The Kobalt Tools 400 racing will kick off at around 8:00 PM Eastern time and the event will start with a Bud Shootout 2011 to be live broadcast by FOX and ESPN.
The NASCAR 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. The race is run with a distance of 400 miles or 640 kilometers in total.
Jeff Gordon’s exciting win last week ended a 66-race winless streak as well as a string of runner-up finishes and powered Gordon 20 spots up the ladder to fifth place in the standings as NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Kobalt Tools 400 on Sunday, March 6 at 3:16 p.m. EST with all the ‘Gopher Cam’ action brought to you by FOX.
Apparently, Earnhardt, on the other hand, has a new crew chief, a new publicist and a new focus on winning. He desperately wants to make 2010’s brutal performance a distant memory. Earnhardt stumbled through a 36-race schedule with no victories and just three top-five finishes.
By limiting the cars’ cooling systems, officials hope to cut back the number of laps a pair of cars can run bumper-to-bumper in the draft.