2012 O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge

Race 31 of 33

Texas
200 laps
Time of race: 2:06:50
Average speed of winner: 141.919 mph
Margin of victory: 1.628 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 22 laps
Lap leaders: Busch 1-63, Harvick 64-89, Busch 90, Harvick 91, Sadler 92, Harvick 93-143, Dillon 144, Harvick 145-156, Hamlin 157-162, Harvick 163-181, Busch 182, Harvick 183-200

Race notes: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. took the points lead from Elliott Sadler.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Kevin Harvick	33	OneMain Financial	Chevrolet			181.452	200	6	127	running	66175	0
2	19	Ryan Blaney	22	Discount Tire	Dodge			176.927	200	0	0	running	52168	0
3	1	Kyle Busch	54	Monster Energy	Toyota			183.051	200	3	65	running	40750	0
4	5	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	6	NOS	Ford			181.257	200	0	0	running	37568	40
5	9	Denny Hamlin	18	Z-Line Designs	Toyota			180.000	200	1	6	running	24725	0
6	4	Austin Dillon	3	Advocare	Chevrolet			181.293	200	1	1	running	29893	39
7	14	Sam Hornish, Jr.	12	Alliance Truck Parts	Dodge			178.501	200	0	0	running	25803	37
8	17	Justin Allgaier	31	Brandt	Chevrolet			178.100	200	0	0	running	24763	36
9	20	Kevin Swindell	98	Carroll Shelby Motors	Ford			176.407	200	0	0	running	17200	35
10	7	Joey Logano	20	GameStop/NASCAR The Game	Toyota			180.090	200	0	0	running	17025	0
11	2	Elliott Sadler	2	OneMain Financial	Chevrolet			182.859	200	1	1	running	22118	34
12	6	Cole Whitt	88	NASCAR Bashers	Chevrolet			180.355	200	0	0	running	21368	32
13	15	Brad Sweet	38	Great Clips	Chevrolet			178.448	200	0	0	running	20843	31
14	8	Danica Patrick	7	SEGA Sonic the Hedgehog/GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet			180.084	200	0	0	running	20418	30
15	10	Kenny Wallace	99	Toyota	Toyota			179.850	200	0	0	running	21368	29
16	13	Jeremy Clements	51	Kelly-Moore Paints/stjude.org	Chevrolet			178.566	200	0	0	running	22668	28
17	18	Michael Annett	43	Pilot/Flying J	Ford			177.626	200	0	0	running	19943	27
18	16	Mike Bliss	10	Bandit Chippers/Radisson	Toyota			178.448	200	0	0	running	13350	26
19	12	Ryan Newman	30	Great Clips	Chevrolet			178.690	199	0	0	running	13225	0
20	23	Joe Nemechek	87	SWM	Toyota			175.856	199	0	0	running	20243	24
21	22	Eric McClure	14	Hefty/Reynolds Wrap/Radisson	Toyota			176.229	199	0	0	running	19443	23
22	11	Brian Scott	11	Dollar General	Toyota			179.057	198	0	0	running	19318	22
23	24	David Starr	24	Chasco	Toyota			175.793	198	0	0	running	19168	0
24	27	Mike Wallace	01	G&K Services	Chevrolet			175.046	198	0	0	running	19043	20
25	39	Erik Darnell	40	Key Motorsports	Chevrolet			172.249	198	0	0	running	19043	19
26	26	John Blankenship	44	Coal Save the Country	Chevrolet			175.444	197	0	0	running	19093	18
27	40	Robert Richardson, Jr.	23	Tia Rosa	Chevrolet			172.166	197	0	0	running	12175	17
28	42	Danny Efland	4	Tradebank/Shauq Construction	Chevrolet			170.956	194	0	0	running	18518	16
29	41	Juan Carlos Blum	41	VMP Nutrition/Momentis/34 Technologies	Chevrolet			171.021	194	0	0	running	18443	15
30	34	Hal Martin	19	American Custom Yachts/US Forensics/Radisson	Toyota			173.171	192	0	0	running	18693	14
31	33	Joey Gase	52	www.BBB.org	Chevrolet			173.997	191	0	0	running	11870	13
32	36	Scott Saunders	08	Broo Premium Australian Beer	Ford			172.900	191	0	0	running	11810	12
33	30	Jason Bowles	81	Undauntedmovie.com	Toyota			174.565	175	0	0	running	18243	11
34	32	Scott Riggs	03	Wollbros	Chevrolet			174.396	154	0	0	rear gear	11740	0
35	38	Tim Andrews	39	United Supermarkets	Ford			172.403	105	0	0	electrical	18153	9
36	21	Johanna Long	70	Foretravel	Chevrolet			176.390	56	0	0	transmission	18118	8
37	31	Jeff Green	91	Tri Star Motorsports/Radisson	Toyota			174.452	30	0	0	vibration	11615	7
38	25	Blake Koch	00	Ruch Motorsports	Toyota			175.661	23	0	0	rear gear	11561	6
39	35	Timmy Hill	75	RWR	Ford			172.922	22	0	0	vibration	11445	5
40	37	Kevin Lepage	86	Qello	Ford			172.817	20	0	0	transmission	11405	4
41	29	J.J. Yeley	47	Curtis Key Plumbing	Chevrolet			174.803	7	0	0	brakes	11335	0
42	28	Josh Wise	42	Key Motorsports	Chevrolet			174.921	6	0	0	electrical	11290	0
43	43	T.J. Bell	50	Gulf Coast Loss Prevention	Chevrolet			172.761	1	0	0	engine	11218	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	1170	31	4	6	18	24
2	Elliott Sadler	1170	31	4	4	15	23
3	Austin Dillon	1149	31	3	2	15	25
4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	1075	31	1	0	9	21
5	Michael Annett	1019	31	0	0	6	16
6	Justin Allgaier	1010	31	0	1	6	19
7	Cole Whitt	945	31	0	0	4	13
8	Mike Bliss	846	31	0	0	0	1
9	Brian Scott	780	31	0	0	2	9
10	Danica Patrick	772	31	1	0	0	3
11	Joe Nemechek	762	30	0	0	0	1
12	Mike Wallace	706	31	0	0	0	1
13	Jason Bowles	673	31	0	0	0	0
14	Jeremy Clements	668	31	0	0	0	2
15	Tayler Malsam	609	26	0	0	0	1
16	Erik Darnell	542	29	0	0	0	0
17	Eric McClure	518	26	0	0	0	0
18	Brad Sweet	442	17	0	0	0	2
19	Timmy Hill	435	27	0	0	0	2
20	Johanna Long	418	20	0	0	0	0
21	Danny Efland	314	17	0	0	0	0
22	Ryan Truex	292	10	1	0	1	4
23	Kenny Wallace	281	13	0	0	1	3
24	T.J. Bell	258	22	0	0	0	0
25	Josh Richards	256	14	0	0	0	0