2012 STP 400

Race 8 of 36

Kansas
267 laps
Time of race: 2:46:44
Average speed of winner: 144.122 mph
Margin of victory: 0.700 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 18 laps
Lap leaders: Allmendinger 1-44, Hamlin 45, Edwards 46, Truex 47-91, Johnson 92-93, Kenseth 94, Montoya 95-96, Truex 97-177, Kenseth 178, Keselowski 179-180, Truex 181-223, Montoya 224-225, Hornish 226-232, Truex 233-236, Hamlin 237-267

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	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	175.667	267	2	32	running	248691	47
2	6	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	175.444	267	4	173	running	209399	44
3	15	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	174.803	267	1	2	running	185121	42
4	18	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford EcoBoost	Ford	Roush	Fennig	174.486	267	2	2	running	166521	41
5	17	Greg Biffle	16	3M Novec 1230	Ford	Roush	Puccia	174.706	267	0	0	running	119135	39
6	2	Kevin Harvick	29	Rheem	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	175.747	267	0	0	running	146771	38
7	7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	175.313	267	0	0	running	104060	37
8	9	Kasey Kahne	5	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	175.092	267	0	0	running	100410	36
9	21	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Osborne	174.244	267	1	1	running	133301	36
10	25	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	174.020	267	0	0	running	135343	34
11	11	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	175.063	267	1	2	running	121405	34
12	39	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	172.507	267	2	4	running	121101	33
13	23	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	174.143	267	0	0	running	133335	31
14	36	Jamie McMurray	1	McDonald's	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	173.182	266	0	0	running	114018	30
15	3	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	175.724	266	0	0	running	91160	29
16	28	Marcos Ambrose	9	DeWalt	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	173.863	266	0	0	running	109393	28
17	14	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction Services, Inc.	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	174.876	266	0	0	running	107593	27
18	19	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Zecol	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	174.323	266	0	0	running	88785	26
19	10	Sam Hornish, Jr.	12	SKF	Dodge	Penske	Chad Walter	175.086	266	1	7	running	76610	0
20	13	Ryan Newman	39	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	174.887	265	0	0	running	122018	24
21	20	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	174.261	264	0	0	running	124396	23
22	12	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	174.927	264	0	0	running	118285	22
23	26	Aric Almirola	43	STP	Ford	RPM	Ford	174.003	264	0	0	running	116546	21
24	29	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	173.756	263	0	0	running	103443	20
25	35	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King Real Fruit Smoothies	Toyota	BK	Anderson	173.221	263	0	0	running	101743	19
26	40	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	171.985	263	0	0	running	90018	18
27	22	David Gilliland	38	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	174.171	263	0	0	running	87607	17
28	42	Reed Sorenson	32	@TMone We Drive Sales/FAS Lane	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	170.057	263	0	0	running	86035	0
29	16	David Reutimann	10	Accell Construction	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	174.803	262	0	0	running	77460	15
30	27	David Ragan	34	Barrett-Jackson	Ford	Front Row	Guy	173.947	262	0	0	running	78710	14
31	31	J.J. Yeley	49	JPO Absorbents	Toyota	Robinson-Blakeney	Furr	173.516	261	0	0	running	74010	13
32	1	A.J. Allmendinger	22	AAA	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	175.993	257	1	44	running	124535	13
33	5	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	175.484	255	0	0	engine	76085	11
34	32	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King Real Fruit Smoothies	Toyota	BK	Richert	173.388	214	0	0	running	99980	10
35	30	Bobby Labonte	47	Reese Towpower	Toyota	JTG	Berrier	173.745	132	0	0	engine	81460	9
36	8	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	175.302	125	0	0	engine	100474	8
37	33	Dave Blaney	36	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton	173.383	82	0	0	vibration	72780	7
38	24	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Inception	Lane	174.031	80	0	0	overheating	72553	6
39	38	Josh Wise	26	Morristown Driver's Service	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	172.756	65	0	0	rear gear	69700	5
40	37	Michael McDowell	98	Curb Records	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	173.155	58	0	0	overheating	69550	4
41	41	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	171.625	47	0	0	vibration	69400	0
42	43	Mike Bliss	19	Humphrey Smith Racing, LLC	Toyota	Mark Smith	Clapprood	171.396	27	0	0	brakes	69275	0
43	34	Scott Riggs	23	North TX Pipe	Chevrolet	R3	Cook	173.249	18	0	0	rear gear	69640	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Greg Biffle	312	8	1	1	5	6
2	Martin Truex, Jr.	297	8	1	0	3	6
3	Matt Kenseth	295	8	0	1	5	5
4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	291	8	0	0	3	6
5	Denny Hamlin	289	8	1	2	3	4
6	Kevin Harvick	287	8	0	0	2	5
7	Jimmie Johnson	275	8	0	0	4	6
8	Tony Stewart	265	8	0	2	2	3
9	Carl Edwards	251	8	1	0	2	5
10	Ryan Newman	249	8	0	1	2	3
11	Clint Bowyer	227	8	0	0	1	3
12	Joey Logano	221	8	0	0	0	2
13	Kyle Busch	218	8	0	0	1	3
14	Paul Menard	218	8	0	0	0	3
15	Brad Keselowski	217	8	0	1	2	3
16	Juan Pablo Montoya	207	8	0	0	0	1
17	Jeff Burton	201	8	0	0	1	2
18	Jeff Gordon	200	8	0	0	1	2
19	Jamie McMurray	190	8	0	0	0	2
20	Aric Almirola	187	8	0	0	0	1
21	Marcos Ambrose	187	8	0	0	0	0
22	Regan Smith	187	8	0	0	0	0
23	A.J. Allmendinger	185	8	1	0	1	1
24	Mark Martin	181	6	1	0	1	3
25	Kurt Busch	174	8	0	0	0	1