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2012 Gatorade Duel 150 #1     Post NASCAR Daytona Qualifier race number 1 Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 60 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 0:56:34 Average speed: 159.104 mph Pole speed: n/a Cautions: 3 for 8 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 80000 Lead changes: 8 Glossary    Daytona Qualifier Page

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 6 14   Tony Stewart Office Depot / Mobil 1   (Stewart Haas Racing) Chevrolet 60 55725 running 21 2 2 88   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 60 40725 running 5 3 3 9   Marcos Ambrose Stanley / DeWalt Tools   (Richard Petty Motorsports) Ford 60 35725 running 5 4 13 31   Jeff Burton Caterpillar   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 60 30725 running 0 5 1 99   Carl Edwards Fastenal   (Jack Roush) Ford 60 28725 running 2 6 21 98   Michael McDowell K-Love / Curb Records   (Mike Curb) Ford 60 26325 running 0 7 12 29   Kevin Harvick Budweiser   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 60 25225 running 0 8 10 22   A.J. Allmendinger Shell / Pennzoil   (Roger Penske) Dodge 60 24225 running 0 9 25 7   Robby Gordon Mapei / Menards / Speed Energy   (Robby Gordon) Dodge 60 24200 running 0 10 16 1   Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats   (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing) Chevrolet 60 24175 running 0 11 4 6   Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford EcoBoost   (Jack Roush) Ford 60 24150 running 0 12 5 21   Trevor Bayne Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center   (Wood Brothers) Ford 60 24125 running 0 13 11 2   Brad Keselowski Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Dodge 60 24100 running 0 14 9 34   David Ragan Scorpion Truck Bed Liners   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 60 24075 running 0 15 7 43   Aric Almirola Smithfield "Helping Hungry Homes"   (Richard Petty Motorsports) Ford 60 24050 running 0 16 17 10   Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com   (Stewart Haas Racing) Chevrolet 59 24025 crash 0 17 20 11   Denny Hamlin FedEx Express   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 59 24000 running 27 18 19 40   Michael Waltrip Aaron's Dream Machine   (Mike Hillman) Toyota 51 23950 crash 0 19 15 30   David Stremme R&B Transport Finishes   (Timothy McSweeney) Toyota 27 23925 vibration 0 20 24 37   Mike Wallace Poynt.com   (Rick Ware) Ford 23 23900 engine 0 21 18 32   Terry Labonte C&J Energy   (Frank Stoddard) Ford 12 23850 vibration 0 22 23 38   David Gilliland MHP Power Pak Pudding   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 8 23825 crash 0 23 14 42   Juan Pablo Montoya Target   (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing) Chevrolet 8 23775 crash 0 24 8 27   Paul Menard Peak / Menards   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 8 23750 crash 0 25 22 83   Landon Cassill Burger King   (BK Racing) Toyota 3 23725 vibration 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 9 9     10 13 4   #27,38,42,98 accident turn 1 #32 14 53 40     54 56 3   #40 accident turn 2 #9 57 59 3     60 60 1   #10,43 accident backstretch none   Percent of race run under caution: 13.3%             Average green flag run: 17.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Carl Edwards 1 1 1   Tony Stewart 2 3 2   Carl Edwards 4 4 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 5 9 5   Marcos Ambrose 10 14 5   Denny Hamlin 15 15 1   Tony Stewart 16 16 1   Denny Hamlin 17 42 26   Tony Stewart 43 60 18