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2012 Pure Michigan 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 23 of 36 Sunday, August 19, 2012 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 200 laps* on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:46:44 Average speed: 144.662 mph Pole speed: 199.706 mph Cautions: 8 for 35 laps Margin of victory: .416 sec Attendance: 83000 Lead changes: 26 Green flag passes: 2,994 (18.0 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 Greg Biffle 13 2 1 1 30 9 17 128 111 77 60.2 28 174 86.6 26 12.9 201 120.6 Brad Keselowski 19 12 2 1 17 7 10 80 70 63 78.8 6 200 99.5 17 8.5 201 112.4 Kasey Kahne 5 14 3 2 26 9 13 94 81 57 60.6 27 172 85.6 0 0.0 201 114.2 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 22 10 4 1 42 13 11 110 99 60 54.5 3 134 66.7 25 12.4 201 96.1 Marcos Ambrose 8 13 5 2 33 12 -11 98 109 55 56.1 7 126 62.7 0 0.0 201 95.3 Carl Edwards 2 6 6 1 30 8 3 108 105 67 62.0 7 182 90.5 1 0.5 201 111.7 Clint Bowyer 12 16 7 1 22 9 -1 86 87 55 64.0 4 164 81.6 19 9.5 201 102.6 Ryan Newman 15 18 8 5 25 14 -1 112 113 58 51.8 0 129 64.2 0 0.0 201 84.2 Paul Menard 10 7 9 1 25 10 18 100 82 65 65.0 0 163 81.1 8 4.0 201 101.2 Martin Truex Jr 7 1 10 1 26 7 -3 95 98 67 70.5 12 184 91.5 12 6.0 201 114.1 Denny Hamlin 21 9 11 1 28 14 3 111 108 53 47.7 2 119 59.2 1 0.5 201 85.4 Sam Hornish, Jr. 17 3 12 1 41 13 17 127 110 68 53.5 8 132 65.7 9 4.5 201 89.8 Kyle Busch 23 17 13 5 30 17 -6 117 123 44 37.6 0 75 37.3 0 0.0 201 76.5 Jamie McMurray 24 27 14 4 35 19 -3 108 111 33 30.6 2 36 17.9 0 0.0 201 77.1 Travis Kvapil 30 21 15 2 40 23 5 110 105 35 31.8 1 38 18.9 0 0.0 201 64.6 Kevin Harvick 20 5 16 4 28 16 -7 84 91 25 29.8 0 71 35.3 0 0.0 201 78.8 Matt Kenseth 4 4 17 1 25 9 -8 71 79 43 60.6 9 135 67.2 5 2.5 201 106.9 David Gilliland 36 23 18 4 43 23 32 103 71 28 27.2 1 29 14.4 0 0.0 201 57.0 Jeff Burton 32 22 19 6 33 19 -8 106 114 26 24.5 0 40 19.9 0 0.0 201 66.2 Aric Almirola 41 19 20 2 43 20 -10 110 120 34 30.9 0 58 28.9 0 0.0 201 67.2 David Reutimann 39 26 21 5 36 26 1 67 66 14 20.9 2 11 5.5 0 0.0 200 49.6 Bobby Labonte 28 28 22 20 36 27 2 41 39 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 199 53.0 David Ragan 37 25 23 17 38 26 -13 40 53 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 199 46.9 Trevor Bayne 6 8 24 2 31 14 -16 100 116 46 46.0 0 128 63.7 0 0.0 199 78.2 Landon Cassill 9 24 25 1 32 20 -6 85 91 28 32.9 1 43 21.4 1 0.5 198 63.3 Juan Pablo Montoya 25 15 26 4 41 24 -3 72 75 24 33.3 4 39 19.4 0 0.0 197 55.6 Jimmie Johnson 3 11 27 1 40 10 22 104 82 54 51.9 25 155 77.1 23 11.4 195 92.0 Jeff Gordon 11 30 28 4 30 21 -5 50 55 28 56.0 0 78 38.8 0 0.0 167 64.3 Regan Smith 18 33 29 11 33 25 6 44 38 13 29.5 0 56 27.9 0 0.0 154 63.3 Kurt Busch 26 20 30 2 38 24 -1 65 66 13 20.0 0 19 9.5 0 0.0 135 56.2 Joey Logano 16 31 31 9 38 27 -17 45 62 12 26.7 0 14 7.0 0 0.0 132 52.5 Tony Stewart 14 32 32 10 34 27 -16 31 47 13 41.9 0 39 19.4 0 0.0 109 54.6 T.J. Bell 40 29 33 22 39 32 0 36 36 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 108 35.6 David Stremme 31 34 34 12 42 34 7 46 39 8 17.4 0 6 3.0 0 0.0 72 38.5 Mark Martin 1 35 35 1 35 24 0 12 12 11 91.7 17 64 31.8 54 26.9 64 107.5 Joe Nemechek 35 36 36 24 41 36 11 25 14 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 33.5 Casey Mears 29 37 37 9 38 36 8 35 27 7 20.0 0 1 0.5 0 0.0 36 38.2 Dave Blaney 42 38 38 26 40 37 2 9 7 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 34 36.6 Mike Skinner 43 39 39 35 43 39 9 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 35.7 Josh Wise 34 40 40 28 43 40 -3 8 11 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 21 35.8 Scott Riggs 38 41 41 34 42 41 -2 2 4 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 30.4 Reed Sorenson 27 42 42 23 43 42 0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 30.4 Jason Leffler 33 43 43 29 43 43 1 8 7 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 31.5 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.