2012 STP 300

Race 18 of 33

Chicagoland
201 laps
Time of race: 2:18:10
Average speed of winner: 130.929 mph
Margin of victory: 0.331 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
Lap leaders: Stenhouse pole, Hornish 1-6, Stenhouse 7-48, Dillon 49, Whitt 50-51, Bliss 52-55, Stenhouse 56-59, Hornish 60-75, Stenhouse 76-107, Annett 108, Stenhouse 109-165, Sadler 166-168, Allgaier 169, Sadler 170-201

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	15	Elliott Sadler	2	Hunt Brothers Pizza	Chevrolet			173.344	201	2	35	running	88468	47
2	1	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	6	Rancher's Reserve/Dominick's/Cargill	Ford			176.916	201	4	135	running	75593	44
3	16	Justin Allgaier	31	Brandt	Chevrolet			173.049	201	1	1	running	43468	42
4	11	Kenny Wallace	09	Family Farmers	Toyota			174.087	201	0	0	running	26950	-6
5	14	Michael Annett	43	Pilot/Flying J	Ford			173.377	201	1	1	running	31043	40
6	2	Austin Dillon	3	AdvoCare	Chevrolet			176.783	201	1	1	running	30343	39
7	5	Parker Kligerman	22	Discount Tire	Dodge			175.804	201	0	0	running	27203	0
8	3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	12	Alliance Truck Parts	Dodge			176.367	201	2	22	running	26713	37
9	8	Cole Whitt	88	TaxSlayer.com	Chevrolet			175.222	201	1	2	running	24618	36
10	9	Ryan Truex	18	Grime Boss	Toyota			174.865	201	0	0	running	24943	34
11	6	Brian Scott	11	Dollar General	Toyota			175.667	201	0	0	running	23368	33
12	7	Mike Bliss	44	TriStar Motorsports	Toyota			175.285	201	1	4	running	23018	33
13	22	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota			171.625	201	0	0	running	22293	31
14	13	Danica Patrick	7	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet			173.460	201	0	0	running	21768	30
15	18	James Buescher	30	Fresh from Florida Gulf Seafood	Chevrolet			173.044	200	0	0	running	22093	0
16	24	Mike Wallace	01	Gerber Collision & Glass	Chevrolet			171.396	200	0	0	running	21893	28
17	32	Travis Pastrana	99	boost mobile	Toyota			169.587	200	0	0	running	23768	27
18	25	Timmy Hill	41	Poynt.com	Ford			171.233	200	0	0	running	21043	26
19	21	Brad Sweet	38	Great Clips	Chevrolet			172.194	200	0	0	running	20918	25
20	28	Josh Richards	39	NSWKids.com	Ford			170.541	199	0	0	running	15000	24
21	12	Johanna Long	70	Foretravel Motorcoach	Chevrolet			173.617	199	0	0	running	20668	23
22	27	Jeremy Clements	51	Phoenix Automotive Cores/USS James E. Williams	Chevrolet			170.729	199	0	0	running	20518	22
23	17	Jason Bowles	81	American Majority	Toyota			173.049	198	0	0	running	20368	21
24	19	Eric McClure	14	Hefty/Reynolds Wrap	Toyota			172.298	198	0	0	running	20243	20
25	30	Tayler Malsam	19	G-Oil/Noah's Light Foundation	Toyota			169.742	197	0	0	running	20578	19
26	35	Tanner Berryhill	17	New Gulf Resources	Toyota			168.982	194	0	0	running	13500	18
27	4	Kyle Busch	54	Monster Energy	Toyota			175.833	193	0	0	accident	14100	0
28	10	Brendan Gaughan	33	Rheem/Menards	Chevrolet			174.492	192	0	0	accident	19643	0
29	20	Jamie Dick	23	Viva Auto Group	Chevrolet			172.227	192	0	0	running	13050	15
30	26	Erik Darnell	40	Curtis Key Plumbing	Chevrolet			170.794	179	0	0	running	19668	14
31	36	Benny Gordon	24	SR2 Motorsports	Chevrolet			168.750	60	0	0	transmission	12770	13
32	33	Danny Efland	4	TradeBank	Chevrolet			169.210	47	0	0	engine	12635	12
33	37	Tim Schendel	52	Metro Ministries	Chevrolet			168.740	28	0	0	engine	12525	11
34	41	Morgan Shepherd	89	Racing with Jesus/Hyland's Leg Cramps	Chevrolet			165.771	19	0	0	handling	12415	10
35	40	Matt Carter	71	RWR/Lilly Trucking	Chevrolet			165.924	18	0	0	handling	12310	9
36	29	Blake Koch	42	Curtis Key Plumbing	Chevrolet			169.977	14	0	0	ignition	12275	8
37	39	Tim Andrews	08	Randy Hill Racing	Ford			166.236	13	0	0	rear gear	12240	7
38	38	T.J. Bell	50	Beaver Bail Bonds	Chevrolet			167.567	13	0	0	vibration	12186	6
39	42	Mike Harmon	74	Koma Unwind Relaxation Drink	Chevrolet			163.939	12	0	0	overheating	12070	5
40	34	Chase Miller	46	TheMotorsportsGroup.com	Chevrolet			169.109	11	0	0	vibration	12030	4
41	31	Stephen Leicht	47	Curtis Key Plumbing	Chevrolet			169.635	6	0	0	clutch	11965	0
42	43	Carl Long	15	RWR/Lilly Trucking	Chevrolet			161.686	4	0	0	overheating	11935	2
43	23	Jeff Green	10	TriStar Motorsports	Toyota			171.527	4	0	0	vibration	11887	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Elliott Sadler	675	18	2	3	7	14
2	Austin Dillon	664	18	2	1	10	14
3	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	656	18	3	3	10	13
4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	633	18	0	0	4	11
5	Justin Allgaier	597	18	0	0	3	12
6	Michael Annett	569	18	0	0	3	6
7	Cole Whitt	550	18	0	0	3	8
8	Mike Bliss	491	18	0	0	0	1
9	Danica Patrick	443	18	1	0	0	1
10	Brian Scott	430	18	0	0	2	5
11	Joe Nemechek	421	17	0	0	0	0
12	Tayler Malsam	412	18	0	0	0	1
13	Jason Bowles	391	18	0	0	0	0
14	Mike Wallace	386	18	0	0	0	0
15	Jeremy Clements	384	18	0	0	0	1
16	Erik Darnell	308	17	0	0	0	0
17	Timmy Hill	272	14	0	0	0	2
18	Johanna Long	270	12	0	0	0	0
19	Eric McClure	251	13	0	0	0	0
20	T.J. Bell	241	18	0	0	0	0
21	Brad Sweet	218	9	0	0	0	1
22	Ryan Truex	204	7	1	0	1	4
23	Josh Richards	198	11	0	0	0	0
24	Danny Efland	190	10	0	0	0	0
25	Trevor Bayne	180	5	0	0	1	3