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2012 GEICO 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 27 of 36 Sunday, September 16, 2012 at Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL 267 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (400.500 miles) Time of race: 2:47:37 Average speed: 143.363 mph Pole speed: 182.865 mph Cautions: 4 for 23 laps Margin of victory: 3.171 sec Attendance: 65000 Lead changes: 16 Green flag passes: 2,469 (10.1 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2012 standings Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

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 1 1 1 15 3 16 49 33 39 79.6 63 267 100.0 76 28.5 267 133.3 Jimmie Johnson 1 2 2 1 12 2 -1 24 25 21 87.5 73 267 100.0 172 64.4 267 144.0 Kasey Kahne 6 3 3 1 13 3 2 31 29 25 80.6 33 267 100.0 0 0.0 267 121.2 Kyle Busch 21 5 4 3 22 7 25 84 59 55 65.5 17 254 95.1 0 0.0 267 110.3 Ryan Newman 20 17 5 3 25 12 5 88 83 39 44.3 1 182 68.2 0 0.0 267 95.3 Tony Stewart 29 6 6 1 29 11 41 87 46 44 50.6 12 205 76.8 3 1.1 267 101.2 Joey Logano 10 4 7 3 22 7 -11 70 81 42 60.0 8 261 97.8 0 0.0 267 109.1 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 4 13 8 7 42 14 21 93 72 31 33.3 1 188 70.4 0 0.0 267 91.0 Martin Truex Jr 18 16 9 8 33 16 4 75 71 20 26.7 1 116 43.4 0 0.0 267 85.0 Clint Bowyer 9 11 10 1 22 10 3 78 75 58 74.4 2 259 97.0 6 2.2 267 98.9 Sam Hornish, Jr. 16 19 11 5 38 16 7 90 83 39 43.3 0 161 60.3 0 0.0 267 92.9 Kevin Harvick 35 15 12 4 35 17 2 100 98 19 19.0 2 101 37.8 0 0.0 267 77.3 Greg Biffle 22 14 13 9 33 16 13 90 77 30 33.3 0 138 51.7 0 0.0 267 81.1 Mark Martin 15 10 14 4 39 14 -14 97 111 31 32.0 6 178 66.7 0 0.0 267 89.7 Paul Menard 11 20 15 3 22 17 -5 83 88 39 47.0 0 63 23.6 0 0.0 267 75.5 Denny Hamlin 8 7 16 1 20 7 -10 64 74 41 64.1 1 265 99.3 1 0.4 267 91.9 Aric Almirola 2 21 17 1 31 16 -16 76 92 21 27.6 2 92 34.5 3 1.1 266 80.5 Matt Kenseth 3 9 18 1 25 14 -21 44 65 18 40.9 1 155 58.1 2 0.7 266 83.6 Carl Edwards 5 18 19 5 25 15 1 67 66 35 52.2 0 144 53.9 0 0.0 266 77.7 Trevor Bayne 14 26 20 9 26 21 -13 84 97 14 16.7 0 4 1.5 0 0.0 266 63.7 Jamie McMurray 12 23 21 1 36 20 -19 86 105 21 24.4 2 31 11.6 1 0.4 266 66.1 David Ragan 37 27 22 1 37 23 4 89 85 36 40.4 0 37 13.9 3 1.1 266 58.6 Juan Pablo Montoya 28 28 23 19 38 27 -2 65 67 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 265 54.6 Jeff Burton 32 24 24 17 33 25 -3 57 60 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 265 58.0 Danica Patrick 41 30 25 21 41 30 6 47 41 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 265 49.0 Bobby Labonte 23 33 26 22 39 29 -9 38 47 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 264 52.5 Marcos Ambrose 17 25 27 9 30 23 11 56 45 20 35.7 0 38 14.2 0 0.0 263 57.7 David Gilliland 40 31 28 4 38 30 2 57 55 12 21.1 0 3 1.1 0 0.0 263 45.9 Landon Cassill 26 35 29 19 35 31 -5 43 48 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 262 53.0 T.J. Bell 39 34 30 19 39 33 4 46 42 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 261 37.6 Travis Kvapil 38 36 31 27 39 35 -2 27 29 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 259 37.1 Kurt Busch 30 12 32 8 34 24 -10 52 62 4 7.7 2 39 14.6 0 0.0 245 59.4 Dave Blaney 42 32 33 10 40 31 -5 44 49 7 15.9 1 2 0.7 0 0.0 199 43.8 Regan Smith 7 22 34 7 34 21 -10 66 76 14 21.2 0 97 36.3 0 0.0 197 65.4 Jeff Gordon 19 8 35 4 35 16 17 54 37 37 68.5 11 182 68.2 0 0.0 190 88.9 Casey Mears 27 29 36 20 36 32 5 37 32 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 146 48.8 Cole Whitt 36 37 37 29 43 39 -9 6 15 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 70 31.2 Josh Wise 43 38 38 37 43 39 1 6 5 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 66 28.4 David Stremme 31 39 39 31 41 39 2 8 6 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 60 31.5 Joe Nemechek 33 40 40 15 42 39 18 43 25 1 2.3 0 1 0.4 0 0.0 52 29.8 Scott Speed 25 41 41 2 41 39 35 46 11 15 32.6 0 6 2.2 0 0.0 49 36.6 Mike Bliss 34 42 42 32 43 41 11 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 41 28.5 Michael McDowell 24 43 43 22 43 42 3 11 8 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 30.4 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.