2012 Crown Royal Presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at The Brickyard Powered by Big Machine Records

Race 20 of 36

Indianapolis
160 laps
Time of race: 2:54:19
Average speed of winner: 137.680 mph
Margin of victory: 4.758 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
Lap leaders: Hamlin 1-26, Ky. Busch 27-28, Johnson 29-41, Hamlin 42, Keselowski 43-45, Johnson 46-71, Gordon 72, Kenseth 73, Labonte 74, Cassill 75, Keselowski 76-89, Johnson 90-95, Keselowski 96-100, Johnson 101-125, Ky. Busch 126, Cassill 127, Biffle 128-131, Johnson 132-160

Race notes: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. took the points lead from Matt Kenseth.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	181.357	160	5	99	running	430461	48
2	7	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	181.046	160	2	3	running	362108	43
3	5	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Puccia	181.532	160	1	4	running	293525	42
4	20	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	AMP Energy/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	180.245	160	0	0	running	263750	40
5	9	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	180.952	160	1	1	running	266961	40
6	1	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	182.763	160	2	27	running	250091	39
7	11	Ryan Newman	39	Quicken Loans	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	180.610	160	0	0	running	230058	37
8	17	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	180.433	160	0	0	running	212539	36
9	22	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	180.148	160	3	22	running	214470	36
10	28	Tony Stewart	14	Mobil 1/Office Depot	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	178.862	160	0	0	running	230175	34
11	19	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	180.386	160	0	0	running	170175	33
12	15	Kasey Kahne	5	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	180.448	160	0	0	running	172850	32
13	27	Kevin Harvick	29	Jimmy John's	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	178.894	160	0	0	running	205236	31
14	8	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Nibco	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	181.014	160	0	0	running	167300	30
15	33	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	178.419	160	0	0	running	186139	29
16	24	Sam Hornish, Jr.	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	179.928	160	0	0	running	197475	0
17	18	Trevor Bayne	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	Wood Brothers	Wingo	180.390	160	0	0	running	155525	0
18	14	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Berrier	180.473	160	0	0	running	180483	26
19	4	Aric Almirola	43	Eckrich	Ford	RPM	Ford	181.679	160	0	0	running	191411	25
20	23	Marcos Ambrose	9	DeWalt	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	180.072	160	0	0	running	181208	24
21	12	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	180.516	160	0	0	running	180966	23
22	16	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	180.437	160	0	0	running	180908	22
23	32	Dave Blaney	36	SealWrap	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton	178.486	160	0	0	running	148725	21
24	26	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Inception	Lane	179.211	160	0	0	running	163783	20
25	38	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Richert	177.340	160	2	2	running	173395	20
26	29	Bobby Labonte	47	Scott Products	Toyota	JTG	Hyder	178.816	160	1	1	running	167858	19
27	31	David Gilliland	38	Big Machine Records	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	178.508	160	0	0	running	156008	17
28	36	David Ragan	34	Scorpion Coatings/Al's Liners	Ford	Front Row	Guy	177.630	160	0	0	running	152397	16
29	2	Carl Edwards	99	Fastenal	Ford	Roush	Norris	181.984	156	0	0	running	189591	15
30	42	Ken Schrader	32	SpecialOperationsForAmerica.org	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	174.767	156	0	0	running	148825	14
31	37	Stephen Leicht	33	LittleJoesAutos.com	Chevrolet	Falk	Glover	177.347	154	0	0	running	148275	13
32	21	Jeff Burton	31	Rain-X	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	180.177	151	0	0	running	180350	12
33	3	Joey Logano	20	Dollar General	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	181.756	144	0	0	running	148525	11
34	25	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	179.519	137	0	0	running	137725	10
35	10	Matt Kenseth	17	Fifth Third Bank	Ford	Roush	Fennig	180.654	132	1	1	accident	186011	10
36	13	Kurt Busch	51	Hendrickcars.com	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	180.487	126	0	0	engine	145375	8
37	30	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Anderson	178.543	40	0	0	accident	145300	7
38	34	Scott Speed	95	Leavine Family Racing	Ford	Leavine	Wally Rogers	177.855	23	0	0	brakes	137170	6
39	41	J.J. Yeley	10	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	176.523	20	0	0	transmission	133325	5
40	35	Josh Wise	26	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	177.743	19	0	0	brakes	133245	4
41	40	Scott Riggs	23	North Texas Pipe	Chevrolet	R3	Greg Conner	176.859	14	0	0	rear gear	133070	3
42	39	Mike Skinner	79	Koma Unwind	Ford	Go Green		176.894	11	0	0	rear gear	132975	2
43	43	Mike Bliss	19	Humphrey Smith Racing, LLC	Toyota	Mark Smith	Pope	176.180	5	0	0	engine	133356	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	731	20	0	1	9	15
2	Matt Kenseth	717	20	1	1	9	13
3	Greg Biffle	709	20	2	1	9	12
4	Jimmie Johnson	704	20	1	3	10	15
5	Denny Hamlin	667	20	2	2	9	11
6	Kevin Harvick	653	20	0	0	3	9
7	Martin Truex, Jr.	653	20	1	0	4	10
8	Tony Stewart	652	20	0	3	8	10
9	Brad Keselowski	649	20	0	3	6	10
10	Clint Bowyer	643	20	0	1	4	10
11	Kyle Busch	588	20	1	1	6	9
12	Carl Edwards	582	20	1	0	2	9
13	Kasey Kahne	579	20	2	2	5	10
14	Ryan Newman	573	20	0	1	3	6
15	Jeff Gordon	564	20	1	0	3	8
16	Paul Menard	564	20	0	0	0	4
17	Joey Logano	544	20	1	1	2	7
18	Marcos Ambrose	519	20	2	0	0	4
19	Jamie McMurray	508	20	0	0	0	3
20	Jeff Burton	505	20	0	0	2	4
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	475	20	0	0	0	2
22	Aric Almirola	472	20	1	0	0	2
23	Bobby Labonte	427	20	0	0	0	1
24	Regan Smith	403	20	0	0	0	0
25	A.J. Allmendinger	400	17	1	0	1	3