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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 25 of 36
Sunday, September 2, 2012 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA
325 laps* on a 1.540 mile paved track (500.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:32:45
Average Speed: 142.02 mph
Pole Speed: 186.121 mph

Cautions: 6 for 31 laps
Margin of Victory: .378 sec
Attendance: 90,300
Lead changes: 18

Glossary 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup results / 2012 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
2	5	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	327	245,976	running	6	43
5	24	29	Kevin Harvick	Rheem (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	327	172,101	running	101	40
7	35	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	327	127,490	running	0	37
8	18	27	Paul Menard	Quaker State / Menards (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	327	120,390	running	0	36
12	26	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	327	142,255	running	0	32
13	16	51	Kurt Busch	Phoenix Racing (James Finch)	Chevrolet	327	129,638	running	0	31
14	27	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row / Denver Mattress (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	327	126,638	running	0	30
21	33	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	326	126,146	running	0	23
22	1	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot / Mobil 1 (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	326	156,380	running	8	23
23	11	5	Kasey Kahne	HendrickCars.com (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	325	102,555	running	0	21
24	20	1	Jamie McMurray	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	325	124,763	running	0	20
25	22	36	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing (Tommy Baldwin, Jr.)	Chevrolet	324	93,180	running	0	19
29	23	10	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy.com (Tommy Baldwin, Jr.)	Chevrolet	321	87,555	running	0	0
34	8	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	269	133,966	crash	0	10
35	17	39	Ryan Newman	Army Medicine (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	268	131,013	crash	0	9
40	39	23	Scott Riggs	North Texas Pipe (Robert Richardson, Sr.)	Chevrolet	43	82,550	vibration	0	4
41	43	37	J.J. Yeley	MaxQWorkForce.com (Larry Gunselman)	Chevrolet	32	82,375	brakes	0	3
3	21	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	327	197,435	running	0	41
11	15	22	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Shell / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Dodge	327	145,730	running	0	0
9	4	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford EcoBoost (Jack Roush)	Ford	327	153,801	running	0	35
15	2	16	Greg Biffle	3M / Manheim Auctions (Jack Roush)	Ford	327	112,205	running	1	30
16	32	21	Trevor Bayne	Good Sam Club / Camping World (Wood Brothers)	Ford	327	100,305	running	0	0
17	10	9	Marcos Ambrose	DeWalt / Stanley Tools (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Ford	327	127,488	running	0	27
28	14	34	David Ragan	Glory Foods (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	323	99,777	running	0	16
30	42	32	T.J. Bell	Green Smoke (Frank Stoddard)	Ford	319	97,180	running	0	0
31	29	38	David Gilliland	House-Autry Mills (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	298	87,255	running	0	13
32	13	43	Aric Almirola	AdvoCare (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Ford	297	124,291	running	0	12
33	19	13	Casey Mears	GEICO (Germain Racing)	Ford	291	86,905	engine	0	11
36	12	99	Carl Edwards	Subway (Jack Roush)	Ford	264	132,946	engine	0	8
37	36	95	Scott Speed	Jordan Truck Sales (Leavine Family Racing)	Ford	196	86,280	suspension	0	7
1	7	11	Denny Hamlin	Sport Clips (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	327	355,716	running	105	48
4	28	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	NAPA Shocks (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	327	173,354	running	40	41
6	3	18	Kyle Busch	Wrigley Doublemint (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	327	162,398	running	66	39
10	6	55	Mark Martin	Aaron's Dream Machine (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	327	107,790	running	0	34
18	9	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	327	106,680	running	0	26
19	25	47	Bobby Labonte	Kingsford (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Toyota	327	120,013	running	0	25
20	40	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King Real Fruit Smoothies (BK Racing)	Toyota	326	124,475	running	0	24
26	41	93	Travis Kvapil	Dr. Pepper / Burger King (BK Racing)	Toyota	324	111,888	running	0	18
27	30	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	324	118,844	running	0	17
38	34	49	Jason Leffler	Robinson-Blakeney Racing (Robinson-Blakeney Racing)	Toyota	77	86,157	vibration	0	0
39	31	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports (Timothy McSweeney)	Toyota	54	82,700	suspension	0	5
42	38	91	Reed Sorenson	Humphrey Smith Racing (Mark Smith)	Toyota	24	82,280	overheating	0	0
43	37	87	Joe Nemechek	AM/FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves (Joe Nemechek)	Toyota	22	82,641	rear gear	0	0

* Race extended to 327 laps due to green/white/checker.

Failed to qualify: Michael McDowell (#98), Josh Wise (#26), Stephen Leicht (#33), Mike Bliss (#19)

To the back: Clint Bowyer (#15) engine change

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	'Lucky Dog'
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	39	39
	40	43	4	oil on track	#95
	44	130	87
	131	134	4	debris backstretch	#27
	135	242	108
	243	247	5	#42 accident turn 1	#27
	248	265	18
	266	269	4	oil on track	none
	270	270	1
	271	279	9	#48,22,39 accident backstretch	none
	280	320	41
	321	325	5	#1 accident frontstretch	#51
	326	327	2
Percent of race run under caution: 9.5% Average green flag run: 42.3 laps

'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Greg Biffle	1	1	1
Tony Stewart	2	9	8
Jeff Gordon	10	15	6
Kyle Busch	16	34	19
Denny Hamlin	35	40	6
Kyle Busch	41	81	41
Denny Hamlin	82	82	1
Kevin Harvick	83	84	2
Kyle Busch	85	90	6
Denny Hamlin	91	134	44
Kevin Harvick	135	173	39
Denny Hamlin	174	176	3
Kevin Harvick	177	215	39
Denny Hamlin	216	221	6
Kevin Harvick	222	242	21
Denny Hamlin	243	281	39
Martin Truex, Jr.	282	321	40
Denny Hamlin	322	327	6

Nbr	# Stops	Driver	Laps	Total Time	Average Time
Today's top pit crews:
17	9	Matt Kenseth	327	342.798	38.089
18	9	Kyle Busch	327	345.079	38.342
11	9	Denny Hamlin	327	345.129	38.348
29	10	Kevin Harvick	327	385.722	38.572
2	10	Brad Keselowski	327	387.601	38.760
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Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Greg Biffle	879
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	871	-8
3	Matt Kenseth	858	-21
4	Jimmie Johnson	848	-31
5	Martin Truex, Jr.	838	-41
6	Brad Keselowski	831	-48
7	Denny Hamlin	822	-57
8	Clint Bowyer	811	-68
9	Kevin Harvick	807	-72
10	Tony Stewart	769	-110
11	Kasey Kahne	751	-128
12	Kyle Busch	746	-133
13	Jeff Gordon	734	-145
14	Carl Edwards	720	-159
15	Paul Menard	710	-169
16	Marcos Ambrose	706	-173
17	Ryan Newman	697	-182
18	Joey Logano	664	-215
19	Jamie McMurray	618	-261
20	Jeff Burton	609	-270

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