2012 Pure Michigan 400

Race 23 of 36

Michigan
201 laps
Time of race: 2:46:44
Average speed of winner: 144.662 mph
Margin of victory: 0.416 sec.
Lead changes: 26 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 35 laps
Lap leaders: Martin 1-35, Keselowski 36-38, Johnson 39-42, Hornish 43-45, Martin 46-64, Kenseth 65-69, Truex 70, Bowyer 71-89, Truex 90-100, Biffle 101-110, Hornish 111-112, Menard 113, Earnhardt, Jr. 114-123, Johnson 124-125, Keselowski 126-128, Biffle 129-137, Earnhardt, Jr. 138-152, Johnson 153-165, Keselowski 166-168, Edwards 169, Hornish 170-173, Hamlin 174, Menard 175-181, Cassill 182, Keselowski 183-190, Johnson 191-194, Biffle 195-201

Race notes: Greg Biffle took the points lead from Jimmie Johnson.

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	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Puccia	196.893	201	3	26	running	220275	47
2	19	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	196.180	201	4	17	running	155680	43
3	5	Kasey Kahne	5	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	197.878	201	0	0	running	119710	41
4	22	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	195.822	201	2	25	running	116585	41
5	8	Marcos Ambrose	9	Stanley	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	197.493	201	0	0	running	122768	39
6	2	Carl Edwards	99	Geek Squad	Ford	Roush	Norris	198.626	201	1	1	running	139551	39
7	12	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	197.012	201	1	19	running	121674	38
8	15	Ryan Newman	39	WIX	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	196.732	201	0	0	running	130168	36
9	10	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Pittsburgh Paints	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	197.163	201	2	8	running	96110	11
10	7	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	197.650	201	2	12	running	120199	35
11	21	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Office	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	195.956	201	1	1	running	127001	34
12	17	Sam Hornish, Jr.	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	196.249	201	3	9	running	126210	0
13	23	Kyle Busch	18	Interstate Batteries	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	193.299	201	0	0	running	127993	31
14	24	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Mercury	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	193.268	201	0	0	running	115293	30
15	30	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson	192.539	201	0	0	running	111043	29
16	20	Kevin Harvick	29	Jimmy John's	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	196.052	201	0	0	running	128621	28
17	4	Matt Kenseth	17	Fifth Third Bank	Ford	Roush	Fennig	198.183	201	1	5	running	127646	28
18	36	David Gilliland	38	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	191.790	201	0	0	running	98243	26
19	32	Jeff Burton	31	Wheaties	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	192.282	201	0	0	running	120435	25
20	41	Aric Almirola	43	Eckrich	Ford	RPM	Ford	no speed	201	0	0	running	124746	24
21	39	David Reutimann	10	TMone.com	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	189.036	200	0	0	running	80960	23
22	28	Bobby Labonte	47	Clorox	Toyota	JTG	Hyder	192.596	199	0	0	running	103068	22
23	37	David Ragan	34	Long John Silver's	Ford	Front Row	Guy	191.724	199	0	0	running	91968	21
24	6	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	197.780	199	0	0	running	80010	0
25	9	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Richert	197.433	198	1	1	running	106780	20
26	25	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	193.138	197	0	0	running	109501	18
27	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	198.440	195	4	23	engine	123396	18
28	11	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger/AARP	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	197.114	167	0	0	engine	124071	16
29	18	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Berrier	196.217	154	0	0	running	96507	15
30	26	Kurt Busch	51	Hendrickcars.com	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	192.988	135	0	0	accident	87885	14
31	16	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	196.501	132	0	0	running	83760	13
32	14	Tony Stewart	14	Mobil 1/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	196.877	109	0	0	engine	128710	12
33	40	T.J. Bell	32	Southern Pride Trucking/U.S. Chrome	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	185.119	108	0	0	transmission	83585	0
34	31	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Inception	Lane	192.359	72	0	0	electrical	75210	10
35	1	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	199.706	64	2	54	accident	86860	11
36	35	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	192.118	38	0	0	rear gear	75010	0
37	29	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	192.560	36	0	0	vibration	74955	7
38	42	Dave Blaney	36	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton	no speed	34	0	0	vibration	74828	6
39	43	Mike Skinner	98	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	189.939	25	0	0	electrical	72075	5
40	34	Josh Wise	26	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	192.179	21	0	0	suspension	72025	4
41	38	Scott Riggs	23	North Texas Pipe	Chevrolet	R3	Greg Conner	189.944	20	0	0	suspension	71970	3
42	27	Reed Sorenson	91	Plinker Tactical	Toyota	Mark Smith	Sospenzo	192.709	15	0	0	overheating	71895	0
43	33	Jason Leffler	19	Plinker Tactical	Ford	Mark Smith	Pope	192.205	14	0	0	fuel pressure	71465	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Greg Biffle	823	23	2	2	10	14
2	Matt Kenseth	803	23	1	1	9	14
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	801	23	0	1	10	16
4	Jimmie Johnson	795	23	1	3	11	16
5	Brad Keselowski	776	23	0	3	9	13
6	Martin Truex, Jr.	763	23	1	0	5	13
7	Clint Bowyer	757	23	0	1	5	13
8	Kevin Harvick	738	23	0	0	3	9
9	Tony Stewart	728	23	0	3	9	11
10	Denny Hamlin	727	23	2	2	9	11
11	Kasey Kahne	694	23	2	2	7	12
12	Carl Edwards	689	23	1	0	2	11
13	Ryan Newman	680	23	0	1	3	8
14	Kyle Busch	669	23	1	1	6	10
15	Jeff Gordon	650	23	1	1	4	9
16	Paul Menard	640	23	0	0	0	5
17	Marcos Ambrose	639	23	2	1	2	7
18	Joey Logano	600	23	1	1	2	7
19	Jamie McMurray	571	23	0	0	0	3
20	Jeff Burton	566	23	0	0	2	4
21	Aric Almirola	548	23	1	0	0	2
22	Juan Pablo Montoya	530	23	2	0	0	2
23	Regan Smith	488	23	0	0	0	2
24	Bobby Labonte	483	23	0	0	0	1
25	Kurt Busch	436	22	0	0	1	2