2012 AAA Texas 500

Race 34 of 36

Texas
335 laps
Time of race: 3:41:30
Average speed of winner: 136.117 mph
Margin of victory: 0.808 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 49 laps
Lap leaders: Johnson 1-48, Newman 49-50, Johnson 51-101, Newman 102-105, Keselowski 106-118, Johnson 119-165, Ky. Busch 166, Kenseth 167, Bayne 168-171, Kvapil 172, Johnson 173-190, Ky. Busch 191-223, Keselowski 224, Ky. Busch 225-235, Keselowski 236-276, Ky. Busch 277-311, Johnson 312, Keselowski 313-326, Johnson 327, Keselowski 328-333, Johnson 334-335

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	191.076	335	7	168	running	492086	48
2	8	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	189.534	335	5	75	running	353830	43
3	3	Kyle Busch	18	Snickers	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	190.127	335	4	80	running	268143	42
4	10	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford EcoBoost	Ford	Roush	Fennig	189.460	335	1	1	running	241021	41
5	21	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	188.042	335	0	0	running	212935	39
6	4	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	190.067	335	0	0	running	180149	38
7	19	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	188.357	335	0	0	running	148085	37
8	18	Kurt Busch	78	Furniture Row	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Berrier	188.396	335	0	0	running	155493	36
9	23	Kevin Harvick	29	Rheem/Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	187.780	335	0	0	running	168971	35
10	2	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Puccia	190.382	335	0	0	running	128560	34
11	6	Joey Logano	20	Home Depot/redbeacon.com	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	189.760	335	0	0	running	121585	33
12	36	Ryan Newman	39	Quicken Loans	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Borland	186.368	335	2	6	running	155443	33
13	5	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	Carlyle Tools by NAPA	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	189.994	335	0	0	running	134249	31
14	16	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	188.798	335	0	0	running	148021	30
15	14	Aric Almirola	43	Farmland	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	188.976	335	0	0	running	141221	29
16	9	Carl Edwards	99	Aflac	Ford	Roush	Norris	189.474	335	0	0	running	145051	28
17	17	Sam Hornish, Jr.	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	188.627	335	0	0	running	142785	0
18	24	Jamie McMurray	1	McDonald's	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	187.565	335	0	0	running	132543	26
19	22	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	187.996	335	0	0	running	139210	25
20	12	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Office	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	189.274	335	0	0	running	143051	24
21	20	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	188.337	335	0	0	running	116343	23
22	7	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	189.607	335	1	4	running	99810	0
23	38	Travis Kvapil	93	Dr. Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson	185.867	335	1	1	running	121943	22
24	32	Danica Patrick	10	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Gibson	186.541	335	0	0	running	99210	0
25	13	Kasey Kahne	5	Hendrickcars.com/Great Clips	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	188.990	334	0	0	running	107185	19
26	41	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Richert	184.382	333	0	0	running	125755	18
27	27	Paul Menard	27	Quaker State/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	187.350	332	0	0	running	106585	17
28	33	David Ragan	34	CertainTeed/31-W	Ford	Front Row	Guy	186.477	331	0	0	running	109668	16
29	11	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	189.294	329	0	0	accident	97710	15
30	31	Scott Speed	95	B&D Electrical/TWD	Ford	Leavine	Wally Rogers	186.858	328	0	0	running	96000	14
31	42	Ken Schrader	32	Federated Auto Parts	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	181.843	328	0	0	running	105560	13
32	15	Marcos Ambrose	9	Mac Tools	Ford	RPM	Blickensderfer	188.923	310	0	0	accident	124743	12
33	29	Bobby Labonte	47	Wounded Warrior Project	Toyota	JTG	Hyder	187.227	284	0	0	running	111682	11
34	25	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Huggies	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	187.435	279	0	0	running	123926	10
35	30	David Gilliland	38	Long John Silver's	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	186.858	225	0	0	engine	93460	9
36	26	A.J. Allmendinger	51	Phoenix Construction	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	187.389	107	0	0	accident	101510	8
37	35	Josh Wise	26	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	186.413	41	0	0	vibration	93030	7
38	37	Michael McDowell	98	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	186.066	37	0	0	overheating	92803	6
39	40	Dave Blaney	36	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin		184.906	37	0	0	brakes	89900	5
40	43	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	185.586	33	0	0	vibration	89700	0
41	34	Mike Bliss	19	Plinker Tactical/MCM Elegante	Toyota	Mark Smith	Pope	186.471	32	0	0	brakes	89475	0
42	28	J.J. Yeley	37	MaxQWorkForce.com	Ford	Gunselman	Furr	187.266	10	0	0	overheating	89275	2
43	39	Reed Sorenson	91	Plinker Tactical/MCM Elegante	Toyota	Mark Smith	Sospenzo	185.714	6	0	0	electrical	89561	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jimmie Johnson	2339	34	4	5	18	24
2	Brad Keselowski	2332	34	0	5	13	22
3	Clint Bowyer	2303	34	0	3	9	22
4	Kasey Kahne	2281	34	4	2	11	18
5	Matt Kenseth	2267	34	1	3	13	19
6	Jeff Gordon	2267	34	2	1	10	17
7	Denny Hamlin	2266	34	3	5	13	16
8	Tony Stewart	2259	34	1	3	12	16
9	Martin Truex, Jr.	2259	34	1	0	7	18
10	Greg Biffle	2256	34	3	2	11	19
11	Kevin Harvick	2238	34	0	0	4	12
12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2188	32	1	1	10	19
13	Kyle Busch	1048	34	1	1	11	18
14	Ryan Newman	969	34	0	1	4	12
15	Carl Edwards	965	34	1	0	3	13
16	Paul Menard	938	34	0	0	1	8
17	Joey Logano	918	34	1	1	2	12
18	Marcos Ambrose	892	34	2	1	3	8
19	Jeff Burton	827	34	0	0	2	6
20	Jamie McMurray	823	34	0	0	0	3
21	Aric Almirola	803	34	1	0	1	3
22	Juan Pablo Montoya	762	34	2	0	0	2
23	Bobby Labonte	724	34	0	0	0	2
24	Regan Smith	713	32	0	0	1	4
25	Kurt Busch	664	33	0	0	1	3