Happy Hour: for the Kobalt Tools 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is over, the top five, slowest and notes
#17-Kenseth 184.112
#18-Busch 183.717
#39-Newman 183.680
#99-Edwards 183.630
#16-Biffle 183.511
slowest: #66-McDowell 176.603 & #38-Kvapil 176.517
notes: #09-Elliott spun late but did not hit anything.
(3-5-2011)
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Final Practice
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
14th Annual Kobalt Tools 400
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Sat, March 05, 2011 @ 02:33 PM Eastern
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Crown Royal Ford | 184.112 | 29.330 | 180.894 | 4 | 41 |
| 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Snickers Toyota | 183.717 | 29.393 | 180.980 | 2 | 61 |
| 3 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Haas Automation Chevrolet | 183.680 | 29.399 | 180.262 | 2 | 55 |
| 4 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Scotts/Kellogg's Ford | 183.630 | 29.407 | 181.965 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Post-it Ford | 183.511 | 29.426 | 181.613 | 8 | 40 |
| 6 | 00 | David Reutimann | TUMS Toyota | 183.349 | 29.452 | 180.683 | 3 | 55 |
| 7 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Toyota | 183.312 | 29.458 | 180.791 | 1 | 50 |
| 8 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet | 183.069 | 29.497 | 181.004 | 3 | 45 |
| 9 | 20 | Joey Logano | Home Depot Toyota | 182.989 | 29.510 | 180.179 | 2 | 48 |
| 10 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Ground Toyota | 182.964 | 29.514 | 178.350 | 2 | 49 |
| 11 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Stanley Ford | 182.908 | 29.523 | 180.464 | 28 | 55 |
| 12 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 182.859 | 29.531 | 180.050 | 19 | 56 |
| 13 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Shell/Pennzoil Ultra Dodge | 182.859 | 29.531 | 180.179 | 1 | 40 |
| 14 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com Chevrolet | 182.840 | 29.534 | 180.258 | 2 | 54 |
| 15 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's / KOBALT Tools Chevrolet | 182.797 | 29.541 | 180.049 | 2 | 37 |
| 16 | 27 | Paul Menard | Moen/Menards Chevrolet | 182.753 | 29.548 | 181.193 | 3 | 46 |
| 17 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | Best Buy Ford | 182.655 | 29.564 | 180.780 | 1 | 55 |
| 18 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Clorox Chevrolet | 182.580 | 29.576 | 180.094 | 1 | 38 |
| 19 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Toyota | 182.562 | 29.579 | 180.321 | 10 | 38 |
| 20 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | McDonald's Chevrolet | 182.426 | 29.601 | 177.433 | 2 | 45 |
| 21 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevrolet | 182.377 | 29.609 | 178.650 | 2 | 42 |
| 22 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevrolet | 182.149 | 29.646 | 180.493 | 10 | 58 |
| 23 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 182.100 | 29.654 | 179.049 | 3 | 42 |
| 24 | 21 | Trevor Bayne(i) | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford | 181.928 | 29.682 | 180.665 | 4 | 37 |
| 25 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite Dodge | 181.781 | 29.706 | 179.452 | 2 | 49 |
| 26 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Chevrolet | 181.775 | 29.707 | 179.654 | 2 | 44 |
| 27 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser Chevrolet | 181.574 | 29.740 | 179.969 | 4 | 32 |
| 28 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Wheaties Fuel Chevrolet | 181.117 | 29.815 | 179.840 | 11 | 47 |
| 29 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet | 180.814 | 29.865 | 179.148 | 9 | 38 |
| 30 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Kingsford Toyota | 180.711 | 29.882 | 179.367 | 1 | 42 |
| 31 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Toyota | 180.614 | 29.898 | 179.479 | 6 | 24 |
| 32 | 34 | David Gilliland | Taco Bell Ford | 180.409 | 29.932 | 178.855 | 14 | 26 |
| 33 | 7 | Robby Gordon | SPEED Energy Dodge | 180.204 | 29.966 | 178.849 | 5 | 18 |
| 34 | 87 | Joe Nemechek(i) | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 179.880 | 30.020 | 179.039 | 3 | 4 |
| 35 | 71 | Andy Lally # | Eco-Fuel Saver Chevrolet | 179.635 | 30.061 | 176.980 | 2 | 38 |
| 36 | 09 | Bill Elliott | Rydex Chevrolet | 179.480 | 30.087 | 177.278 | 1 | 32 |
| 37 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Accell Construction Chevrolet | 179.325 | 30.113 | 175.893 | 15 | 26 |
| 38 | 60 | Landon Cassill(i) | Big Red Toyota | 178.950 | 30.176 | 176.855 | 4 | 34 |
| 39 | 32 | Mike Skinner(i) | Southern Pride Trucking Ford | 178.589 | 30.237 | 177.325 | 11 | 25 |
| 40 | 46 | J J Yeley | Darlington Raceway Chevrolet | 177.901 | 30.354 | 176.518 | 4 | 13 |
| 41 | 37 | Tony Raines | Race Fuel Energy Drink Ford | 176.887 | 30.528 | 174.855 | 16 | 16 |
| 42 | 66 | Michael McDowell | HP Racing, LLC Toyota | 176.603 | 30.577 | 174.212 | 1 | 20 |
| 43 | 38 | Travis Kvapil(i) | Long John Silver's Ford | 176.517 | 30.592 | 174.879 | 22 | 23 |
# Rookie of the Year Contender
| Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Car# | Driver | From Lap | To Lap | Avg Speed | Overall Rank | ||
| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 10 | 182.451 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 99 | Carl Edwards | 1 | 10 | 182.419 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | 1 | 10 | 182.163 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | 1 | 10 | 182.001 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 27 | Paul Menard | 1 | 10 | 181.979 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | 1 | 10 | 181.796 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 00 | David Reutimann | 1 | 10 | 181.783 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 22 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 10 | 181.386 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 1 | 10 | 181.327 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Mark Martin | 24 | 33 | 180.399 | 14 | ||
| 11 | 31 | Jeff Burton | 31 | 40 | 180.336 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 78 | Regan Smith | 1 | 10 | 180.325 | 26 | ||
| 13 | 20 | Joey Logano | 20 | 29 | 180.317 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 36 | 45 | 180.117 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | 11 | 20 | 180.102 | 28 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 19 | 28 | 180.048 | 20 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 23 | 32 | 180.022 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 34 | David Gilliland | 1 | 10 | 179.017 | 32 | ||
| 19 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 32 | 41 | 177.966 | 21 | ||
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart
Friday Practice: for the Kobalt Tools 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is over, the top five, slowest and notes
#17-Kenseth 186.599
#6-Ragan 186.297
#42-Montoya 185.957
#99-Edwards 185.893
#16-Biffle 185.675
slowest: #37-Raines 176.794 & #92-Keselowski 176.390
notes: #24-Gordon spun coming off turn four on his second lap out, but did not hit anything. #38-Kvapil made slight contact with the wall but didn't do any damage.
(3-4-2011)
Qualifying Order: the results of the final practice will be the qualifying order for qualifying.
The top 35 will go out first, slowest first and the fastest driver in the last practice run before qualifying will be the final driver in the top-35 of owners points to go out.
The go-or-go homers, drivers not in the top 35 of owners points, then go out to qualify, also slowest to fastest in the last practice.
Practice rank for the non top-35 drivers:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#13-Casey Mears, 30th
#32-Mike Skinner, 33rd
#46-J.J. Yeley, 34th
#87-Joe Nemechek, 35th
#36-Dave Blaney, 36th
#60-Landon Cassill, 38th
#09-Bill Elliott [PC], 39th
#66-Michael McDowell, 40th
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#92-Brian Keselowski, 44th
[PC] = [past champion and order, 1 is more recent champ]
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Practice 1
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
14th Annual Kobalt Tools 400
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, March 04, 2011 @ 04:39 PM Eastern
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Crown Royal Ford | 186.599 | 28.939 | 181.495 | 26 | 26 |
| 2 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 186.297 | 28.986 | 180.507 | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Clorox Chevy | 185.957 | 29.039 | 181.837 | 19 | 19 |
| 4 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Scotts/Kellogg's Ford | 185.893 | 29.049 | 185.091 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Post-it Ford | 185.675 | 29.083 | 180.785 | 25 | 25 |
| 6 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Stanley Ford | 185.624 | 29.091 | 180.786 | 20 | 22 |
| 7 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevy | 185.561 | 29.101 | 180.790 | 31 | 33 |
| 8 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Chevy | 185.446 | 29.119 | 166.548 | 14 | 14 |
| 9 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite Dodge | 185.357 | 29.133 | 180.506 | 20 | 21 |
| 10 | 20 | Joey Logano | Home Depot Toyota | 185.287 | 29.144 | 180.518 | 25 | 26 |
| 11 | 27 | Paul Menard | Moen/Menards Chevy | 185.249 | 29.150 | 182.948 | 13 | 13 |
| 12 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's / KOBALT Tools Chevy | 185.23 | 29.153 | 184.273 | 9 | 14 |
| 13 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Toyota | 185.211 | 29.156 | 181.102 | 22 | 24 |
| 14 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | McDonald's Chevy | 185.090 | 29.175 | 181.354 | 21 | 21 |
| 15 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Haas Automation Chevy | 184.989 | 29.191 | 180.945 | 19 | 22 |
| 16 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | Best Buy Ford | 184.761 | 29.227 | 177.936 | 23 | 25 |
| 17 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Snickers Toyota | 184.679 | 29.240 | 181.066 | 16 | 18 |
| 18 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Ground Toyota | 184.533 | 29.263 | 181.101 | 15 | 15 |
| 19 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevy | 184.533 | 29.263 | 173.601 | 17 | 17 |
| 20 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 184.508 | 29.267 | 179.025 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Toyota | 184.489 | 29.270 | 180.693 | 26 | 26 |
| 22 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com Chevy | 184.388 | 29.286 | 179.259 | 18 | 18 |
| 23 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser Chevy | 184.363 | 29.290 | 176.175 | 22 | 22 |
| 24 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 184.351 | 29.292 | 179.267 | 37 | 38 |
| 25 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | National Guard/AMP Energy Chevy | 184.344 | 29.293 | 179.184 | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Kingsford Toyota | 184.237 | 29.310 | 178.777 | 16 | 16 |
| 27 | 21 | Trevor Bayne(i) | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford | 184.150 | 29.324 | 181.729 | 21 | 22 |
| 28 | 00 | David Reutimann | TUMS Toyota | 183.961 | 29.354 | 181.066 | 17 | 19 |
| 29 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Wheaties Fuel Chevy | 183.905 | 29.363 | 179.547 | 15 | 15 |
| 30 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Toyota | 183.899 | 29.364 | 178.448 | 20 | 23 |
| 31 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Shell/Pennzoil Ultra Dodge | 183.474 | 29.432 | 180.410 | 22 | 22 |
| 32 | 34 | David Gilliland | Taco Bell Ford | 182.723 | 29.553 | 180.682 | 9 | 9 |
| 33 | 32 | Mike Skinner(i) | Southern Pride Trucking Ford | 181.855 | 29.694 | 179.038 | 6 | 8 |
| 34 | 46 | J J Yeley | Darlington Raceway Chevy | 181.739 | 29.713 | 180.148 | 9 | 9 |
| 35 | 87 | Joe Nemechek(i) | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 181.561 | 29.742 | 180.039 | 10 | 12 |
| 36 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Accell Construction Chevy | 181.305 | 29.784 | 179.286 | 3 | 9 |
| 37 | 7 | Robby Gordon | SPEED Energy Dodge | 180.941 | 29.844 | 178.141 | 11 | 11 |
| 38 | 60 | Landon Cassill(i) | Big Red Toyota | 180.385 | 29.936 | 178.792 | 8 | 9 |
| 39 | 09 | Bill Elliott | Rydex Chevy | 180.096 | 29.984 | 178.943 | 13 | 13 |
| 40 | 66 | Michael McDowell | HP Racing, LLC Toyota | 179.886 | 30.019 | 178.905 | 4 | 6 |
| 41 | 71 | Andy Lally # | Eco-Fuel Saver Chevy | 179.587 | 30.069 | 175.069 | 26 | 26 |
| 42 | 38 | Travis Kvapil(i) | Long John Silver's Ford | 177.784 | 30.374 | 176.502 | 16 | 16 |
| 43 | 37 | Tony Raines | Race Fuel Energy Drink Ford | 176.794 | 30.544 | 175.519 | 13 | 13 |
| 44 | 92 | Brian Keselowski # | MGM Grand Dodge | 176.390 | 30.614 | 173.530 | 16 | 16 |
# Rookie of the Year Contender
Required to qualify on time in RED
Required to qualify on time but has Past Champ provisional to use in BLUE
| Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Car# | Driver | From Lap | To Lap | Avg Speed | Overall Rank | ||
| 1 | 13 | * Casey Mears | 7 | 16 | 178.603 | 30 | ||
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart
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