| 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 11 of 36 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,983,563 | Race Date: | May 12, 2012 | Darlington Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .781 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3h 45m 25s | Darlington, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 22 Among / 8 Drivers | Average Speed: | 133.802 MPH | 1.366 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 8 For 38 Laps | darlingtonraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jimmie Johnson J. Johnson | Driver: | Greg Biffle G. Biffle | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #48 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #16 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Team: | Roush Fenway Racing | Toyota: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Chad Knaus | Crew Chief: | Matt Puccia | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 134 of 368 | Pole Speed: | 180.257 MPH | |||||
| Official 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | Running |  | 48 | 368 | 134 |
| 2 | 8 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | SportClips | Running |  | 43 | 368 | 56 |
| 3 | 17 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | Running | | 41 | 368 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Wrigley Doublemint | Running | | 41 | 368 | 44 |
| 5 | 6 | 56 | Martin Truex, Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts | Running | | 40 | 368 | 25 |
| 6 | 19 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Zest | Running |  | 38 | 368 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford EcoBoost | Running | | 37 | 368 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Rockwell Tools | Running | | 37 | 368 | 33 |
| 9 | 28 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | DeWalt / Stanley Tools | Running | | 35 | 368 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | 20 | Joey Logano | The Home Depot | Running | | 34 | 368 | 0 |
| 11 | 26 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 5-hour Energy | Running | | 33 | 368 | 0 |
| 12 | 1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M / OH / ES | Running | | 33 | 368 | 74 |
| 13 | 14 | 27 | Paul Menard | Menards / Pittsburgh Paints | Running | | 31 | 368 | 0 |
| 14 | 9 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row / Denver Mattres | Running | | 30 | 368 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite | Running |  | 29 | 368 | 0 |
| 16 | 23 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser | Running | | 28 | 368 | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Diet Mountain Dew / National G | Running | | 28 | 368 | 1 |
| 18 | 10 | 31 | Jeff Burton | BB&T | Running | | 26 | 368 | 0 |
| 19 | 13 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Gravely Mower | Running | | 25 | 368 | 0 |
| 20 | 18 | 55 | Mark Martin | Aaron's Dream Machine | Running | | 24 | 368 | 0 |
| 21 | 25 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Phoenix Racing | Running | | 23 | 368 | 0 |
| 22 | 31 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO | Running | | 22 | 367 | 0 |
| 23 | 4 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Wix Filters | Running | | 21 | 367 | 0 |
| 24 | 27 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target | Running | | 20 | 366 | 0 |
| 25 | 36 | 38 | David Gilliland | A&W All American Food | Running | | 19 | 366 | 0 |
| 26 | 20 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Burger King / Dr. Pepper | Running | | 19 | 366 | 1 |
| 27 | 34 | 36 | Dave Blaney | SealWrap.com | Running | | 17 | 365 | 0 |
| 28 | 37 | 34 | David Ragan | Peanut Patch / Margaret Holmes | Running | | 16 | 364 | 0 |
| 29 | 22 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Scott Products | Running | | 15 | 364 | 0 |
| 30 | 42 | 32 | Reed Sorenson (I) | Southern Pride Trucking | Running | | 0 | 363 | 0 |
| 31 | 38 | 10 | Danica Patrick (I) | GoDaddy.com | Running | | 0 | 362 | 0 |
| 32 | 33 | 73 | Travis Kvapil (I) | Dr. Pepper | Running | | 0 | 362 | 0 |
| 33 | 16 | 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Shell / Pennzoil | Running | | 11 | 357 | 0 |
| 34 | 11 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Bass Pro Shops / Allstate | Running | | 10 | 345 | 0 |
| 35 | 12 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | AARP / Drive to End Hunger | Running | | 9 | 339 | 0 |
| 36 | 41 | 93 | David Reutimann | Burger King / Dr. Pepper | Running | | 8 | 314 | 0 |
| 37 | 43 | 49 | J.J. Yeley | JPO Absorbents | Clutch | | 7 | 132 | 0 |
| 38 | 39 | 74 | Cole Whitt | Turn One Racing | Vibration | | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 39 | 32 | 30 | David Stremme | Inception Motorsports | Overheating | | 5 | 32 | 0 |
| 40 | 40 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | AMFM Energy / Pellet & Wood St | Power Steering | | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 41 | 35 | 52 | Mike Skinner | CrusaderStaffing.com | Electrical | | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 42 | 29 | 79 | Scott Speed | Team Kyle / Koma Unwind | Overheating | | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| 43 | 30 | 26 | Josh Wise (R) | Morristown Drivers Service | Vibration | | 1 | 19 | 0 |
