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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 32 12TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD CASINO 400 KANSAS SPEEDWAY Kansas City, KS - October 21, 2012 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 267 Laps - 400.5 Miles Purse: $6,037,930 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 28 minutes, 48 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 115.086 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.495 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 12 17 Matt Kenseth Zest Ford 267 48 5 141.7 $389,611 Running 2 78 2 16 56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 267 42 107.4 231,954 Running 3 14 27 Paul Menard Menards/CertainTeed Insulation Chevrolet 267 42 1 109.5 177,615 Running 1 6 4 1 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 267 41 1 116.3 156,015 Running 1 1 5 33 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 267 39 82.5 184,840 Running 6 3 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy/Avon Foun. for Women Toyota 267 39 1 114.5 146,854 Running 2 5 7 39 88 Regan Smith National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet 267 37 92.6 124,015 Running 8 25 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 267 36 87.1 144,310 Running 9 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 267 36 1 108.6 148,651 Running 1 44 10 19 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 267 35 1 95.3 147,626 Running 2 2 11 10 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 267 33 76.9 147,991 Running 12 18 9 Marcos Ambrose Black & Decker Ford 267 32 79.2 128,088 Running 13 9 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 267 31 88.7 139,471 Running 14 17 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 267 30 85.1 140,396 Running 15 21 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Arctic Cat Chevrolet 267 29 70.4 129,613 Running 16 24 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Taylor Swift/Target Chevrolet 267 28 66.3 126,496 Running 17 31 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr Pepper Toyota 267 28 1 62.5 121,863 Running 1 1 18 26 83 Landon Cassill Burger King Toyota 267 26 59.4 121,350 Running 19 8 20 Joey Logano Dollar General Toyota 267 25 74.8 102,305 Running 20 37 34 David Ragan Client One Securities LLC Ford 267 24 52.9 111,013 Running 21 32 21 Trevor Bayne (i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 267 0 60.5 92,630 Running 22 42 32 Timmy Hill (i) Southern Pride Trucking/U.S. Chrome Ford 267 0 45.2 100,205 Running 23 38 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 266 22 1 46.4 105,363 Running 1 1 24 2 55 Mark Martin Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 266 21 1 85.8 90,505 Running 2 60 25 29 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row/Farm American Chevrolet 265 19 72.6 109,738 Running 26 15 22 Sam Hornish Jr(i) Shell Pennzoil Dodge 234 0 63.5 131,030 Accident 27 11 16 Greg Biffle 3M/Sherwin-Williams Ford 227 17 83.2 97,380 Running 28 20 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet 214 16 51.0 127,330 Running 29 5 43 Aric Almirola Farmland Ford 212 16 1 111.2 124,491 Accident 3 69 30 6 39 Ryan Newman Code 3 Associates Chevrolet 188 14 85.7 130,463 Accident 31 4 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Halloween Toyota 181 13 68.9 131,813 Accident 32 40 10 Danica Patrick (i) GoDaddy Racing Chevrolet 154 0 40.4 84,130 Accident 33 22 47 Bobby Labonte Kingsford Charcoal Toyota 140 11 49.0 101,752 Accident 34 35 95 Scott Speed B&D Electrical Ford 77 10 38.2 83,730 Electrical 35 13 51 AJ Allmendinger Phoenix Construction Chevrolet 69 9 71.7 91,780 Accident 36 30 19 Mike Bliss (i) Plinker Tactical/Crowne Plaza Toyota 47 0 34.8 83,305 Vibration 37 28 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 29 7 40.1 83,080 Accident 38 43 79 Kelly Bires Bestway Disposal/Re-Load.biz Ford 28 6 35.1 82,857 Rear Gear 39 41 36 Dave Blaney TBR/TMone Chevrolet 25 5 30.4 79,325 Brakes 40 36 87 Joe Nemechek (i) AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 22 0 30.3 79,080 Rear Gear 41 34 91 Reed Sorenson (i) Plinker Tactical/Crowne Plaza Toyota 18 0 29.9 78,805 Overheating 42 27 37 J.J. Yeley MaxQWorkForce.com Chevrolet 11 2 31.0 78,635 Vibration 43 23 98 Michael McDowell K-Love/Curb Records Ford 7 1 30.1 78,907 Vibration # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner (3), lap leader (1) & most laps led (1) points Failed to qualify: (3) #33 Cole Whitt; #30 David Stremme; #26 Josh Wise Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 78,000, Matt Kenseth won the Hollywood Casino 400, his 24th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #10, 31 (engine change). Caution Flags: 14 cautions for 66 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 32-36 (Debris [95]); 41-44 (Car #18 Spin Turn 4 [None]); 72-76 (Car #51 Accident Turn 3 [38]); 84-86 (Car #14, 31 Accident Turn 4 [None]); 123-127 (Debris [34]); 137-141 (Car #48 Accident Turn 4 [83]); 143-146 (Car #47 Accident Turn 3 [None]); 156-162 (Car #10, 83 Accident Turn 2 [1]); 166-168 (Car #14 Spin Backstretch [42]); 170-172 (Car #9, 21 Accident Turn 3 [32]); 176-180 (Car #16 Accident Turn 4 [43]); 183-188 (Car #18, 22, 39, 78 Accident Turn 4 [9]); 215-222 (Car #43 Accident Turn 4 [55]); 237-239 (Car #22 Accident Turn 1 [34]). Lap Leaders: 16 lead changes among 10 drivers. Kahne-pole, Martin 1-6, Almirola 7-33, Gilliland 34, Almirola 35-73, Kvapil 74, Johnson 75-118, Almirola 119-121, Bowyer 122-123, J. Gordon 124, Bowyer 125-127, Kenseth 128-156, J. Gordon 157, Martin 158-211, Menard 212-217, Kahne 218, Kenseth 219-267. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne (191.36 mph. 28.219 secs.) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Tony 3M LAP LEADER: Matt Kenseth (78 Laps) Stewart (crew chief Steve Addington, 0.372 seconds) AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Matt Kenseth NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $40,000 at next DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Clint Bowyer (crew chief Brian Pattie) event++ MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush Yates Engines (#17) USG IMPROVING THE FINISH: Regan Smith (32 places) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Tony Stewart ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Brad Keselowski 2,250 (5) Hendrick (#48) 328 Kasey Kahne 4 2 - Jimmie Johnson 2,243 (3) TRD (#11) 273 Mark Martin 4 3 - Denny Hamlin 2,230 (5) Penske (#2) 260 Denny Hamlin 3 4 - Clint Bowyer 2,225 (3) Greg Biffle 3 MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Kasey Kahne 2,220 (2) Jimmie Johnson 2 6 - Martin Truex Jr 2,207 (0) Denny Hamlin (#11) 11 Jeff Gordon 2 7 - Tony Stewart 2,203 (3) Kyle Busch (#18) 6 Marcos Ambrose 2 8 - Jeff Gordon 2,199 (1) Tony Stewart (#14) 5 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 9 - Matt Kenseth 2,195 (3) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Martin Truex Jr 1 10 - Kevin Harvick 2,191 (0) SOLVER OF THE RACE Tony Stewart 1 11 - Greg Biffle 2,188 (2) Steve Addington (#14) 5 Matt Kenseth 1 12 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 2,128 (1) Chad Johnston (#56) 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr 1 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Steve Letarte (#88) 4 Kyle Busch 1 Pts Wins USG IMPROVING THE FINISH Carl Edwards 1 Joey Logano 1 Chevrolet 213 (11) Tony Stewart (#14) 5 AJ Allmendinger 1 Toyota 191 (10) Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Ford 160 (6) Carl Edwards (#99) 3 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Dodge 140 (5) Stephen Leicht 85 3M LAP LEADER Josh Wise 71 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 6 Denny Hamlin (#11) 5 Kyle Busch (#18) 4 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Denny Hamlin (#11) 4 Greg Biffle (#16) 3 DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE Darian Grubb (#11) 6 Matt Puccia (#16) 6 Brian Pattie (#15) 4 NEXT EVENT: October 28, 2012 - 64th Annual TUMS Fast Relief 500, Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA (263 Miles) (500 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (10/22/2012) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #32: 12TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD CASINO "400" Race Date: 10/21/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 BRAD KESELOWSKI 2250 32 5 12 20 $5,507,480 2 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2243 32 3 16 22 7,205,750 3 DENNY HAMLIN 2230 32 5 13 16 6,350,232 4 CLINT BOWYER 2225 32 3 8 20 4,886,886 5 KASEY KAHNE 2220 32 2 10 17 4,300,931 6 MARTIN TRUEX JR.