2012 FedEx 400
Race details[1][2] | |||||
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Race 13 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||||
Date | June 3, 2012 | ||||
Location |
Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware | ||||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km) | ||||
Distance | 400 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km) | ||||
Weather | Clear with a temperature near 76 °F (24 °C); wind out of the W at 15 mph (24 km/h). | ||||
Average speed | 122.835 miles per hour (197.684 km/h) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Michael Waltrip Racing | ||||
Time | 22.742 | ||||
Most laps led | |||||
Driver | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
Laps | 289 | ||||
Winner | |||||
No. 48 | Jimmie Johnson |
Network | Fox | ||
Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds |
The 2012 FedEx 400 was a
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Background
Before the race,
Practice and qualifying
Two practice sessions were held before the race on June 1, 2012. The first session was 85 minutes long, while the second lasted 90 minutes.[9] Mark Martin was quickest with a time of 22.613 seconds in the first session, 0.039 faster than Hamlin.[10] Truex Jr. was third quickest, followed by Biffle, Kyle Busch, and Biffle. Ryan Newman was seventh, still within two-tenths of a second of Martin's time.[10] In the second and final practice, Aric Almirola was quickest with a time of 22.900 seconds.[11] Jeff Gordon followed in second, ahead of Earnhardt Jr. and Johnson.[11]Scott Speed was fifth quickest, with a time of 23.260 seconds.[11] Jamie McMurray, Michael McDowell, Kurt Busch, Joe Nemechek, and J. J. Yeley rounded out the first ten positions.[11] Martin, who was quickest in the first session, could only manage 29th.[11]
Forty-five cars were entered for qualifying on June 2, 2012,
Once the qualifying session was completed, Martin stated, "I'll never do that again. I anticipated the car being loose, but I didn't ask Rodney if he tightened it up. I knew the conditions were looser than they were in our mock qualifying run, and I didn't want to ask him because I didn't want to be concerned. I knew that I only had to make it one mile without wrecking, and I was going to drive to the limit and slightly beyond, and I felt like I did that. I wouldn't want to do that again. But I couldn't sit on these poles without the fastest race car, and MWR and Rodney Childers in particular and the guys on our team are doing that."[14]
Race
The race, the thirteenth in the season, began at 1:00 p.m.
Martin retained his pole position lead into the first corner, followed by Johnson, who started second. However, by the end of the first lap, Johnson had become the leader. On the following lap, Bowyer fell to fifth, as Kenseth passed him. On the seventh lap, Martin reclaimed the lead from Johnson. Two laps later, the race was slowed by a caution flag after a
On lap 35, Johnson continued to lead over Martin and Kenseth, while Bowyer was placed in fourth. Johnson continued to expand his lead over Martin to over a second by the 43rd lap in the race. Less than ten laps later, Johnson passed Kurt Busch, who started ninth, to place him a lap behind the leaders. On the 56th lap, Gordon overtook Kyle Busch for the fifth position, as Newman fell to tenth after Hamlin and Edwards passed him. Thirteen laps later, David Stremme retired from the race as green flag pit stops began after McMurray, Biffle, Hamlin and Harvick came to pit road. Kenseth and ten other drivers pitted on the following lap, as Martin, Johnson, Bowyer, Earnhardt Jr., and Gordon pitted on the 71st lap. Two laps later, Stewart, who was involved in the accident during the ninth lap, returned to the race after repairs to the car. At lap 75, Kurt Busch was given a drive-through penalty after entering pit road too fast, as Martin reclaimed the lead.[15][16]
Nine laps later, Johnson moved past Martin to take the first position. By the 91st lap, Johnson expanded his lead to one second over Martin. Six laps later, Kenseth moved to the third position while Gordon moved to fourth. On lap 98, Regan Smith returned to the race after repairs to the damage sustained on the ninth lap to his car. Less than five laps later, Stephen Leicht and Reed Sorenson also returned to the race to gain positions and points (Sorenson's team trying to gain breathing room inside the Top 35, while Leicht was trying to get closer), while Johnson maintained a two-second lead over Martin. On the 109th lap, Juan Pablo Montoya returned to the race after sustaining damage to his car after the accident on lap nine. Three laps later, the second caution was given after David Reutimann's engine failed. On the lap 117 restart, Johnson led ahead of Martin, Kenseth, Kyle Busch, and Gordon. On the following lap, Kyle Busch passed Martin for the second position, as Johnson expanded his lead. By lap 132, Harvick had moved into the third position while Martin fell to the fifth position.[15][16]
On lap 133, Leicht returned to the garage after being over 100 laps off the pace, and Gordon passed Harvick for the third position. Eight laps later, Gordon overtook Kyle Busch to claim the second position behind Johnson. On the 160th lap, Harvick reclaimed the third position from Kyle Busch.
Results
Qualifying
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No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time (s) | Speed (mph) | Grid | |
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55 | Mark Martin | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 22.742 | 158.297 | 1 | |
48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 22.747 | 158.263 | 2 | |
39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing |
Chevrolet | 22.751 | 158.235 | 3 | |
15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 22.778 | 158.047 | 4 | |
17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 22.787 | 157.985 | 5 | |
29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 22.804 | 157.867 | 6 | |
16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 22.808 | 157.839 | 7 | |
18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 22.808 | 157.839 | 8 | |
51 | Kurt Busch | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 22.841 | 157.611 | 9 | |
11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 22.850 | 157.549 | 10 | |
20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 22.851 | 157.542 | 11 | |
43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 22.858 | 157.494 | 12 | |
5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 22.869 | 157.418 | 13 | |
24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 22.871 | 157.405 | 14 | |
31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 22.877 | 157.363 | 15 | |
2 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing |
Dodge | 22.880 | 157.343 | 16 | |
88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 22.882 | 157.329 | 17 | |
56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 22.904 | 157.178 | 18 | |
99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 22.921 | 157.061 | 19 | |
27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 22.956 | 156.822 | 20 | |
9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 22.956 | 156.822 | 21 | |
47 | Bobby Labonte | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 22.962 | 156.781 | 22 | |
22 | A. J. Allmendinger | Penske Racing |
Dodge | 22.983 | 156.637 | 23 | |
1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing |
Chevrolet | 22.994 | 156.563 | 24 | |
79 | Scott Speed | Go Green Racing | Ford | 23.005 | 156.488 | 25 | |
78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 23.009 | 156.460 | 26 | |
83 | Landon Cassill | BK Racing | Toyota | 23.037 | 156.270 | 27 | |
34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 23.045 | 156.216 | 28 | |
14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing |
Chevrolet | 23.059 | 156.121 | 29 | |
38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 23.118 | 155.723 | 30 | |
42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing |
Chevrolet | 23.125 | 155.676 | 31 | |
30 | David Stremme | Inception Motorsports |
Toyota | 23.186 | 155.266 | 32 | |
98 | Michael McDowell | Phil Parsons Racing | Ford | 23.239 | 154.912 | 33 | |
49 | J. J. Yeley | Robinson-Blakeney Racing |
Toyota | 23.275 | 154.672 | 34 | |
87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 23.292 | 154.559 | 35 | |
19 | Mike Bliss | Humphrey Smith Racing | Toyota | 23.292 | 154.559 | 36 | |
33 | Stephen Leicht | Circle Sport Racing | Chevrolet | 23.304 | 154.480 | 37^ | |
32 | Reed Sorenson | FAS Lane Racing |
Ford | 23.362 | 154.096 | 38 | |
10 | David Reutimann | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 23.373 | 154.024 | 39 | |
13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Ford | 23.397 | 153.866 | 40 | |
36 | Dave Blaney | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 23.422 | 153.702 | 41 | |
93 | Travis Kvapil | BK Racing | Toyota | 23.440 | 153.584 | 42 | |
23 | Scott Riggs | R3 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 23.304 | 154.480 | 43^ | |
Failed to qualify | |||||||
26 | Josh Wise | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 23.333 | 154.288 | ||
74 | Cole Whitt | Turn One Racing | Chevrolet | 23.340 | 154.242 | ||
^ Stephen Leicht and Scott Riggs had identical qualifying times. Under NASCAR rules,
Leicht would be in a higher starting position as his team is higher in owners' points. |
Race results
Standings after the race
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