2012 Sylvania 300

Race 28 of 36

Loudon
300 laps
Time of race: 2:43:02
Average speed of winner: 116.810 mph
Margin of victory: 2.675 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 17 laps
Lap leaders: Gordon 1-3, Stewart 4-41, Gordon 42, Mears 43, Gordon 44-45, Ky. Busch 46-93, Hamlin 94-107, Kahne 108, Johnson 109, Kenseth 110, Keselowski 111-112, Hamlin 113-179, Vickers 180-184, Hamlin 185-244, Johnson 245, Gordon 246, Keselowski 247-248, Hamlin 249-300

Race notes: Debut for Mike Olsen. Jimmie Johnson took the points lead from Brad Keselowski.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	32	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	131.633	300	4	193	running	273166	48
2	20	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	133.128	300	2	2	running	204796	43
3	1	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	134.911	300	4	7	running	179171	42
4	12	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	133.825	300	0	0	running	141074	40
5	6	Kasey Kahne	5	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	134.179	300	1	1	running	113135	40
6	15	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	133.614	300	2	4	running	135780	39
7	3	Tony Stewart	14	Mobil 1/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	134.568	300	1	38	running	149360	38
8	18	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	133.544	300	0	0	running	98185	36
9	4	Brian Vickers	55	Freightliner/Jet Edge	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	134.482	300	1	5	running	94985	36
10	8	Ryan Newman	39	Aspen Dental	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	133.933	300	0	0	running	128968	34
11	16	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	133.600	300	0	0	running	132421	33
12	7	Paul Menard	27	Sylvania/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	134.099	300	0	0	running	94135	32
13	14	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	133.637	300	0	0	running	92185	31
14	25	Matt Kenseth	17	Zest	Ford	Roush	Fennig	132.799	300	1	1	running	127946	31
15	11	Jeff Burton	31	Wheaties	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	133.853	300	0	0	running	121560	29
16	22	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Berrier	133.021	300	0	0	running	107818	28
17	9	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	133.872	300	0	0	running	108499	27
18	13	Greg Biffle	16	3M/GE Appliances	Ford	Roush	Puccia	133.647	300	0	0	running	89235	26
19	5	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Norris	134.354	300	0	0	running	123126	25
20	17	Bobby Labonte	47	Bush's Beans	Toyota	JTG	Hyder	133.567	299	0	0	running	105718	24
21	10	Sam Hornish, Jr.	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	133.863	299	0	0	running	121010	0
22	24	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Energizer	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	132.850	299	0	0	running	109776	22
23	19	Aric Almirola	43	Trim Fit	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	133.301	298	0	0	running	116396	21
24	21	Marcos Ambrose	9	Stanley	Ford	RPM	Ford	133.110	298	0	0	running	107068	20
25	23	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	132.966	298	0	0	running	101543	19
26	29	Jamie McMurray	1	LiftMaster	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	132.356	298	0	0	running	109593	18
27	28	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Richert	132.558	298	0	0	running	104580	17
28	2	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	134.753	298	1	48	running	124643	17
29	26	David Ragan	34	Shriner's Hospital for Children	Ford	Front Row	Guy	132.720	297	0	0	running	89318	15
30	34	David Reutimann	10	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	131.180	296	0	0	running	78910	14
31	33	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson	131.442	296	0	0	running	94257	13
32	37	David Gilliland	38	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	130.792	296	0	0	running	73935	12
33	42	Mike Olsen	32	North Country Ford	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	126.153	289	0	0	running	81735	11
34	39	Stephen Leicht	33	LittleJoesAutos.com	Chevrolet	Falk	Glover	130.367	151	0	0	brakes	83035	10
35	43	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Swan	Lane	129.882	145	0	0	transmission	73335	9
36	30	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	132.195	100	1	1	vibration	73110	9
37	31	Michael McDowell	98	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	131.929	97	0	0	vibration	72905	7
38	27	Scott Speed	95	Jordan Truck Sales	Ford	Leavine	Wally Rogers	132.595	88	0	0	suspension	72678	6
39	36	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves/Genny Light	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	130.837	78	0	0	brakes	69850	0
40	41	Tony Raines	36	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin		128.359	68	0	0	rear gear	69700	4
41	40	J.J. Yeley	37	MAXQWorkForce.com	Ford	Gunselman	Furr	130.229	29	0	0	brakes	69525	3
42	35	Reed Sorenson	91	Plinker Tactical	Chevrolet	Mark Smith	Sospenzo	130.963	21	0	0	brakes	69400	0
43	38	Kelly Bires	79	BBI/Bestway	Ford	Go Green		130.640	20	0	0	brakes	69767	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	2096	28	2	3	14	19
2	Brad Keselowski	2095	28	0	4	11	17
3	Denny Hamlin	2089	28	2	5	12	14
4	Tony Stewart	2086	28	1	3	10	14
5	Kasey Kahne	2081	28	2	2	9	15
6	Clint Bowyer	2081	28	0	2	7	17
7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2070	28	1	1	10	18
8	Kevin Harvick	2065	28	0	0	4	11
9	Greg Biffle	2063	28	2	2	10	15
10	Martin Truex, Jr.	2062	28	1	0	6	15
11	Matt Kenseth	2061	28	1	1	10	16
12	Jeff Gordon	2051	28	2	1	8	13
13	Kyle Busch	831	28	1	1	7	13
14	Ryan Newman	807	28	0	1	4	11
15	Carl Edwards	797	28	1	0	2	11
16	Paul Menard	792	28	0	0	0	7
17	Marcos Ambrose	772	28	2	1	3	8
18	Joey Logano	751	28	1	1	2	10
19	Jeff Burton	696	28	0	0	2	5
20	Jamie McMurray	682	28	0	0	0	3
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	651	28	2	0	0	2
22	Aric Almirola	636	28	1	0	0	2
23	Regan Smith	604	28	0	0	0	2
24	Bobby Labonte	599	28	0	0	0	1
25	Kurt Busch	530	27	0	0	1	2