Kobalt Tools 400 2013

Kobalt Tools 400 2013 adalah mobil stok NASCAR Seri Piala Sprint perlombaan yang diadakan pada 10 Maret 2013, di Las Vegas Motor Speedway di Clark County, Nevada. Diperebutkan lebih dari 267 lap di tri-oval aspal 1,5 mil (2,4 km), ini adalah balapan ketiga dari kejuaraan Seri Piala Sprint 2013. Matt Kenseth dari Joe Gibbs Racing memenangkan balapan, yang pertama di musim ini. Kasey Kahne menempati posisi kedua sementara Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch dan Carl Edwards melengkapi lima besar.

Kemenangan itu merupakan kemenangan pertama Kenseth saat mengemudikan Joe Gibbs Racing. Dia juga menjadi pembalap ketiga yang memenangkan perlombaan Piala Sprint pada hari ulang tahunnya.

 Report 

 Background 
kiri|jmpl|220x220px|Las Vegas Motor Speedway, trek balap tempat balapan diadakan
Las Vegas Motor Speedway adalah empat belokan,  Trek oval berbentuk D yang telah menyetujui NASCAR Seri Piala Sprint acara sejak 1996. After being reconfigured in 2007, the track has a 20° banking in each of the turns, while the rounded front stretch and the back straightaway has a 9° banking. Bagian depan, lokasi garis finish, panjangnya ,  lebih panjang dari bagian belakang lurus. Las Vegas Motor Speedway also has a grandstand seating capacity of 138,000 people. Pemenang bertahan dari balapan 267 lap, 400,5 mil (644,5 km) adalah Tony Stewart, yang memenangkan balapan di 2012.

Sebelum balapan, Jimmie Johnson memimpin Kejuaraan Pembalap dengan 90 poin, sementara Dale Earnhardt, Jr. dan Brad Keselowski berdiri di posisi teratas. kedua dan ketiga dengan masing-masing 82 poin. Denny Hamlin dan Clint Bowyer mengikuti di urutan keempat dan kelima dengan masing-masing 72 poin, dan unggul enam poin dari Greg Biffle di urutan keenam. Mark Martin dengan 65 unggul lima poin dari Jeff Gordon, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., dan Aric Almirola, sedangkan Carl Edwards dengan 59 poin unggul tujuh dari Marcos Ambrose. Di Kejuaraan Pabrikan, Chevrolet dan Ford memimpin dengan empat belas poin, unggul empat poin dari rival mereka Toyota.

 Daftar entri 
(R) - Menunjukkan pengemudi pemula

(i) - Menunjukkan pengemudi yang tidak memenuhi syarat untuk poin seri
PengemudiTimPabrikan1Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet2Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingFord5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet7Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet9Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFord10Danica Patrick (R)Stewart-Haas RacingChevrolet11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota13Casey MearsGermain RacingFord14Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet15Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord17Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (R)Roush Fenway RacingFord18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota19Mike Bliss (i)Humphrey Smith RacingToyota20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21Trevor Bayne (i)Wood Brothers RacingFord22Joey LoganoPenske RacingFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet29Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30David StremmeSwan RacingToyota31Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32Ken SchraderFAS Lane RacingFord33Landon Cassill (i)Circle SportChevrolet34David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord35Josh Wise (i)Front Row MotorsportsFord36J. J. YeleyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet38David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord39Ryan NewmanStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet42Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord47Bobby LabonteJTG Daugherty RacingToyota48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet51Austin Dillon (i)Phoenix RacingChevrolet55Mark MartinMichael Waltrip RacingToyota56Martin Truex, Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota78Kurt BuschFurniture Row RacingChevrolet83David ReutimannBK RacingToyota87Joe NemechekNEMCO-Jay Robinson RacingToyota88Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet93Travis KvapilBK RacingToyota95Scott SpeedLeavine Family RacingFord98Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFord99Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord

 Latihan dan kualifikasi 
Akibat hujan pada Jumat sore, kualifikasi dibatalkan untuk pertama kalinya dalam sejarah lintasan. Dengan bidang yang ditentukan oleh klasemen poin tahun sebelumnya, Brad Keselowski dianugerahi posisi terdepan. Mike Bliss adalah satu-satunya pembalap yang tidak lolos.

 Results 

 Qualifying 
kisi-kisiPengemudiTimPabrikan12Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingFordrowspan="43" colspan="2" 215Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota348Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet45Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet516Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord611Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota717Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. #Roush Fenway RacingFord829Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet914Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet1024Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1156Martin Truex, Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota1288Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1318Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1439Ryan NewmanStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet1555Mark MartinMichael Waltrip RacingToyota1699Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord1727Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1820Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota199Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFord2031Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2122Joey LoganoPenske RacingFord2243Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord231Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet2478Kurt BuschFurniture Row RacingChevrolet2542Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet2647Bobby LabonteJTG Daugherty RacingToyota2751Austin DillonPhoenix RacingChevrolet2893Travis KvapilBK RacingToyota2934David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord3013Casey MearsGermain RacingFord3138David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord3283David ReutimannBK RacingToyota337Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet3432Ken SchraderFAS Lane RacingFord3536J. J. YeleyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet3621Trevor BayneWood Brothers RacingFord3710Danica Patrick #Stewart-Haas RacingChevrolet3830David StremmeSwan Racing CompanyToyota3998Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFord4095Scott SpeedLeavine Family RacingFord4133Landon CassillCircle SportChevrolet4287Joe NemechekNEMCO-Jay Robinson RacingToyota4335Josh WiseFront Row MotorsportsFordGagal Memenuhi Kualifikasi4419Mike BlissHumphrey Smith RacingToyota colspan="2" 

 Race results 
jmpl|Matt Kenseth memenangkan perlombaan, yang pertama dengan Joe Gibbs Racing.
Poskisi-kisiMobilPengemudiTimPabrikanputaranPoin11820Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota26747245Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26743312Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingFord2674241318Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2674151699Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord267396348Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2673971288Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2673781156Martin Truex, Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota267369829Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet26735101727Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2673411914Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet26733122122Joey LoganoPenske RacingFord2673213231Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet26732141555Mark MartinMichael Waltrip RacingToyota2673015611Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota26730162243Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord2672817516Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord2672718717Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord26727192542Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet26725202478Kurt BuschFurniture Row RacingChevrolet26624212751Austin DillonPhoenix RacingChevrolet266–22199Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFord26622233621Trevor BayneWood Brothers RacingFord266–24337Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet26620251024Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26619262031Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2661827215Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota26517283138David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord26516293013Casey MearsGermain RacingFord26515302647Bobby LabonteJTG Daugherty RacingToyota26314312934David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord26313323830David StremmeSwan RacingToyota26112333710Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet26111343283David ReutimannBK RacingToyota26110354335Josh WiseFront Row MotorsportsFord260–363536J. J. YeleyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet2598373432Ken SchraderFAS Lane RacingFord2587381439Ryan NewmanStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet2346392893Travis KvapilBK RacingToyota2175404287Joe NemechekNEMCO-Jay Robinson RacingToyota216–414095Scott SpeedLeavine Family RacingFord1433424133Landon CassillCircle SportChevrolet662433998Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFord211

 Kedudukan setelah balapan 

Klasemen Kejuaraan Pembalap

 Pos Pengemudi Poin 10px 1 Jimmie Johnson 129 10px 1 2 Brad Keselowski 124 (−5) 10px 1 3 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 119 (−10) 10px 4 Denny Hamlin 102 (−27) 10px 6 5 Carl Edwards 98 (−31) 10px 1 6 Mark Martin 95 (−34) 10px 11 7 Matt Kenseth 93 (−36) 10px 2 8 Greg Biffle 93 (−36) 10px 4 9 Clint Bowyer 89 (−40) 10px 10 Aric Almirola 88 (−41) 10px 2 11 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 87 (−42) 10px 5 12 Paul Menard 82 (−47)

Klasemen Kejuaraan Pabrikan

 Pos Pabrikan Poin 10px 1 Chevrolet 20 10px 1 2 Toyota 19 (−1) 10px 1 3 Ford 18 (−2)

Catatan: Hanya dua belas posisi pertama yang termasuk dalam klasemen pembalap.

 Referensi 

Kategori:NASCAR Seri Piala Sprint musim 2013