2012 Federated Auto Parts 400

Race 26 of 36

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 2:59:58
Average speed of winner: 100.019 mph
Margin of victory: 1.198 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 41 laps
Lap leaders: Earnhardt, Jr. 1-6, Gordon 7-8, Earnhardt, Jr. 9-47, McDowell 48, Earnhardt, Jr. 49-58, Hamlin 59-84, Earnhardt, Jr. 85-93, Hamlin 94-155, Earnhardt, Jr. 156-158, Hamlin 159-231, Johnson 232-233, Hamlin 234-241, Truex 242-248, Hamlin 249-281, Kahne 282-284, Stewart 285-299, Newman 300-312, Bowyer 313-400

Race notes: Denny Hamlin took the points lead from Greg Biffle.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	126.808	400	1	88	running	226114	1195
2	2	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	126.981	400	1	2	running	203546	1266
3	6	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	126.784	400	0	0	running	128785	41
4	28	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	125.371	400	1	15	running	174685	1240
5	17	Matt Kenseth	17	Best Buy	Ford	Roush	Fennig	125.974	400	0	0	running	152221	1145
6	20	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	125.845	400	0	0	running	135335	38
7	10	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	126.547	400	0	0	running	125530	1178
8	14	Ryan Newman	39	Quicken Loans	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	126.074	400	1	13	running	126218	37
9	23	Greg Biffle	16	3M/Owens & Minor	Ford	Roush	Puccia	125.599	400	0	0	running	93885	1127
10	13	Kevin Harvick	29	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	126.080	400	0	0	running	135096	1193
11	11	Sam Hornish, Jr.	22	Shell Pennzoil	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	126.410	400	0	0	running	122210	0
12	21	Kasey Kahne	5	Quaker State	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	125.722	399	1	3	running	89035	1249
13	5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	126.790	399	1	2	running	122296	1161
14	1	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	127.023	399	5	67	running	92435	1132
15	22	Marcos Ambrose	9	MAC Tools	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	125.692	399	0	0	running	106593	29
16	15	Kyle Busch	18	M&M's	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	126.033	399	0	0	running	120118	28
17	16	Carl Edwards	99	Kellogg's	Ford	Roush	Norris	126.033	399	0	0	running	119301	27
18	7	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	126.671	399	5	202	running	122951	1190
19	12	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King	Toyota	BK	Richert	126.139	399	0	0	running	102880	25
20	24	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	125.546	399	0	0	running	107476	24
21	9	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	126.553	399	1	7	running	103174	1162
22	26	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Allstate	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	125.389	398	0	0	running	106693	22
23	25	Paul Menard	27	Menards/Moen	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	125.511	398	0	0	running	83385	21
24	3	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Berrier	126.910	398	0	0	running	101293	20
25	29	Bobby Labonte	47	Bush's Beans	Toyota	JTG	Hyder	125.342	397	0	0	running	99568	19
26	18	Aric Almirola	43	Smithfield	Ford	RPM	Ford	125.939	397	0	0	running	111571	18
27	32	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King/Dr. Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson	124.988	397	0	0	running	96568	17
28	30	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	125.226	396	0	0	running	93843	16
29	42	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	124.087	396	0	0	running	83507	15
30	8	Joey Logano	20	The Home Depot	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	126.600	396	0	0	running	83335	14
31	35	David Gilliland	38	Mossy Oak/Pursuit Channel	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	124.746	395	0	0	running	73210	13
32	27	David Ragan	34	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	Guy	125.389	395	0	0	running	70560	12
33	33	Dave Blaney	36	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton	124.890	395	0	0	running	70435	11
34	37	David Reutimann	10	No. 10 Inc. 5000-@TMone 6-peat	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	124.706	393	0	0	running	70310	10
35	39	Ken Schrader	32	Federated Auto Parts	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	124.407	393	0	0	running	78160	9
36	36	Stephen Leicht	33	Special Ops OPSEC	Chevrolet	Falk	Glover	124.723	390	0	0	running	79510	8
37	31	David Stremme	30	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Swan	Lane	125.052	127	0	0	brakes	69880	7
38	34	Joe Nemechek	87	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	Toyota	Nemechek	Gray	124.879	90	0	0	brakes	69728	0
39	38	Scott Riggs	23	North Texas Pipe	Chevrolet	R3	Greg Conner	124.539	78	0	0	brakes	66900	5
40	40	Mike Bliss	19	Plinker Tactical	Toyota	Mark Smith	Pope	124.315	70	0	0	wheel bearing	66775	0
41	19	Michael McDowell	98	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	125.880	63	1	1	brakes	66625	4
42	41	Josh Wise	26	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	124.161	57	0	0	brakes	66500	2
43	43	Reed Sorenson	91	Plinker Tactical	Chevrolet	Mark Smith	Sospenzo	123.779	57	0	0	power	66860	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Denny Hamlin	2012	26	2	4	11	13
2	Tony Stewart	2009	26	1	3	10	12
3	Jimmie Johnson	2009	26	1	3	12	17
4	Brad Keselowski	2009	26	0	3	10	15
5	Greg Biffle	2006	26	2	2	10	15
6	Clint Bowyer	2006	26	0	2	6	15
7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2003	26	1	1	10	17
8	Matt Kenseth	2003	26	1	1	10	16
9	Kasey Kahne	2000	26	2	2	7	13
10	Jeff Gordon	2000	26	1	1	7	12
11	Kevin Harvick	2000	26	0	0	4	11
12	Martin Truex, Jr.	2000	26	1	0	6	14
13	Kyle Busch	774	26	1	1	6	12
14	Carl Edwards	747	26	1	0	2	11
15	Marcos Ambrose	735	26	2	1	3	8
16	Ryan Newman	734	26	0	1	3	9
17	Paul Menard	731	26	0	0	0	7
18	Joey Logano	678	26	1	1	2	8
19	Jeff Burton	647	26	0	0	2	5
20	Jamie McMurray	640	26	0	0	0	3
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	608	26	2	0	0	2
22	Aric Almirola	587	26	1	0	0	2
23	Regan Smith	566	26	0	0	0	2
24	Bobby Labonte	557	26	0	0	0	1
25	Kurt Busch	499	25	0	0	1	2