2012 Auto Club 400

Race 5 of 36

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129 laps
Time of race: 1:36:39
Average speed of winner: 160.166 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 9 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 5 laps
Lap leaders: Hamlin 1, Ky. Busch 2-67, Hamlin 68, Gordon 69, Johnson 70, Ky. Busch 71-84, Stewart 85-104, Johnson 105, Gordon 106-107, Stewart 108-129

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Tony Stewart	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Addington	185.185	129	2	42	running	323450	47
2	2	Kyle Busch	18	Interstate Batteries	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	185.534	129	2	80	running	259698	44
3	14	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Letarte	184.530	129	0	0	running	170165	41
4	7	Kevin Harvick	29	Jimmy John's	Chevrolet	Childress	Shane Wilson	185.199	129	0	0	running	181551	40
5	12	Carl Edwards	99	Subway	Ford	Roush	Osborne	185.000	129	0	0	running	161056	39
6	4	Greg Biffle	16	3M	Ford	Roush	Puccia	185.510	129	0	0	running	119590	38
7	6	Ryan Newman	39	US ARMY	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	185.328	129	0	0	running	146448	37
8	13	Martin Truex, Jr.	56	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Johnston	184.724	129	0	0	running	131504	36
9	23	Kurt Busch	51	Phoenix Construction Services Inc.	Chevrolet	Finch	Harrison	182.681	129	0	0	running	138898	35
10	10	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's/Jimmie Johnson Foundation	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	185.123	129	2	2	running	142201	35
11	1	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	186.403	129	2	2	running	149771	34
12	3	Mark Martin	55	Aaron's	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Childers	185.534	129	0	0	running	96355	32
13	11	Clint Bowyer	15	5-hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	185.052	129	0	0	running	122469	31
14	5	Kasey Kahne	5	Quaker State	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Francis	185.510	129	0	0	running	102105	30
15	25	A.J. Allmendinger	22	Southern California AAA	Dodge	Penske	Todd Gordon	182.542	129	0	0	running	134330	29
16	15	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford EcoBoost	Ford	Roush	Fennig	184.322	129	0	0	running	138866	28
17	24	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Target	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Heroy	182.560	128	0	0	running	122096	27
18	17	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Paul Wolfe	184.044	128	0	0	running	125250	26
19	27	Paul Menard	27	Menards/CertainTeed	Chevrolet	Childress	Labbe	182.366	128	0	0	running	98705	25
20	22	Regan Smith	78	Furniture Row/Farm American	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Rondeau	183.052	128	0	0	running	114163	24
21	29	Marcos Ambrose	9	DeWalt	Ford	RPM	Todd Parrott	182.007	128	0	0	running	118388	23
22	19	Jeff Burton	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Blickensderfer	183.744	128	0	0	running	127180	22
23	33	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Ford	Germain	Barker	180.542	128	0	0	running	102163	21
24	8	Joey Logano	20	Dollar General	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	185.195	128	0	0	running	95280	20
25	28	Aric Almirola	43	Medallion Financial	Ford	RPM	Ford	182.094	128	0	0	running	124016	19
26	21	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	183.379	128	2	3	running	130566	19
27	18	David Reutimann	10	Accell Construction	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Baldwin	183.913	127	0	0	running	85230	17
28	26	Bobby Labonte	47	Charter	Toyota	JTG	Berrier	182.445	127	0	0	running	104188	16
29	40	Travis Kvapil	93	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Anderson	178.864	127	0	0	running	101777	15
30	41	David Gilliland	38	1-800 LoanMart	Ford	Front Row	Tryson	178.602	127	0	0	running	85480	14
31	38	David Ragan	34	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Front Row	Guy	179.466	127	0	0	running	83280	13
32	16	Jamie McMurray	1	Bass Pro Shops/Allstate	Chevrolet	Earnhardt-Ganassi	Manion	184.068	126	0	0	running	111613	12
33	34	Dave Blaney	36	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin	Ryan Pemberton	180.433	126	0	0	running	80355	11
34	42	Ken Schrader	32	US Chrome/1 Less Than 2 Ltd.	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	178.333	125	0	0	running	88155	10
35	36	J.J. Yeley	49	America Israel Racing	Toyota	Robinson-Blakeney	Furr	180.297	125	0	0	running	79930	9
36	31	Landon Cassill	83	Burger King/Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK	Richert	180.850	124	0	0	running	106125	8
37	30	Josh Wise	26	MDS	Ford	Front Row	Dickey	181.087	51	0	0	vibration	79555	7
38	32	Michael McDowell	98	Curb Records	Ford	Phil Parsons	Nead	180.610	40	0	0	vibration	79307	6
39	20	David Stremme	30	@TheNascarFans	Toyota	Inception	Lane	183.397	36	0	0	rear gear	75855	5
40	39	Mike Bliss	19	TriStar Motorsports	Toyota	Mark Smith		179.296	18	0	0	transmission	75675	0
41	35	Scott Riggs	23	North TX Pipe	Chevrolet	R3	Cook	180.356	17	0	0	vibration	75505	3
42	43	Reed Sorenson	74	Turn One Racing	Chevrolet	Turn One	Sospenzo	179.131	6	0	0	vibration	75415	0
43	37	Brendan Gaughan	33	South Point Casino	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	179.609	1	0	0	engine	83769	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Greg Biffle	195	5	1	0	3	4
2	Kevin Harvick	188	5	0	0	2	3
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	178	5	0	0	2	3
4	Tony Stewart	177	5	0	2	2	2
5	Martin Truex, Jr.	175	5	0	0	1	3
6	Matt Kenseth	173	5	0	1	2	2
7	Denny Hamlin	171	5	1	1	2	2
8	Clint Bowyer	157	5	0	0	1	2
9	Jimmie Johnson	156	5	0	0	2	4
10	Ryan Newman	155	5	0	0	1	2
11	Paul Menard	148	5	0	0	0	3
12	Carl Edwards	146	5	1	0	2	3
13	Joey Logano	146	5	0	0	0	2
14	Kyle Busch	143	5	0	0	1	2
15	Jeff Burton	142	5	0	0	1	2
16	Brad Keselowski	139	5	0	1	2	2
17	Mark Martin	129	4	1	0	0	2
18	Juan Pablo Montoya	123	5	0	0	0	1
19	Regan Smith	118	5	0	0	0	0
20	Bobby Labonte	108	5	0	0	0	0
21	Aric Almirola	107	5	0	0	0	0
22	Jamie McMurray	106	5	0	0	0	2
23	Kurt Busch	105	5	0	0	0	1
24	Marcos Ambrose	105	5	0	0	0	0
25	Jeff Gordon	104	5	0	0	0	1