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NOTES: This race has a history of multiple winners, as Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Jeff Burton have repeated as champions in Las Vegas. Johnson won three consecutive races (2005-07), while Kenseth (2003-04) and Burton (1999-2000) won back-to-back titles. Kyle Busch will try to join that club, as he tries to repeat this week. Last year, Busch edged Clint Bowyer by less than a second for his 13th career Sprint Cup title. Busch, who's win total now stands at 16, started first on the grid and became the first pole sitter to capture this race. Johnson was the race lap leader with 92 laps led, but he faded to 24th. Busch overtook Bowyer on lap 269 and held on for a 0.411 of a seconds victory. Carl Edwards snapped Johnson's strangle-hold of this race in 2008, as he recorded his ninth career Sprint Cup title. Starting in the second position, Edwards reclaimed the lead on lap 238 and held on to edge Dale Earnhardt Jr by less than a second. Edwards led four times for a race-high 86 laps, while pole sitter Kyle Busch, who finished 11th, led three times for 56 laps. Two-time Vegas winner Matt Kenseth placed 20th after leading four times for 70 laps. Edwards' win total now stands at 16. In 2007, Jimmie Johnson reclaimed the lead for the last time on lap 240 and held on to defeat Jeff Gordon by almost three seconds for his third straight win in Vegas. Johnson, who started 23rd on the grid, led four times for 89 laps, while Gordon, in the 36th starting spot, led for 111 laps. Pole sitter Kasey Kahne, who led for the first 13 laps, failed to finish the race due to an accident and placed 35th. The victory for Johnson was the 24th of his 48- win career. Las Vegas Motor Speedway has the distinction of being the first completely new superspeedway to be built in the southwest region of the United States in more than 20 years. The track features a 1.5-mile superspeedway, a 2.5-mile FIA- approved road course, a 4,000-foot drag strip, paved and dirt short tracks, motocross circuits, stadium truck racing facilities, go-kart and Legends cars layouts as well as a Junior Drag racing strip. The track was originally built as the Las Vegas Jockey Club horse track. Only three motorsports events were held at the mile-long dirt track before it was razed to make way for the Las Vegas Hilton: An IndyCar championship race in 1954, a USAC stock car race in 1959 and the NASCAR event of 1955. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway recently went under a complete renovation, as added banking and a major facelift to the infield were concluded. When Johnson won in 2006, he crossed the finish line .045 of a second ahead of Kenseth for his 20th career Sprint Cup title. Johnson, who now totals 48 wins, led for only one lap in the race, but it was the last, as he won the second of his five 2006 titles. Pole sitter Greg Biffle finished eighth leading only six laps, while Kenseth was the lap leader with 146 laps led. Back in 2005, Johnson recorded his first win of that season, as he edged Kyle Busch by 1.661 seconds for his 15th Sprint Cup title. Johnson, who started in the ninth position, led for 107 of the 267 laps, including the final 55. In contrast to Johnson, Tony Stewart has not fared well in Sin City, posting an 0-11 Sprint Cup mark. His best finish was second in 2000. The Sprint Cup Series moves on to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the March 7 Kobalt Tools 500. Kurt Busch won last year's race there. 02/24 17:34:23 ET