| 2012 Auto Club 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 5 of 36 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $5,147,478 | Race Date: | Mar 25, 2012 | Auto Club Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | Race Shortened By Rain | Race Duration: | 1h 36m 39s | Fontana, California | |
| Lead Changes: | 9 Among / 5 Drivers | Average Speed: | 160.166 MPH | 2 Mile Paved D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 1 For 5 Laps | autoclubspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Tony Stewart T. Stewart | Driver: | Denny Hamlin D. Hamlin | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #14 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #11 Toyota | Toyota: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Stewart Haas Racing | Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Steve Addington | Crew Chief: | Darian Grubb | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 42 of 129 | Pole Speed: | 186.403 MPH | |||||
| Official 2012 Auto Club 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 9 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | Running |  | 47 | 129 | 42 |
| 2 | 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Interstate Batteries | Running |  | 44 | 129 | 80 |
| 3 | 14 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Diet Mountain Dew / National G | Running | | 41 | 129 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiche | Running | | 40 | 129 | 0 |
| 5 | 12 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Subway | Running |  | 39 | 129 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M | Running | | 38 | 129 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | U.S. Army | Running | | 37 | 129 | 0 |
| 8 | 13 | 56 | Martin Truex, Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts | Running | | 36 | 129 | 0 |
| 9 | 23 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Phoenix Construction Services | Running | | 35 | 129 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's / Jimmie Johnson Founda | Running | | 35 | 129 | 2 |
| 11 | 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express | Running | | 34 | 129 | 2 |
| 12 | 3 | 55 | Mark Martin | Aaron's | Running | | 32 | 129 | 0 |
| 13 | 11 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 5-hour Energy | Running | | 31 | 129 | 0 |
| 14 | 5 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Quaker State | Running | | 30 | 129 | 0 |
| 15 | 25 | 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Southern California AAA | Running |  | 29 | 129 | 0 |
| 16 | 15 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford EcoBoost | Running | | 28 | 129 | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target | Running | | 27 | 128 | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite | Running | | 26 | 128 | 0 |
| 19 | 27 | 27 | Paul Menard | Menards / CertainTeed | Running | | 25 | 128 | 0 |
| 20 | 22 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row / Farm American | Running | | 24 | 128 | 0 |
| 21 | 29 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | DeWalt / Stanley Tools | Running | | 23 | 128 | 0 |
| 22 | 19 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar | Running | | 22 | 128 | 0 |
| 23 | 33 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO | Running | | 21 | 128 | 0 |
| 24 | 8 | 20 | Joey Logano | Dollar General | Running | | 20 | 128 | 0 |
| 25 | 28 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Medallion Financial | Running | | 19 | 128 | 0 |
| 26 | 21 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | AARP / Drive to End Hunger | Running | | 19 | 128 | 3 |
| 27 | 18 | 10 | David Reutimann | Accell Construction | Running | | 17 | 127 | 0 |
| 28 | 26 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Charter Communications | Running | | 16 | 127 | 0 |
| 29 | 40 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Burger King / Dr.Pepper | Running | | 15 | 127 | 0 |
| 30 | 41 | 38 | David Gilliland | 1-800-LoanMart | Running | | 14 | 127 | 0 |
| 31 | 38 | 34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Running | | 13 | 127 | 0 |
| 32 | 16 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Bass Pro Shops / Allstate | Running | | 12 | 126 | 0 |
| 33 | 34 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Running | | 11 | 126 | 0 |
| 34 | 42 | 32 | Ken Schrader | U.S. Chrome / 1 Less Than 2 Li | Running | | 10 | 125 | 0 |
| 35 | 36 | 49 | J.J. Yeley | America Israel Racing | Running | | 9 | 125 | 0 |
| 36 | 31 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Burger King / Dr.Pepper | Running | | 8 | 124 | 0 |
| 37 | 30 | 26 | Josh Wise (R) | Morristown Driver's Service | Vibration | | 7 | 51 | 0 |
| 38 | 32 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Curb Records | Vibration | | 6 | 40 | 0 |
| 39 | 20 | 30 | David Stremme | TheNascarFans | Rear Gear | | 5 | 36 | 0 |
| 40 | 39 | 19 | Mike Bliss | TriStar Motorsports | Transmission | | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 41 | 35 | 23 | Scott Riggs | North Texas Pipe | Vibration | | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| 42 | 43 | 74 | Reed Sorenson | Turn One Racing | Vibration | | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 43 | 37 | 33 | Brendan Gaughan | South Point Hotel & Casino | Engine | | 1 | 1 | 0 |
