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Mar 11
Sunday

Tony Stewart Puts Chevrolet in Victory Lane for the First Time in 2012 and Earns First Career Win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Tony Stewart celebrates his first win with new crew chief Steve Addington on Sunday after the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nev. - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR Team Chevy Drivers Score Three Top-Five Finishes and Six of the Top-10  LAS VEGAS (March 11, 2012) – Three-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion Tony Stewart checked another track off his bucket list with an exciting win today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS). The driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet led a race-high 127 laps on the way to his 45th career win after starting in seventh position. Stewart’s win was the first for Chevrolet in 2012. With a dominating performance, Stewart collected a personal milestone of winning at LVMS for the first time in his NSCS career, and has earned at least one victory in 14 consecutive seasons. He now sits seventh in the standings ... FULL STORY »

Smith comes on strong to finish 15th in Vegas

Regan Smith in Furniture Row/Farm American uniform LAS VEGAS (March 11, 2012) – Regan Smith turned the wheel when he needed to, picking up five positions in the final four laps to finish 15th in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 Sprint Cup race. The result was a career best ... FULL STORY »

Vegas Is Anything But Lucky For Hometown Boy Kurt Busch

2012 NSCS Kurt Busch - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR Late-Race Accident Ends Trouble-Filled Day Date: March 11, 2012 Event: Kobalt Tools 400 (Round 3 of 36) Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Location: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) Start/Finish: 12th/35th (Accident, completed 251 of 267 laps) Winner: Tony Stewart of Stewart-Haas Racing (Chevrolet) Sometimes no ... FULL STORY »

Team Chevy, 2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Post-Race Recaps

Team Chevy Logo TONY STEWART, NO. 14 MOBIL 1/OFFICE DEPOT CHEVROLET, RACE WINNER: ON HIS VICTORY TODAY AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY: "Man, I'm just finally glad to win one here. We were so close last year and had a dominate car. I'm ... FULL STORY »

2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Race Results

Tony Stewart celebrates his sixth win in the last 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, saluting the fans at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday in Las Vegas, Nev. - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR Tony Stewart, the defending 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, held off the 2010 series champion, Jimmie Johnson, to win the 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Stewart, who led the most laps with 127 of the 267 that ... FULL STORY »

2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Pre-Race Q&A with Team Chevy Driver, Ryan Newman

Ryan Newman in car - Photo Credit: Jerry Markland/Getty Images for NASCAR RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 39 QUICKEN LOANS CHEVROLET met with media and discussed the tight level of competition, traveling across the country to race, how top finishers at Las Vegas do well in year-end results, and more. ON UPCOMING WINNER’S CIRCLE APPEARANCE ... FULL STORY »

2012 NNS Sam’s Town 300 Starting Lineup

NNS Qualifying Elliott Sadler - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR Elliott Sadler, with a qualifying lap speed of 181.366 mph, captured the 2012 NNS Sam's Town 300 Coors Light Pole Award at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This was Sadler's first series pole of the 2012 season, his twelfth series career pole and ... FULL STORY »



2012 NASCAR Dale Earnhardt Jr - Photo Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images for NASCAR
2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Second Practice Session Speeds
Posted 03.10.12
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., with a lap speed of 184.957 mph, posted the fastest lap Saturday afternoon during the second NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 practice session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Sunday's pole-sitter, Kasey Kahne, was second fastest with a lap speed of 184.754 mph, while AJ Allmendinger (184.666 mph) was third fastest, Jimmie Johnson (184.489) ...FULL STORY »
Kasey Kahne celebrates his first Coors Light Pole Award with Hendrick Motorsports and 23rd pole in 291 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races on Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nev. His last pole came in September 2011 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. - Photo Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images
Kasey Kahne Leads the Way for Team Chevy in Qualifying at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Posted 03.09.12
Kahne Earns his first pole of 2012 while Team Chevy Drivers Occupy Five of the Top-10 Starting Positions for the KOBALT Tools 400 LAS VEGAS, Nev. (March 9, 2012) – Kasey Kahne led the way for Chevrolet earning his first pole of 2012 and solidifying a spot in the 2013 Budweiser Shootout ...FULL STORY »
Kasey Kahne Coors Light Pole Award - Photo Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images
2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Starting Lineup
Posted 03.09.12
Kasey Kahne, with a qualifying lap speed of 190.456 mph, captured the 2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Coors Light Pole Award at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This was Kahne's first series pole of the 2012 season, his twenty-third series career pole and his third series pole at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Starting ...FULL STORY »
Jeff Gordon in Car - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images
2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Pre-Race Q&A with Team Chevy Driver, Jeff Gordon
Posted 03.09.12
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT 20 YEARS CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed 20 years of racing with DuPont, his wreck at Daytona and other topics.   WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE BEEN WITH DUPONT FOR 20 YEARS?:  “Thank you.  I’m very proud of it ...FULL STORY »
2012 NSCS No. 51 Tag Heuer Eyewear Chevrolet Impala SS - Phoenix Racing
2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Pre-Race Q&A with Team Chevy Driver, Kurt Busch
Posted 03.09.12
KURT BUSCH, NO. 51 TAG HEUER EYEWEAR CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed racing at his hometown track Las Vegas Motor Speedway, competing for Phoenix Racing, competing at Bristol Motor Speedway and other topics. WHAT IS IT LIKE COMING AND RACING IN YOUR ...FULL STORY »
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (left) dicusses strategy with Jeff Gordon (right) in the garage area - Photo Credit: Christian Petersen/Getty Images
2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Pre-Race Q&A with Team Chevy Driver, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Posted 03.09.12
DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD/DIET MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed the Phoenix race, Danica Patrick’s performances and other topics. ARE YOU READY TO GET TO A MILE-AND-A-HALF TRACK?: “I’m just ready to work -- ready to race. Seems ...FULL STORY »
Kevin Harvick with RCR Team Owner Richard Childress - Photo Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images for NASCAR
2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Pre-Race Q&A with Team Chevy Driver, Kevin Harvick
Posted 03.09.12
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 BUDWEISER CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed his chances this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Baby ‘Otis’ and other topics. TALK ABOUT YOUR OUTLOOK THIS WEEKEND AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY: “We have run well here the last ...FULL STORY »
Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson talks with owner Rick Hendrick - Photo Credit: Christian Petersen/Getty Images
2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 Pre-Race Q&A with Team Chevy Driver, Jimmie Johnson
Posted 03.09.12
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S/KOBALT TOOLS CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed racing at Las Vegas, Tuesday’s appeal and other topics. WHAT IS YOUR OUTLOOK FOR THIS WEEKEND?: “My outlook’s good. Very competitive at Phoenix last week and I think the stuff we ...FULL STORY »
Jimmie Johnson in Garage - Photo Credit: Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR
2012 NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 First Practice Session Speeds
Posted 03.09.12
Jimmie Johnson, with a lap speed of 188.140 mph, was the quickest during the first NSCS Kobalt Tools 400 practice session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Second quickest with a lap speed of  188.134 mph, was Clint Bowyer, followed by the defending series champion, Tony Stewart (188.127 mph) who was third quickest, Marcos Ambrose ...FULL STORY »


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