2012 Quicken Loans 400

Race 15 of 36

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:52:29
Average speed of winner: 139.144 mph
Margin of victory: 5.393 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 14 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 39 laps
Lap leaders: Ambrose 1-5, Biffle 6-26, Ambrose 27-31, Kenseth 32-48, Ambrose 49-52, Yeley 53, Biffle 54-68, Ambrose 69, Earnhardt, Jr. 70-82, Blaney 83, Gilliland 84, Earnhardt, Jr. 85-86, Stewart 87-104, Earnhardt, Jr. 105-117, Gordon 118, Montoya 119-122, Gordon 123-125, Earnhardt, Jr. 126-162, Biffle 163-164, Bowyer 165, McMurray 166, Keselowski 167-169, Burton 170, Earnhardt, Jr. 171-200

Race notes: First pole for Marcos Ambrose. Debut for Austin Dillon.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	17	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Diet Mountain Dew/The Dark Knight Rises/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	200.317	200	5	95	running	168775	48
2	8	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	201.370	200	1	18	running	179160	43
3	6	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford EcoBoost	Ford	Roush	Fennig	201.461	200	1	17	running	155096	42
4	3	Greg Biffle	16	3M/Salute	Ford	Roush	Puccia	201.816	200	3	38	running	120910	41
5	10	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	201.179	200	0	0	running	140496	39
6	28	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	197.922	200	2	4	running	134046	39
7	13	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	200.686	200	1	1	running	117649	38
8	21	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	199.612	200	1	4	running	120176	37
9	1	Marcos Ambrose	9	Stanley	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	203.241	200	4	15	running	121743	36
10	2	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser Folds of Honor	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	202.037	200	0	0	running	134346	34
11	42	Carl Edwards	99	Fastenal	Ford	Roush	Osborne	no speed	200	0	0	running	133426	33
12	16	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Scott Miller	200.384	200	0	0	running	112524	32
13	25	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	198.473	200	1	3	running	118705	32
14	19	Jamie McMurray	1	McDonald's	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	200.111	200	1	1	running	115218	31
15	5	Ryan Newman	39	US ARMY	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	201.472	199	0	0	running	125068	29
16	31	Bobby Labonte	47	Charter	Toyota	JTG	Berrier	197.395	199	0	0	running	109693	28
17	15	Aric Almirola	43	Medallion	Ford	RPM	Ford	200.390	199	0	0	running	119621	27
18	32	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Richert	197.087	199	0	0	running	108630	26
19	20	A.J. Allmendinger	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	199.944	199	0	0	running	122860	25
20	24	Casey Mears	13	Valvoline NEXTGEN	Ford	Germain	Barker	198.555	199	0	0	running	98893	24
21	33	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	197.055	199	1	1	running	119735	24
22	18	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Duracell	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	200.133	199	0	0	running	88935	22
23	38	David Ragan	34	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Guy	196.673	199	0	0	running	94743	21
24	22	Austin Dillon	33	American Ethanol	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	199.540	198	0	0	running	88285	0
25	36	Dave Blaney	36	Seal Wrap	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton	196.818	198	1	1	running	80485	20
26	39	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Anderson	193.107	197	0	0	running	99268	18
27	35	David Gilliland	38	Long John Silver's	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	196.829	197	1	1	running	88857	18
28	12	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	200.725	197	0	0	running	87160	16
29	14	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	200.591	195	0	0	engine	78460	15
30	26	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction Services, Inc.	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	198.238	194	0	0	running	85385	14
31	40	Ken Schrader	32	Federated Auto Parts	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	190.638	193	0	0	running	83735	13
32	34	Kyle Busch	18	Snickers	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	197.028	157	0	0	running	122843	12
33	4	Kasey Kahne	5	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	201.720	151	0	0	accident	83910	11
34	11	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Office	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	200.882	132	0	0	accident	120451	10
35	9	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	201.247	125	0	0	accident	83310	9
36	41	Tony Raines	10	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	188.216	68	0	0	vibration	75260	8
37	43	J.J. Yeley	49	America Israel Racing/JPO Absorbents	Toyota	Robinson-Blakeney	Furr	195.117	67	1	1	brakes	75205	8
38	27	Michael McDowell	98	Presbyterian Healthcare	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	198.118	41	0	0	vibration	75093	6
39	29	Mike Bliss	19	Humphrey Smith Racing, LLC	Toyota	Mark Smith	Clapprood	197.780	35	0	0	overheating	72340	0
40	37	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	196.770	32	0	0	vibration	72300	0
41	23	Scott Riggs	23	North TX Pipe	Chevrolet	R3	Cook	199.474	27	0	0	power	72260	3
42	30	Josh Wise	26	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	197.699	9	0	0	engine	72195	2
43	7	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	201.444	7	0	0	engine	71792	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	565	15	0	1	8	11
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	561	15	0	1	6	12
3	Greg Biffle	548	15	2	1	8	9
4	Jimmie Johnson	532	15	0	2	8	11
5	Denny Hamlin	514	15	1	2	7	8
6	Kevin Harvick	504	15	0	0	3	8
7	Martin Truex, Jr.	497	15	1	0	4	8
8	Tony Stewart	491	15	0	2	6	7
9	Clint Bowyer	481	15	0	0	2	8
10	Brad Keselowski	458	15	0	2	4	6
11	Carl Edwards	456	15	1	0	2	8
12	Kyle Busch	432	15	0	1	5	7
13	Ryan Newman	427	15	0	1	2	3
14	Paul Menard	421	15	0	0	0	4
15	Joey Logano	407	15	1	1	1	5
16	Kasey Kahne	391	15	2	1	3	7
17	Marcos Ambrose	388	15	1	0	0	3
18	Jamie McMurray	377	15	0	0	0	3
19	Juan Pablo Montoya	377	15	0	0	0	2
20	Jeff Gordon	375	15	1	0	1	4
21	Jeff Burton	375	15	0	0	1	3
22	Aric Almirola	372	15	1	0	0	2
23	Mark Martin	341	12	3	0	2	5
24	A.J. Allmendinger	330	15	1	0	1	1
25	Regan Smith	326	15	0	0	0	0