2012 Federated Auto Parts 400

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2012 Federated Auto Parts 400
Race details [1]
Race 26 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
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Richmond International Speedway
Date Sept 8-9, 2012
Location Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia
Course Permanent racing facility
0.75 mi (1.2 km)
Distance 400 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Time 21.256
Most laps led
Driver Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 199
Winner
No. 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing
Television in the United States
Network ABC
Announcers Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2012 Federated Auto Parts 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 8, 2012 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps, it was the twenty-sixth and final race leading into the Chase for the Sprint Cup in the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season.

Contents

Clint Bowyer of Michael Waltrip Racing won the race, his second of the season. Jeff Gordon finished second to clinch the second wild card spot in the Chase, and Mark Martin finished third.

Report

Background

Richmond International Raceway, the race track where the race was held. Richmond International Raceway from stands.jpg
Richmond International Raceway, the race track where the race was held.

Richmond International Raceway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Bristol Motor Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, and Phoenix International Raceway. [2] The NASCAR race makes use of the track's standard configuration, a four-turn short track oval that is 0.75 miles (1.21 km) long. [3] The track's turns are banked at fourteen degrees. The front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at eight degrees while the back stretch has two degrees of banking. [3] The racetrack has seats for 94,063 spectators. [3]

Practice and qualifying

Race

Start

First half

The race was set to start at 7:43 p.m. EDT but the start was delayed 90 minutes, and the cars were running under caution speed, Jeff Gordon was leading when the race restarted on lap 8, The second caution came out on lap 48, this was a planned competition caution, The race restarted on lap 52, and the third caution then came out on lap 53 for a one-car spin in the back straightaway (David Ragan), the race restarted on lap 57, and a couple of laps later, the fourth caution came out for rain on lap 139, by lap 153, the cars were brought down pit road the race was red flagged as rain returned again. After a delay of fifty-one minutes and 45 seconds, the cars started rolling again, and the race restarted on lap 156.

Second half

The fifth caution came out on lap 235 when Clint Bowyer spun out in the back straightaway, the race restarted on lap 239, The race was under longer green flag runs until the end, Clint Bowyer stretched his fuel mileage and despite a late charge from Jeff Gordon, the lead was too big to overcome for Gordon, and Bowyer would score his second win in Richmond, as well as the second win in the season. Gordon rallied back from going one lap down to finish 2nd, and knocked Kyle Busch out of the Chase by 3 points (Kyle finished 16th). Mark Martin clinched third.

Results

Qualifying

No.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeedGrid
88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.256127.0231
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.263126.9812
78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 21.275126.9103
15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.292126.8084
48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.295126.7905
55 Mark Martin Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.296126.7846
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.315126.6717
20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.327126.6008
56 Martin Truex, Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.335126.5539
2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 21.336126.54710
22 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 21.359126.41011
83 Landon Cassill BK Racing Toyota 21.405126.13912
29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.415126.08013
39 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.416126.07414
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.423126.03315
99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.423126.03316
17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.433125.97417
43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.439125.93918
98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 21.449125.88019
31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.455125.84520
5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.476125.72221
9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.481125.69222
16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.497125.59923
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.506125.54624
27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.512125.51125
1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.533125.38926
34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.533125.38927
14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.536125.37128
47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 21.541125.34229
51 Kurt Busch Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 21.561125.22630
30 David Stremme Inception Motorsports Toyota 21.591125.05231
93 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 21.602124.98832
36 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 21.619124.89033
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 21.621124.87934
38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.644124.74635
33 Stephen Leicht Circle Sport Racing Chevrolet 21.648124.72336
10 David Reutimann Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 21.651124.70637
23 Scott Riggs R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 21.680124.53938
32 Ken Schrader FAS Lane Racing Ford 21.703124.40739
19 Mike Bliss Humphrey Smith Racing Toyota 21.719124.31540
26 Josh Wise Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.746124.16141
13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 21.759124.08742
91 Reed Sorenson Humphrey Smith Racing Chevrolet 21.813123.77943
Failed to Qualify
37 J. J. Yeley Max Q Motorsports Chevrolet 21.868123.468
0 Mark Green SS Motorsports Toyota 22.321120.962


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