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2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 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 11 of 36 Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps* on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles) Time of race: 3:45:25 Average speed: 133.802 mph Pole speed: 180.257 mph Cautions: 8 for 38 laps Margin of victory: .781 sec Attendance: 63000 Lead changes: 22 Green flag passes: 2,526 (7.7 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 Jimmie Johnson 2 2 1 1 13 3 10 43 33 35 81.4 55 368 100.0 134 36.4 368 141.1 Denny Hamlin 8 11 2 1 14 5 -4 40 44 32 80.0 24 368 100.0 56 15.2 368 116.4 Tony Stewart 17 10 3 2 18 8 12 72 60 50 69.4 4 357 97.0 0 0.0 368 103.1 Kyle Busch 5 1 4 1 19 3 4 79 75 58 73.4 15 367 99.7 44 12.0 368 120.9 Martin Truex Jr 6 3 5 1 16 4 6 45 39 36 80.0 34 367 99.7 25 6.8 368 117.2 Matt Kenseth 19 6 6 3 19 10 7 67 60 48 71.6 9 361 98.1 0 0.0 368 96.7 Carl Edwards 7 4 7 3 17 8 -2 55 57 45 81.8 30 367 99.7 0 0.0 368 104.8 Kasey Kahne 3 7 8 1 17 6 1 56 55 42 75.0 27 365 99.2 33 9.0 368 108.8 Marcos Ambrose 28 26 9 9 36 24 11 61 50 5 8.2 0 37 10.1 0 0.0 368 74.8 Joey Logano 21 13 10 2 22 12 -2 85 87 50 58.8 3 290 78.8 0 0.0 368 90.6 Clint Bowyer 26 14 11 7 28 14 19 93 74 44 47.3 20 282 76.6 0 0.0 368 86.1 Greg Biffle 1 5 12 1 17 4 -3 73 76 55 75.3 29 368 100.0 74 20.1 368 115.4 Paul Menard 14 18 13 12 33 19 -12 70 82 6 8.6 0 13 3.5 0 0.0 368 76.4 Regan Smith 9 21 14 8 30 18 -13 75 88 10 13.3 3 71 19.3 0 0.0 368 79.4 Brad Keselowski 15 29 15 9 35 21 -5 107 112 22 20.6 4 83 22.6 0 0.0 368 75.9 Kevin Harvick 23 12 16 7 31 13 20 109 89 35 32.1 5 276 75.0 0 0.0 368 85.1 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 24 19 17 1 28 18 7 104 97 33 31.7 7 153 41.6 1 0.3 368 75.9 Jeff Burton 10 20 18 9 29 20 -16 57 73 6 10.5 0 28 7.6 0 0.0 368 69.9 Aric Almirola 13 23 19 5 29 21 -10 94 104 32 34.0 2 19 5.2 0 0.0 368 67.3 Mark Martin 18 22 20 15 34 22 -6 61 67 2 3.3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 368 65.1 Kurt Busch 25 9 21 4 25 11 15 93 78 49 52.7 16 322 87.5 0 0.0 368 87.0 Casey Mears 31 25 22 17 35 27 0 58 58 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 367 54.2 Ryan Newman 4 15 23 1 23 13 -17 88 105 46 52.3 2 253 68.8 0 0.0 367 79.1 Juan Pablo Montoya 27 28 24 20 33 27 2 55 53 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 366 57.0 David Gilliland 36 24 25 4 36 26 2 108 106 20 18.5 4 6 1.6 0 0.0 366 54.5 Landon Cassill 20 30 26 1 31 27 -1 99 100 20 20.2 6 5 1.4 1 0.3 366 57.0 Dave Blaney 34 33 27 15 35 31 0 67 67 1 1.5 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 365 51.0 David Ragan 37 35 28 28 39 34 0 20 20 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 364 38.7 Bobby Labonte 22 27 29 22 36 28 -2 52 54 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 364 55.3 Reed Sorenson 42 34 30 28 42 33 6 31 25 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 363 39.7 Danica Patrick 38 31 31 13 38 32 5 89 84 3 3.4 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 362 44.5 Travis Kvapil 33 32 32 26 36 32 1 29 28 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 362 40.4 A.J. Allmendinger 16 16 33 11 34 18 3 65 62 12 18.5 0 88 23.9 0 0.0 357 70.9 Jamie McMurray 11 17 34 11 34 19 -18 76 94 11 14.5 15 105 28.5 0 0.0 345 63.7 Jeff Gordon 12 8 35 2 35 20 -13 31 44 25 80.6 8 195 53.0 0 0.0 339 80.9 David Reutimann 41 37 36 3 41 35 1 76 75 15 19.7 0 2 0.5 0 0.0 314 43.4 J.J. Yeley 43 36 37 26 43 37 3 24 21 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 132 32.5 Cole Whitt 39 38 38 36 43 39 -3 5 8 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 30.9 David Stremme 32 39 39 32 40 39 3 4 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 34.1 Joe Nemechek 40 40 40 38 42 40 4 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 31.4 Mike Skinner 35 41 41 35 43 41 3 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 29.6 Scott Speed 29 42 42 29 42 42 0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 29.5 Josh Wise 30 43 43 30 43 43 -4 1 5 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 27.3 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.