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NASCAR Nationwide Series Points Standings After Las Vegas
NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #3: 15TH ANNUAL SAM’S TOWN “300″ Race Date: 3/5/2011 POS Driver Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 1 REED SORENSON 111 3 0 2 2 2 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 109 3 0 0 3 3 JASON LEFFLER 106 3 0 0 2 4 DANICA PATRICK 98 3 0 1 1 5 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 95 3 0 1 2 6 TREVOR BAYNE 87 3 0 1 2 7 ARIC ALMIROLA 85 3 0 0 0 8 KENNY WALLACE 84 3 0 0 2 9 MIKE BLISS 82 3 0 0 0 10 JOE NEMECHEK 79 3 0 0 0 11 BRIAN SCOTT 75 3 0 0 1 12 ELLIOTT SADLER 70 3 0 0 0 13 JEREMY CLEMENTS 67 3 0 0 0 14 STEVE WALLACE 66 3 0 0 0 15 MICHAEL ANNETT 61 3 0 0 0 16 DERRIKE COPE 59 3 0 0 0 17 RYAN TRUEX 55 2 0 0 0 18 MORGAN SHEPHERD 55 3 0 0 0 19 ERIC MCCLURE 54 3 0 0 0 20 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 54 3 0 0 0 21 SHELBY HOWARD 53 3 0 0 0 22 MIKE WALLACE 49 3 0 0 0 23 SCOTT WIMMER 48 3 0 0 0 24 JOSH WISE 45 3 0 0 0 25 LANDON CASSILL 41 1 0 1 1 26 DONNIE NEUENBERGER 39 2 0 0 0 27 TIMMY HILL 35 2 0 0 0 28 BOBBY SANTOS III 27 1 0 0 0 29 JENNIFER JO COBB 25 2 0 0 0 30 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 23 2 0 0 0 31 PATRICK SHELTRA 20 1 0 0 0 32 CARL LONG 20 2 0 0 0 33 BLAKE KOCH 17 1 0 0 0 34 KEVIN LEPAGE 17 3 0 0 0 35 KELLY BIRES 16 3 0 0 0 36 DARYL HARR 14 2 0 0 0 37 BRETT ROWE 13 2 0 0 0 38 SAM HORNISH JR. 8 1 0 0 0 39 JEFF GREEN 6 2 0 0 0 40 TIM ANDREWS 3 1 0 0 0 41 J R FITZPATRICK 2 1 0 0 0 … Read entire article »
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Official Race Results – Sam’s Town 300
NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 3 15TH ANNUAL SAM’S TOWN “300″ LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Las Vegas, NV – March 5, 2011 1.5-Mile Oval 200 Laps – 300 Miles Purse: $1,289,942 Finish Start Car No Driver Laps Points Status 1 5 32 Mark Martin 200 0 Running 2 10 31 Justin Allgaier 200 42 Running 3 11 22 Brad Keselowski 200 0 Running 4 22 7 Danica Patrick 200 40 Running 5 7 16 Trevor Bayne 200 39 Running 6 1 60 Carl Edwards 200 0 Running 7 9 20 Denny Hamlin 200 0 Running 8 3 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 200 36 Running 9 26 38 Jason Leffler 200 35 Running 10 15 09 Kenny Wallace 200 34 Running 11 8 30 Reed Sorenson 199 33 Running 12 6 2 Elliott Sadler 199 32 Running 13 12 62 Michael Annett 199 31 Running 14 13 11 Brian Scott 199 30 Running 15 14 88 Aric Almirola 198 29 Running 16 17 66 Steve Wallace 198 28 Running 17 19 19 Mike Bliss 197 27 Running 18 36 89 Morgan Shepherd 196 26 Running 19 16 99 Ryan Truex # 195 25 Running 20 20 14 Eric McClure 194 24 Running 21 18 01 Mike Wallace 193 23 Running 22 33 23 Robert Richardson 193 22 Running 23 38 97 Joe Nemechek 193 21 Running 24 35 15 Timmy Hill # 193 20 Running 25 34 28 Derrike Cope 190 19 Running 26 41 81 Donnie Neuenberger 189 18 Running 27 23 51 Jeremy Clements 181 17 Fuel Pump 28 4 33 Kevin Harvick 168 0 Running 29 29 70 Shelby Howard 165 15 Running 30 2 18 Kyle Busch 130 0 Accident 31 30 79 Jennifer Jo Cobb # 127 13 Accident 32 37 141 Carl Long 83 12 Wheel Bearing 33 32 40 Scott Wimmer 72 11 Engine 34 24 27 J.J. Yeley 25 0 Engine 35 21 25 Kelly Bires 14 9 Vibration 36 27 55 Brett Rowe 12 8 Handling 37 25 24 Kevin Lepage 11 7 Power Steering 38 28 39 Josh Wise 10 6 Accident 39 43 52 Daryl Harr 8 5 Overheating 40 40 03 Charles Lewandoski # 6 0 Clutch 41 39 68 Tim Andrews 4 3 Transmission 42 31 44 Jeff Green 2 2 Vibration 43 42 87 Kevin Conway 2 0 Overheating # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. Bonus Points: includes winner, lap leader & most laps led points Failed to qualify: n/a Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 60,000 Mark Martin won the Sam’s Town 300, his 49th NASCAR Nationwide Series win. The following car dropped to the rear of the … Read entire article »
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Sadler Moves Up in the Point Standings after 12th-Place Finish at Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS – After a solid sixth-place qualifying effort Elliott Sadler and the No. 2 TapouT Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) team fought a loose-handling race car until fuel mileage relegated them to a 12th-place finish. “We were just so loose all day,” Sadler said after the race. “After we went a lap down and got the “lucky dog” award we were able to make a huge swing at the handling of the car and were pretty good. All in all we ran well today but things just didn’t come together at the end. I’m really looking forward to going to Bristol in two weeks. That is one of my favorite tracks and I’m confident we will run well there.” Sadler started the Sam’s Town 300 from … Read entire article »
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Martin gets record 49th Nationwide Series win with Vegas victory
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS—Hold on, Kyle Busch. Mark Martin isn’t giving up without a fight. In a fuel-mileage race that saw Danica Patrick post the best-ever result for a female driver in one of NASCAR’s top three national series, Martin took the checkered flag Saturday for the 49th time in the Nationwide Series, holding off—at least temporarily—Busch’s assault on Martin’s career wins record. Martin got the most out of his final tank of fuel and cruised to the finish line after Brad Keselowski, then the race leader, cut a tire and slammed the outside wall on the final lap of the Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Justin Allgaier ran second, with Keselowski limping home in third. After falling two laps down earlier in the race, Danica Patrick rallied … Read entire article »
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Denny Hamlin: Nice To Meet You
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (March 2, 2011) – It has been said many times that one of the most critical elements to being successful in NASCAR is chemistry between a driver and a crew chief. Sometimes it takes months to find that chemistry and, sometimes with a little luck involved, it might take only hours. Denny Hamlin and Adam Stevens are hoping for the latter. Hamlin will pilot the No. 20 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in Saturday’s Sam’s Town 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway while Stevens will serve as crew chief. Stevens is in just his third race as a crew chief after serving as race engineer during the last couple of years for Joey Logano on the No. 20 Toyota in the NASCAR Sprint Cup … Read entire article »
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Ryan Truex Ready To Take On Las Vegas
CORNELIUS, N.C. — No. 99 Pastrana-Waltrip Racing Toyota driver Ryan Truex makes his ninth career start and first at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race. The two-time K&N Pro Series East champion made his season debut last weekend at Phoenix where he finished 14th— his fourth career top-15 finish. The 18-year-old driver was the highest finishing rookie at Phoenix and leads the rookie-of-the-year standing by one point. Truex plans to run at least 10 races in 2011 for the newly-formed Pastrana-Waltrip Racing. Action sports star Travis Pastrana will drive the No. 99 in seven races with Boost Mobile as the sponsor beginning at Indianapolis in July. TRUEX ON GOALS 2011 SEASON: “I … Read entire article »
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Strong Run Turns Sour for Busch at Las Vegas
Las Vegas – While it’s always been a dream for Las Vegas native Kyle Busch to race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his NASCAR Nationwide Series record at the 1.5-mile oval located just miles from where he grew up has been anything but ideal. … Read entire article »
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Hamlin Leads Late, But Comes Up Short
Denny Hamlin drove his No. 20 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry to the lead late in Saturday’s Sam’s Town 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) driver was passed by Kevin Harvick on a restart with 25 laps to go and had to settle for second. … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Nationwide Series Points Standings After Las Vegas
Daytona Beach - With his third Top 5 finish in three races this season, Carl Edwards increased his lead in the Nationwide Series Points Standings. Edwards finished third in the Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday. Edwards has now finished 2nd, 4th and 3rd and is the only driver to finish in the Top 5 in all 3 Nationwide Series races this season. … Read entire article »
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