2012 Daytona 500

Race 1 of 36

Daytona
202 laps
Time of race: 3:36:02
Average speed of winner: 140.256 mph
Margin of victory: 0.210 sec.
Lead changes: 25 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 42 laps
Lap leaders: Edwards pole, Biffle 1-9, Smith 10-11, Biffle 12-14, Menard 15-16, Hamlin 17-40, Burton 41-57, J. Gordon 58, Stewart 59-60, Burton 61-67, Biffle 68-76, Truex 77-81, Biffle 82, T. Labonte 83-85, Biffle 86-99, Truex 100-101, Hamlin 102-129, Biffle 130, Martin 131-132, Biffle 133-138, Hamlin 139-143, Logano 144-145, Kenseth 146-157, Biffle 158, Blaney 159-164, Kenseth 165-202

Race notes: Debut for Danica Patrick.

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	Matt Kenseth	17	Best Buy	Ford	Roush	Fennig	193.245	202	2	50	running	1589387	47
2	5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	194.038	202	0	0	running	1102175	42
3	2	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Puccia	194.087	202	8	44	running	804163	42
4	31	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	191.127	202	3	57	running	702091	42
5	9	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	192.777	202	2	24	running	559550	40
6	37	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Peak	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	193.374	202	1	2	running	427900	39
7	13	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	192.914	202	0	0	running	415261	37
8	1	Carl Edwards	99	Fastenal	Ford	Roush	Osborne	194.738	202	0	0	running	403466	36
9	12	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	192.868	202	1	2	running	346063	36
10	22	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	193.503	202	1	2	running	323313	35
11	30	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	no speed	202	0	0	running	339002	33
12	26	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	193.665	202	2	7	running	535052	33
13	7	Marcos Ambrose	9	Stanley	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	193.999	202	0	0	running	341858	31
14	32	Bobby Labonte	47	Kroger	Toyota	JTG	Berrier	190.022	202	0	0	running	331196	30
15	24	Dave Blaney	36	Ollie's Bargain Outlet	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton	191.506	202	1	6	running	296513	30
16	3	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	193.607	202	1	2	running	379025	29
17	14	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's Brown	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	191.873	202	0	0	running	341821	27
18	43	Terry Labonte	32	C&J Energy	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	191.522	202	1	3	running	292200	27
19	41	Tony Raines	26	Rick Santorum for President	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	192.534	202	0	0	running	292763	25
20	21	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	6	Ford EcoBoost	Ford	Roush	Norris	193.665	202	0	0	running	304275	0
21	18	Ryan Newman	39	U.S. Army/Quicken Loans	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	193.224	202	0	0	running	336221	23
22	39	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Richert	190.905	202	0	0	running	319945	22
23	33	David Gilliland	38	MHP/Power Pak Pudding	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	190.046	201	0	0	running	309133	21
24	6	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row/CSX Play It Safe	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	191.053	200	1	2	running	332421	21
25	36	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	193.844	199	0	0	running	304746	19
26	38	David Reutimann	93	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Anderson	189.235	196	0	0	accident	309335	18
27	10	Elliott Sadler	33	General Mills/Kroger	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	191.270	196	0	0	running	305788	0
28	34	Joe Nemechek	87	AM FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	191.160	194	0	0	running	287363	0
29	20	Kasey Kahne	5	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	192.583	189	0	0	accident	297988	15
30	11	Michael McDowell	98	No. 98 KLOVE/Curb Records Ford	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	190.990	189	0	0	running	292175	14
31	19	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	191.840	188	0	0	accident	318608	13
32	23	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	192.992	187	0	0	accident	322295	12
33	27	Aric Almirola	43	Smithfield Helping Hungry Homes	Ford	RPM	Ford	193.382	187	0	0	accident	320986	11
34	15	A.J. Allmendinger	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	193.121	177	0	0	running	328325	10
35	40	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	193.615	164	0	0	running	283200	0
36	35	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	192.600	159	0	0	accident	312391	8
37	42	David Stremme	30	JEGS.com	Toyota	Inception	Lane	191.963	156	0	0	engine	282075	7
38	29	Danica Patrick	10	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Zipadelli	191.738	138	0	0	running	281715	0
39	28	Kurt Busch	51	Hendrickcars.com	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	191.363	113	0	0	running	277913	5
40	16	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	193.803	81	1	1	engine	317549	5
41	17	Robby Gordon	7	MAPEI/Menards/SPEED Energy	Dodge	Robby Gordon	Stanley	188.229	25	0	0	engine	268150	3
42	8	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	193.449	1	0	0	accident	327149	2
43	25	David Ragan	34	Scorpion Truck Bedliners	Ford	Front Row	Guy	193.249	1	0	0	accident	267637	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	47	1	0	1	1	1
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	42	1	0	0	1	1
3	Greg Biffle	42	1	0	0	1	1
4	Denny Hamlin	42	1	0	0	1	1
5	Jeff Burton	40	1	0	0	1	1
6	Paul Menard	39	1	0	0	0	1
7	Kevin Harvick	37	1	0	0	0	1
8	Carl Edwards	36	1	1	0	0	1
9	Joey Logano	36	1	0	0	0	1
10	Mark Martin	35	1	0	0	0	1
11	Clint Bowyer	33	1	0	0	0	0
12	Martin Truex, Jr.	33	1	0	0	0	0
13	Marcos Ambrose	31	1	0	0	0	0
14	Bobby Labonte	30	1	0	0	0	0
15	Dave Blaney	30	1	0	0	0	0
16	Tony Stewart	29	1	0	0	0	0
17	Kyle Busch	27	1	0	0	0	0
18	Terry Labonte	27	1	0	0	0	0
19	Tony Raines	25	1	0	0	0	0
20	Ryan Newman	23	1	0	0	0	0
21	Landon Cassill	22	1	0	0	0	0
22	David Gilliland	21	1	0	0	0	0
23	Regan Smith	21	1	0	0	0	0
24	Casey Mears	19	1	0	0	0	0
25	David Reutimann	18	1	0	0	0	0