2012 Irwin Tools Night Race

Race 24 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:09:27
Average speed of winner: 84.402 mph
Margin of victory: 1.103 sec.
Lead changes: 22 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 13 for 87 laps
Lap leaders: Mears 1-26, Logano 27-84, Hamlin 85, Logano 86-107, Kahne 108-149, Logano 150-192, Earnhardt, Jr. 193-205, Hamlin 206-226, Biffle 227-253, Kenseth 254-272, Johnson 273-324, Hamlin 325, Kenseth 326-331, Stewart 332, Logano 333-348, Ambrose 349, Biffle 350-363, Truex 364-407, Hamlin 408-415, Edwards 416-443, Vickers 444, Edwards 445-461, Hamlin 462-500

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb		500	5	70	running	329441	47
2	37	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's Dover White	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus		500	1	52	running	250051	43
3	11	Jeff Gordon	24	FarmVille/Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson		500	0	0	running	205026	41
4	22	Brian Vickers	55	MyClassicGarage.com	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers		500	1	1	running	139215	41
5	9	Marcos Ambrose	9	DeWalt	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott		500	1	1	running	153398	40
6	10	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers		500	0	0	running	161998	38
7	23	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie		500	0	0	running	141554	37
8	4	Joey Logano	20	Dollar General	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff		500	4	139	running	130440	38
9	12	Kasey Kahne	5	Hendrickcars.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis		500	1	42	running	117515	36
10	7	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Schrock	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe		500	0	0	running	117640	34
11	15	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston		500	1	44	running	134119	34
12	16	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte		500	1	13	running	112780	33
13	28	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy		500	0	0	running	133921	31
14	36	Bobby Labonte	47	Bush's Beans	Toyota	JTG	Hyder		500	0	0	running	130388	30
15	13	Kevin Harvick	29	Rheem	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson		500	0	0	running	149741	29
16	14	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Berrier		500	0	0	running	125813	28
17	26	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Allstate	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion		500	0	0	running	132038	27
18	41	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson		500	0	0	running	122488	26
19	3	Greg Biffle	16	3M/Bondo	Ford	Roush	Puccia		500	2	41	running	108555	26
20	18	David Gilliland	38	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	Tryson		500	0	0	running	111963	24
21	1	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker		499	1	26	running	113477	24
22	27	Carl Edwards	99	Fastenal	Ford	Roush	Norris		496	2	45	running	141246	23
23	30	Michael McDowell	98	K-Love/Curb Records	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead		496	0	0	running	93805	21
24	33	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Richert		490	0	0	running	122850	20
25	17	Matt Kenseth	17	Valvoline NextGen	Ford	Roush	Fennig		486	2	25	running	142041	20
26	25	Dave Blaney	36	Seal Wrap	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton		476	0	0	accident	94780	18
27	21	Tony Stewart	14	Mobil 1/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington		471	1	1	running	144585	18
28	20	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison		440	0	0	running	101525	16
29	43	Danica Patrick	10	Go Daddy Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Zipadelli		434	0	0	accident	90640	0
30	2	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe		434	0	0	running	130025	14
31	39	Jason Leffler	49	America Israel Racing	Toyota	Robinson-Blakeney	Eggleston		417	0	0	running	90895	0
32	24	David Ragan	34	Glory Foods	Ford	Front Row	Guy		409	0	0	running	90285	12
33	6	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer		360	0	0	running	132525	11
34	29	Sam Hornish, Jr.	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon		343	0	0	running	134890	0
35	5	Aric Almirola	43	Goody's	Ford	RPM	Ford		235	0	0	accident	127116	9
36	19	Ryan Newman	39	Outback Steakhouse	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson		189	0	0	accident	134228	8
37	31	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Inception	Lane		159	0	0	rear gear	89660	7
38	32	Josh Wise	26	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	Dickey		150	0	0	brakes	91052	6
39	40	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves/AC General	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray		130	0	0	electrical	86110	0
40	38	Stephen Leicht	33	LittleJoesAuto.com	Chevrolet	Falk	Glover		56	0	0	fuel pressure	85975	4
41	35	Scott Riggs	23	North Texas Pipe	Chevrolet	R3	Greg Conner		20	0	0	brakes	85750	3
42	42	Ken Schrader	32	Federated Auto Parts	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard		9	0	0	accident	93910	2
43	34	Mike Bliss	19	Plinker Tactical	Toyota	Mark Smith	Pope		6	0	0	power	85960	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Greg Biffle	849	24	2	2	10	14
2	Jimmie Johnson	838	24	1	3	12	17
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	834	24	0	1	10	16
4	Matt Kenseth	823	24	1	1	9	14
5	Martin Truex, Jr.	797	24	1	0	5	13
6	Clint Bowyer	794	24	0	1	5	14
7	Brad Keselowski	790	24	0	3	9	13
8	Denny Hamlin	774	24	2	3	10	12
9	Kevin Harvick	767	24	0	0	3	9
10	Tony Stewart	746	24	0	3	9	11
11	Kasey Kahne	730	24	2	2	7	13
12	Carl Edwards	712	24	1	0	2	11
13	Kyle Busch	707	24	1	1	6	11
14	Jeff Gordon	691	24	1	1	5	10
15	Ryan Newman	688	24	0	1	3	8
16	Marcos Ambrose	679	24	2	1	3	8
17	Paul Menard	674	24	0	0	0	6
18	Joey Logano	638	24	1	1	2	8
19	Jamie McMurray	598	24	0	0	0	3
20	Jeff Burton	577	24	0	0	2	4
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	561	24	2	0	0	2
22	Aric Almirola	557	24	1	0	0	2
23	Regan Smith	516	24	0	0	0	2
24	Bobby Labonte	513	24	0	0	0	1
25	Kurt Busch	452	23	0	0	1	2