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2012 Samsung Mobile 500 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 7 of 36 Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:07:12 Average speed: 160.577 mph Pole speed: 190.369 mph Cautions: 2 for 10 laps Margin of victory: 3.235 sec Attendance: 159200 Lead changes: 18 Green flag passes: 2,797 (8.6 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 3 16   Greg Biffle 3M / Filtrete   (Jack Roush) Ford 334 540850 running 90 47 2 10 48   Jimmie Johnson Lowe's / Kobalt Tools   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 334 361501 running 156 44 3 4 55   Mark Martin Aaron's 2011 Best of the Best   (Michael Waltrip) Toyota 334 232690 running 0 41 4 34 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont 20 Years   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 334 250401 running 2 41 5 2 17   Matt Kenseth Best Buy   (Jack Roush) Ford 334 212901 running 15 40 6 1 56   Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts   (Michael Waltrip) Toyota 334 190904 running 69 39 7 5 5   Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 334 148565 running 0 37 8 20 99   Carl Edwards Fastenal   (Jack Roush) Ford 334 176156 running 0 36 9 15 29   Kevin Harvick Budweiser   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 334 175651 running 0 35 10 16 88   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Diet Mountain Dew / 7-Eleven   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 334 135940 running 0 34 11 17 18   Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 334 171863 running 0 33 12 13 11   Denny Hamlin FedEx Office / March of Dimes   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 334 166221 running 0 32 13 27 51   Kurt Busch Phoenix Racing   (James Finch) Chevrolet 333 148638 running 0 31 14 9 1   Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats   (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing) Chevrolet 333 151513 running 0 30 15 12 22   A.J. Allmendinger Shell / Pennzoil   (Roger Penske) Dodge 333 159805 running 0 29 16 25 42   Juan Pablo Montoya Target   (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing) Chevrolet 333 148546 running 0 28 17 18 15   Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy   (Michael Waltrip) Toyota 333 142794 running 0 27 18 11 27   Paul Menard Quaker State / Menards   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 333 121980 running 0 26 19 14 20   Joey Logano Dollar General   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 333 120380 running 0 25 20 7 9   Marcos Ambrose Stanley Tools / DeWalt   (Richard Petty Motorsports) Ford 333 139863 running 1 25 21 6 39   Ryan Newman U.S. Army   (Stewart Haas Racing) Chevrolet 332 149938 running 0 23 22 23 43   Aric Almirola Smithfield   (Richard Petty Motorsports) Ford 332 144616 running 0 22 23 26 78   Regan Smith Furniture Row / Denver Mattress   (Barney Visser) Chevrolet 332 130238 running 0 21 24 29 14   Tony Stewart Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy / Office Depot   (Stewart Haas Racing) Chevrolet 332 154305 running 0 20 25 22 13   Casey Mears GEICO   (Germain Racing) Ford 331 117663 running 0 19 26 31 10   David Reutimann Accell Construction   (Tommy Baldwin, Jr.) Chevrolet 331 101380 running 0 18 27 30 47   Bobby Labonte Bush's Baked Beans / Tom Thumb   (JTG-Daugherty Racing) Toyota 330 119413 running 0 17 28 19 21   Trevor Bayne Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center   (Wood Brothers) Ford 330 98255 running 0 0 29 24 31   Jeff Burton Caterpillar   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 330 136230 running 0 15 30 28 83   Landon Cassill Burger King / Dr. Pepper   (BK Racing) Toyota 330 123350 running 0 14 31 35 38   David Gilliland ModSpace   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 328 100627 running 0 13 32 39 32   Reed Sorenson Jani-King   (Frank Stoddard) Ford 327 97980 running 0 0 33 36 49   J.J. Yeley JPO Absorbents   (Robinson-Blakeney Racing) Toyota 325 88880 running 0 11 34 42 33   Tony Raines Precon Marine   (Joe Falk) Chevrolet 323 95780 running 0 10 35 21 34   David Ragan Scorpion Window Films   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 313 86655 running 1 10 36 8 2   Brad Keselowski Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Dodge 312 123250 running 0 8 37 41 36   Dave Blaney Jimmie Johnson's Anything With An Engine   (Tommy Baldwin, Jr.) Chevrolet 228 84405 vibration 0 7 38 37 93   Travis Kvapil Dr. Pepper   (BK Racing) Toyota 114 91257 engine 0 6 39 32 26   Josh Wise MDS Transport   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 66 79800 vibration 0 5 40 43 19   Mike Bliss Humphrey Smith Racing   (Mark Smith) Toyota 38 79650 brakes 0 0 41 33 98   Michael McDowell Curb Records   (Mike Curb) Ford 36 79490 vibration 0 3 42 40 23   Scott Riggs North Texas Pipe / Embassy Suites   (Robert Richardson, Sr.) Chevrolet 25 79395 vibration 0 2 43 38 95   Scott Speed Tommy Williams Drywall   (Leavine Family Racing) Ford 13 79724 overheating 0 1

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 David Stremme 30 Inception Motorsports Timothy McSweeney Toyota 45 Joe Nemechek 87 AM/FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves Joe Nemechek Toyota 46 Stacy Compton 74 Turn One Racing Stacy Compton Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 67 67     68 71 4   debris #34 72 94 23     95 100 6   debris #10 101 334 234       Percent of race run under caution: 3.0%             Average green flag run: 108.0 laps 'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com. Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Martin Truex, Jr. 1 31 31   Greg Biffle 32 45 14   Matt Kenseth 46 46 1   Marcos Ambrose 47 47 1   Greg Biffle 48 68 21   Martin Truex, Jr. 69 71 3   Greg Biffle 72 81 10   Matt Kenseth 82 95 14   Greg Biffle 96 96 1   David Ragan 97 97 1   Martin Truex, Jr. 98 100 3   Greg Biffle 101 112 12   Jimmie Johnson 113 146 34   Greg Biffle 147 147 1   Martin Truex, Jr. 148 179 32   Jimmie Johnson 180 282 103   Jeff Gordon 283 284 2   Jimmie Johnson 285 303 19   Greg Biffle 304 334 31 Today's top pit crews: Nbr # Stops Driver Laps Total Time Average Time 56 7   Martin Truex, Jr. 334 252.011Martin Truex, Jr.   36.002   99 8   Carl Edwards 334 288.394Carl Edwards   36.049   17 7   Matt Kenseth 334 254.187Matt Kenseth   36.312   55 7   Mark Martin 334 254.262Mark Martin   36.323   48 7   Jimmie Johnson 334 254.502Jimmie Johnson   36.357   Click here for more. . . Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Greg Biffle 273     2   Matt Kenseth 254   -19   2   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 254   -19   4   Martin Truex Jr 253   -20   5   Kevin Harvick 249   -24   6   Denny Hamlin 242   -31   7   Tony Stewart 234   -39   8   Jimmie Johnson 233   -40   9   Ryan Newman 225   -48   10   Clint Bowyer 219   -54   11   Carl Edwards 215   -58   12   Paul Menard 192   -81   12   Joey Logano 192   -81   14   Kyle Busch 184   -89   15   Brad Keselowski 183   -90   16   Jeff Burton 179   -94   17   Jeff Gordon 177   -96   18   Juan Pablo Montoya 174   -99   19   A.J. Allmendinger 172   -101   20   Mark Martin 170   -103   21   Regan Smith 167   -106