2012 GEICO 400
| Race details[1][2] | |||||
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| Race 27 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||||
 Map of the track | |||||
| Date | September 16, 2012 | ||||
| Location | Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois | ||||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi (2.414 km) | ||||
| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.5 km) | ||||
| Weather | Clear with a high temperature around 80 °F (27 °C); wind out of the WSW at 6 mph (9.7 km/h). | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||||
| Time | 29.530 | ||||
| Most laps led | |||||
| Driver | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| Laps | 172 | ||||
| Winner | |||||
| No. 2 | Brad Keselowski |
Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree | ||||
The 2012 GEICO 400 was a
Chase for the Sprint Cup
, which ends the season.
Report
Background
Homestead Miami Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway.[3] The standard track at Chicagoland Speedway is a four-turn tri-oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long.[4] The track's turns are each banked at 18 degrees and have a turn width of 55 feet.[4] The racetrack has a grandstand capacity of 75,000.[4]
Before the race,
Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 179 points, twenty-four points ahead of Toyota. Ford, with 129 points, was twenty points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third place.[6] Stewart was the race's defending winner.[7]
Practice and qualifying
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Two practice sessions were held in preparation for the race; both on Friday, September 14, 2012. The first session and second session lasted for 90 minutes each.[8] During the first practice session, Truex Jr., for the Michael Waltrip Racing team, was quickest ahead of Earnhardt Jr. in second and Keselowski in third.[9] Trevor Bayne was scored fourth, and Hamlin managed fifth.[9] Jamie McMurray, Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Carl Edwards and Ryan Newman rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session.[9]
Chase for the Sprint Cup, Stewart was scored fourteenth fastest, while Truex Jr. was scored twenty-fifth.[10]
Forty-seven cars were entered for qualifying, but only forty-three could race because of NASCAR's
grid by Almirola.[12] Kenseth qualified third, Earnhardt Jr. took fourth, and Edwards started fifth.[12] Biffle, one of the drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, qualified twenty-second, while Harvick was scored thirty-fifth.[12] The three drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Scott Riggs, Reed Sorenson, J. J. Yeley, and Jason Leffler.[12]
Results
Race results
Standings after the race
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References
- ^ "2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
- ^ Brown, Brian (September 11, 2012). "The GEICO 400". RotoWorld.com. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ^ "NASCAR Race Tracks". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ a b c "NASCAR Tracks—The Chicagoland Speedway". Chicagoland Speedway. Archived from the original on 2012-06-23. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ a b "Pre-race Driver's Championship Classification". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ^ a b "Manufacturers' Championship Classification". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ^ "2011 GEICO 400". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ^ "Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site – Sprint Cup Race Info / Rundown Page". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Practice One Timing and Scoring". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Practice Two Timing and Scoring". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ^ "Qualifying Order". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Race Lineup: Chicagoland". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved September 15, 2012.