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2012 GEICO 400
Held on September 16, 2012 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, IL
267 L, 400.5 M, 644.538 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	13	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite	Dodge	267	76	running	47
2	1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's, Kobalt Tools	Chevy	267	172	running	44
3	6	5	Kasey Kahne	Farmers Insurance	Chevy	267	0	running	41
4	21	18	Kyle Busch	Wrigley Doublemint	Toyota	267	0	running	40
5	20	39	Ryan Newman	Gene Haas Foundation Workshops For Warriors	Chevy	267	0	running	39
6	29	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot, Mobil 1	Chevy	267	3	running	39
7	10	20	Joey Logano	Dollar General	Toyota	267	0	running	37
8	4	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	AMP Energy, 7-Eleven, National Guard	Chevy	267	0	running	36
9	18	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	267	0	running	35
10	9	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy	Toyota	267	6	running	35
11	16	22	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Shell, Pennzoil	Dodge	267	0	running	0
12	35	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser	Chevy	267	0	running	32
13	22	16	Greg Biffle	Scotch Blue	Ford	267	0	running	31
14	15	55	Mark Martin	LG Partner of the Year, Aaron's	Toyota	267	0	running	30
15	11	27	Paul Menard	Menards, Libman	Chevy	267	0	running	29
16	8	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground	Toyota	267	1	running	29
17	2	43	Aric Almirola	Farmland	Ford	266	3	running	28
18	3	17	Matt Kenseth	Best Buy	Ford	266	2	running	27
19	5	99	Carl Edwards	Fastenal	Ford	266	0	running	25
20	14	21	Trevor Bayne	Good Sam, Camping World	Ford	266	0	running	0
21	12	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's	Chevy	266	1	running	24
22	37	34	David Ragan	Distraction.gov	Ford	266	3	running	23
23	28	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Chevy	265	0	running	21
24	32	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar	Chevy	265	0	running	20
25	41	10	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy.com	Chevy	265	0	running	0
26	23	47	Bobby Labonte	Bubba Burger	Toyota	264	0	running	18
27	17	9	Marcos Ambrose	Stanley, DeWalt Tools	Ford	263	0	running	17
28	40	38	David Gilliland	1-800-LoanMart	Ford	263	0	running	16
29	26	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King	Toyota	262	0	running	15
30	39	32	T.J. Bell	U.S. Chrome	Ford	261	0	running	0
31	38	93	Travis Kvapil	Burger King, Dr. Pepper	Toyota	259	0	running	13
32	30	51	Kurt Busch	Phoenix Racing	Chevy	245	0	running	12
33	42	36	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevy	199	0	engine	11
34	7	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row, Denver Mattress	Chevy	197	0	engine	10
35	19	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont	Chevy	190	0	accident	9
36	27	13	Casey Mears	GEICO	Ford	146	0	accident	8
37	36	33	Cole Whitt	Special Ops OPSEC	Chevy	70	0	fuel pressure	0
38	43	26	Josh Wise	MDS Transport	Ford	66	0	vibration	6
39	31	30	David Stremme	Swan Racing	Toyota	60	0	transmission	5
40	33	87	Joe Nemechek	AM-FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves	Toyota	52	0	vibration	0
41	25	95	Scott Speed	Jordan Truck Sales	Ford	49	0	suspension	3
42	34	19	Mike Bliss	Plinker Tactical	Toyota	41	0	brakes	0
43	24	98	Michael McDowell	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	38	0	rear gear	1
DID NOT QUALIFY
		23	Scott Riggs	North Texas Pipe	Chevy			DNQ
		91	Reed Sorenson	Plinker Tactical	Chevy			DNQ
		37	J.J. Yeley	Bradley University	Chevy			DNQ
		49	Jason Leffler	Robinson-Blakeney Racing	Toyota			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 2h:47:37
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Jimmie Johnson - 29.530 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: 3.171 seconds
Average Speed: 143.363 mph
Cautions: 4 for 23 laps - not available
Lead Changes: 16 among 9 drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered