2012 Quaker State 400

Race #17 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Season

2012 Quaker State 400
*Held on June 30, 2012 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, KY*
267 L, 400.5 M, 644.538 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	8	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite	Dodge	267	68	running	47
2	19	5	Kasey Kahne	Quaker State	Chevy	267	0	running	42
3	3	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express	Toyota	267	58	running	42
4	7	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Diet Mountain Dew, National Guard	Chevy	267	0	running	40
5	9	24	Jeff Gordon	Drive to End Hunger, AARP	Chevy	267	0	running	39
6	1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Dover White	Chevy	267	21	running	39
7	20	17	Matt Kenseth	Fifth Third Bank	Ford	267	0	running	37
8	10	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	267	0	running	36
9	16	22	A.J. Allmendinger	Shell, Pennzoil	Dodge	267	0	running	35
10	2	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's Red, White & Blue	Toyota	267	118	running	36
11	4	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser Folds of Honor	Chevy	267	0	running	33
12	15	27	Paul Menard	Menards, Sylvania	Chevy	267	0	running	32
13	12	9	Marcos Ambrose	Mac Tools	Ford	267	0	running	31
14	31	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Chevy	267	0	running	30
15	17	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's	Chevy	267	0	running	29
16	6	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy	Toyota	267	0	running	28
17	34	93	Travis Kvapil	Burger King	Toyota	267	1	running	28
18	21	13	Casey Mears	Valvoline NextGen	Ford	267	1	running	27
19	14	51	Kurt Busch	Phoenix Racing	Chevy	267	0	running	25
20	25	99	Carl Edwards	UPS	Ford	266	0	running	24
21	11	16	Greg Biffle	American Red Cross	Ford	266	0	running	23
22	18	20	Joey Logano	Dollar General	Toyota	266	0	running	22
23	38	10	David Reutimann	Outsourcing in the USA@TMone	Chevy	266	0	running	21
24	29	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar	Chevy	266	0	running	20
25	23	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King	Toyota	266	0	running	19
26	13	43	Aric Almirola	Eckrich	Ford	266	0	running	18
27	28	47	Bobby Labonte	Scott Products	Toyota	265	0	running	17
28	40	38	David Gilliland	Taco Bell	Ford	265	0	running	16
29	33	34	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	263	0	running	15
30	39	55	Michael Waltrip	Kentucky Wildcat National Championship, Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	262	0	running	14
31	41	32	Ken Schrader	Federated Auto Parts	Ford	262	0	running	13
32	22	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot, Mobil 1	Chevy	231	0	running	12
33	26	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row, Denver Mattress	Chevy	209	0	accident	11
34	5	39	Ryan Newman	Tornados	Chevy	208	0	accident	10
35	42	36	Dave Blaney	SealWrap	Chevy	144	0	engine	9
36	32	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	71	0	vibration	8
37	30	26	Josh Wise	MDS Transport	Ford	60	0	vibration	7
38	35	98	Michael McDowell	Presbyterian Health Care	Ford	58	0	brakes	6
39	24	95	Scott Speed	Leavine Family Racing	Ford	55	0	brakes	5
40	27	87	Joe Nemechek	AM-FM Energy, Pellet & Wood Stoves	Toyota	52	0	overheating	0
41	43	33	Stephen Leicht	Circle Sport	Chevy	47	0	vibration	3
42	37	19	Mike Bliss	Humphrey Smith Racing	Toyota	18	0	overheating	0
43	36	23	Scott Riggs	North Texas Pipe	Chevy	12	0	electrical	1
DID NOT QUALIFY
		49	J.J. Yeley	JPO Absorbents	Toyota			DNQ
		52	Mike Skinner	Crusader Staffing Associates	Toyota			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 2h:45:02
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Jimmie Johnson - 29.700 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: 4.399 seconds
Average Speed: 145.607 mph
Cautions: 4 for 24 laps - Lap 43-47 (#23 slow on track backstretch); Laps 126-129 (debris frontstretch); Laps 150-154 (#36 fluid on track); Laps 210-219 (#39,78 accident turn 1)
Lead Changes: 17 among 6 drivers - Kyle Busch (1-33); Brad Keselowski (34-43); Kyle Busch (44); Travis Kvapil (45); Kyle Busch (46-96); Jimmie Johnson (97-98); Kyle Busch (99-129); Denny Hamlin (130-149); Jimmie Johnson (150); Casey Mears (151); Denny Hamlin (152-187); Jimmie Johnson (188-203); Denny Hamlin (204-205); Brad Keselowski (206-207); Kyle Busch (208-209); Jimmie Johnson (210-211); Brad Keselowski (212-267)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered