt Tools 400 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Mar 6, 2011, 7:06 PM UTC

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Jimmie Johnson is your defending race winner and continues to pace the field on intermediate tracks. Johnson has four wins and eight top tens in Sin City. That, plus his average finish of 9.9, makes him a pretty compelling pick for today’s race.

In 2010, Johnson rattled a race-dominant Jeff Gordon and eventually passed his mentor late in the race to pick up the win. Johnson’s crew opted to go with four tires instead of two on the final restart and the Lowe’s Chevy passed Gordon on lap 251 to cruise to victory.

Las Vegas has always been special for Roush Fenway Racing and Matt Kenseth is typically leading the charge. True to form, the #17 starts from the pole on Sunday and could easily stay there all afternoon. Kenseth has two wins and six top tens at LVMS. Passing Kenseth on could be pose quite the challenge.

The Kobalt Tools 400 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway will air at 3 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on FOX.

See you on the other side!

Starting Line Up by Row
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
14th Annual Kobalt Tools 400
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, March 04, 2011 @ 08:21 PM Eastern
Track Race Record: Mark Martin 03/01/98 02:43:58 146.554

Row	Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	1	17	Matt Kenseth	Crown Royal Ford	28.589	188.884
	2	9	Marcos Ambrose	Stanley Ford	28.698	188.166
2	3	99	Carl Edwards	Scotts/Kellogg's Ford	28.704	188.127
	4	16	Greg Biffle	3M Post-it Ford	28.728	187.970
3	5	18	Kyle Busch	Snickers Toyota	28.790	187.565
	6	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot Toyota	28.828	187.318
4	7	43	A J Allmendinger	Best Buy Ford	28.838	187.253
	8	39	Ryan Newman	Haas Automation Chevrolet	28.843	187.220
5	9	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Toyota	28.846	187.201
	10	5	Mark Martin	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	28.847	187.195
6	11	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's Chevrolet	28.864	187.084
	12	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Chevrolet	28.864	187.084
7	13	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Chevrolet	28.892	186.903
	14	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / KOBALT Tools Chevrolet	28.919	186.728
8	15	14	Tony Stewart	Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet	28.950	186.528
	16	21	Trevor Bayne(i)	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford	28.950	186.528
9	17	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground Toyota	28.960	186.464
	18	27	Paul Menard	Moen/Menards Chevrolet	28.963	186.445
10	19	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	28.980	186.335
	20	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	29.020	186.079
11	21	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	29.024	186.053
	22	22	Kurt Busch	Shell/Pennzoil Ultra Dodge	29.032	186.002
12	23	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Clorox Chevrolet	29.037	185.970
	24	47	Bobby Labonte	Kingsford Toyota	29.081	185.688
13	25	00	David Reutimann	TUMS Toyota	29.100	185.567
	26	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser Chevrolet	29.114	185.478
14	27	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Toyota	29.155	185.217
	28	33	Clint Bowyer	Wheaties Fuel Chevrolet	29.173	185.103
15	29	32	Mike Skinner(i)	Southern Pride Trucking Ford	29.230	184.742
	30	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull Toyota	29.273	184.470
16	31	87	Joe Nemechek(i)	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	29.274	184.464
	32	46	J J Yeley	Darlington Raceway Chevrolet	29.316	184.200
17	33	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet	29.356	183.949
	34	36	Dave Blaney	Accell Construction Chevrolet	29.506	183.014
18	35	34	David Gilliland	Taco Bell Ford	29.507	183.007
	36	60	Landon Cassill(i)	Big Red Toyota	29.659	182.070
19	37	09	Bill Elliott	Rydex Chevrolet	29.674	181.977
	38	7	Robby Gordon	SPEED Energy Dodge	29.768	181.403
20	39	38	Travis Kvapil(i)	Long John Silver's Ford	29.790	181.269
	40	71	Andy Lally #	Eco-Fuel Saver Chevrolet	30.098	179.414
21	41	37	Tony Raines	Race Fuel Energy Drink Ford	Owner Points
	42	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	Owner Points
22	43	66	Michael McDowell	HP Racing, LLC Toyota	29.708	181.769