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.
- Tony Stewart
- Jimmie Johnson
- Greg Biffle
- Ryan Newman
- Carl Edwards
- Clint Bowyer
- Paul Menard
- Jamie McMurray
- Trevor Bayne
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Kevin Harvick
- Jeff Gordon
- Marcos Ambrose
- Jeff Burton
- Regan Smith
- Joey Logano
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Mark Martin
- Kasey Kahne
- Denny Hamlin
- David Ragan
- Matt Kenseth
- Kyle Busch
- Aric Almirola
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Bobby Labonte
- Casey Mears
- David Stremme
- Dave Blaney
- Ken Schrader
- David Reutimann
- Brad Keselowski
- David Gilliland
- Brendan Gaughan
- Kurt Busch
- Landon Cassill
- AJ Allmendinger
- Michael McDowell
- Travis Kvapil
- Josh Wise
- Joe Nemechek
- Timmy Hill
- JJ Yeley
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