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2012 Budweiser Shootout     Post Exhibition or unclassified race Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 75 laps* on a 2.500 mile paved track (187.500 miles) Time of race: 1:39:07 Average speed: 124.096 mph Pole speed: drew for pole Cautions: 5 for 22 laps Margin of victory: .013 sec Attendance: 82000 Lead changes: 26 Glossary    Other Exhibition / Unclassified Races

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 14 18 48   Jimmie Johnson Lowe's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 74 33525 crash 1 15 14 24   Jeff Gordon AARP / Drive to End Hunger   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 73 33025 crash 16 16 4 1   Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats   (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing) Chevrolet 73 32525 crash 11 17 6 51   Kurt Busch Tag Heuer Avant-Garde   (James Finch) Chevrolet 73 30025 crash 0 18 10 20   Joey Logano The Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 54 28025 crash 1 19 1 56   Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts   (Michael Waltrip) Toyota 54 25025 crash 7 20 8 88   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 54 23025 crash 12 21 23 17   Matt Kenseth Best Buy   (Jack Roush) Ford 54 21025 crash 0 22 22 29   Kevin Harvick Budweiser   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 54 20025 crash 4 23 24 27   Paul Menard Menards / Peak   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 8 18030 crash 0 24 5 34   David Ragan MHP / Power Pak Pudding   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 8 16030 crash 0 25 20 55   Michael Waltrip Aaron's   (Michael Waltrip) Toyota 8 15032 crash 0 1 2 18   Kyle Busch M&M's   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 82 198550 running 3 2 15 14   Tony Stewart Mobil 1 / Office Depot   (Stewart Haas Racing) Chevrolet 82 94800 running 7 3 21 9   Marcos Ambrose Stanley   (Richard Petty Motorsports) Ford 82 54800 running 1 4 3 2   Brad Keselowski Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Dodge 82 45800 running 0 5 16 11   Denny Hamlin FedEx Express   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 82 44800 running 0 6 7 16   Greg Biffle 3M   (Jack Roush) Ford 82 43400 running 17 7 13 39   Ryan Newman Wix Filters   (Stewart Haas Racing) Chevrolet 82 42050 running 0 8 17 15   Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy   (Michael Waltrip) Toyota 82 40025 running 0 9 11 99   Carl Edwards Fastenal   (Jack Roush) Ford 82 38025 running 0 10 25 42   Juan Pablo Montoya Target   (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing) Chevrolet 82 36525 running 1 11 12 31   Jeff Burton CAT   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 81 36025 running 0 12 9 22   A.J. Allmendinger Shell / Pennzoil   (Roger Penske) Dodge 80 35525 running 1 13 19 5   Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 79 35025 running 0 * Race extended to 82 laps due to green/white/checker.

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Brad Keselowski 2 backup car Kyle Busch 18 backup car A.J. Allmendinger 22 backup car Kurt Busch 51 backup car Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 9 9     10 15 6   #5,11,27,42,31,34,55,24 accident turn 2 none 16 24 9     25 25 1   competition #11 26 32 7     33 36 4   #15 spun turn 1 #11 37 55 19     56 61 6   #9,17,20,29,56,88 accident turn 2 #15 62 74 13     75 80 6   #1,9,18,22,24,48,51,99 accident turn 4 #31 81 82 2       Percent of race run under caution: 28.0%             Average green flag run: 9.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 1 3 3   Jamie McMurray 4 4 1   Joey Logano 5 5 1   Kevin Harvick 6 6 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 7 15 9   Kevin Harvick 16 16 1   Jamie McMurray 17 17 1   Martin Truex, Jr. 18 22 5   Jamie McMurray 23 25 3   Jeff Gordon 26 27 2   Greg Biffle 28 33 6   A.J. Allmendinger 34 34 1   Greg Biffle 35 36 2   Juan Pablo Montoya 37 37 1   Jamie McMurray 38 42 5   Martin Truex, Jr. 43 44 2   Jimmie Johnson 45 45 1   Kevin Harvick 46 47 2   Jeff Gordon 48 51 4   Jamie McMurray 52 52 1   Greg Biffle 53 61 9   Jeff Gordon 62 71 10   Kyle Busch 72 73 2   Tony Stewart 74 80 7   Marcos Ambrose 81 81 1   Kyle Busch 82 82 1