2012 AAA 400

Race 29 of 36

Dover
400 laps
Time of race: 3:11:53
Average speed of winner: 125.076 mph
Margin of victory: 1.078 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 28 laps
Lap leaders: Hamlin 1-34, Ky. Busch 35-145, Gordon 146, Bowyer 147, Keselowski 148-151, Ky. Busch 152-180, Hamlin 181-184, Ky. Busch 185-311, Johnson 312-354, Ky. Busch 355-389, Hamlin 390, Keselowski 391-400

Race notes: Brad Keselowski 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	10	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	158.151	400	2	14	running	221070	47
2	7	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	158.444	400	1	1	running	207796	43
3	26	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's 2000th Store - Bronx, NY	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	156.488	400	0	0	running	140760	41
4	11	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	158.089	400	1	43	running	164321	41
5	15	Carl Edwards	99	Fastenal	Ford	Roush	Norris	157.950	400	0	0	running	158126	39
6	3	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	159.200	400	0	0	running	132674	38
7	5	Kyle Busch	18	Interstate Batteries	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	158.667	399	4	302	running	148068	39
8	1	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Office	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	159.299	399	3	39	running	136901	37
9	2	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	159.264	399	1	1	running	115474	36
10	14	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	157.971	399	0	0	running	95535	34
11	25	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	156.542	398	0	0	running	92510	33
12	17	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	6	Cargill	Ford	Roush	Scott Graves	157.784	397	0	0	running	78935	0
13	13	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	157.971	397	0	0	running	126596	31
14	16	Bobby Labonte	47	Kingsford Charcoal	Toyota	JTG	Hyder	157.819	397	0	0	running	106468	30
15	9	Kasey Kahne	5	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	158.256	397	0	0	running	87260	29
16	6	Greg Biffle	16	Scotch-Brite	Ford	Roush	Puccia	158.541	397	0	0	running	87485	28
17	18	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Berrier	157.653	397	0	0	running	102118	27
18	27	Marcos Ambrose	9	DeWalt	Ford	RPM	Ford	156.297	397	0	0	running	105543	26
19	21	Aric Almirola	43	Super 8	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	156.924	397	0	0	running	114296	25
20	24	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	156.597	397	0	0	running	127835	24
21	8	Ryan Newman	39	US ARMY	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	158.297	397	0	0	running	117593	23
22	19	Paul Menard	27	Menards/CertainTeed	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	157.604	396	0	0	running	84735	22
23	28	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	156.230	395	0	0	running	98643	21
24	20	Jamie McMurray	1	McDonald's	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	156.958	394	0	0	running	107268	20
25	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	158.758	393	0	0	running	117335	0
26	35	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	155.380	393	0	0	running	106326	18
27	39	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	154.646	393	0	0	running	114535	17
28	38	Danica Patrick	10	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Zipadelli	155.025	393	0	0	running	75135	0
29	33	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Anderson	155.709	392	0	0	running	94818	15
30	31	David Ragan	34	Long John Silver's	Ford	Front Row	Guy	156.020	392	0	0	running	85782	14
31	30	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	156.182	391	0	0	running	74060	13
32	42	David Gilliland	38	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	153.689	391	0	0	running	71360	12
33	41	T.J. Bell	32	Green Smoke	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	154.182	390	0	0	running	79485	0
34	40	J.J. Yeley	36	Drive Sober, Arrive Alive DE	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin		154.553	388	0	0	running	71035	10
35	12	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford EcoBoost	Ford	Roush	Fennig	157.992	371	0	0	running	119621	9
36	22	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Richert	156.829	354	0	0	running	97280	8
37	23	Josh Wise	26	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	156.631	92	0	0	vibration	72030	7
38	32	Michael McDowell	98	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	155.885	51	0	0	suspension	70353	6
39	37	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	155.059	48	0	0	electrical	67500	0
40	34	Scott Speed	95	Jordan Truck Sales	Ford	Leavine	Wally Rogers	155.440	32	0	0	suspension	67325	4
41	43	Dave Blaney	37	MaxQWorkforce.com	Ford	Gunselman	Furr	155.025	29	0	0	overheating	67125	3
42	36	Scott Riggs	23	North Texas Pipe	Chevrolet	R3	Greg Conner	155.253	26	0	0	brakes	66995	2
43	29	Reed Sorenson	91	Plinker Tactical	Toyota	Mark Smith	Sospenzo	156.223	18	0	0	brakes	67329	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Brad Keselowski	2142	29	0	5	12	18
2	Jimmie Johnson	2137	29	2	3	15	20
3	Denny Hamlin	2126	29	3	5	12	15
4	Clint Bowyer	2117	29	0	2	7	18
5	Tony Stewart	2110	29	1	3	10	14
6	Kasey Kahne	2110	29	2	2	9	15
7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2103	29	1	1	10	18
8	Martin Truex, Jr.	2100	29	1	0	6	16
9	Kevin Harvick	2096	29	0	0	4	11
10	Jeff Gordon	2094	29	2	1	9	14
11	Greg Biffle	2091	29	2	2	10	15
12	Matt Kenseth	2070	29	1	1	10	16
13	Kyle Busch	870	29	1	1	7	14
14	Carl Edwards	836	29	1	0	3	12
15	Ryan Newman	830	29	0	1	4	11
16	Paul Menard	814	29	0	0	0	7
17	Marcos Ambrose	798	29	2	1	3	8
18	Joey Logano	785	29	1	1	2	11
19	Jeff Burton	713	29	0	0	2	5
20	Jamie McMurray	702	29	0	0	0	3
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	669	29	2	0	0	2
22	Aric Almirola	661	29	1	0	0	2
23	Regan Smith	631	29	0	0	0	2
24	Bobby Labonte	629	29	0	0	0	1
25	Mark Martin	563	19	4	0	4	8