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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 4 of 36
Sunday, March 18, 2012 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 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: 102,000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup results / 2012 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
17	2	22	A.J. Allmendinger	Shell / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Dodge	498	132,635	running	54	28
19	7	43	Aric Almirola	Charter Communications (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Ford	498	127,446	running	0	25
36	12	9	Marcos Ambrose	MAC Tools (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Ford	389	111,743	running	0	8
13	1	16	Greg Biffle	811 / 3M (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	111,085	running	41	32
34	35	36	Dave Blaney	Widow Wax / SealWrap (Tommy Baldwin, Jr.)	Chevrolet	417	83,935	running	0	10
4	16	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	500	135,124	running	0	40
6	33	31	Jeff Burton	BB&T (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	139,810	running	0	38
18	27	51	Kurt Busch	HendrickCars.com (James Finch)	Chevrolet	498	116,893	running	0	26
32	13	18	Kyle Busch	Wrigley Doublemint (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	423	131,243	running	0	12
29	29	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King / Dr. Pepper (BK Racing)	Toyota	495	111,605	running	0	15
15	18	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	100,035	running	2	30
39	8	99	Carl Edwards	Kellogg's / Cheez-It (Jack Roush)	Ford	245	127,191	running	0	5
22	32	33	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel & Casino (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	496	97,735	running	0	22
26	26	38	David Gilliland	Taco Bell (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	496	98,207	running	0	18
35	4	24	Jeff Gordon	Drive to End Hunger / Chase AARP Visa (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	395	131,921	running	1	10
20	20	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	498	132,901	running	0	24
11	14	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	139,546	running	0	33
9	22	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	136,596	running	0	35
37	10	5	Kasey Kahne	Farmers Insurance (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	366	91,780	running	0	7
2	21	17	Matt Kenseth	Best Buy (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	179,821	running	45	43
1	5	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	500	186,770	running	232	48
27	34	93	Travis Kvapil	Burger King / Dr. Pepper (BK Racing)	Toyota	496	96,510	running	0	17
28	36	47	Bobby Labonte	Clorox / Scott Products (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Toyota	495	95,860	running	0	16
16	9	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	498	99,935	running	0	28
31	39	98	Michael McDowell	K-Love / Let It Start With Me (Phil Parsons)	Ford	492	84,110	running	0	13
7	17	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	500	127,793	running	0	37
25	24	13	Casey Mears	GEICO (Germain Racing)	Ford	496	101,068	running	0	19
10	11	27	Paul Menard	Menards / Moen (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	102,060	running	0	34
8	30	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	500	124,351	running	0	36
40	41	87	Joe Nemechek	AM/FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves (Joe Nemechek)	Toyota	57	80,875	brakes	0	0
12	3	39	Ryan Newman	Quicken Loans (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	500	132,818	running	0	32
23	31	34	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	496	105,618	running	0	21
21	19	10	David Reutimann	TradeBank (Tommy Baldwin, Jr.)	Chevrolet	497	90,010	running	0	23
41	43	23	Scott Riggs	North Texas Pipe (Robert Richardson, Sr.)	Chevrolet	26	80,800	vibration	0	3
33	42	32	Ken Schrader	We Drive Sales - TMone.com (Frank Stoddard)	Ford	420	91,985	running	0	11
24	6	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing / CSX "Play It Safe" (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	496	111,343	running	0	20
42	38	74	Reed Sorenson	Turn One Racing (Stacy Compton)	Chevrolet	17	80,720	vibration	0	0
14	23	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot / Mobil 1 (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	500	140,810	running	0	30
38	28	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports (Timothy McSweeney)	Toyota	334	83,703	crash	0	6
3	15	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	500	147,149	running	0	41
5	25	55	Brian Vickers	Aaron's (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	500	98,535	running	125	40
43	37	26	Josh Wise	Morristown Driver's Service (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	16	80,289	spindle	0	1
30	40	49	J.J. Yeley	JPO Absorbents (Robinson-Blakeney Racing)	Toyota	493	86,410	running	0	14

Failed to qualify: Timmy Hill (#37)

To the back: David Stremme (#30) transmission change, Dave Blaney (#36) transmission change

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	'Lucky Dog'
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	24	24
	25	46	22	#5,9,99,78,2,18,29 accident turn 1	#23
	47	116	70
	117	121	5	#32 accident turn 2	#36
	122	340	219
	341	346	6	#30 accident turn 4	#14
	347	360	14
	361	371	11	#24 accident turn 3	#39
	372	478	107
	479	483	5	#14 accident turn 3	#39
	484	500	17
Percent of race run under caution: 9.8% Average green flag run: 75.2 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	41	41
A.J. Allmendinger	42	95	54
Brian Vickers	96	116	21
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	117	117	1
Brian Vickers	118	216	99
Brad Keselowski	217	254	38
Matt Kenseth	255	256	2
Jeff Gordon	257	257	1
Brian Vickers	258	262	5
Brad Keselowski	263	341	79
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	342	342	1
Brad Keselowski	343	346	4
Matt Kenseth	347	389	43
Brad Keselowski	390	500	111

Nbr	# Stops	Driver	Laps	Total Time	Average Time
Today's top pit crews:
48	10	Jimmie Johnson	500	208.352	20.835
27	11	Paul Menard	500	239.987	21.817
16	9	Greg Biffle	500	200.936	22.326
88	9	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	500	201.622	22.402
17	7	Matt Kenseth	500	158.904	22.701
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Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Greg Biffle	157
2	Kevin Harvick	148	-9
3	Matt Kenseth	145	-12
4	Martin Truex, Jr.	139	-18
5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	137	-20
6	Denny Hamlin	137	-20
7	Tony Stewart	130	-27
8	Joey Logano	126	-31
9	Clint Bowyer	126	-31
10	Paul Menard	123	-34
11	Jimmie Johnson	121	-36
12	Jeff Burton	120	-37
13	Ryan Newman	118	-39
14	Brad Keselowski	113	-44
15	Carl Edwards	107	-50
16	Kyle Busch	99	-58
17	Mark Martin	97	-60
18	Juan Pablo Montoya	96	-61
19	Jamie McMurray	94	-63
20	Regan Smith	94	-63

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