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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 1 of 36
Monday, February 27, 2012 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps* on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:36:02
Average speed: 140.256 mph
Pole speed: 194.738 mph
Cautions: 10 for 42 laps
Margin of victory: .210 sec
Attendance: 140000
Lead changes: 25
Green flag passes: 7,449 (46.6 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary    2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2012 standings

Qualifying results for this race:
RankDriverNbrCarTimeSpeed 
1   Carl Edwards99Ford46.216   194.738  
2   Greg Biffle16Ford46.371   194.087  
3   Dale Earnhardt, Jr.88Chevrolet46.385   194.028  
4   Marcos Ambrose9Ford46.392   193.999  
5   Casey Mears13Ford46.429   193.844  
6   Jeff Gordon24Chevrolet46.439   193.803  
7   Martin Truex Jr56Toyota46.472   193.665  
8   Ricky Stenhouse Jr6Ford46.472   193.665  
9   Trevor Bayne21Ford46.484   193.615   *
10   Tony Stewart14Chevrolet46.486   193.607  
11   Mark Martin55Toyota46.511   193.503  
12   Jimmie Johnson48Chevrolet46.524   193.449  
13   Aric Almirola43Ford46.540   193.382  
14   Paul Menard27Chevrolet46.542   193.374  
15   David Ragan34Ford46.572   193.249  
16   Matt Kenseth17Ford46.573   193.245  
17   Ryan Newman39Chevrolet46.578   193.224  
18   A.J. Allmendinger22Dodge46.603   193.121  
19   Brad Keselowski2Dodge46.634   192.992  
20   Kevin Harvick29Chevrolet46.653   192.914  
21   Joey Logano20Toyota46.664   192.868  
22   Jeff Burton31Chevrolet46.686   192.777  
23   Juan Pablo Montoya42Chevrolet46.729   192.600  
24   Kasey Kahne5Chevrolet46.733   192.583  
25   Tony Raines26Ford46.745   192.534   *
26   David Stremme30Toyota46.884   191.963   *
27   Kyle Busch18Toyota46.906   191.873  
28   Jamie McMurray1Chevrolet46.914   191.840  
29   Danica Patrick10Chevrolet46.939   191.738  
30   Kenny Wallace09Toyota46.981   191.567   *
31   Terry Labonte32Ford46.992   191.522   *
32   Dave Blaney36Chevrolet46.996   191.506   *
33   Kurt Busch51Chevrolet47.031   191.363  
34   Elliott Sadler33Chevrolet47.054   191.270  
35   Michael Waltrip40Toyota47.076   191.180   *
36   Joe Nemechek87Toyota47.081   191.160   *
37   Denny Hamlin11Toyota47.089   191.127  
38   Regan Smith78Chevrolet47.105   191.062  
39   Michael McDowell98Ford47.123   190.990   *
40   Landon Cassill83Toyota47.218   190.605  
41   David Gilliland38Ford47.357   190.046  
42   Bobby Labonte47Toyota47.363   190.022  
43   Bill Elliott97Toyota47.381   189.950   *
44   Mike Wallace37Ford47.405   189.853   *
45   David Reutimann93Toyota47.560   189.235  
46   Robert Richardson, Jr.23Toyota47.761   188.438   *
47   Robby Gordon7Dodge47.814   188.229   *
48   J.J. Yeley49Toyota47.884   187.954   *
49   Clint Bowyer15Toyota    

OP: qualified via owners points
PC: qualified as past champion
PR: provisional
QR: via qualifying race
* - had to qualify on time

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   Kenny Wallace (#09), Michael Waltrip (#40), Bill Elliott (#97), Mike Wallace (#37), Robert Richardson, Jr. (#23), J.J. Yeley (#49)