2012 Kentucky 300

Race 27 of 33

Kentucky
200 laps
Time of race: 2:10:55
Average speed of winner: 137.492 mph
Margin of victory: 1.059 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 26 laps
Lap leaders: Dillon pole, Stenhouse 1-32, Lepage 33, Dillon 34-43, Hornish 44-46, Sadler 47-87, Dillon 88-92, Sadler 93-144, Hornish 145-146, Herring 147-148, Annett 149-150, Dillon 151-200

Race notes: Elliott Sadler took the points lead from Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Austin Dillon	3	Advocare	Chevrolet			177.264	200	3	65	running	94868	47
2	3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	12	Alliance Truck Parts	Dodge			174.424	200	2	5	running	55743	43
3	6	Brendan Gaughan	33	South Point	Chevrolet			174.008	200	0	0	running	43943	0
4	4	Drew Herring	18	SportClips	Toyota			174.255	200	1	2	running	33943	41
5	8	Elliott Sadler	2	OneMain Financial	Chevrolet			173.611	200	2	93	running	30943	41
6	15	Cole Whitt	88	Clean Coal	Chevrolet			172.563	200	0	0	running	27068	38
7	5	Michael Annett	43	Pilot/Flying J	Ford			174.098	200	1	2	running	24793	38
8	10	Justin Allgaier	31	Brandt	Chevrolet			173.294	200	0	0	running	23568	36
9	20	Ryan Blaney	22	Discount Tire	Dodge			171.352	200	0	0	running	22543	0
10	13	Brad Sweet	38	Great Clips	Chevrolet			172.745	200	0	0	running	23193	34
11	7	Brian Scott	11	Dollar General	Toyota			173.941	199	0	0	running	21468	33
12	12	Johanna Long	70	Keen Parts	Chevrolet			172.966	199	0	0	running	20943	32
13	19	James Buescher	30	Fraternal Order of Eagles	Chevrolet			171.423	199	0	0	running	20393	0
14	11	Danica Patrick	7	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet			173.144	198	0	0	running	19868	30
15	18	Jeremy Clements	51	All South Electrical Constructors, Inc.	Chevrolet			171.767	198	0	0	running	23418	29
16	23	Jason Bowles	81	Thrush and Son/HI Technologies	Toyota			170.122	197	0	0	running	19418	28
17	2	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	6	Ford EcoBoost	Ford			175.399	197	1	32	running	20293	28
18	17	Mike Bliss	44	BANDITChippers.com	Toyota			171.772	197	0	0	running	19143	26
19	16	Jamie Dick	23	Viva Auto Group	Chevrolet			172.199	196	0	0	running	12550	25
20	22	Mike Wallace	01	G&K Services	Chevrolet			170.821	196	0	0	running	19568	24
21	27	Josh Richards	39	JOY	Ford			169.886	196	0	0	running	12300	23
22	24	Eric McClure	14	Hefty/Reynolds Wrap	Toyota			170.068	196	0	0	running	18643	22
23	33	Tayler Malsam	19	G-Oil	Toyota			167.921	195	0	0	running	18493	21
24	30	Erik Darnell	40	Curtis Key Plumbing	Chevrolet			168.940	194	0	0	running	18343	20
25	9	Alex Bowman	99	Penserra Securities/Allegiant Air	Toyota			173.483	194	0	0	running	18468	19
26	21	Scott Lagasse, Jr.	8	HybridLight/BSA	Chevrolet			171.135	187	0	0	running	11805	18
27	32	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota			168.219	143	0	0	engine	17943	17
28	14	Kurt Busch	54	Monster Energy	Toyota			172.717	128	0	0	rear gear	11355	0
29	40	Timmy Hill	41	RWR	Ford			164.419	104	0	0	handling	11220	15
30	25	Danny Efland	4	Tradebank	Chevrolet			170.014	81	0	0	engine	17878	14
31	42	Morgan Shepherd	89	Victory In Jesus	Chevrolet			164.189	55	0	0	handling	11000	13
32	29	Benny Gordon	24	O.C.R. Gaz Bar/Snappy Tomato Pizza	Toyota			169.088	52	0	0	vibration	10890	12
33	36	David Starr	50	Gulf Coast Loss Prevention	Chevrolet			165.649	47	0	0	rear gear	10785	0
34	34	Kevin Lepage	86	DT Trivette Trucking	Ford			167.827	46	1	1	vibration	10675	11
35	37	Joey Gase	52	Metro Ministries	Chevrolet			165.563	38	0	0	clutch	10560	9
36	43	Mike Harmon	08	Randy Hill Racing	Ford			158.362	22	0	0	vibration	10525	8
37	41	Carl Long	15	Lilly Trucking	Chevrolet			164.239	16	0	0	overheating	10475	7
38	38	Tanner Berryhill	00	O.C.R. Gaz Bar	Toyota			165.224	15	0	0	rear gear	10431	6
39	26	Chase Miller	46	The Motorsports Group	Chevrolet			169.993	13	0	0	vibration	10295	5
40	39	Matt Carter	75	Lilly Trucking	Chevrolet			164.484	13	0	0	transmission	10210	4
41	31	Matt DiBenedetto	47	Curtis Key Plumbing	Chevrolet			168.413	10	0	0	vibration	10150	3
42	35	Matt Frahm	42	Key Motorsports	Chevrolet			166.801	6	0	0	brakes	10120	2
43	28	Charles Lewandoski	10	TriStar Motorsports	Toyota			169.337	4	0	0	vibration	10053	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Elliott Sadler	1014	27	3	4	12	20
2	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	1010	27	4	5	16	20
3	Austin Dillon	995	27	3	2	14	21
4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	968	27	1	0	9	19
5	Justin Allgaier	911	27	0	1	6	17
6	Michael Annett	881	27	0	0	5	13
7	Cole Whitt	805	27	0	0	3	11
8	Mike Bliss	748	27	0	0	0	1
9	Brian Scott	666	27	0	0	2	7
10	Joe Nemechek	651	26	0	0	0	1
11	Danica Patrick	647	27	1	0	0	2
12	Mike Wallace	619	27	0	0	0	1
13	Tayler Malsam	609	26	0	0	0	1
14	Jason Bowles	598	27	0	0	0	0
15	Jeremy Clements	589	27	0	0	0	2
16	Erik Darnell	460	25	0	0	0	0
17	Eric McClure	426	22	0	0	0	0
18	Johanna Long	397	18	0	0	0	0
19	Timmy Hill	393	23	0	0	0	2
20	Brad Sweet	361	14	0	0	0	2
21	Ryan Truex	262	9	1	0	1	4
22	Josh Richards	256	14	0	0	0	0
23	T.J. Bell	254	20	0	0	0	0
24	Danny Efland	246	13	0	0	0	0
25	Jamie Dick	237	12	0	0	0	0