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2012 Food City 500 loop data 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 4 of 36 Sunday, March 18, 2012 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:51:52 Average speed: 93.037 mph Pole speed: 125.215 mph Cautions: 5 for 49 laps Margin of victory: .714 sec Attendance: 102000 Lead changes: 13 Green flag passes: 1,473 (3.3 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 Brad Keselowski 5 1 1 1 12 3 6 38 32 38 100.0 71 500 100.0 232 46.4 500 142.8 Matt Kenseth 21 3 2 1 24 5 7 34 27 28 82.4 70 455 91.0 45 9.0 500 119.7 Martin Truex Jr 15 11 3 2 18 9 3 47 44 41 87.2 29 484 96.8 0 0.0 500 104.4 Clint Bowyer 16 7 4 3 20 8 15 40 25 35 87.5 22 453 90.6 0 0.0 500 107.2 Brian Vickers 25 4 5 1 25 5 1 32 31 22 68.8 37 477 95.4 125 25.0 500 120.4 Jeff Burton 33 6 6 3 33 7 1 40 39 32 80.0 16 460 92.0 0 0.0 500 107.3 Jamie McMurray 17 10 7 5 24 11 -8 49 57 42 85.7 4 459 91.8 0 0.0 500 93.1 Juan Pablo Montoya 30 12 8 2 29 16 19 75 56 31 41.3 15 272 54.4 0 0.0 500 84.5 Jimmie Johnson 22 8 9 2 22 10 8 59 51 43 72.9 14 456 91.2 0 0.0 500 95.0 Paul Menard 11 17 10 6 23 12 -14 42 56 35 83.3 2 439 87.8 0 0.0 500 88.7 Kevin Harvick 14 21 11 9 36 18 19 49 30 11 22.4 2 267 53.4 0 0.0 500 80.4 Ryan Newman 3 13 12 3 19 14 -1 40 41 30 75.0 3 328 65.6 0 0.0 500 85.9 Greg Biffle 1 9 13 1 17 8 -8 31 39 30 96.8 22 497 99.4 41 8.2 500 98.7 Tony Stewart 23 19 14 7 24 15 15 64 49 25 39.1 15 342 68.4 0 0.0 500 84.6 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 18 5 15 1 18 6 1 40 39 35 87.5 28 492 98.4 2 0.4 500 102.5 Joey Logano 9 15 16 3 21 16 -5 45 50 19 42.2 1 131 26.2 0 0.0 498 76.9 A.J. Allmendinger 2 18 17 1 31 12 -16 47 63 18 38.3 34 230 46.0 54 10.8 498 94.0 Kurt Busch 27 24 18 17 31 21 1 61 60 0 0.0 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 498 67.9 Aric Almirola 7 16 19 2 21 16 -9 44 53 18 40.9 4 161 32.2 0 0.0 498 77.1 Denny Hamlin 20 14 20 6 26 19 -16 50 66 18 36.0 4 35 7.0 0 0.0 498 69.8 David Reutimann 19 28 21 16 29 22 -6 47 53 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 497 63.6 Brendan Gaughan 32 26 22 7 30 21 -13 37 50 2 5.4 0 79 15.8 0 0.0 496 63.4 David Ragan 31 22 23 15 34 28 -2 48 50 0 0.0 0 1 0.2 0 0.0 496 55.0 Regan Smith 6 20 24 4 35 26 11 44 33 5 11.4 3 29 5.8 0 0.0 496 64.3 Casey Mears 24 27 25 18 29 23 1 33 32 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 496 58.8 David Gilliland 26 29 26 18 30 26 -5 45 50 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 496 55.8 Travis Kvapil 34 25 27 18 34 28 5 46 41 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 496 51.8 Bobby Labonte 36 31 28 24 35 27 -2 28 30 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 495 55.0 Landon Cassill 29 32 29 14 33 28 -2 32 34 0 0.0 3 1 0.2 0 0.0 495 52.7 J.J. Yeley 40 23 30 23 39 32 -7 19 26 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 493 38.3 Michael McDowell 39 30 31 23 37 33 -3 19 22 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 492 40.9 Kyle Busch 13 35 32 10 41 34 9 17 8 8 47.1 0 23 4.6 0 0.0 423 35.9 Ken Schrader 42 36 33 24 40 34 0 13 13 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 420 41.4 Dave Blaney 35 34 34 15 43 32 0 21 21 0 0.0 2 1 0.2 0 0.0 417 49.7 Jeff Gordon 4 2 35 1 35 12 3 33 30 33 100.0 22 358 71.6 1 0.2 395 94.4 Marcos Ambrose 12 37 36 10 41 36 4 15 11 12 80.0 0 23 4.6 0 0.0 389 35.3 Kasey Kahne 10 38 37 5 41 37 9 14 5 10 71.4 14 23 4.6 0 0.0 366 44.0 David Stremme 28 33 38 29 42 34 3 19 16 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 334 43.7 Carl Edwards 8 41 39 5 41 38 -1 5 6 3 60.0 0 23 4.6 0 0.0 245 35.0 Joe Nemechek 41 39 40 13 41 38 -5 4 9 0 0.0 0 1 0.2 0 0.0 57 32.4 Scott Riggs 43 40 41 37 42 40 -4 3 7 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 26 31.1 Reed Sorenson 38 42 42 36 43 42 -6 1 7 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 28.1 Josh Wise 37 43 43 35 43 43 -8 3 11 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 27.1 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.