2012 Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500

Race 30 of 36

Talladega
189 laps
Time of race: 2:56:12
Average speed of winner: 171.194 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 54 among 18 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 17 laps
Lap leaders: Kahne 1-7, Bowyer 8, Kahne 9-10, Bayne 11, Bowyer 12, Earnhardt, Jr. 13-14, Ky. Busch 15-17, Harvick 18, Kvapil 19, Ky. Busch 20-22, Kenseth 23-32, Earnhardt, Jr. 33-40, Kenseth 41, Earnhardt, Jr. 42-49, Mears 50, Burton 51-52, Bayne 53-56, Mears 57-61, Johnson 62-71, Gordon 72-78, McMurray 79-89, Ku. Busch 90-93, Kenseth 94-96, Ku. Busch 97-98, Burton 99, Johnson 100, Ragan 101, Ambrose 102-103, Kenseth 104-108, Harvick 109-116, McMurray 117-118, Kenseth 119-126, Biffle 127, Kenseth 128-131, McMurray 132-139, Kvapil 140-141, Mears 142-143, Biffle 144-145, Harvick 146-147, Biffle 148-151, McMurray 152, Biffle 153-155, McMurray 156-160, Biffle 161, McMurray 162, Biffle 163-167, McMurray 168, Harvick 169, McMurray 170, Kenseth 171, Mears 172-173, McMurray 174-181, Bowyer 182-187, Stewart 188, Kenseth 189

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	15	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford EcoBoost/National Breast Cancer Foundation	Ford	Roush	Fennig	190.370	189	8	33	running	302036	47
2	6	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	190.848	189	1	7	running	206171	43
3	13	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	190.419	189	2	6	running	186168	42
4	25	David Ragan	34	MHP-8 hour Alert	Ford	Front Row	Guy	189.616	189	1	1	running	142743	41
5	28	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Berrier	189.316	189	0	0	running	136243	39
6	5	Greg Biffle	16	3M/National Breast Cancer Foundation	Ford	Roush	Puccia	190.955	189	6	16	running	124260	39
7	22	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	189.778	189	0	0	running	130330	37
8	36	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson	188.296	189	2	3	running	119518	37
9	2	Ryan Newman	39	US Army	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	191.145	189	0	0	running	130993	35
10	26	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar/DriveCat.com	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	189.552	189	2	3	running	128610	35
11	21	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	190.113	189	4	12	running	132621	34
12	1	Kasey Kahne	5	Hendrickcars.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	191.455	189	2	9	running	101610	33
13	9	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	190.662	189	0	0	running	112399	31
14	23	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Freight	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	189.748	189	0	0	running	124801	30
15	32	David Gilliland	38	Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts/Margaret Holmes	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	188.727	189	0	0	running	96118	29
16	31	Terry Labonte	32	C&J Energy Services	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	188.794	189	0	0	running	90435	28
17	17	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	190.298	189	2	11	running	125121	28
18	40	Bobby Labonte	47	Scott/Kingsford/Bush Beans	Toyota	JTG	Hyder	186.991	189	0	0	running	99332	26
19	18	Aric Almirola	43	Gwaltney	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	190.298	189	0	0	running	118346	25
20	12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Diet Mountain Dew Paint the 88/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	190.427	189	3	18	running	89485	25
21	8	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane/Warriors in Pink	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	190.727	189	2	5	running	81235	0
22	4	Tony Stewart	14	Mobil 1/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	190.993	188	1	1	accident	130085	23
23	3	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy Benefiting Avon Foundation for Women	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	191.119	188	3	8	accident	107549	22
24	10	Sam Hornish, Jr.	22	SKF	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	190.628	188	0	0	accident	120835	0
25	11	Michael Waltrip	55	Charlie Loudermilk Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	190.465	188	0	0	accident	79785	19
26	19	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	190.177	188	4	10	accident	79010	19
27	20	Marcos Ambrose	9	DeWalt	Ford	RPM	Ford	190.170	188	1	2	accident	106618	18
28	16	Paul Menard	27	CertainTeed Insulation/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	190.332	188	0	0	accident	86460	16
29	39	Dave Blaney	36	Golden Corral	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin		187.460	188	0	0	accident	78310	15
30	38	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Richert	187.986	188	0	0	running	105480	14
31	34	Michael McDowell	98	K-LOVE/Curb Records	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	188.638	188	0	0	running	74985	13
32	14	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	190.393	187	0	0	running	82785	12
33	30	David Stremme	30	SwanEnergyInc.com	Toyota	Swan	Lane	188.947	187	0	0	running	74635	11
34	24	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Allstate	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	189.740	184	9	38	accident	110868	12
35	43	Robert Richardson, Jr.	23	North Texas Pipe	Chevrolet	R3	Greg Conner	185.942	180	0	0	accident	74260	0
36	7	Carl Edwards	99	Subway	Ford	Roush	Norris	190.784	179	0	0	running	120351	8
37	41	David Reutimann	10	CVP@Tmone.com	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	186.783	162	0	0	engine	73980	7
38	27	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target/Gillette	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	189.380	156	0	0	engine	103819	6
39	29	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	189.025	98	2	6	parked	79000	6
40	42	Cole Whitt	33	LittleJoesAutos.com	Chevrolet	Falk	Glover	186.289	16	0	0	accident	78860	0
41	37	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	188.001	12	0	0	vibration	70710	0
42	35	Timmy Hill	97	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves/SWM	Toyota	Nemechek	Eggleston	188.326	8	0	0	electrical	70580	0
43	33	Josh Wise	26	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	188.649	5	0	0	overheating	72464	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Brad Keselowski	2179	30	0	5	12	19
2	Jimmie Johnson	2165	30	2	3	15	20
3	Denny Hamlin	2156	30	3	5	12	15
4	Kasey Kahne	2143	30	3	2	9	15
5	Clint Bowyer	2139	30	0	2	7	18
6	Jeff Gordon	2137	30	2	1	10	15
7	Tony Stewart	2133	30	1	3	10	14
8	Martin Truex, Jr.	2131	30	1	0	6	16
9	Greg Biffle	2130	30	2	2	10	16
10	Kevin Harvick	2130	30	0	0	4	11
11	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2128	30	1	1	10	18
12	Matt Kenseth	2117	30	1	2	11	17
13	Kyle Busch	912	30	1	1	8	15
14	Ryan Newman	865	30	0	1	4	12
15	Carl Edwards	844	30	1	0	3	12
16	Paul Menard	830	30	0	0	0	7
17	Marcos Ambrose	816	30	2	1	3	8
18	Joey Logano	797	30	1	1	2	11
19	Jeff Burton	748	30	0	0	2	6
20	Jamie McMurray	714	30	0	0	0	3
21	Aric Almirola	686	30	1	0	0	2
22	Juan Pablo Montoya	675	30	2	0	0	2
23	Regan Smith	670	30	0	0	1	3
24	Bobby Labonte	655	30	0	0	0	1
25	Mark Martin	563	19	4	0	4	8