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NASCAR Nationwide Series race number 8 of 33
Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
117 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (311.220 miles)

Time of race: 2:22:54 Average speed: 136.258 mph Pole speed: no time trials	Cautions: 7 for 27 laps Margin of victory: .034 sec Attendance: 66000 Lead changes: 37
Green flag passes: 7,548 (79.5 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series results / 2012 standings

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

Loop data for this race:
Joey Logano	4	7	1	1	24	7	-8	235	243	210	89.4	1	115	94.3	17	13.9	122	117.9
Kyle Busch	12	3	2	1	20	5	15	178	163	154	86.5	3	121	99.2	36	29.5	122	125.5
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	2	17	3	1	36	15	17	312	295	165	52.9	5	68	55.7	1	0.8	122	92.0
Cole Whitt	11	12	4	1	26	11	6	292	286	201	68.8	1	106	86.9	3	2.5	122	100.0
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	33	1	5	1	34	4	16	174	158	137	78.7	3	117	95.9	25	20.5	122	124.2
Kurt Busch	31	2	6	1	36	16	67	226	159	145	64.2	4	66	54.1	1	0.8	122	97.8
James Buescher	7	9	7	1	22	11	3	294	291	212	72.1	2	105	86.1	9	7.4	122	95.8
Justin Allgaier	13	21	8	2	28	16	-1	346	347	144	41.6	4	51	41.8	0	0.0	122	85.4
Kenny Wallace	20	10	9	1	28	11	4	354	350	261	73.7	1	94	77.0	1	0.8	122	93.5
Elliott Sadler	1	6	10	1	26	11	5	221	216	149	67.4	4	83	68.0	8	6.6	122	100.0
Ryan Truex	18	23	11	1	29	14	-11	315	326	174	55.2	3	73	59.8	1	0.8	122	89.5
Sam Hornish, Jr.	8	25	12	1	35	23	-28	116	144	57	49.1	6	32	26.2	2	1.6	122	67.7
Danica Patrick	17	13	13	1	24	11	-11	289	300	183	63.3	2	92	75.4	1	0.8	122	90.8
Erik Darnell	27	27	14	7	37	23	-10	221	231	48	21.7	1	18	14.8	0	0.0	122	63.2
John Wes Townley	26	20	15	3	28	20	-6	299	305	85	28.4	3	23	18.9	0	0.0	122	71.0
Danny Efland	23	28	16	15	33	25	-26	83	109	0	0.0	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	122	54.1
Austin Dillon	5	4	17	1	29	11	6	245	239	142	58.0	2	89	73.0	4	3.3	122	93.4
Mike Bliss	15	24	18	1	33	22	-13	223	236	38	17.0	6	17	13.9	2	1.6	122	67.5
Joe Nemechek	16	8	19	1	29	8	2	278	276	225	80.9	1	110	90.2	1	0.8	122	100.8
Brad Keselowski	9	26	20	2	36	23	-7	100	107	61	61.0	8	29	23.8	0	0.0	121	61.0
Timmy Hill	28	29	21	4	36	28	-9	57	66	6	10.5	1	2	1.6	0	0.0	117	45.5
Kevin Harvick	3	5	22	1	35	11	43	209	166	155	74.2	4	91	74.6	8	6.6	116	98.9
Michael Annett	10	15	23	2	23	11	-4	234	238	188	80.3	1	99	81.1	0	0.0	116	91.3
Tayler Malsam	14	18	24	6	30	20	-22	238	260	61	25.6	1	24	19.7	0	0.0	116	69.1
Jeffrey Earnhardt	43	11	25	5	43	21	7	231	224	79	34.2	3	36	29.5	0	0.0	116	61.2
Robert Richardson, Jr.	34	16	26	9	34	21	-1	285	286	31	10.9	3	8	6.6	0	0.0	116	63.2
Eric McClure	29	19	27	11	32	22	0	246	246	6	2.4	6	5	4.1	0	0.0	116	62.7
Mike Wallace	19	22	28	1	29	16	4	384	380	220	57.3	5	61	50.0	1	0.8	113	73.8
Jeremy Clements	21	31	29	13	36	29	3	95	92	6	6.3	1	2	1.6	0	0.0	113	53.0
Josh Richards	36	30	30	8	36	27	11	163	152	27	16.6	3	6	4.9	0	0.0	85	62.0
T.J. Bell	35	33	31	19	43	32	10	31	21	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	82	36.6
Tim Andrews	30	32	32	1	38	31	-4	17	21	0	0.0	0	3	2.5	1	0.8	64	35.6
Brad Sweet	6	14	33	2	33	22	-16	175	191	127	72.6	0	45	36.9	0	0.0	62	65.5
Jason Bowles	25	34	34	4	34	30	3	84	81	30	35.7	3	14	11.5	0	0.0	32	59.7
Morgan Shepherd	38	35	35	14	38	32	3	78	75	4	5.1	1	2	1.6	0	0.0	29	48.3
Brian Scott	22	36	36	4	36	30	3	103	100	77	74.8	0	23	18.9	0	0.0	29	62.9
Johanna Long	24	37	37	15	37	35	3	71	68	1	1.4	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	41.0
Mike Harmon	42	38	38	36	42	38	-1	5	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	30.9
Jeff Green	32	39	39	20	40	38	18	36	18	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	33.7
Josh Wise	40	40	40	35	40	40	-5	1	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	30.5
Chase Miller	39	41	41	37	42	41	-2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	28.5
Scott Speed	41	42	42	39	43	42	-2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	28.8
Kevin Lepage	37	43	43	35	43	43	-7	0	7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	27.4

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.