2012 Advocare 500

Race 35 of 36

Phoenix
319 laps
Time of race: 2:52:09
Average speed of winner: 111.182 mph
Margin of victory: 0.580 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 38 laps
Lap leaders: Ky. Busch 1-53, Kvapil 54-57, Martin 58-59, Ky. Busch 60-117, Hamlin 118-128, Keselowski 129-133, Hamlin 134-168, Newman 169-173, Ky. Busch 174-232, Keselowski 233-237, Ky. Busch 238-304, Harvick 305-319

Race notes: Brad Keselowski took the points lead from Jimmie Johnson.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	19	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	136.271	319	1	15	running	244886	47
2	3	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Ground	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	137.578	319	2	46	running	198051	43
3	1	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	138.766	319	4	237	running	199118	43
4	4	Kasey Kahne	5	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	137.478	319	0	0	running	123660	40
5	12	Ryan Newman	39	Quicken Loans/U.S. Army	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Borland	136.721	319	1	5	running	147918	40
6	14	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	136.622	319	2	10	running	130255	39
7	20	Greg Biffle	16	Filtrete	Ford	Roush	Puccia	136.219	319	0	0	running	99360	37
8	6	Kurt Busch	78	Furniture Row/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Berrier	137.007	319	0	0	running	112493	36
9	7	Paul Menard	27	Rheem/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	136.992	319	0	0	running	93485	35
10	10	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	136.867	319	1	2	running	84660	35
11	13	Carl Edwards	99	Fastenal	Ford	Roush	Norris	136.679	319	0	0	running	124101	33
12	21	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	136.003	319	0	0	running	110201	32
13	33	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	134.198	319	0	0	running	121560	31
14	22	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford EcoBoost	Ford	Roush	Fennig	135.905	319	0	0	running	121796	30
15	30	Bobby Labonte	47	Vektor Vodka	Toyota	JTG	Hyder	134.449	319	0	0	running	101718	29
16	5	Aric Almirola	43	Farmland	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	137.211	319	0	0	running	112346	28
17	37	Danica Patrick	10	GoDaddy Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Gibson	132.954	318	0	0	running	75010	0
18	17	Marcos Ambrose	9	Black & Decker	Ford	RPM	Blickensderfer	136.358	318	0	0	running	102568	26
19	9	Tony Stewart	14	Mobil 1/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	136.867	318	0	0	running	123785	25
20	39	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson	132.387	318	1	4	running	97568	25
21	23	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Diet Mountain Dew/AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	135.547	317	0	0	running	81985	23
22	25	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	135.211	317	0	0	running	85368	22
23	18	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Allstate	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	136.353	317	0	0	running	104518	21
24	8	Regan Smith	51	Phoenix Construction	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	136.872	316	0	0	running	90782	20
25	27	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Richert	134.948	316	0	0	running	99880	19
26	42	Dave Blaney	36	Accell Construction	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin		128.691	316	0	0	running	72785	18
27	15	Joey Logano	20	Dollar General	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	136.488	312	0	0	accident	80660	17
28	16	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	136.436	312	0	0	accident	99224	16
29	41	Timmy Hill	32	U.S. Chrome/TMone	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	129.945	312	0	0	running	77385	0
30	11	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	136.830	309	0	0	accident	117696	-11
31	26	Sam Hornish, Jr.	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	135.171	299	0	0	accident	114710	0
32	24	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	135.440	281	0	0	running	115896	12
33	29	David Ragan	34	Barrett Jackson	Ford	Front Row	Guy	134.933	280	0	0	accident	68835	11
34	32	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Swan	Lane	134.343	86	0	0	brakes	68710	10
35	35	Stephen Leicht	33	LittleJoesAutos.com	Chevrolet	Falk	Glover	133.620	74	0	0	rear gear	78085	9
36	31	David Gilliland	38	Loan Mart	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	134.373	50	0	0	accident	68435	8
37	38	Josh Wise	26	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	132.817	50	0	0	brakes	68305	7
38	28	Michael McDowell	98	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	134.948	36	0	0	brakes	68153	6
39	43	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	130.067	30	0	0	brakes	65325	0
40	34	David Reutimann	44	No Label	Ford	Xxxtreme	Kerr	134.008	28	0	0	vibration	65175	4
41	36	Mike Bliss	19	Plinker Tactical/MCM Elegante	Toyota	Mark Smith	Pope	133.576	15	0	0	accident	65020	0
42	40	Jason Leffler	91	Plinker Tactical/Value Place	Chevrolet	Mark Smith	Sospenzo	131.329	10	0	0	brakes	64895	0
43	2	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	138.217	10	0	0	engine	92988	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Brad Keselowski	2371	35	0	5	13	23
2	Jimmie Johnson	2351	35	4	5	18	24
3	Kasey Kahne	2321	35	4	2	12	19
4	Clint Bowyer	2319	35	0	3	9	22
5	Denny Hamlin	2309	35	3	5	14	17
6	Matt Kenseth	2297	35	1	3	13	19
7	Greg Biffle	2293	35	3	2	11	20
8	Kevin Harvick	2285	35	0	1	5	13
9	Tony Stewart	2284	35	1	3	12	16
10	Martin Truex, Jr.	2260	35	1	0	7	18
11	Jeff Gordon	2256	35	2	1	10	17
12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2211	33	1	1	10	19
13	Kyle Busch	1091	35	2	1	12	19
14	Ryan Newman	1009	35	0	1	5	13
15	Carl Edwards	998	35	1	0	3	13
16	Paul Menard	973	35	0	0	1	9
17	Joey Logano	935	35	1	1	2	12
18	Marcos Ambrose	918	35	2	1	3	8
19	Jeff Burton	858	35	0	0	2	6
20	Jamie McMurray	844	35	0	0	0	3
21	Aric Almirola	831	35	1	0	1	3
22	Juan Pablo Montoya	794	35	2	0	0	2
23	Bobby Labonte	753	35	0	0	0	2
24	Regan Smith	733	33	0	0	1	4
25	Kurt Busch	700	34	0	0	1	4