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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 26 of 36
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
400 laps on a 0.750 mile paved track (300.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:59:58
Average speed: 100.019 mph
Pole speed: 127.023 mph		Cautions: 6 for 41 laps
Margin of victory: 1.198 sec
Attendance: 89000
Lead changes: 17
Green flag passes: 1,906 (5.3 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary    2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup results   /   2012 standings

Qualifying results for this race:
RankDriverNbrCarTimeSpeed 
1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr.88Chevrolet21.256   127.023  
2   Jeff Gordon24Chevrolet21.263   126.981  
3   Regan Smith78Chevrolet21.275   126.910  
4   Clint Bowyer15Toyota21.292   126.808  
5   Jimmie Johnson48Chevrolet21.295   126.790  
6   Mark Martin55Toyota21.296   126.784  
7   Denny Hamlin11Toyota21.315   126.671  
8   Joey Logano20Toyota21.327   126.600  
9   Martin Truex Jr56Toyota21.335   126.553  
10   Brad Keselowski2Dodge21.336   126.547  
11   Sam Hornish, Jr.22Dodge21.359   126.410  
12   Landon Cassill83Toyota21.405   126.139  
13   Kevin Harvick29Chevrolet21.415   126.080  
14   Ryan Newman39Chevrolet21.416   126.074  
15   Kyle Busch18Toyota21.423   126.033  
16   Carl Edwards99Ford21.423   126.033  
17   Matt Kenseth17Ford21.433   125.974  
18   Aric Almirola43Ford21.439   125.939  
19   Michael McDowell98Ford21.449   125.880   *
20   Jeff Burton31Chevrolet21.455   125.845  
21   Kasey Kahne5Chevrolet21.476   125.722  
22   Marcos Ambrose9Ford21.481   125.692  
23   Greg Biffle16Ford21.497   125.599  
24   Juan Pablo Montoya42Chevrolet21.506   125.546  
25   Paul Menard27Chevrolet21.512   125.511  
26   Jamie McMurray1Chevrolet21.533   125.389  
27   David Ragan34Ford21.533   125.389  
28   Tony Stewart14Chevrolet21.536   125.371  
29   Bobby Labonte47Toyota21.541   125.342  
30   Kurt Busch51Chevrolet21.561   125.226  
31   David Stremme30Toyota21.591   125.052   *
32   Travis Kvapil93Toyota21.602   124.988  
33   Dave Blaney36Chevrolet21.619   124.890  
34   Joe Nemechek87Toyota21.621   124.879   *
35   David Gilliland38Ford21.644   124.746  
36   Stephen Leicht33Chevrolet21.648   124.723   *
37   David Reutimann10Chevrolet21.651   124.706  
38   Scott Riggs23Chevrolet21.680   124.539   *
39   Ken Schrader32Ford21.703   124.407  
40   Mike Bliss19Toyota21.719   124.315   *
41   Josh Wise26Ford21.746   124.161   *
42   Casey Mears13Ford21.759   124.087  
43   Reed Sorenson91Chevrolet21.813   123.779   *
44   J.J. Yeley37Chevrolet21.868   123.468   *
45   Mark Green0Toyota22.321   120.962   *

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:   J.J. Yeley (#37), Mark Green (#0)