2012 Bank of America 500

Race 31 of 36

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:14:01
Average speed of winner: 154.935 mph
Margin of victory: 0.417 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 23 laps
Lap leaders: Biffle 1-2, Martin 3-4, Biffle 5-37, Keselowski 38-41, Ambrose 42-43, Keselowski 44-71, Johnson 72-83, Gordon 84-85, Keselowski 86-97, Johnson 98-134, Hamlin 135-167, Keselowski 168, Johnson 169-172, Biffle 173-179, Keselowski 180-220, Bowyer 221-222, Keselowski 223-275, Bowyer 276-277, Hamlin 278-280, Biffle 281-309, Bowyer 310-334

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy Benefiting Avon Foundation for Women	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	193.043	334	3	29	running	251389	47
2	9	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	192.802	334	2	36	running	220426	43
3	5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Mylowes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	192.995	334	3	53	running	192396	42
4	1	Greg Biffle	16	3M/IDG	Ford	Roush	Puccia	193.708	334	4	71	running	189410	41
5	8	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	192.850	334	0	0	running	162818	39
6	2	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	193.361	334	1	2	running	109935	39
7	19	Carl Edwards	99	Kellogg's	Ford	Roush	Norris	191.245	333	0	0	running	144701	37
8	10	Kasey Kahne	5	Time Warner Cable	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	192.644	333	0	0	running	99010	36
9	12	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	192.561	333	0	0	running	96385	35
10	6	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	192.919	333	0	0	running	115649	34
11	20	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	191.232	333	6	139	running	151380	35
12	17	Aric Almirola	43	Smithfield	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	191.286	333	0	0	running	119146	32
13	32	Tony Stewart	14	Mobil 1/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	189.587	333	0	0	running	134610	31
14	7	Matt Kenseth	17	Best Buy	Ford	Roush	Fennig	192.885	333	0	0	running	124296	30
15	14	Sam Hornish, Jr.	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	191.666	333	0	0	running	117935	0
16	11	Kevin Harvick	29	Jimmy John's	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	192.637	333	0	0	running	122871	28
17	30	Jamie McMurray	1	McDonald's	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	189.867	333	0	0	running	106793	27
18	13	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	192.212	332	1	2	running	119246	27
19	22	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target/Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	190.691	332	0	0	running	104701	25
20	3	Ryan Newman	39	Quicken Loans	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	193.251	332	0	0	running	119443	24
21	21	Kurt Busch	78	Furniture Row/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Berrier	191.225	332	0	0	running	100143	23
22	16	Trevor Bayne	21	Good Sam/Camping World	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	191.293	332	0	0	running	73285	0
23	36	David Gilliland	38	Glory Foods	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	189.255	331	0	0	running	89043	21
24	38	A.J. Allmendinger	51	Phoenix Construction	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	189.142	330	0	0	running	94968	20
25	41	Travis Kvapil	93	Dr. Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson	186.323	330	0	0	running	92668	19
26	37	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Richert	189.168	329	0	0	running	98530	18
27	24	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Pittsburgh Paints	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	190.617	328	0	0	running	79860	17
28	39	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	188.469	327	0	0	running	110635	16
29	27	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	190.027	327	0	0	running	80607	15
30	34	David Reutimann	10	TBR/TMone.com	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	189.520	327	0	0	running	72335	14
31	33	Michael McDowell	98	K-Love/Curb Records	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	189.587	326	0	0	running	70135	13
32	15	Bobby Labonte	47	Scott Brand	Toyota	JTG	Hyder	191.605	324	0	0	running	75685	12
33	18	Marcos Ambrose	9	Stanley	Ford	RPM	Ford	191.279	303	1	2	running	95468	12
34	25	David Ragan	34	Glory Foods	Ford	Front Row	Guy	190.382	287	0	0	running	67160	10
35	29	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	6	Best Buy	Ford	Roush	Scott Graves	189.987	190	0	0	engine	67010	0
36	40	Timmy Hill	32	U.S. Chrome	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	188.225	182	0	0	engine	75110	0
37	31	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Swan	Lane	189.687	62	0	0	rear gear	66705	7
38	26	Regan Smith	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	190.181	61	0	0	engine	74828	6
39	28	Mike Bliss	19	Plinker Tactical	Toyota	Mark Smith	Pope	190.027	53	0	0	rear gear	63725	0
40	23	Scott Speed	95	B&D Electrical	Ford	Leavine	Wally Rogers	190.691	50	0	0	vibration	63600	4
41	43	Reed Sorenson	91	Aquaria USA	Toyota	Mark Smith	Sospenzo	189.102	32	0	0	vibration	63450	0
42	35	J.J. Yeley	37	MaxQWorkForce.com	Ford	Gunselman	Furr	189.341	30	0	0	brakes	63325	2
43	42	Dave Blaney	36	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin		184.989	25	0	0	transmission	63713	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Brad Keselowski	2214	31	0	5	12	19
2	Jimmie Johnson	2207	31	2	3	16	21
3	Denny Hamlin	2199	31	3	5	13	16
4	Clint Bowyer	2186	31	0	3	8	19
5	Kasey Kahne	2179	31	3	2	9	16
6	Greg Biffle	2171	31	3	2	11	17
7	Martin Truex, Jr.	2165	31	1	0	6	17
8	Tony Stewart	2164	31	1	3	10	14
9	Jeff Gordon	2164	31	2	1	10	15
10	Kevin Harvick	2158	31	0	0	4	11
11	Matt Kenseth	2147	31	1	2	11	17
12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2128	30	1	1	10	18
13	Kyle Busch	951	31	1	1	9	16
14	Ryan Newman	889	31	0	1	4	12
15	Carl Edwards	881	31	1	0	3	13
16	Paul Menard	847	31	0	0	0	7
17	Joey Logano	832	31	1	1	2	12
18	Marcos Ambrose	828	31	2	1	3	8
19	Jeff Burton	764	31	0	0	2	6
20	Jamie McMurray	741	31	0	0	0	3
21	Aric Almirola	718	31	1	0	0	2
22	Juan Pablo Montoya	700	31	2	0	0	2
23	Regan Smith	676	31	0	0	1	3
24	Bobby Labonte	667	31	0	0	0	1
25	Mark Martin	602	20	4	0	4	9