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2012 Bojangles' Southern 500

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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 11 of 36
Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps* on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles)

Time of race: 3:45:25 Average speed: 133.802 mph Pole speed: 180.257 mph	Cautions: 8 for 38 laps Margin of victory: .781 sec Attendance: 63000 Lead changes: 22
Green flag passes: 2,526 (7.7 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup results / 2012 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	368	319786	running	134	48
2	8	11	Denny Hamlin	Sport Clips (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	368	238656	running	56	43
3	17	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot / Mobil 1 (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	368	209415	running	0	41
4	5	18	Kyle Busch	Doublemint (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	368	178123	running	44	41
5	6	56	Martin Truex Jr	NAPA Auto Parts (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	368	147554	running	25	40
6	19	17	Matt Kenseth	Zest (Jack Roush)	Ford	368	154776	running	0	38
7	7	99	Carl Edwards	Ford EcoBoost (Jack Roush)	Ford	368	145906	running	0	37
8	3	5	Kasey Kahne	Rockwell Tools (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	368	108790	running	33	37
9	28	9	Marcos Ambrose	DeWalt / Stanley Tools (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Ford	368	130748	running	0	35
10	21	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	368	104715	running	0	34
11	26	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	368	120969	running	0	33
12	1	16	Greg Biffle	3M Safety (Jack Roush)	Ford	368	107580	running	74	33
13	14	27	Paul Menard	Menards / Pittsburgh Paints (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	368	100705	running	0	31
14	9	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row / Denver Mattress (Barney Visser)	Chevrolet	368	117488	running	0	30
15	15	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	368	124725	running	0	29
16	23	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	368	136391	running	0	28
17	24	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Diet Mountain Dew / Amp Energy (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	368	96930	running	1	28
18	10	31	Jeff Burton	BB&T (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	368	126530	running	0	26
19	13	43	Aric Almirola	Gravely Mower (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Ford	368	124416	running	0	25
20	18	55	Mark Martin	Aaron's Dream Machine (Michael Waltrip)	Toyota	368	87605	running	0	24
21	25	51	Kurt Busch	Phoenix Racing (James Finch)	Chevrolet	368	110063	running	0	23
22	31	13	Casey Mears	GEICO (Germain Racing)	Ford	367	99063	running	0	22
23	4	39	Ryan Newman	Wix Filters (Stewart Haas Racing)	Chevrolet	367	125263	running	0	21
24	27	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target / Clorox (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	366	113696	running	0	20
25	36	38	David Gilliland	A&W All American Food (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	366	94913	running	0	19
26	20	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King / Dr. Pepper (BK Racing)	Toyota	366	108575	running	1	19
27	34	36	Dave Blaney	SealWrap (Tommy Baldwin, Jr.)	Chevrolet	365	78255	running	0	17
28	37	34	David Ragan	Peanut Patch / Margaret Holmes (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	364	90152	running	0	16
29	22	47	Bobby Labonte	Scott Products / Bush's Beans (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Toyota	364	88680	running	0	15
30	42	32	Reed Sorenson	Southern Pride Trucking / TMone (Frank Stoddard)	Ford	363	89505	running	0	0
31	38	10	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy.com (Tommy Baldwin, Jr.)	Chevrolet	362	76980	running	0	0
32	33	73	Travis Kvapil	Dr. Pepper (BK Racing)	Toyota	362	76805	running	0	0
33	16	22	A.J. Allmendinger	Shell / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Dodge	357	121480	running	0	11
34	11	1	Jamie McMurray	Bass Pro Shops / Allstate (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing)	Chevrolet	345	107813	running	0	10
35	12	24	Jeff Gordon	AARP Drive to End Hunger/Charlotte 1 Million (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	339	124466	running	0	9
36	41	93	David Reutimann	Burger King / Dr. Pepper (BK Racing)	Toyota	314	84380	running	0	8
37	43	49	J.J. Yeley	JPO Absorbents (Robinson-Blakeney Racing)	Toyota	132	75915	clutch	0	7
38	39	74	Cole Whitt	Turn One Racing (Stacy Compton)	Chevrolet	35	75682	vibration	0	0
39	32	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports (Timothy McSweeney)	Toyota	32	72225	overheating	0	5
40	40	87	Joe Nemechek	AM/FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves (Joe Nemechek)	Toyota	27	72050	power steering	0	0
41	35	52	Mike Skinner	CrusaderStaffing.com (Kelly Owen)	Toyota	20	71875	electrical	0	0
42	29	79	Scott Speed	Team Kyle / Koma Unwind (Archie St. Hilaire)	Ford	20	71780	overheating	0	2
43	30	26	Josh Wise	MDS Transport (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	19	72139	vibration	0	1

* Race extended to 368 laps due to green/white/checker.

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
44	Scott Riggs	23	North Texas Pipe	Robert Richardson, Sr.	Chevrolet
45	Michael McDowell	98	Curb Records	Mike Curb	Ford
46	Stephen Leicht	33	Little Joe's Autos	Joe Falk	Chevrolet
47	Mike Bliss	19	Humphrey Smith Racing	Mark Smith	Toyota

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	172	172
	173	179	7	debris	#15
	180	194	15
	195	199	5	debris	#39
	200	230	31
	231	235	5	debris	#88
	236	298	63
	299	303	5	#47 spun	#1
	304	307	4
	308	311	4	#78 spun	#31
	312	316	5
	317	319	3	#1,22 accident turn 4	#9
	320	330	11
	331	334	4	#32 spun	#2
	335	361	27
	362	366	5	#39,51 accident turn 2	#55
	367	368	2
Percent of race run under caution: 10.3% Average green flag run: 36.7 laps

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Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Greg Biffle	1	48	48
Kasey Kahne	49	49	1
Jimmie Johnson	50	50	1
Landon Cassll	51	51	1
Kyle Busch	52	72	21
Greg Biffle	73	98	26
Denny Hamlin	99	100	2
Jimmie Johnson	101	172	72
Kyle Busch	173	173	1
Jimmie Johnson	174	179	6
Kyle Busch	180	188	9
Jimmie Johnson	189	194	6
Kyle Busch	195	195	1
Denny Hamlin	196	199	4
Kasey Kahne	200	231	32
Denny Hamlin	232	280	49
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	281	281	1
Martin Truex, Jr.	282	298	17
Denny Hamlin	299	299	1
Martin Truex, Jr.	300	307	8
Jimmie Johnson	308	312	5
Kyle Busch	313	324	12
Jimmie Johnson	325	368	44

Nbr	# Stops	Driver	Laps	Total Time	Average Time
Today's top pit crews:
18	9	Kyle Busch	368	363.643Kyle Busch	40.405
56	9	Martin Truex, Jr.	368	409.055Martin Truex, Jr.	45.451
17	9	Matt Kenseth	368	412.504Matt Kenseth	45.834
48	8	Jimmie Johnson	368	372.817Jimmie Johnson	46.602
27	10	Paul Menard	368	468.546Paul Menard	46.855
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Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Greg Biffle	411
2	Matt Kenseth	409	-2
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	397	-14
4	Denny Hamlin	394	-17
5	Jimmie Johnson	372	-39
5	Martin Truex Jr	372	-39
7	Tony Stewart	369	-42
8	Kevin Harvick	361	-50
9	Kyle Busch	349	-62
10	Carl Edwards	337	-74
11	Clint Bowyer	335	-76
12	Brad Keselowski	328	-83
13	Paul Menard	308	-103
14	Ryan Newman	307	-104
15	Joey Logano	293	-118
16	Kasey Kahne	283	-128
17	Jeff Burton	275	-136
18	Marcos Ambrose	274	-137
19	Juan Pablo Montoya	272	-139
20	Jamie McMurray	263	-148
21	Aric Almirola	262	-149