NASCAR - Las Vegas Kobalt Tool 400

Las Vegas, Kobalt Tool 400 was a green flag lap filled race, til the end of course. Clean air was the key to running well, anyone up front was mostly a second or two ahead of second. Tony and Jimmie made it a little exciting at the end. Tony definately was the restart expert today, making Jimmie look like he was sleeping on the first restart, not quite off guard the second time, but Tony could get that car going quickly.

Congratulations Tony Stewart!!! Awesome win. Great racing! Winning 6 of the last 13 races. Teammate Ryan Newman finished in 4th today, making today a great day for Stewart-Haas Racing. Matt Kenseth was running second, when something (no one is real sure what happened) happened to put him in the wall, putting back to 22nd place finish.

Top Ten Recap
1.  Tony Stewart - started 7, moved up 8 positions to 7th
2.  Jimmie Johonson- started 6, moved up 14 positions to 23rd
3.  Greg Biffle - started 9, moved up 1 position to Leader
4.  Ryan Newman - started 18, moved up 5 positions to 13th
5.  Carl Edwards - started 21, moved up 4 positions to 6th
6.  Clint Bowyer - started 5, moved up 3 positions to 14th
7.  Paul Menard - started 26, moved up 3 positions to 11th
8.  Jamie McMurray - started 19, moved up 11 positions to 25th
9.  Trevor Bayne - started 25, moved up 2 positions to 46th
10.Dale Earnhardt Jr. - started 4, moved up 1 position to 4th

Race for the Chase:
1.    Greg Biffle - finished 3rd - up 1 position
2.    Kevin Harvick - finished 11th - up 1 position
3.    Denny Hamlin - finished 20th - down 2 positions
4.    Dale Earnhardt Jr. - finished 10th - up 1 position
5.    Matt Kenseth - finished 22nd - down 1 position
6.    Carl Edwards - finished 5th - up 4 positions
7.    Tony Stewart - Winner - up 8 positions
8.    Martin Truex Jr. - finished 17th, down 2 positions
9.    Joey Lagano - finished 16th - down 1 position
10.  Mark Martin - finished 18th - down 3 positions
11.  Paul Menard - finished 7th - up 3 positions
12.  Kyle Busch - finished23rd - down 3 positions

Dale Jr. had a very strong car at the beginning of the race, but just didn't keep up with track and his car stayed loose for about half the race. 

Next race:  Bristol Motor Speedway - Food City 500 - March 18, 2012 - 12:30 pm est.

Have a Wonderful Week All!!!

Barbara