2012 Coca-Cola 600

Race #12 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Season

2012 Running of the Coca-Cola 600

2012 Coca-Cola 600
*Held on May 27, 2012 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC*
400 L, 600 M, 965.6 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	5	Kasey Kahne	Quaker State	Chevy	400	96	running	47
2	8	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground	Toyota	400	13	running	43
3	17	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's Red White & Blue	Toyota	400	55	running	42
4	4	16	Greg Biffle	Fastenal	Ford	400	204	running	42
5	24	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite	Dodge	400	1	running	40
6	12	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	National Guard An American Salute	Chevy	400	0	running	38
7	23	24	Jeff Gordon	Drive to End Hunger, Chase AARP Visa	Chevy	400	5	running	38
8	14	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser Folds of Honor	Chevy	400	1	running	37
9	28	99	Carl Edwards	Fastenal	Ford	400	0	running	35
10	20	17	Matt Kenseth	Fastenal	Ford	399	0	running	34
11	3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Patriotic	Chevy	399	0	running	33
12	15	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	399	0	running	32
13	5	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy	Toyota	398	0	running	31
14	16	39	Ryan Newman	U.S. Army	Chevy	398	0	running	30
15	9	27	Paul Menard	Menards, Serta	Chevy	398	0	running	29
16	1	43	Aric Almirola	U.S. Air Force	Ford	398	3	running	29
17	10	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row, Denver Mattress	Chevy	398	0	running	27
18	18	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King Real Fruit Smoothies	Toyota	398	1	running	27
19	22	31	Jeff Burton	Wheaties	Chevy	398	0	running	25
20	29	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Chevy	398	0	running	24
21	31	1	Jamie McMurray	Bass Pro Shops, Arctic Cat	Chevy	397	0	running	23
22	25	13	Casey Mears	GEICO	Ford	397	0	running	22
23	19	20	Joey Logano	Dollar General	Toyota	397	0	running	21
24	13	21	Trevor Bayne	Motorcraft, Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	397	0	running	0
25	21	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot, Mobil 1	Chevy	397	0	running	19
26	39	38	David Gilliland	ModSpace	Ford	397	0	running	18
27	42	51	Kurt Busch	Phoenix Racing	Chevy	396	0	running	17
28	26	47	Bobby Labonte	Kingsford Charcoal	Toyota	396	0	running	16
29	37	93	Travis Kvapil	Dr. Pepper	Toyota	395	0	running	15
30	40	10	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy.com	Chevy	395	0	running	0
31	41	32	T.J. Bell	Green Smoke	Ford	390	0	running	0
32	2	9	Marcos Ambrose	DeWalt, Stanley Tools	Ford	367	20	running	13
33	11	22	A.J. Allmendinger	Shell, Pennzoil	Dodge	361	0	running	11
34	6	55	Mark Martin	Aaron's Armed Forces Foundation	Toyota	338	0	engine	10
35	30	34	David Ragan	Al's Liners, Scorpion Coatings, Arthur Krenzel Lett Insurance Group	Ford	281	1	engine	10
36	32	98	Michael McDowell	Presbyterian Healthcare System	Ford	228	0	engine	8
37	38	95	Scott Speed	Jordan Truck Sales	Ford	136	0	fuel pump	7
38	35	30	David Stremme	Red Rocks Cafe	Toyota	86	0	rear gear	6
39	34	33	Stephen Leicht	Little Joe's Autos, Precon Marine	Chevy	74	0	vibration	5
40	36	36	Dave Blaney	SealWrap Repair Tape	Chevy	54	0	engine	4
41	43	87	Joe Nemechek	AM-FM Energy, SWM	Toyota	47	0	vibration	0
42	27	74	Cole Whitt	Turn One Racing	Chevy	33	0	vibration	0
43	33	26	Josh Wise	MDS Transport	Ford	15	0	vibration	1
DID NOT QUALIFY
		19	Mike Bliss	Humphrey Smith Racing	Toyota			DNQ
		73	David Reutimann	Burger King, Dr. Pepper	Toyota			DNQ
		49	J.J. Yeley	America Israel Racing	Toyota			DNQ
		23	Scott Riggs	North Texas Pipe	Chevy			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:51:14
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Aric Almirola - 27.988 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}\|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}\|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}\|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}\|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 4.295 seconds
Average Speed: 155.687 mph
Cautions: 5 for 23 laps - Laps 113-117 (debris turn 3); Laps 135-138 (debris turn 1); Laps 171-174 (#93 accident turn 3); Laps 179-182 (debris turn 3); Laps 320-325 (debris turns 1/3)
Lead Changes: 31 among 11 drivers - Marcos Ambrose (1-2); Aric Almirola (3-5); Marcos Ambrose (6-8); Greg Biffle (9-14); Marcos Ambrose (15-22); Greg Biffle (23-113); Marcos Ambrose (114-120); Kyle Busch (121-124); Greg Biffle (125-134); Jeff Gordon (IN) (135-138); Kyle Busch (139-171); David Ragan (172); Kyle Busch (173-190); Greg Biffle (191-219); Kasey Kahne (220-221); Greg Biffle (222); Landon Cassill (223); Greg Biffle (224-280); Kasey Kahne (281-307); Denny Hamlin (308); Greg Biffle (309-315); Kasey Kahne (316); Greg Biffle (317); Kasey Kahne (318); Greg Biffle (319-320); Denny Hamlin (321-332); Kasey Kahne (333-353); Brad Keselowski (354); Kevin Harvick (355); Jeff Gordon (IN) (356); Kasey Kahne (357-400)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered