RESULTS
KOBALT 300
At Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Lap length: 1.5 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (18) Kevin Harvick, C, 267 laps, 48 points, $431,815.
2. (8) Martin Truex Jr., C, 267, 43, $268,950.
3. (7) Ryan Newman, C, 267, 42, $236,980.
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4. (4) Dale Earnhardt Jr., C, 267, 41, $184,455.
5. (19) Denny Hamlin, T, 267, 39, $162,380.
6. (22) AJ Allmendinger, C, 267, 38, $162,703.
7. (11) Brad Keselowski, F, 267, 38, $170,461.
8. (5) Kyle Larson, C, 267, 36, $156,078.
9. (6) Matt Kenseth, T, 267, 36, $157,206.
10. (2) Joey Logano, F, 267, 35, $165,853.
11. (10) Jamie McMurray, C, 267, 33, $144,426.
12. (24) Paul Menard, C, 267, 32, $121,010.
13. (23) Brian Scott, C, 267, 0, $128,068.
14. (16) Greg Biffle, F, 267, 30, $141,793.
15. (28) Brian Vickers, T, 266, 29, $137,274.
16. (34) Regan Smith, C, 266, 0, $123,160.
17. (3) Kasey Kahne, C, 266, 27, $121,660.
18. (1) Jeff Gordon, C, 266, 26, $157,196.
19. (30) Ryan Blaney, F, 266, 0, $101,660.
20. (25) Austin Dillon, C, 265, 24, $146,796.
21. (20) Clint Bowyer, T, 265, 23, $137,418.
22. (13) David Ragan, T, 265, 22, $143,651.
23. (37) David Gilliland, F, 265, 21, $123,318.
24. (29) Sam Hornish Jr., F, 265, 20, $126,380.
25. (17) Casey Mears, C, 264, 19, $118,593.
26. (15) Aric Almirola, F, 264, 18, $134,771.
27. (21) Danica Patrick, C, 264, 17, $104,710.
28. (35) Trevor Bayne, F, 264, 16, $137,185.
29. (31) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., F, 264, 15, $103,385.
30. (32) Michael McDowell, F, 264, 14, $93,610.
31. (26) Justin Allgaier, C, 263, 13, $112,457.
32. (38) Cole Whitt, F, 262, 12, $94,210.
33. (12) Tony Stewart, C, 262, 11, $118,724.
34. (39) Josh Wise, F, 261, 10, $91,310.
35. (42) Landon Cassill, C, 261, 0, $91,085.
36. (40) J.J. Yeley, T, 260, 0, $90,845.
37. (36) Brett Moffitt, F, 260, 7, $90,614.
38. (43) Brendan Gaughan, C, 258, 0, $85,290.
39. (33) Michael Annett, C, 257, 5, $81,290.
40. (41) Jeb Burton, T, 254, 4, $78,790.
41. (9) Jimmie Johnson, C, 236, 4, $121,226.
42. (14) Carl Edwards, T, 227, 3, $69,290.
43. (27) Alex Bowman, C, engine, 28, 1, $65,790.
Key: C-Chevy, F-Ford, T-Toyota
Race statistics
Average speed of winner: 143.677 mph.
Time of race: 2 hours, 47 minutes, 15 seconds.
Margin of victory: 1.640 seconds.
Caution flags: 6 for 28 laps.
Lead changes: 18 among 9 drivers.
• Lap leaders: J.Logano 1-27; D.Earnhardt Jr. 28-29; J.Logano 30-42; J.Johnson 43-76; C.Edwards 77-78; M.Kenseth 79; J.Johnson 80-90; K.Harvick 91-130; B.Keselowski 131-132; J.Logano 133-139; K.Harvick 140-144; M.Truex Jr. 145-147; K.Harvick 148-198; D.Earnhardt Jr. 199-200; K.Harvick 201-230; R.Newman 231-244; B.Keselowski 245-251; K.Harvick 252-267.
Series points leaders
• 1. K.Harvick, 134; 2. D.Earnhardt Jr., 125; 3. J.Logano, 123; 4. M.Truex Jr., 118; 5. A.Allmendinger, 100; 6. K.Kahne, 92; 7. J.Johnson, 91; 8. D.Hamlin, 87; 9. C.Mears, 87; 10. M.Kenseth, 85; 11. G.Biffle, 84; 12. R.Newman, 82; 13. P.Menard, 82; 14. C.Bowyer, 81; 15. A.Almirola, 80; 16. B.Keselowski, 77.
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