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2012 Auto Club 400 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 5 of 36 Sunday, March 25, 2012 at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA 200 laps* on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 1:36:39 Average speed: 160.166 mph Pole speed: 186.403 mph Cautions: 1 for 5 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 90000 Lead changes: 9 Green flag passes: 1,859 (15.0 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 Tony Stewart 9 1 1 1 11 3 2 25 23 23 92.0 26 129 100.0 42 32.6 129 133.5 Kyle Busch 2 3 2 1 7 2 -2 11 13 11 100.0 18 129 100.0 80 62.0 129 137.5 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 14 6 3 3 21 8 7 51 44 28 54.9 1 128 99.2 0 0.0 129 104.3 Kevin Harvick 7 9 4 4 12 7 3 47 44 35 74.5 1 129 100.0 0 0.0 129 103.9 Carl Edwards 12 7 5 4 12 9 4 43 39 28 65.1 0 129 100.0 0 0.0 129 100.7 Greg Biffle 4 10 6 2 13 6 -7 40 47 27 67.5 1 129 100.0 0 0.0 129 104.9 Ryan Newman 6 8 7 3 10 7 -6 37 43 23 62.2 5 129 100.0 0 0.0 129 104.5 Martin Truex Jr 13 15 8 8 37 15 -3 87 90 23 26.4 4 76 58.9 0 0.0 129 89.3 Kurt Busch 23 18 9 9 29 20 -11 65 76 2 3.1 1 14 10.9 0 0.0 129 79.9 Jimmie Johnson 10 4 10 1 14 5 2 37 35 32 86.5 16 129 100.0 2 1.6 129 112.5 Denny Hamlin 1 2 11 1 12 3 -1 11 12 11 100.0 8 129 100.0 2 1.6 129 115.1 Mark Martin 3 11 12 3 21 10 -7 49 56 22 44.9 2 128 99.2 0 0.0 129 90.8 Clint Bowyer 11 16 13 11 29 15 -10 66 76 19 28.8 0 79 61.2 0 0.0 129 85.4 Kasey Kahne 5 12 14 5 20 13 -5 43 48 27 62.8 1 125 96.9 0 0.0 129 89.9 A.J. Allmendinger 25 24 15 13 27 18 -7 58 65 7 12.1 1 18 14.0 0 0.0 129 76.5 Matt Kenseth 15 14 16 6 19 15 5 53 48 31 58.5 0 81 62.8 0 0.0 129 79.2 Juan Pablo Montoya 24 19 17 11 29 22 -11 71 82 6 8.5 0 1 0.8 0 0.0 128 66.1 Brad Keselowski 17 13 18 9 28 15 -4 66 70 24 36.4 1 82 63.6 0 0.0 128 81.7 Paul Menard 27 20 19 9 30 25 3 65 62 7 10.8 0 2 1.6 0 0.0 128 58.1 Regan Smith 22 27 20 16 35 26 -10 65 75 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 128 63.3 Marcos Ambrose 29 17 21 16 30 21 -6 52 58 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 128 67.3 Jeff Burton 19 26 22 12 29 17 2 72 70 9 12.5 1 27 20.9 0 0.0 128 72.0 Casey Mears 33 31 23 20 36 24 13 62 49 0 0.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 128 65.0 Joey Logano 8 21 24 7 28 21 -22 55 77 7 12.7 1 11 8.5 0 0.0 128 68.6 Aric Almirola 28 22 25 21 34 26 -15 68 83 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 128 56.2 Jeff Gordon 21 5 26 1 26 9 4 49 45 27 55.1 11 101 78.3 3 2.3 128 94.7 David Reutimann 18 23 27 18 32 25 -22 53 75 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 127 59.0 Bobby Labonte 26 25 28 17 33 27 -3 60 63 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 127 54.9 Travis Kvapil 40 28 29 20 38 30 -18 46 64 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 127 48.0 David Gilliland 41 32 30 27 41 33 -23 41 64 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 127 41.4 David Ragan 38 29 31 1 36 29 -11 90 101 20 22.2 0 3 2.3 0 0.0 127 48.0 Jamie McMurray 16 33 32 12 35 24 -18 50 68 24 48.0 7 24 18.6 0 0.0 126 68.2 Dave Blaney 34 34 33 31 37 34 0 26 26 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 126 37.7 Ken Schrader 42 36 34 31 41 36 6 25 19 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 125 32.0 J.J. Yeley 36 35 35 13 37 35 1 40 39 3 7.5 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 125 35.5 Landon Cassill 31 30 36 22 36 32 -5 34 39 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 124 46.2 Josh Wise 30 37 37 28 40 37 -28 11 39 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 51 32.9 Michael McDowell 32 38 38 25 38 36 -33 16 49 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 40 39.1 David Stremme 20 39 39 22 42 38 -36 8 44 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 36 34.1 Mike Bliss 39 40 40 39 43 40 -29 5 34 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 33.8 Scott Riggs 35 41 41 35 41 41 -34 5 39 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 30.0 Reed Sorenson 43 42 42 41 43 42 -32 1 33 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 28.9 Brendan Gaughan 37 43 43 36 43 43 -37 0 37 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 27.8 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.