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2012 Irwin Tools Night Race 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 24 of 36 Saturday, August 25, 2012 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:09:27 Average speed: 84.402 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 13 for 87 laps Margin of victory: 1.103 sec Attendance: 145000 Lead changes: 22 Green flag passes: 913 (2.2 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 Denny Hamlin 8 11 1 1 22 6 40 57 17 57 100.0 65 467 93.4 70 14.0 500 136.2 Jimmie Johnson 37 3 2 1 37 11 28 36 8 26 72.2 27 350 70.0 52 10.4 500 103.1 Jeff Gordon 11 5 3 2 20 8 1 24 23 24 100.0 28 453 90.6 0 0.0 500 113.9 Brian Vickers 22 6 4 1 28 13 -13 32 45 24 75.0 22 291 58.2 1 0.2 500 98.5 Marcos Ambrose 9 4 5 1 18 10 6 28 22 28 100.0 13 440 88.0 1 0.2 500 102.6 Kyle Busch 10 12 6 1 30 10 12 37 25 37 100.0 6 418 83.6 0 0.0 500 103.4 Clint Bowyer 23 14 7 2 24 10 42 58 16 58 100.0 29 382 76.4 0 0.0 500 101.9 Joey Logano 4 10 8 1 19 7 7 24 17 24 100.0 38 464 92.8 139 27.8 500 119.5 Kasey Kahne 12 23 9 1 33 16 25 43 18 43 100.0 40 243 48.6 42 8.4 500 86.2 Paul Menard 7 21 10 7 29 14 -7 26 33 26 100.0 6 374 74.8 0 0.0 500 82.8 Martin Truex Jr 15 17 11 1 22 10 11 34 23 34 100.0 27 403 80.6 44 8.8 500 104.9 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 16 13 12 1 31 14 22 46 24 46 100.0 14 289 57.8 13 2.6 500 83.8 Juan Pablo Montoya 28 20 13 2 28 13 -4 25 29 25 100.0 4 361 72.2 0 0.0 500 84.4 Bobby Labonte 36 25 14 9 36 23 -27 14 41 3 21.4 0 78 15.6 0 0.0 500 64.5 Kevin Harvick 13 19 15 1 22 10 10 29 19 29 100.0 3 384 76.8 0 0.0 500 92.0 Regan Smith 14 15 16 10 27 19 -15 21 36 7 33.3 2 53 10.6 0 0.0 500 70.4 Jamie McMurray 26 22 17 5 29 20 -20 25 45 19 76.0 0 52 10.4 0 0.0 500 67.4 Travis Kvapil 41 26 18 11 41 24 15 44 29 4 9.1 1 25 5.0 0 0.0 500 60.2 Greg Biffle 3 1 19 1 25 11 -19 11 30 11 100.0 10 335 67.0 41 8.2 500 83.0 David Gilliland 18 28 20 14 29 21 -33 23 56 7 30.4 3 50 10.0 0 0.0 500 62.9 Casey Mears 1 24 21 1 29 19 -31 10 41 10 100.0 2 141 28.2 26 5.2 499 64.5 Carl Edwards 27 18 22 1 29 13 -20 27 47 27 100.0 13 311 62.2 45 9.0 496 76.9 Michael McDowell 30 29 23 10 38 29 -12 5 17 0 0.0 0 1 0.2 0 0.0 496 48.9 Landon Cassill 33 30 24 13 39 30 11 17 6 0 0.0 3 1 0.2 0 0.0 490 48.3 Matt Kenseth 17 2 25 1 35 17 8 39 31 39 100.0 12 243 48.6 25 5.0 486 84.1 Dave Blaney 25 16 26 9 33 23 -2 23 25 17 73.9 0 71 14.2 0 0.0 476 57.2 Tony Stewart 21 9 27 1 35 23 8 30 22 20 66.7 8 123 24.6 1 0.2 471 65.7 Kurt Busch 20 8 28 3 29 21 6 28 22 21 75.0 6 123 24.6 0 0.0 440 61.3 Danica Patrick 43 27 29 16 43 28 -7 10 17 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 434 46.3 Brad Keselowski 2 7 30 2 30 18 -28 8 36 8 100.0 1 259 51.8 0 0.0 434 87.5 Jason Leffler 39 32 31 30 39 32 2 6 4 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 417 38.7 David Ragan 24 35 32 8 37 31 2 14 12 0 0.0 3 1 0.2 0 0.0 409 40.3 Jeff Burton 6 33 33 2 34 23 2 13 11 11 84.6 7 150 30.0 0 0.0 360 86.2 Sam Hornish, Jr. 29 39 34 11 39 33 12 20 8 0 0.0 0 1 0.2 0 0.0 343 43.7 Aric Almirola 5 31 35 2 35 24 -4 9 13 9 100.0 3 123 24.6 0 0.0 235 63.6 Ryan Newman 19 34 36 8 36 30 -2 9 11 3 33.3 0 40 8.0 0 0.0 189 47.0 David Stremme 31 36 37 30 37 36 -6 2 8 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 159 34.5 Josh Wise 32 37 38 32 43 38 1 3 2 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 150 32.0 Joe Nemechek 40 38 39 35 40 38 -1 1 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 130 31.0 Stephen Leicht 38 40 40 34 41 40 1 1 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 56 30.6 Scott Riggs 35 41 41 34 42 41 -4 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 29.8 Ken Schrader 42 42 42 33 42 42 -3 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 28.9 Mike Bliss 34 43 43 34 43 43 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 28.4 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.