2012 Bojangles' Southern 500

Race 11 of 36

Darlington
368 laps
Time of race: 3:45:25
Average speed of winner: 133.802 mph
Margin of victory: 0.781 sec.
Lead changes: 22 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 38 laps
Lap leaders: Biffle 1-48, Kahne 49, Johnson 50, Cassill 51, Ky. Busch 52-72, Biffle 73-98, Hamlin 99-100, Johnson 101-172, Ky. Busch 173, Johnson 174-179, Ky. Busch 180-188, Johnson 189-194, Ky. Busch 195, Hamlin 196-199, Kahne 200-231, Hamlin 232-280, Earnhardt, Jr. 281, Truex 282-298, Hamlin 299, Truex 300-307, Johnson 308-312, Ky. Busch 313-324, Johnson 325-368

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	179.566	368	6	134	running	319786	48
2	8	Denny Hamlin	11	Sport Clips	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	179.187	368	4	56	running	238656	43
3	17	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	178.724	368	0	0	running	209415	41
4	5	Kyle Busch	18	Wrigley Doublemint	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	179.448	368	5	44	running	178123	41
5	6	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	179.317	368	2	25	running	147554	40
6	19	Matt Kenseth	17	Zest	Ford	Roush	Fennig	178.226	368	0	0	running	154776	38
7	7	Carl Edwards	99	Ford EcoBoost Fusion	Ford	Roush	Osborne	179.298	368	0	0	running	145906	37
8	3	Kasey Kahne	5	Rockwell Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	179.566	368	2	33	running	108790	37
9	28	Marcos Ambrose	9	DeWalt	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	176.930	368	0	0	running	130748	35
10	21	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	177.980	368	0	0	running	104715	34
11	26	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	177.781	368	0	0	running	120969	33
12	1	Greg Biffle	16	3M/OH/ES	Ford	Roush	Puccia	180.257	368	2	74	running	107580	33
13	14	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Pittsburgh Paints	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	178.926	368	0	0	running	100705	31
14	9	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row/CSX Play it Safe	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	179.141	368	0	0	running	117488	30
15	15	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	178.822	368	0	0	running	124725	29
16	23	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	177.948	368	0	0	running	136391	28
17	24	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	177.903	368	1	1	running	96930	28
18	10	Jeff Burton	31	BB&T	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	179.095	368	0	0	running	126530	26
19	13	Aric Almirola	43	Gravely Mower	Ford	RPM	Ford	178.991	368	0	0	running	124416	25
20	18	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	178.491	368	0	0	running	87605	24
21	25	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction Services	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	177.845	368	0	0	running	110063	23
22	31	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	176.733	367	0	0	running	99063	22
23	4	Ryan Newman	39	WIX	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	179.461	367	0	0	running	125263	21
24	27	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	177.307	366	0	0	running	113696	20
25	36	David Gilliland	38	A&W All American Food	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	175.767	366	0	0	running	94913	19
26	20	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Richert	178.090	366	1	1	running	108575	19
27	34	Dave Blaney	36	SealWrap.com	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton	176.530	365	0	0	running	78255	17
28	37	David Ragan	34	Peanut Patch/Margaret Holmes	Ford	Front Row	Guy	175.603	364	0	0	running	90152	16
29	22	Bobby Labonte	47	Scott Products	Toyota	JTG	Berrier	177.974	364	0	0	running	88680	15
30	42	Reed Sorenson	32	Southern Pride Trucking	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	173.724	363	0	0	running	89505	0
31	38	Danica Patrick	10	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Zipadelli	175.497	362	0	0	running	76980	0
32	33	Travis Kvapil	73	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK		176.594	362	0	0	running	76805	0
33	16	A.J. Allmendinger	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	178.783	357	0	0	running	121480	11
34	11	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Allstate	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	179.089	345	0	0	running	107813	10
35	12	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger/AARP	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	179.076	339	0	0	running	124466	9
36	41	David Reutimann	93	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson	174.408	314	0	0	running	84380	8
37	43	J.J. Yeley	49	America Israel Racing/JPO Absorbents	Toyota	Robinson-Blakeney	Furr	174.848	132	0	0	clutch	75915	7
38	39	Cole Whitt	74	Turn One Racing	Chevrolet	Turn One	Sospenzo	175.497	35	0	0	vibration	75682	0
39	32	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Inception	Lane	176.606	32	0	0	overheating	72225	5
40	40	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	175.022	27	0	0	power	72050	0
41	35	Mike Skinner	52	CrusaderStaffing.com	Toyota	Means	Eggleston	175.899	20	0	0	electrical	71875	0
42	29	Scott Speed	79	Team Kyle/KOMA Unwind	Ford	Go Green	Andrews	176.879	20	0	0	overheating	71780	2
43	30	Josh Wise	26	Morristown Drivers Service	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	176.746	19	0	0	vibration	72139	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Greg Biffle	411	11	2	1	6	7
2	Matt Kenseth	409	11	0	1	6	7
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	397	11	0	0	4	8
4	Denny Hamlin	394	11	1	2	5	6
5	Jimmie Johnson	372	11	0	1	5	8
6	Martin Truex, Jr.	372	11	1	0	4	7
7	Tony Stewart	369	11	0	2	4	5
8	Kevin Harvick	361	11	0	0	2	5
9	Kyle Busch	349	11	0	1	4	6
10	Carl Edwards	337	11	1	0	2	7
11	Clint Bowyer	335	11	0	0	1	5
12	Brad Keselowski	328	11	0	2	3	5
13	Paul Menard	308	11	0	0	0	3
14	Ryan Newman	307	11	0	1	2	3
15	Joey Logano	293	11	0	0	0	3
16	Kasey Kahne	283	11	2	0	2	5
17	Jeff Burton	275	11	0	0	1	3
18	Marcos Ambrose	274	11	0	0	0	1
19	Juan Pablo Montoya	272	11	0	0	0	1
20	Jamie McMurray	263	11	0	0	0	2
21	Aric Almirola	262	11	0	0	0	1
22	A.J. Allmendinger	253	11	1	0	1	1
23	Mark Martin	242	8	2	0	1	4
24	Jeff Gordon	241	11	1	0	1	2
25	Kurt Busch	238	11	0	0	0	1