Kasey Kahne has won the Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix, but it was the third place finish for Carl Edwards that has him in the box seat heading to the final race in Miami next weekend.
Edwards will take a three-point lead to the Ford 400 after finishing second, while championship challenger Tony Stewart finished in third place after passing Burton on the final corner.
The win for Kahne was only the second victory for the Red Bull Toyota team, which has announced that it will not be continuing in the Sprint Cup in 2012.
Australia’s Marcos Ambrose finished in eighth position, just one spot behind team-mate AJ Allmendinger.
Pole sitter Matt Kenseth was challenging for the lead throughout the first half of the race, but his hopes were dashed when Brian Vickers pushed him into the fence to continue their feud from Martinsville two weeks ago.
After being benched by NASCAR last weekend in Texas for his truck race clash, Kyle Bush had a shocking weekend with engine failure ending his afternoon early.
See below for the full race result
|
FIN |
ST |
DRIVER |
MAKE |
SPONSOR |
PTS/BNS |
LAPS |
STATUS |
| 1 | 10 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | Red Bull | 47/1 | 312 | Running |
| 2 | 9 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac | 43/1 | 312 | Running |
| 3 | 8 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | 43/2 | 312 | Running |
| 4 | 14 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar Global Mining | 40/0 | 312 | Running |
| 5 | 30 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | U.S. Army Veterans Day | 39/0 | 312 | Running |
| 6 | 2 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | Wix Filters | 38/0 | 312 | Running |
| 7 | 7 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Tums | 37/0 | 312 | Running |
| 8 | 3 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Dewalt | 36/0 | 312 | Running |
| 9 | 11 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Peak / Menards | 35/0 | 312 | Running |
| 10 | 28 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Cheerios “Send Cheer” | 34/0 | 312 | Running |
| 11 | 25 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 33/0 | 312 | Running |
| 12 | 33 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Freight | 32/0 | 312 | Running |
| 13 | 29 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M / Meguiars | 31/0 | 312 | Running |
| 14 | 16 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools | 30/0 | 312 | Running |
| 15 | 26 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 29/0 | 312 | Running |
| 16 | 4 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 28/0 | 312 | Running |
| 17 | 6 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald’s | 27/0 | 312 | Running |
| 18 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 27/1 | 312 | Running |
| 19 | 27 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 25/0 | 312 | Running |
| 20 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 24/0 | 312 | Running |
| 21 | 31 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Wounded Warrior Project | 23/0 | 312 | Running |
| 22 | 17 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 23/1 | 312 | Running |
| 23 | 18 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 21/0 | 312 | Running |
| 24 | 22 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Retro Diet Mountain Dew | 20/0 | 310 | Running |
| 25 | 19 | Cole Whitt | Toyota | Red Bull Racing Team | 0 | 310 | Running |
| 26 | 38 | Casey Mears | Toyota | GEICO | 18/0 | 309 | Running |
| 27 | 43 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Big Red | 17/0 | 309 | Running |
| 28 | 41 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | Vampt | 17/1 | 309 | Running |
| 29 | 21 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | Thank A Teacher Today | 0 | 309 | Running |
| 30 | 39 | Mike Bliss | Ford | Veterans United Home Loans | 0 | 308 | Running |
| 31 | 42 | David Gilliland | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 13/0 | 307 | Running |
| 32 | 23 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 12/0 | 306 | Running |
| 33 | 13 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS My Choice | 11/0 | 298 | Running |
| 34 | 1 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Crown Royal | 11/1 | 238 | In Pit |
| 35 | 20 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | Speed Energy | 9/0 | 218 | In Pit |
| 36 | 34 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Interstate Batteries | 8/0 | 188 | Out of Race |
| 37 | 40 | Geoffrey Bodine | Chevrolet | Luke & Associates | 7/0 | 153 | In Pit |
| 38 | 15 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 6/0 | 62 | In Pit |
| 39 | 24 | Scott Speed | Ford | Green Stuff Absorbent | 0 | 60 | Out of Race |
| 40 | 35 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | HP Racing LLC | 4/0 | 46 | In Pit |
| 41 | 32 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | NEMCO Motorsports | 0 | 30 | In Pit |
| 42 | 36 | Mike Skinner | Ford | Max Q Motorsports | 0 | 25 | In Pit |
| 43 | 37 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Aloft Hotels | 0 | 20 | In Pit |
See below for the updated points standings
|
RANK |
DRIVER |
POINTS |
| 1 | Carl Edwards | 2359 |
| 2 | Tony Stewart | 2356 |
| 3 | Kevin Harvick | 2308 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 2294 |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 2291 |
| 6 | Matt Kenseth | 2289 |
| 7 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2257 |
| 8 | Kurt Busch | 2252 |
| 9 | Ryan Newman | 2252 |
| 10 | Denny Hamlin | 2249 |
| 11 | Jeff Gordon | 2247 |
| 12 | Kyle Busch | 2224 |
| 13 | Clint Bowyer | 1009 |
| 14 | Kasey Kahne | 1004 |
| 15 | Greg Biffle | 987 |
| 16 | A.J. Allmendinger | 984 |
| 17 | Marcos Ambrose | 931 |
| 18 | Paul Menard | 919 |
| 19 | Juan Montoya | 918 |
| 20 | Mark Martin | 910 |
| 21 | David Ragan | 900 |
| 22 | Jeff Burton | 900 |
| 23 | Martin Truex Jr. | 895 |
| 24 | Joey Logano | 877 |
| 25 | Brian Vickers | 819 |
| 26 | Regan Smith | 789 |
| 27 | Jamie McMurray | 765 |
| 28 | David Reutimann | 731 |
| 29 | Bobby Labonte | 653 |
| 30 | David Gilliland | 560 |
| 31 | Casey Mears | 523 |
| 32 | Dave Blaney | 492 |
| 33 | Andy Lally* | 398 |
| 34 | Robby Gordon | 268 |
| 35 | J.J. Yeley | 189 |
| 36 | Michael McDowell | 138 |
| 37 | Tony Raines | 129 |
| 38 | Ken Schrader | 110 |
| 39 | Terry Labonte | 102 |
| 40 | Bill Elliott | 100 |
| 41 | David Stremme | 78 |
| 42 | Michael Waltrip | 56 |
| 43 | Boris Said | 38 |
| 44 | Stephen Leicht | 20 |
| 45 | Geoffrey Bodine | 19 |
| 46 | Andy Pilgrim | 18 |
| 47 | Chris Cook | 17 |
| 48 | T.J. Bell* | 14 |
| 49 | Brian Simo | 11 |
| 50 | Brian Keselowski* | 3 |
| 51 | Erik Darnell | 2 |
| 52 | Steve Park | 2 |
| 53 | Trevor Bayne | 0 |
| 54 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 0 |
| 55 | Landon Cassill | 0 |
| 56 | Travis Kvapil | 0 |
| 57 | Steve Wallace | 0 |
| 58 | Mike Skinner | 0 |
| 59 | Cole Whitt | 0 |
| 60 | Mike Bliss | 0 |
| 61 | Hermie Sadler | 0 |
| 62 | Austin Dillon | 0 |
| 63 | David Starr | 0 |
| 64 | Scott Wimmer | 0 |
| 65 | Patrick Carpentier | 0 |
| 66 | Joe Nemechek | 0 |
| 67 | Ron Fellows | 0 |
| 68 | Scott Speed | 0 |
| 69 | Jason White | 0 |
| 70 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 0 |
| 71 | Andrew Ranger | 0 |
| 72 | Johnny Sauter | 0 |
| 73 | Reed Sorenson | 0 |
| 74 | Todd Bodine | 0 |
| 75 | Josh Wise | 0 |
| 76 | Robert Richardson Jr. | 0 |
| 77 | Dennis Setzer | 0 |
| 78 | Scott Riggs | 0 |
| 79 | Jeff Green | 0 |
| 80 | P.J. Jones | 0 |
| 81 | Kevin Conway | 0 |
| 82 | Derrike Cope | 0 |
| 83 | Tony Ave | 0 |
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