On Sunday, NASCAR held the Kobalt Tools 400 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The third race of the 2012 Sprint Cup season was an important one for Washington natives Greg Biffle and Kasey Kahne. Kahne, in particular, had plenty to prove coming into the race. He had wrecked in the two previous races and held the pole position going into Sunday.

Kahne led for a short time but quickly dropped to tenth place and then beyond. He ultimately placed 19th, which might be disappointing given his positioning in the starting lineup, but he's almost certainly pleased just to finally finish a race this season and pick up a healthy amount of points. He jumped five places in the Sprint Cup standings and is now 25th overall.

As for Biffle, he's a regular third-place machine. For the third week in a row, he takes the bronze. He also takes sole possession of the top spot in the Sprint Cup standings, now holding 125 points, 10 points ahead of Kevin Harvick, who also leapfrogged the previous week's leader, Denny Hamlin.

Here are the full results from Sunday's race.

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

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