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2012 AAA Texas 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 34 of 36 Sunday, November 4, 2012 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX 334 laps* on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:41:30 Average speed: 136.117 mph Pole speed: 191.076 mph Cautions: 9 for 49 laps Margin of victory: .808 sec Attendance: 146000 Lead changes: 20 Green flag passes: 2,859 (10.0 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 Jimmie Johnson 1 7 1 1 8 2 1 27 26 23 85.2 74 335 100.0 168 50.1 335 146.8 Brad Keselowski 8 9 2 1 14 3 16 57 41 48 84.2 55 335 100.0 75 22.4 335 125.2 Kyle Busch 3 6 3 1 19 4 -2 51 53 35 68.6 33 332 99.1 80 23.9 335 125.2 Matt Kenseth 10 1 4 1 27 14 10 110 100 43 39.1 2 186 55.5 1 0.3 335 96.8 Tony Stewart 21 21 5 5 25 17 2 92 90 33 35.9 5 80 23.9 0 0.0 335 84.5 Clint Bowyer 4 8 6 2 26 5 0 62 62 41 66.1 20 327 97.6 0 0.0 335 113.3 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 19 27 7 3 29 14 14 89 75 27 30.3 0 176 52.5 0 0.0 335 90.7 Kurt Busch 18 20 8 5 23 14 12 109 97 57 52.3 0 193 57.6 0 0.0 335 89.6 Kevin Harvick 23 2 9 2 30 16 13 112 99 40 35.7 1 177 52.8 0 0.0 335 83.5 Greg Biffle 2 13 10 1 24 7 5 73 68 51 69.9 8 328 97.9 0 0.0 335 105.7 Joey Logano 6 15 11 4 22 10 -8 78 86 57 73.1 3 325 97.0 0 0.0 335 95.6 Ryan Newman 36 16 12 1 36 17 11 147 136 55 37.4 4 141 42.1 6 1.8 335 79.8 Martin Truex Jr 5 12 13 3 26 7 -10 65 75 37 56.9 5 329 98.2 0 0.0 335 101.3 Jeff Gordon 16 10 14 2 25 10 18 122 104 61 50.0 22 273 81.5 0 0.0 335 100.8 Aric Almirola 14 23 15 7 28 16 7 105 98 44 41.9 0 142 42.4 0 0.0 335 82.2 Carl Edwards 9 26 16 6 28 15 -3 100 103 47 47.0 2 168 50.1 0 0.0 335 83.7 Sam Hornish, Jr. 17 24 17 7 40 19 -6 127 133 30 23.6 10 96 28.7 0 0.0 335 72.5 Jamie McMurray 24 19 18 6 32 22 -8 103 111 19 18.4 0 10 3.0 0 0.0 335 67.0 Jeff Burton 22 29 19 12 30 23 3 80 77 9 11.3 1 10 3.0 0 0.0 335 68.4 Denny Hamlin 12 18 20 3 25 15 -19 86 105 50 58.1 1 220 65.7 0 0.0 335 75.1 Casey Mears 20 22 21 6 31 26 -11 91 102 21 23.1 2 9 2.7 0 0.0 335 57.4 Trevor Bayne 7 3 22 1 30 21 -27 85 112 24 28.2 0 53 15.8 4 1.2 335 64.0 Travis Kvapil 38 4 23 1 38 26 -1 76 77 17 22.4 1 15 4.5 1 0.3 335 58.3 Danica Patrick 32 5 24 3 33 24 -7 107 114 13 12.1 3 10 3.0 0 0.0 335 61.4 Kasey Kahne 13 11 25 4 26 10 3 78 75 59 75.6 2 309 92.2 0 0.0 334 90.6 Landon Cassill 41 25 26 24 41 30 1 48 47 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 333 46.4 Paul Menard 27 31 27 24 38 30 -1 36 37 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 332 49.8 David Ragan 33 30 28 4 35 30 3 76 73 12 15.8 0 5 1.5 0 0.0 331 41.2 Mark Martin 11 17 29 3 29 13 9 110 101 58 52.7 4 254 75.8 0 0.0 329 82.0 Scott Speed 31 33 30 29 36 33 1 21 20 0 0.0 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 328 44.7 Ken Schrader 42 32 31 30 42 33 1 15 14 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 328 37.8 Marcos Ambrose 15 14 32 6 32 16 -24 96 120 31 32.3 2 186 55.5 0 0.0 310 70.5 Bobby Labonte 29 35 33 20 38 32 1 49 48 0 0.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 284 49.4 Juan Pablo Montoya 25 34 34 22 35 31 -2 44 46 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 279 48.4 David Gilliland 30 28 35 17 35 31 -2 63 65 0 0.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 225 46.0 A.J. Allmendinger 26 36 36 20 36 32 5 40 35 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 107 54.6 Josh Wise 35 37 37 35 41 37 1 5 4 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 41 33.5 Michael McDowell 37 38 38 34 40 38 6 11 5 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 37 34.5 Dave Blaney 40 39 39 35 40 39 -1 3 4 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 37 31.9 Joe Nemechek 43 40 40 39 43 40 1 3 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 33 28.8 Mike Bliss 34 41 41 34 42 41 4 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 28.6 J.J. Yeley 28 42 42 28 42 42 -1 3 4 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 29.6 Reed Sorenson 39 43 43 39 43 43 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 27.4 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.