2012 Aaron's 499

Race 10 of 36

Talladega
194 laps
Time of race: 3:13:17
Average speed of winner: 160.192 mph
Margin of victory: 0.304 sec.
Lead changes: 34 among 18 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 24 laps
Lap leaders: Gordon pole, Stewart 1-16, Menard 17, Kvapil 18, Kenseth 19-24, Waltrip 25-45, Johnson 46-50, Kenseth 51-59, Burton 60-61, Earnhardt, Jr. 62-71, Kenseth 72-86, Kahne 87-94, Montoya 95, Kahne 96-98, Montoya 99-100, Biffle 101, Harvick 102, Menard 103-104, Biffle 105-111, Burton 112, Biffle 113-119, Ku. Busch 120-121, Kenseth 122-133, Ku. Busch 134-135, Kenseth 136-142, Ky. Busch 143, Menard 144-150, Keselowski 151-158, Hamlin 159-161, Mears 162-163, Hamlin 164-166, Kenseth 167-174, Hamlin 175-176, Kenseth 177-192, Keselowski 193-194

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	190.072	194	2	10	running	305745	47
2	21	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	189.691	194	1	1	running	263298	43
3	10	Matt Kenseth	17	Best Buy	Ford	Roush	Fennig	190.200	194	7	73	running	225701	43
4	5	Kasey Kahne	5	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	190.772	194	2	11	running	155090	41
5	6	Greg Biffle	16	3M/O'Reilly Auto Parts	Ford	Roush	Puccia	190.586	194	3	15	running	143540	40
6	24	Clint Bowyer	15	Aaron's/Alabama National Championship	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	189.556	194	0	0	running	146554	38
7	32	David Ragan	34	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Guy	189.021	194	0	0	running	137723	37
8	11	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	190.170	194	0	0	running	110565	0
9	18	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	189.864	194	1	10	running	120765	36
10	29	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	189.100	194	2	3	running	143640	35
11	23	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	189.601	194	0	0	running	133013	33
12	4	Aric Almirola	43	VeriFone Sail	Ford	RPM	Ford	190.981	194	0	0	running	137716	32
13	26	David Gilliland	38	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	189.354	194	0	0	running	115688	31
14	3	Marcos Ambrose	9	Stanley	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	191.039	194	0	0	running	126613	30
15	2	A.J. Allmendinger	22	Shell Pennzoil/AAA	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	191.111	194	0	0	running	139305	29
16	41	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson	186.206	194	1	1	running	125063	29
17	17	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Turtle Wax	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	189.906	194	3	10	running	103330	28
18	25	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	189.477	194	1	2	running	106138	27
19	9	Michael Waltrip	55	Aaron's Color Your Way	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	190.245	194	1	21	running	93680	26
20	33	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction Services, Inc.	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	188.984	193	2	4	running	111602	25
21	42	Bobby Labonte	47	Bush's Beans	Toyota	JTG	Berrier	185.790	192	0	0	running	100105	23
22	34	David Reutimann	10	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	188.902	192	0	0	running	91380	22
23	22	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	189.680	192	3	8	running	132771	22
24	8	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	190.476	190	1	16	running	140180	21
25	20	Kevin Harvick	29	Rheem	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	189.785	184	1	1	accident	136016	20
26	30	Joey Logano	20	Dollar General	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	189.073	184	0	0	accident	96955	18
27	39	Robert Richardson, Jr.	23	North TX Pipe	Chevrolet	R3	Cook	186.710	182	0	0	accident	85405	0
28	15	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	189.959	166	0	0	accident	114569	16
29	28	Terry Labonte	32	C&J Energy	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	189.182	143	0	0	accident	92655	15
30	38	Dave Blaney	36	Golden Corral	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton	187.625	142	0	0	accident	85955	14
31	7	Carl Edwards	99	Fastenal	Ford	Roush	Osborne	190.586	142	0	0	accident	130546	13
32	12	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target/Kraft	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	190.140	142	2	3	accident	114146	13
33	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	191.623	142	0	0	accident	137866	11
34	40	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Richert	186.293	141	0	0	accident	110250	10
35	19	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	189.797	61	1	5	engine	130691	10
36	14	Ryan Newman	39	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	190.064	42	0	0	engine	127763	8
37	36	Bill Elliott	97	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	188.171	37	0	0	electrical	83430	7
38	43	Tony Raines	33	Little Joe's Autos	Chevrolet	Falk	Sisco	186.528	32	0	0	engine	91082	6
39	27	David Stremme	30	Stock Car Steel and Aluminum	Toyota	Inception	Lane	189.331	30	0	0	transmission	79550	5
40	31	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	189.051	15	0	0	engine	87275	4
41	37	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	188.012	7	0	0	vibration	79025	0
42	16	Josh Wise	26	Morristown Driver's Service	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	189.959	5	0	0	rear gear	79355	2
43	35	Michael McDowell	98	Curb Records	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	188.630	2	0	0	vibration	78681	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Greg Biffle	378	10	1	1	6	7
2	Matt Kenseth	371	10	0	1	6	6
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	369	10	0	0	4	8
4	Denny Hamlin	351	10	1	2	4	5
5	Kevin Harvick	333	10	0	0	2	5
6	Martin Truex, Jr.	332	10	1	0	3	6
7	Tony Stewart	328	10	0	2	3	4
8	Jimmie Johnson	324	10	0	0	4	7
9	Kyle Busch	308	10	0	1	3	5
10	Clint Bowyer	302	10	0	0	1	5
11	Carl Edwards	300	10	1	0	2	6
12	Brad Keselowski	299	10	0	2	3	5
13	Ryan Newman	286	10	0	1	2	3
14	Paul Menard	277	10	0	0	0	3
15	Joey Logano	259	10	0	0	0	2
16	Jamie McMurray	253	10	0	0	0	2
17	Juan Pablo Montoya	252	10	0	0	0	1
18	Jeff Burton	249	10	0	0	1	3
19	Kasey Kahne	246	10	2	0	2	4
20	A.J. Allmendinger	242	10	1	0	1	1
21	Marcos Ambrose	239	10	0	0	0	0
22	Aric Almirola	237	10	0	0	0	1
23	Jeff Gordon	232	10	1	0	1	2
24	Mark Martin	218	7	2	0	1	4
25	Kurt Busch	215	10	0	0	0	1