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2012 Aaron's 499 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 10 of 36 Sunday, May 6, 2012 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:13:17 Average speed: 160.192 mph Pole speed: 191.623 mph Cautions: 5 for 24 laps Margin of victory: .304 sec Attendance: 108500 Lead changes: 34 Green flag passes: 11,459 (67.4 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 Brad Keselowski 13 7 1 1 31 7 -7 406 413 300 73.9 2 175 90.2 10 5.2 194 120.1 Kyle Busch 21 15 2 1 34 11 18 502 484 371 73.9 1 168 86.6 1 0.5 194 106.2 Matt Kenseth 10 4 3 1 20 3 20 195 175 168 86.2 3 191 98.5 73 37.6 194 128.5 Kasey Kahne 5 1 4 1 34 16 -16 365 381 190 52.1 5 99 51.0 11 5.7 194 88.4 Greg Biffle 6 11 5 1 20 6 -9 360 369 316 87.8 1 190 97.9 15 7.7 194 118.4 Clint Bowyer 24 26 6 1 37 18 5 364 359 196 53.8 7 89 45.9 0 0.0 194 82.9 David Ragan 32 22 7 5 34 19 11 370 359 136 36.8 5 69 35.6 0 0.0 194 85.6 Trevor Bayne 11 13 8 5 30 14 -13 555 568 369 66.5 5 121 62.4 0 0.0 194 87.8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 18 3 9 1 31 13 -18 371 389 198 53.4 4 108 55.7 10 5.2 194 88.4 Jeff Burton 29 14 10 1 32 17 5 413 408 214 51.8 2 80 41.2 3 1.5 194 83.3 Jamie McMurray 23 9 11 3 40 19 10 427 417 268 62.8 1 93 47.9 0 0.0 194 71.6 Aric Almirola 4 19 12 2 24 13 -17 395 412 275 69.6 1 116 59.8 0 0.0 194 95.3 David Gilliland 26 20 13 6 42 23 19 287 268 132 46.0 6 53 27.3 0 0.0 194 73.8 Marcos Ambrose 3 8 14 1 24 10 -4 457 461 327 71.6 6 159 82.0 0 0.0 194 97.4 A.J. Allmendinger 2 5 15 2 37 14 1 563 562 319 56.7 3 108 55.7 0 0.0 194 86.6 Travis Kvapil 41 30 16 1 43 25 34 168 134 38 22.6 7 16 8.2 1 0.5 194 56.3 Paul Menard 17 24 17 1 35 19 5 330 325 135 40.9 7 70 36.1 10 5.2 194 67.9 Casey Mears 25 25 18 1 37 21 4 344 340 135 39.2 14 60 30.9 2 1.0 194 73.6 Michael Waltrip 9 21 19 1 27 11 -2 368 370 295 80.2 4 149 76.8 21 10.8 194 97.7 Kurt Busch 33 10 20 1 33 9 15 370 355 288 77.8 0 167 86.1 4 2.1 193 96.6 Bobby Labonte 42 18 21 10 40 24 5 246 241 28 11.4 1 7 3.6 0 0.0 192 56.0 David Reutimann 34 31 22 7 34 26 -7 187 194 53 28.3 5 21 10.8 0 0.0 192 52.7 Denny Hamlin 22 29 23 1 35 19 8 214 206 169 79.0 3 83 42.8 8 4.1 192 66.9 Tony Stewart 8 6 24 1 31 12 -11 286 297 175 61.2 8 113 58.2 16 8.2 190 88.6 Kevin Harvick 20 16 25 1 37 23 8 282 274 86 30.5 13 27 13.9 1 0.5 184 55.7 Joey Logano 30 23 26 3 33 21 8 310 302 66 21.3 4 20 10.3 0 0.0 184 62.3 Robert Richardson, Jr. 39 33 27 16 39 30 -4 119 123 0 0.0 12 0 0.0 0 0.0 182 44.8 Martin Truex Jr 15 27 28 8 33 27 5 169 164 50 29.6 5 17 8.8 0 0.0 166 53.1 Terry Labonte 28 32 29 4 35 30 -4 138 142 1 0.7 7 3 1.5 0 0.0 143 48.8 Dave Blaney 38 12 30 2 36 21 35 371 336 147 39.6 5 48 24.7 0 0.0 142 68.2 Carl Edwards 7 17 31 2 32 22 -2 228 230 85 37.3 4 36 18.6 0 0.0 142 66.1 Juan Pablo Montoya 12 2 32 1 40 23 -15 298 313 197 66.1 4 69 35.6 3 1.5 142 67.4 Jeff Gordon 1 28 33 1 33 21 -28 288 316 150 52.1 4 64 33.0 0 0.0 142 66.1 Landon Cassill 40 34 34 6 38 22 -1 397 398 192 48.4 6 62 32.0 0 0.0 141 73.4 Jimmie Johnson 19 35 35 1 35 27 17 152 135 109 71.7 1 49 25.3 5 2.6 61 76.2 Ryan Newman 14 36 36 4 36 34 -21 37 58 11 29.7 0 5 2.6 0 0.0 42 35.9 Bill Elliott 36 37 37 23 39 37 -6 31 37 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 37 31.0 Tony Raines 43 38 38 37 43 39 4 7 3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 28.4 David Stremme 27 39 39 6 40 38 0 9 9 0 0.0 0 2 1.0 0 0.0 30 32.5 Regan Smith 31 40 40 12 40 39 8 59 51 9 15.3 2 3 1.5 0 0.0 15 36.0 Joe Nemechek 37 41 41 37 43 41 -1 4 5 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 28.4 Josh Wise 16 42 42 16 43 42 8 8 0 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 29.8 Michael McDowell 35 43 43 29 43 43 0 9 9 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 26.3 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.