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2012 Daytona 500 loop data Gatorade Duel 150 #1 Gatorade Duel 150 #2 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post         Lap-by-Lap Driver Chart NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 1 of 36 Monday, February 27, 2012 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps* on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:36:02 Average speed: 140.256 mph Pole speed: 194.738 mph Cautions: 10 for 42 laps Margin of victory: .210 sec Attendance: 140000 Lead changes: 25 Green flag passes: 7,449 (46.6 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2012 standings

Loop data for this race: Driver Start Mid Race Finish High Pos. Low Pos. Avg. Pos. Pass Diff. Green Flag Passes Green Flag Times Passed Quality Passes Pct. Quality Passes Fastest Lap Top 15 Laps Pct. Top 15 Laps Laps Led Pct. Laps Led Total Laps DRIVER RATING Matt Kenseth 4 9 1 1 33 11 9 254 245 208 81.9 2 159 78.7 50 24.8 202 100.9 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 5 14 2 2 29 10 0 304 304 253 83.2 1 173 85.6 0 0.0 202 99.5 Greg Biffle 2 2 3 1 10 3 -1 128 129 121 94.5 1 202 100.0 44 21.8 202 126.2 Denny Hamlin 31 4 4 1 37 8 12 195 183 162 83.1 1 175 86.6 57 28.2 202 124.7 Jeff Burton 9 3 5 1 26 6 24 215 191 190 88.4 2 199 98.5 24 11.9 202 117.7 Paul Menard 37 29 6 1 43 17 -7 164 171 82 50.0 0 98 48.5 2 1.0 202 90.4 Kevin Harvick 13 28 7 3 38 20 30 137 107 99 72.3 3 84 41.6 0 0.0 202 83.0 Carl Edwards 1 6 8 1 28 18 -41 230 271 124 53.9 3 62 30.7 0 0.0 202 81.1 Joey Logano 12 18 9 1 25 9 3 275 272 241 87.6 1 179 88.6 2 1.0 202 104.4 Mark Martin 22 15 10 1 32 12 -28 360 388 263 73.1 3 147 72.8 2 1.0 202 90.5 Clint Bowyer 30 5 11 4 33 17 -9 235 244 193 82.1 4 112 55.4 0 0.0 202 91.6 Martin Truex Jr 26 1 12 1 31 9 -11 240 251 200 83.3 1 172 85.1 7 3.5 202 106.7 Marcos Ambrose 7 12 13 1 29 12 -19 246 265 154 62.6 2 133 65.8 0 0.0 202 93.8 Bobby Labonte 32 13 14 4 33 22 -43 255 298 72 28.2 1 31 15.3 0 0.0 202 67.2 Dave Blaney 24 24 15 1 32 19 7 277 270 75 27.1 7 44 21.8 6 3.0 202 70.2 Tony Stewart 3 11 16 1 27 13 -37 373 410 280 75.1 0 143 70.8 2 1.0 202 82.6 Kyle Busch 14 20 17 3 27 14 -1 311 312 180 57.9 6 111 55.0 0 0.0 202 80.2 Terry Labonte 43 32 18 1 43 26 -12 121 133 31 25.6 5 23 11.4 3 1.5 202 63.6 Tony Raines 41 27 19 3 43 28 -53 94 147 5 5.3 6 16 7.9 0 0.0 202 51.8 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 21 23 20 11 31 23 -21 120 141 19 15.8 5 14 6.9 0 0.0 202 64.9 Ryan Newman 18 33 21 7 38 27 -23 87 110 43 49.4 6 35 17.3 0 0.0 202 64.5 Landon Cassill 39 22 22 2 35 24 2 197 195 7 3.6 12 8 4.0 0 0.0 202 59.2 David Gilliland 33 25 23 4 41 27 1 82 81 12 14.6 8 12 5.9 0 0.0 201 59.7 Regan Smith 6 19 24 1 31 14 -30 207 237 127 61.4 1 115 56.9 2 1.0 200 79.0 Casey Mears 36 17 25 2 32 20 26 216 190 60 27.8 2 45 22.3 0 0.0 199 64.0 David Reutimann 38 16 26 7 35 20 3 317 314 91 28.7 3 42 20.8 0 0.0 196 67.1 Elliott Sadler 10 26 27 6 33 24 -29 151 180 45 29.8 0 35 17.3 0 0.0 196 53.1 Joe Nemechek 34 34 28 21 36 33 3 24 21 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 194 37.5 Kasey Kahne 20 10 29 3 40 18 11 252 241 114 45.2 4 69 34.2 0 0.0 189 68.4 Michael McDowell 11 35 30 10 36 30 -11 105 116 10 9.5 6 10 5.0 0 0.0 189 52.4 Jamie McMurray 19 30 31 6 43 24 38 162 124 86 53.1 6 47 23.3 0 0.0 188 63.6 Brad Keselowski 23 7 32 3 32 13 14 391 377 314 80.3 3 152 75.2 0 0.0 187 73.3 Aric Almirola 27 8 33 2 33 18 0 255 255 129 50.6 3 79 39.1 0 0.0 187 72.8 A.J. Allmendinger 15 37 34 7 38 35 7 18 11 14 77.8 5 13 6.4 0 0.0 177 45.1 Trevor Bayne 40 38 35 35 40 38 -29 3 32 0 0.0 12 0 0.0 0 0.0 164 37.6 Juan Pablo Montoya 35 31 36 6 41 28 25 100 75 28 28.0 4 19 9.4 0 0.0 159 53.9 David Stremme 42 21 37 2 38 26 -8 182 190 0 0.0 17 2 1.0 0 0.0 156 48.2 Danica Patrick 29 39 38 32 40 39 1 2 1 0 0.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 138 34.9 Kurt Busch 28 41 39 36 43 41 2 2 0 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 113 26.7 Jeff Gordon 16 36 40 1 40 26 -5 157 162 144 91.7 0 69 34.2 1 0.5 81 67.9 Robby Gordon 17 40 41 17 41 39 -12 5 17 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 30.5 Jimmie Johnson 8 42 42 5 42 41 -20 0 20 0 0.0 0 1 0.5 0 0.0 1 28.3 David Ragan 25 43 43 25 43 43 -1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 25.9 Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position. Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers. Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.