Video Highlights Description The 2016 Kobalt 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on March 6, 2016, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the third race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Brad Keselowski won the race. Joey Logano finished second. Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon rounded out the top–five.
Kurt Busch won the pole for the race and led 31 laps on his way to a ninth-place finish. Johnson led a race high of 76 laps on his way to finishing third. There were 20 lead changes among 10 different drivers, as well as six caution flag periods for 36 laps.
This was the 18th career victory for Keselowski, first of the season, second at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and second at the track for Team Penske. Keselowski left Las Vegas sixth in points. Despite being the winning manufacturer, Ford left trailing Toyota by 11-points in the manufacturer standings.
The Kobalt 400 was carried by Fox Sports on the broadcast Fox network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Performance Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
Reports Result ListResult DescriptionPos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 4 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 267 44
2 2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 267 40
3 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 40
4 23 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 38
5 5 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 37
6 14 21 Ryan Blaney (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 267 35
7 6 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 267 35
8 20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 33
9 1 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 267 33
10 8 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 31
11 10 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 267 30
12 16 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 29
13 21 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 28
14 12 47 A.J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 267 27
15 15 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 26
16 29 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 267 25
17 28 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 25
18 24 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 23
19 9 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 23
20 26 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 21
21 18 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 267 20
22 35 15 Clint Bowyer HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 267 19
23 22 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 267 18
24 7 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 266 17
25 33 7 Regan Smith Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 266 17
26 25 34 Chris Buescher (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 15
27 32 44 Brian Scott (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 266 14
28 27 38 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 13
29 30 95 Michael McDowell Circle Sport - Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 266 12
30 37 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 265 11
31 34 83 Matt DiBenedetto BK Racing Toyota 263 10
32 31 23 David Ragan BK Racing Toyota 262 9
33 38 32 Jeffrey Earnhardt (R) Go FAS Racing Ford 262 8
34 17 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 262 7
35 39 30 Josh Wise The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 259 6
36 19 14 Brian Vickers Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 257 5
37 3 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 224 5
38 13 24 Chase Elliott (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 224 3
39 36 98 Cole Whitt Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 115 2
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