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2012 AdvoCare 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 25 of 36 Sunday, September 2, 2012 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA 325 laps* on a 1.540 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 3:32:45 Average speed: 142.02 mph Pole speed: 186.121 mph Cautions: 6 for 31 laps Margin of victory: .378 sec Attendance: 90300 Lead changes: 18 Green flag passes: 2,513 (8.5 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 Denny Hamlin 7 2 1 1 7 2 4 23 19 21 91.3 73 327 100.0 105 32.1 327 141.0 Jeff Gordon 5 10 2 1 19 7 12 61 49 48 78.7 19 326 99.7 6 1.8 327 113.7 Brad Keselowski 21 6 3 2 22 7 23 69 46 45 65.2 4 308 94.2 0 0.0 327 106.6 Martin Truex Jr 28 3 4 1 28 6 26 82 56 36 43.9 31 295 90.2 40 12.2 327 113.3 Kevin Harvick 24 1 5 1 24 4 22 44 22 29 65.9 44 310 94.8 101 30.9 327 123.8 Kyle Busch 3 4 6 1 13 3 -2 67 69 43 64.2 20 327 100.0 66 20.2 327 120.7 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 35 19 7 4 35 17 15 88 73 26 29.5 0 77 23.5 0 0.0 327 80.2 Paul Menard 18 15 8 6 24 14 7 96 89 39 40.6 2 196 59.9 0 0.0 327 87.5 Matt Kenseth 4 7 9 3 20 8 -20 67 87 47 70.1 3 326 99.7 0 0.0 327 98.5 Mark Martin 6 13 10 4 24 11 -2 89 91 55 61.8 2 312 95.4 0 0.0 327 93.8 Sam Hornish, Jr. 15 5 11 3 15 9 6 70 64 53 75.7 2 327 100.0 0 0.0 327 95.6 Jeff Burton 26 16 12 6 26 15 8 96 88 32 33.3 0 139 42.5 0 0.0 327 79.7 Kurt Busch 16 24 13 12 32 21 2 100 98 19 19.0 11 50 15.3 0 0.0 327 75.3 Regan Smith 27 18 14 9 29 19 5 73 68 2 2.7 1 62 19.0 0 0.0 327 74.6 Greg Biffle 2 17 15 1 28 13 -15 97 112 35 36.1 2 216 66.1 1 0.3 327 88.5 Trevor Bayne 32 21 16 15 33 23 5 77 72 1 1.3 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 327 62.6 Marcos Ambrose 10 14 17 4 24 14 -2 88 90 42 47.7 4 269 82.3 0 0.0 327 83.6 Joey Logano 9 23 18 5 26 17 -14 114 128 40 35.1 7 119 36.4 0 0.0 327 79.0 Bobby Labonte 25 20 19 7 27 21 3 72 69 9 12.5 2 3 0.9 0 0.0 327 64.4 Landon Cassill 40 27 20 3 38 25 6 81 75 14 17.3 4 2 0.6 0 0.0 326 54.5 Juan Pablo Montoya 33 25 21 13 33 25 1 77 76 0 0.0 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 326 62.6 Tony Stewart 1 22 22 1 31 20 -21 68 89 16 23.5 3 50 15.3 8 2.4 326 72.9 Kasey Kahne 11 28 23 10 34 26 0 65 65 4 6.2 4 16 4.9 0 0.0 325 61.2 Jamie McMurray 20 26 24 8 30 22 -9 74 83 2 2.7 2 53 16.2 0 0.0 325 61.5 Dave Blaney 22 30 25 12 34 29 -10 71 81 4 5.6 0 3 0.9 0 0.0 324 54.4 Travis Kvapil 41 32 26 24 41 31 4 45 41 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 324 44.5 Clint Bowyer 30 9 27 6 42 20 11 95 84 35 36.8 2 138 42.2 0 0.0 324 79.2 David Ragan 14 33 28 13 35 31 -19 45 64 3 6.7 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 323 43.0 Danica Patrick 23 34 29 23 36 33 -7 39 46 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 321 43.6 T.J. Bell 42 35 30 30 40 35 3 11 8 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 319 36.2 David Gilliland 29 31 31 28 35 32 -4 44 48 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 298 44.3 Aric Almirola 13 36 32 11 40 34 -6 17 23 7 41.2 15 24 7.3 0 0.0 297 56.5 Casey Mears 19 29 33 19 36 29 -13 51 64 0 0.0 12 0 0.0 0 0.0 291 48.6 Jimmie Johnson 8 8 34 2 34 11 1 53 52 35 66.0 11 268 82.0 0 0.0 269 93.7 Ryan Newman 17 11 35 8 35 18 6 84 78 33 39.3 1 137 41.9 0 0.0 268 69.0 Carl Edwards 12 12 36 3 36 16 -1 82 83 52 63.4 2 219 67.0 0 0.0 264 73.3 Scott Speed 36 37 37 4 37 35 -5 12 17 0 0.0 5 1 0.3 0 0.0 196 39.3 Jason Leffler 34 38 38 32 40 38 -6 6 12 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 77 34.9 David Stremme 31 39 39 31 41 39 0 4 4 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 54 32.5 Scott Riggs 39 40 40 37 42 40 3 7 4 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 43 31.1 J.J. Yeley 43 41 41 38 43 41 2 4 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 27.9 Reed Sorenson 38 42 42 36 43 42 5 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 28.9 Joe Nemechek 37 43 43 37 43 43 -2 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 22 24.3 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.