2012 GEICO 400

Race 27 of 36

Chicagoland
267 laps
Time of race: 2:47:37
Average speed of winner: 143.363 mph
Margin of victory: 3.171 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 23 laps
Lap leaders: Johnson pole, Almirola 1-3, Johnson 4-45, Keselowski 46, Kenseth 47-48, Johnson 49-102, Keselowski 103-150, Johnson 151-189, Ragan 190-191, Johnson 192-228, Keselowski 229, Hamlin 230, Stewart 231-233, Bowyer 234-239, McMurray 240, Ragan 241, Keselowski 242-267

Race notes: Brad Keselowski took the points lead from Denny Hamlin.

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	181.507	267	4	76	running	303195	47
2	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	182.865	267	4	172	running	272951	44
3	6	Kasey Kahne	5	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	181.971	267	0	0	running	179565	41
4	21	Kyle Busch	18	Wrigley	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	180.705	267	0	0	running	193998	40
5	20	Ryan Newman	39	Gene Haas Foundation Workshops for Warriors	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	180.729	267	0	0	running	168348	39
6	29	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	179.892	267	1	3	running	168840	39
7	10	Joey Logano	20	Dollar General	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	181.629	267	0	0	running	124440	37
8	4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/7-Eleven/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	182.070	267	0	0	running	116440	36
9	18	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	180.989	267	0	0	running	133054	35
10	9	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	181.855	267	1	6	running	131754	35
11	16	Sam Hornish, Jr.	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	181.251	267	0	0	running	142880	0
12	35	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	179.456	267	0	0	running	145591	32
13	22	Greg Biffle	16	Scotch Blue	Ford	Roush	Puccia	180.524	267	0	0	running	106955	31
14	15	Mark Martin	55	LG Partner of the Year/Aaron's	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	181.257	267	0	0	running	97630	30
15	11	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Libman	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	181.616	267	0	0	running	105280	29
16	8	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	181.928	267	1	1	running	138496	29
17	2	Aric Almirola	43	Farmland	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	182.636	266	1	3	running	132366	28
18	3	Matt Kenseth	17	Best Buy	Ford	Roush	Fennig	182.334	266	1	2	running	139916	27
19	5	Carl Edwards	99	Fastenal	Ford	Roush	Norris	182.045	266	0	0	running	136671	25
20	14	Trevor Bayne	21	Good Sam/Camping World	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	181.354	266	0	0	running	94705	0
21	12	Jamie McMurray	1	McDonald's	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	181.525	266	1	1	running	123863	24
22	37	David Ragan	34	Distraction.gov	Ford	Front Row	Guy	179.265	266	2	3	running	110288	23
23	28	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	179.940	265	0	0	running	121396	21
24	32	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	179.569	265	0	0	running	129480	20
25	41	Danica Patrick	10	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Zipadelli	176.188	265	0	0	running	90630	0
26	23	Bobby Labonte	47	Bubba Burger	Toyota	JTG	Hyder	180.463	264	0	0	running	113538	18
27	17	Marcos Ambrose	9	Stanley	Ford	RPM	Ford	181.050	263	0	0	running	116588	17
28	40	David Gilliland	38	1-800LoanMart	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	176.702	263	0	0	running	102138	16
29	26	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Richert	180.120	262	0	0	running	114125	15
30	39	T.J. Bell	32	U.S. Chrome	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	177.003	261	0	0	running	96530	0
31	38	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King/Dr. Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson	178.986	259	0	0	running	103988	13
32	30	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	179.671	245	0	0	running	101677	12
33	42	Dave Blaney	36	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin		176.033	199	0	0	engine	83930	11
34	7	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row Racing/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Berrier	181.953	197	0	0	engine	91730	10
35	19	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	180.874	190	0	0	accident	131441	9
36	27	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	180.048	146	0	0	accident	83305	8
37	36	Cole Whitt	33	LittleJoesAutos.com	Chevrolet	Falk	Glover	179.438	70	0	0	fuel pressure	91080	0
38	43	Josh Wise	26	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	179.164	66	0	0	vibration	84357	6
39	31	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Swan	Lane	179.575	60	0	0	transmission	79325	5
40	33	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	179.539	52	0	0	vibration	79080	0
41	25	Scott Speed	95	JTS	Ford	Leavine	Wally Rogers	180.210	49	0	0	suspension	78805	3
42	34	Mike Bliss	19	Plinker Tactical	Toyota	Mark Smith	Pope	179.533	41	0	0	brakes	78635	0
43	24	Michael McDowell	98	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	180.276	38	0	0	rear gear	78907	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Brad Keselowski	2056	27	0	4	11	16
2	Jimmie Johnson	2053	27	2	3	13	18
3	Tony Stewart	2048	27	1	3	10	13
4	Denny Hamlin	2041	27	2	4	11	13
5	Kasey Kahne	2041	27	2	2	8	14
6	Clint Bowyer	2041	27	0	2	6	16
7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2039	27	1	1	10	18
8	Greg Biffle	2037	27	2	2	10	15
9	Martin Truex, Jr.	2035	27	1	0	6	15
10	Kevin Harvick	2032	27	0	0	4	11
11	Matt Kenseth	2030	27	1	1	10	16
12	Jeff Gordon	2009	27	1	1	7	12
13	Kyle Busch	814	27	1	1	7	13
14	Ryan Newman	773	27	0	1	4	10
15	Carl Edwards	772	27	1	0	2	11
16	Paul Menard	760	27	0	0	0	7
17	Marcos Ambrose	752	27	2	1	3	8
18	Joey Logano	715	27	1	1	2	9
19	Jeff Burton	667	27	0	0	2	5
20	Jamie McMurray	664	27	0	0	0	3
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	629	27	2	0	0	2
22	Aric Almirola	615	27	1	0	0	2
23	Regan Smith	576	27	0	0	0	2
24	Bobby Labonte	575	27	0	0	0	1
25	Mark Martin	522	18	4	0	3	7