2012 Coca-Cola 600

Race 12 of 36

Charlotte
400 laps
Time of race: 3:51:14
Average speed of winner: 155.687 mph
Margin of victory: 4.295 sec.
Lead changes: 31 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 23 laps
Lap leaders: Almirola pole, Ambrose 1-2, Almirola 3-5, Ambrose 6-8, Biffle 9-14, Ambrose 15-22, Biffle 23-113, Ambrose 114-120, Ky. Busch 121-124, Biffle 125-134, Gordon 135-138, Ky. Busch 139-171, Ragan 172, Ky. Busch 173-190, Biffle 191-219, Kahne 220-221, Biffle 222, Cassill 223, Biffle 224-280, Kahne 281-307, Hamlin 308, Biffle 309-315, Kahne 316, Biffle 317, Kahne 318, Biffle 319-320, Hamlin 321-332, Kahne 333-353, Keselowski 354, Harvick 355, Gordon 356, Kahne 357-400

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Kasey Kahne	5	Quaker State	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	191.130	400	6	96	running	355675	47
2	8	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	190.887	400	2	13	running	284831	43
3	17	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's Red-White-Blue	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	190.034	400	3	55	running	236898	42
4	4	Greg Biffle	16	Fastenal	Ford	Roush	Puccia	191.259	400	9	204	running	199915	42
5	24	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	188.871	400	1	1	running	174010	40
6	12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard-An American Salute	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	190.302	400	0	0	running	142015	38
7	23	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	189.076	400	2	5	running	165276	38
8	14	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser Folds of Honor	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	190.201	400	1	1	running	163676	37
9	28	Carl Edwards	99	Fastenal	Ford	Roush	Osborne	188.206	400	0	0	running	161781	35
10	20	Matt Kenseth	17	Fastenal	Ford	Roush	Fennig	189.607	399	0	0	running	157226	34
11	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's Patriotic	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	191.374	399	0	0	running	155541	33
12	15	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	190.194	399	0	0	running	135319	32
13	5	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	191.198	398	0	0	running	135619	31
14	16	Ryan Newman	39	US ARMY	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	190.054	398	0	0	running	145613	30
15	9	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Serta	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	190.597	398	0	0	running	113305	29
16	1	Aric Almirola	43	US Air Force	Ford	RPM	Ford	192.940	398	1	3	running	177466	29
17	10	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	190.456	398	0	0	running	128488	27
18	18	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King Real Fruit Smoothies	Toyota	BK	Richert	189.987	398	1	1	running	127075	27
19	22	Jeff Burton	31	Wheaties	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	189.520	398	0	0	running	137930	25
20	29	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	187.924	398	0	0	running	129796	24
21	31	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Arctic Cat	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	187.526	397	0	0	running	128638	23
22	25	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	188.363	397	0	0	running	112838	22
23	19	Joey Logano	20	Dollar General	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	189.707	397	0	0	running	103755	21
24	13	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	190.268	397	0	0	running	94880	0
25	21	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	189.573	397	0	0	running	144430	19
26	39	David Gilliland	38	Mod Space	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	185.810	397	0	0	running	107538	18
27	42	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction Services, Inc.	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	no speed	396	0	0	running	112413	17
28	26	Bobby Labonte	47	Kingsford Charcoal	Toyota	JTG	Berrier	188.344	396	0	0	running	109677	16
29	37	Travis Kvapil	93	Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson	186.085	395	0	0	running	100005	15
30	40	Danica Patrick	10	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Zipadelli	185.179	395	0	0	running	92880	0
31	41	T.J. Bell	32	Green Smoke	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	183.886	390	0	0	running	96730	0
32	2	Marcos Ambrose	9	DeWalt	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	191.598	367	4	20	running	126513	13
33	11	A.J. Allmendinger	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	190.328	361	0	0	running	133055	11
34	6	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's Armed Forces Foundation	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	191.171	338	0	0	engine	89055	10
35	30	David Ragan	34	Al's Liners/Scorpion Coatings	Ford	Front Row	Guy	187.656	281	1	1	engine	88205	10
36	32	Michael McDowell	98	Presbyterian Healthcare	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	187.487	228	0	0	engine	88080	8
37	38	Scott Speed	95	Jordan Truck Sales	Ford	Leavine	Wally Rogers	185.976	136	0	0	fuel pump	87855	7
38	35	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Inception	Lane	186.143	86	0	0	rear gear	87742	6
39	34	Stephen Leicht	33	Little Joe's Autos/Precon	Chevrolet	Falk	Sisco	187.169	74	0	0	vibration	92300	5
40	36	Dave Blaney	36	SealWrap	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton	186.111	54	0	0	engine	84165	4
41	43	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy/SWM	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	185.784	47	0	0	vibration	84005	0
42	27	Cole Whitt	74	Turn One Racing	Chevrolet	Turn One	Sospenzo	188.324	33	0	0	vibration	83925	0
43	33	Josh Wise	26	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	187.259	15	0	0	vibration	84290	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Greg Biffle	453	12	2	1	7	8
2	Matt Kenseth	443	12	0	1	6	8
3	Denny Hamlin	437	12	1	2	6	7
4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	435	12	0	0	4	9
5	Jimmie Johnson	405	12	0	1	5	8
6	Martin Truex, Jr.	404	12	1	0	4	7
7	Kevin Harvick	398	12	0	0	2	6
8	Kyle Busch	391	12	0	1	5	7
9	Tony Stewart	388	12	0	2	4	5
10	Carl Edwards	372	12	1	0	2	8
11	Brad Keselowski	368	12	0	2	4	6
12	Clint Bowyer	366	12	0	0	1	5
13	Ryan Newman	337	12	0	1	2	3
14	Paul Menard	337	12	0	0	0	3
15	Kasey Kahne	330	12	2	1	3	6
16	Joey Logano	314	12	0	0	0	3
17	Jeff Burton	300	12	0	0	1	3
18	Juan Pablo Montoya	296	12	0	0	0	1
19	Aric Almirola	291	12	1	0	0	1
20	Marcos Ambrose	287	12	0	0	0	1
21	Jamie McMurray	286	12	0	0	0	2
22	Jeff Gordon	279	12	1	0	1	3
23	Regan Smith	265	12	0	0	0	0
24	A.J. Allmendinger	264	12	1	0	1	1
25	Kurt Busch	255	12	0	0	0	1