2012 Quaker State 400

Race 17 of 36

Kentucky
267 laps
Time of race: 2:45:02
Average speed of winner: 145.607 mph
Margin of victory: 4.399 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 24 laps
Lap leaders: Johnson pole, Ky. Busch 1-33, Keselowski 34-43, Ky. Busch 44, Kvapil 45, Ky. Busch 46-96, Johnson 97-98, Ky. Busch 99-129, Hamlin 130-149, Johnson 150, Mears 151, Hamlin 152-187, Johnson 188-203, Hamlin 204-205, Keselowski 206-207, Ky. Busch 208-209, Johnson 210-211, Keselowski 212-267

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	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	180.204	267	3	68	running	176470	47
2	19	Kasey Kahne	5	Quaker State	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	178.737	267	0	0	running	136860	42
3	3	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	181.147	267	3	58	running	164776	42
4	7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	180.222	267	0	0	running	109770	40
5	9	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	180.036	267	0	0	running	141646	39
6	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's Dover White	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	181.818	267	4	21	running	135271	39
7	20	Matt Kenseth	17	Fifth Third Bank	Ford	Roush	Fennig	178.230	267	0	0	running	130871	37
8	10	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	179.964	267	0	0	running	111349	36
9	16	A.J. Allmendinger	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	179.045	267	0	0	running	124160	35
10	2	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's Red-White-Blue	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	181.421	267	5	118	running	132368	36
11	4	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser Folds of Honor	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	180.367	267	0	0	running	127321	33
12	15	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Sylvania	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	179.075	267	0	0	running	89960	32
13	12	Marcos Ambrose	9	Mac Tools	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	179.509	267	0	0	running	108818	31
14	31	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	175.063	267	0	0	running	110476	30
15	17	Jamie McMurray	1	McDonald's	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	178.992	267	0	0	running	112043	29
16	6	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	180.228	267	0	0	running	106524	28
17	34	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Anderson	174.402	267	1	1	running	105068	28
18	21	Casey Mears	13	Valvoline NextGen	Ford	Germain	Barker	177.825	267	1	1	running	94743	27
19	14	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction Services, Inc.	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	179.206	267	0	0	running	100793	25
20	25	Carl Edwards	99	UPS	Ford	Roush	Osborne	176.217	266	0	0	running	121951	24
21	11	Greg Biffle	16	American Red Cross	Ford	Roush	Puccia	179.754	266	0	0	running	85885	23
22	18	Joey Logano	20	Dollar General	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	178.867	266	0	0	running	85635	22
23	38	David Reutimann	10	Outsourcing in the USA@TMone	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	173.511	266	0	0	running	77410	21
24	29	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	175.211	266	0	0	running	116035	20
25	23	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Richert	177.020	266	0	0	running	103880	19
26	13	Aric Almirola	43	Eckrich	Ford	RPM	Ford	179.336	266	0	0	running	113721	18
27	28	Bobby Labonte	47	Scott Products	Toyota	JTG	Berrier	175.615	265	0	0	running	96193	17
28	40	David Gilliland	38	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	170.573	265	0	0	running	85957	16
29	33	David Ragan	34	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Guy	174.695	263	0	0	running	75810	15
30	39	Michael Waltrip	55	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	172.199	262	0	0	running	73735	14
31	41	Ken Schrader	32	Federated Auto Parts	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	168.534	262	0	0	running	82170	13
32	22	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	177.801	231	0	0	running	126085	12
33	26	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	175.970	209	0	0	accident	81010	11
34	5	Ryan Newman	39	Tornados	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	180.337	208	0	0	accident	117118	10
35	42	Dave Blaney	36	SealWrap	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton	no speed	144	0	0	engine	72910	9
36	32	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Inception	Lane	174.757	71	0	0	vibration	72860	8
37	30	Josh Wise	26	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	175.080	60	0	0	vibration	74305	7
38	35	Michael McDowell	98	Presbyterian Healthcare	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	174.402	58	0	0	brakes	72703	6
39	24	Scott Speed	95	Leavine Family Racing	Ford	Leavine	Wally Rogers	176.505	55	0	0	brakes	69950	5
40	27	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	175.730	52	0	0	overheating	69850	0
41	43	Stephen Leicht	33	LittleJoesAutos.com	Chevrolet	Falk	Glover	173.132	47	0	0	vibration	77800	3
42	37	Mike Bliss	19	Humphrey Smith Racing, LLC	Toyota	Mark Smith	Pope	174.272	18	0	0	overheating	69745	0
43	36	Scott Riggs	23	North TX Pipe	Chevrolet	R3	Cook	174.345	12	0	0	electrical	69317	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	633	17	0	1	8	12
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	622	17	0	1	7	13
3	Jimmie Johnson	610	17	1	2	9	13
4	Greg Biffle	608	17	2	1	8	10
5	Denny Hamlin	565	17	1	2	8	9
6	Kevin Harvick	565	17	0	0	3	8
7	Clint Bowyer	557	17	0	1	3	9
8	Martin Truex, Jr.	556	17	1	0	4	9
9	Tony Stewart	545	17	0	2	7	8
10	Brad Keselowski	537	17	0	3	5	7
11	Carl Edwards	503	17	1	0	2	8
12	Kyle Busch	495	17	0	1	5	8
13	Paul Menard	477	17	0	0	0	4
14	Kasey Kahne	463	17	2	1	4	8
15	Joey Logano	463	17	1	1	1	6
16	Ryan Newman	463	17	0	1	2	3
17	Marcos Ambrose	456	17	2	0	0	4
18	Jeff Gordon	453	17	1	0	2	6
19	Jamie McMurray	431	17	0	0	0	3
20	Jeff Burton	428	17	0	0	1	3
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	417	17	0	0	0	2
22	Aric Almirola	406	17	1	0	0	2
23	A.J. Allmendinger	400	17	1	0	1	3
24	Kurt Busch	356	16	0	0	1	2
25	Bobby Labonte	353	17	0	0	0	0