Date: March 9, 2014
Event: Kobalt 400 (Round 3 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Location: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval)
Winner: Brad Keselowski of Team Penske (Ford)
SHR Finish:
Danica Patrick (Started 22nd, Finished 21st / Running, completed 266 of 267 laps)
Kurt Busch (Started 23rd, Finished 26th / Running, completed 264 of 267 laps)
Tony Stewart (Started 24th, Finished 33rd / Running, completed 263 of 267 laps)
Kevin Harvick (Started 16th, Finished 41st / Running, completed 237 of 267 laps)
SHR Points:
Kevin Harvick (14th with 83 points, 50 out of first)
Tony Stewart (27th with 48 points, 85 out of first)
Kurt Busch (28th with 47 points, 86 out of first)
Danica Patrick (33rd with 36 points, 97 out of first)
Danica Patrick, driver of the No. 10 Aspen Dental Chevrolet SS, led the four-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by finishing 21st in the Kobalt 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS for SHR, finished 26th. Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet SS for SHR, finished
33rd.
Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Jimmy John’s Chevrolet SS for SHR, finished 41st, but the result was not indicative of his performance. Harvick led twice for 23 laps before a broken left-front wheel hub sent him to the garage for repairs. After his team replaced the wheel hub, Harvick returned to the race, albeit 30 laps down.
Brad Keselowski won the Kobalt 400 to score his 11th career Sprint Cup victory, his first of the season and his first at Las Vegas.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., finished 1.530 seconds behind Keselowski in the runner-up spot, while Paul Menard, Joey Logano and Carl Edwards rounded out the top-five. Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne, Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth comprised the remainder of the top-10.
There were four caution periods for 18 laps, with only one driver failing to finish the 267-lap race.
With round three of 36 complete, Harvick leads the SHR contingent in the championship point standings. He is 14th, 50 points behind first-place Earnhardt. Stewart is 27th, 85 points out of first. Busch is 28th, 86 points out of first. Patrick is 33rd, 97 points out of first.
The next event on the Sprint Cup schedule is the Food City 500 on Sunday, March 16 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. The race starts at 1 p.m. EDT, with live coverage provided by FOX beginning with its prerace show at 12:30 p.m.
