| 2012 Food City 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 4 of 36 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,866,774 | Race Date: | Mar 18, 2012 | Bristol Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .714 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2Hr 51Min 52Sec. | Bristol, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | 13 Among / 7 Drivers | Average Speed: | 93.037 MPH | .533 Mile Concrete Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 5 For 49 Laps | bristolmotorspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Brad Keselowski B. Keselowski | Driver: | Greg Biffle G. Biffle | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #2 Dodge | Car No.: | #16 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team Penske | Team: | Roush Fenway Racing | Toyota: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Paul Wolfe | Crew Chief: | Matt Puccia | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 232 of 500 | Pole Speed: | 125.215 MPH | |||||
| Official 2012 Food City 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 5 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite | Running |  | 48 | 500 | 232 |
| 2 | 21 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Best Buy | Running |  | 43 | 500 | 45 |
| 3 | 15 | 56 | Martin Truex, Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts | Running |  | 41 | 500 | 0 |
| 4 | 16 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 5-hour Energy | Running | | 40 | 500 | 0 |
| 5 | 25 | 55 | Brian Vickers | Aaron's | Running | | 40 | 500 | 125 |
| 6 | 33 | 31 | Jeff Burton | BB&T | Running |  | 38 | 500 | 0 |
| 7 | 17 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | McDonald's | Running | | 37 | 500 | 0 |
| 8 | 30 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target | Running | | 36 | 500 | 0 |
| 9 | 22 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | Running | | 35 | 500 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | 27 | Paul Menard | Menards / Moen | Running | | 34 | 500 | 0 |
| 11 | 14 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser | Running | | 33 | 500 | 0 |
| 12 | 3 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Quicken Loans | Running | | 32 | 500 | 0 |
| 13 | 1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 811 / 3M | Running | | 32 | 500 | 41 |
| 14 | 23 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | Running | | 30 | 500 | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew | Running | | 30 | 500 | 2 |
| 16 | 9 | 20 | Joey Logano | The Home Depot | Running | | 28 | 498 | 0 |
| 17 | 2 | 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Shell / Pennzoil | Running | | 28 | 498 | 54 |
| 18 | 27 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Hendrickcars.com | Running | | 26 | 498 | 0 |
| 19 | 7 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Charter Communications | Running | | 25 | 498 | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Ground | Running | | 24 | 498 | 0 |
| 21 | 19 | 10 | David Reutimann | Tradebank | Running | | 23 | 497 | 0 |
| 22 | 32 | 33 | Brendan Gaughan | South Point Hotel & Casino | Running | | 22 | 496 | 0 |
| 23 | 31 | 34 | David Ragan | Long John Silver's | Running | | 21 | 496 | 0 |
| 24 | 6 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing / CSX - Play It Safe | Running | | 20 | 496 | 0 |
| 25 | 24 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO | Running | | 19 | 496 | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | 38 | David Gilliland | Taco Bell | Running | | 18 | 496 | 0 |
| 27 | 34 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Burger King / Dr. Pepper | Running | | 17 | 496 | 0 |
| 28 | 36 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Clorox / Scott Products | Running | | 16 | 495 | 0 |
| 29 | 29 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Burger King / Dr. Pepper | Running | | 15 | 495 | 0 |
| 30 | 40 | 49 | J.J. Yeley | JPO Absorbents | Running | | 14 | 493 | 0 |
| 31 | 39 | 98 | Michael McDowell | K-LOVE - Let It Start With Me | Running | | 13 | 492 | 0 |
| 32 | 13 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Wrigley Doublemint | Running | | 12 | 423 | 0 |
| 33 | 42 | 32 | Ken Schrader | We Drive Sales - TMone.com | Running | | 11 | 420 | 0 |
| 34 | 35 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Seal Wrap / Widow Wax | Running | | 10 | 417 | 0 |
| 35 | 4 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | AARP / Drive to End Hunger | Running | | 10 | 395 | 1 |
| 36 | 12 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | MAC Tools | Running | | 8 | 389 | 0 |
| 37 | 10 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Farmers Insurance | Running | | 7 | 366 | 0 |
| 38 | 28 | 30 | David Stremme | Food Country USA / Inception Motorsports | Accident | | 6 | 334 | 0 |
| 39 | 8 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Kellogg's / Cheez-It | Running | | 5 | 245 | 0 |
| 40 | 41 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | AM/FM Energy / Pellet & Wood Stoves | Brakes | | 0 | 57 | 0 |
| 41 | 43 | 23 | Scott Riggs | North Texas Pipe | Vibration | | 3 | 26 | 0 |
| 42 | 38 | 74 | Reed Sorenson | Carnegie Hotel / Turn One Racing | Vibration | | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 43 | 37 | 26 | Josh Wise (R) | Morristown Drivers Service | | 1 | 16 | 0 |
