Kobalt Tools 400

Kobalt Tools 400
Venue Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Sponsor Kobalt
First race 1998
Distance 400.5 miles (644.542 km)
Laps 267
Previous names Shelby American (2010)
Shelby 427 (2009)
UAW-Dodge 400 (2008)
UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 (2001-2007)
CarsDirect.com 400 (2000)
Las Vegas 400 (1998-1999)

The Kobalt Tools 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held annually at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. The inaugural race was first held in 1998. For several years, the race was sponsored by United Auto Workers and DaimlerChrysler. From its inception through 2008, the race was run at a distance of 400 miles (640 km).

The race is unique for its championship belt offered instead of a traditional trophy, owing to the city's "fight capital of the world" image. The race was also part of the No Bull 5 challenge from 1999 to 2002.

From 2001 until 2008, this race carried sponsorship from Chrysler. For the first six of those years, the race was known as the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 to reflect Chrysler's partnership with then-DaimlerBenz. After Daimler sold Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management, the race became known as the UAW-Dodge 400 for 2008. Carroll Shelby International took over as sponsor for 2009 and 2010, with the 2009 race adding 27 miles (43 km) as part of the sponsorship in honor of the Shelby 427 Cobra. The 2010 race was known as the Shelby American.

Lowe's, through its Kobalt Tools subsidiary, becomes the race's title sponsor for 2011; Kobalt was title sponsor for the spring race at Atlanta until the track gave up its early season date after 2010.

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Past winners

Year Date Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Laps Miles (km)
1998 March 1 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:43:58 146.554
1999 March 7 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:54:43 137.537
2000 March 5 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 148* 222 (357.274) 1:51:01 119.982
2001 March 4 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:57:17 135.546
2002 March 3 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:55:43 136.754
2003 March 2 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:00:46 132.934
2004 March 7 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:06:35 128.79
2005 March 13 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:18:32 121.038
2006* March 12 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 270* 405 (651.784) 3:02:13 133.358
2007* March 11 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:07:28 128.183
2008 March 2 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:08:08 127.729
2009 March 1 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 285 427.5 (687.994) 3:34:37 119.515
2010 February 28 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:49:53 141.450
2011 March 6 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:57:20 135.508

Manufacturer wins

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Ford 7
2 Chevrolet 5
3 Dodge 1
3 Toyota 1

Television broadcasters

Year Network Lap-by-lap Color commentator(s)
FOX
2012 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2011 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2010 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2009 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2008 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2007 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2006 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2005 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2004 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2003 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2002 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2001 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
ABC
2000 ABC Bob Jenkins Benny Parsons and Ray Evernham
1999 ABC Bob Jenkins Benny Parsons
1998 ABC Bob Jenkins Benny Parsons

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