| 2012 AAA 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 29 of 36 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,543,439 | Race Date: | Sep 30, 2012 | Dover International Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1.078 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3h 11m 53s | Dover, Delaware | |
| Lead Changes: | 11 Among / 6 Drivers | Average Speed: | 125.076 MPH | 1 Mile Concrete Banked Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 5 For 28 Laps | doverspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Brad Keselowski B. Keselowski | Driver: | Denny Hamlin D. Hamlin | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #22 Dodge | Car No.: | #11 Toyota | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team Penske | Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Paul Wolfe | Crew Chief: | Darian Grubb | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 14 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 159.299 MPH | |||||
| Official 2012 AAA 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 10 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite | Running |  | 47 | 400 | 14 |
| 2 | 7 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Drive to End Hunger / AARP | Running |  | 43 | 400 | 1 |
| 3 | 26 | 55 | Mark Martin | Aaron's 2,000th Store - Bronx, | Running |  | 41 | 400 | 0 |
| 4 | 11 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | Running | | 41 | 400 | 43 |
| 5 | 15 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Fastenal | Running |  | 39 | 400 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 56 | Martin Truex, Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts | Running | | 38 | 400 | 0 |
| 7 | 5 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Interstate Batteries | Running | | 39 | 399 | 302 |
| 8 | 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Office | Running | | 37 | 399 | 39 |
| 9 | 2 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 5-hour Energy | Running | | 36 | 399 | 1 |
| 10 | 14 | 20 | Joey Logano | The Home Depot | Running | | 34 | 399 | 0 |
| 11 | 25 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | National Guard / Diet Mountain | Running | | 33 | 398 | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (I) | Cargill | Running | | 0 | 397 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser | Running | | 31 | 397 | 0 |
| 14 | 16 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Kingsford Charcoal | Running | | 30 | 397 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Farmers Insurance | Running | | 29 | 397 | 0 |
| 16 | 6 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Scotch-Brite | Running | | 28 | 397 | 0 |
| 17 | 18 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row / Denver Mattres | Running | | 27 | 397 | 0 |
| 18 | 27 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | DeWalt / Stanley Tools | Running | | 26 | 397 | 0 |
| 19 | 21 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Super 8 | Running | | 25 | 397 | 0 |
| 20 | 24 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | Running | | 24 | 397 | 0 |
| 21 | 8 | 39 | Ryan Newman | US Army | Running | | 23 | 397 | 0 |
| 22 | 19 | 27 | Paul Menard | Menards / CertainTeed | Running | | 22 | 396 | 0 |
| 23 | 28 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Phoenix Racing | Running | | 21 | 395 | 0 |
| 24 | 20 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | McDonald's | Running | | 20 | 394 | 0 |
| 25 | 4 | 22 | Sam Hornish, Jr. (I) | Shell / Pennzoil | Running | | 0 | 393 | 0 |
| 26 | 35 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target | Running | | 18 | 393 | 0 |
| 27 | 39 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar | Running | | 17 | 393 | 0 |
| 28 | 38 | 10 | Danica Patrick (I) | GoDaddy.com | Running | | 0 | 393 | 0 |
| 29 | 33 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Burger King | Running | | 15 | 392 | 0 |
| 30 | 31 | 34 | David Ragan | Long John Silver's | Running | | 14 | 392 | 0 |
| 31 | 30 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO | Running | | 13 | 391 | 0 |
| 32 | 42 | 38 | David Gilliland | Taco Bell | Running | | 12 | 391 | 0 |
| 33 | 41 | 32 | T.J. Bell (I) | Green Smoke | Running | | 0 | 390 | 0 |
| 34 | 40 | 36 | J.J. Yeley | Drive Sober - Arrive Alive | Running | | 10 | 388 | 0 |
| 35 | 12 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford EcoBoost | Running | | 9 | 371 | 0 |
| 36 | 22 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Burger King | Running | | 8 | 354 | 0 |
| 37 | 23 | 26 | Josh Wise (R) | MDS Transport | Vibration | | 7 | 92 | 0 |
| 38 | 32 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Phil Parsons Racing | Suspension | | 6 | 51 | 0 |
| 39 | 37 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | AMFM Energy / Pellet & Wood St | Electrical | | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| 40 | 34 | 95 | Scott Speed | Jordan Truck Sales | Suspension | | 4 | 32 | 0 |
| 41 | 43 | 37 | Dave Blaney | MaxQWorkforce.com | Overheating | | 3 | 29 | 0 |
| 42 | 36 | 23 | Scott Riggs | North Texas Pipe | Brakes | | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| 43 | 29 | 91 | Reed Sorenson | Plinker Tactical | Brakes | | 0 | 18 | 0 |
