NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Number 34 Unofficial Race Results for the 8Th Annual Aaa Texas 500 - Sunday, November 4, 2012 Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, TX - 1.5 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 335 Laps - 502.5 Miles - Purse: $6,969,209
Leader Driver Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 335 48 5 146.8 $492,086 Running 7 168 2 8 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 335 43 1 125.2 $353,830 Running 5 75 3 3 18 Kyle Busch Snickers Toyota 335 42 1 125.2 $268,143 Running 4 80 4 10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford EcoBoost Ford 335 41 1 96.8 $241,021 Running 1 1 5 21 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 335 39 84.5 $212,935 Running 6 4 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 335 38 113.3 $180,149 Running 7 19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet 335 37 90.7 $148,085 Running 8 18 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Chevrolet 335 36 89.6 $155,493 Running 9 23 29 Kevin Harvick Rheem/Budweiser Chevrolet 335 35 83.5 $168,971 Running 10 2 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 335 34 105.7 $128,560 Running 11 6 20 Joey Logano Home Depot/redbeacon.com Toyota 335 33 95.6 $121,585 Running 12 36 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevrolet 335 33 1 79.8 $155,443 Running 2 6 13 5 56 Martin Truex Jr. Carlyle Tools by NAPA Toyota 335 31 101.3 $134,249 Running 14 16 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 335 30 100.8 $148,021 Running 15 14 43 Aric Alrmirola Farmland Ford 335 29 82.2 $141,221 Running 16 9 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 335 28 83.7 $145,051 Running 17 17 22 Sam Hornish Jr.(i) Shell Pennzoil Dodge 335 0 72.5 $142,785 Running 18 24 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevrolet 335 26 67.0 $132,543 Running 19 22 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet 335 25 68.4 $139,210 Running 20 12 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 335 24 75.1 $143,051 Running 21 20 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 335 23 57.4 $116,343 Running 22 7 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 335 0 64.0 $99,810 Running 1 4 23 38 93 Travis Kvapil Dr.Pepper Toyota 335 22 1 58.3 $121,943 Running 1 1 24 32 10 Danica Patrick(i) GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 335 0 61.4 $99,210 Running 25 13 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrickcars.com/Great Clips Chevrolet 334 19 90.6 $107,185 Running 26 41 83 Landon Cassill Burger King Toyota 333 18 46.4 $125,755 Running 27 27 27 Paul Menard Quaker State/Menards Chevrolet 332 17 49.8 $106,585 Running 28 33 34 David Ragan CertainTeed/31-W Ford 331 16 41.2 $109,668 Running 29 11 55 Mark Martin Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 329 15 82.0 $97,710 Accident 30 31 95 Scott Speed B&D Electrical/TWD Ford 328 14 44.7 $96,000 Running 31 42 32 Ken Schrader Federated Auto Parts Ford 328 13 37.8 $105,560 Running 32 15 9 Marcos Ambrose Mac Tools Ford 310 12 70.5 $124,743 Accident 33 29 47 Bobby Labonte Wounded Warrior Project Toyota 284 11 49.4 $111,682 Running 34 25 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Huggies Chevrolet 279 10 48.4 $123,926 Running 35 30 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 225 9 46.0 $93,460 Engine 36 26 51 AJ Allmendinger Phoenix Construction Chevrolet 107 8 54.6 $101,510 Accident 37 35 26 Josh Wise # MDS Transport Ford 41 7 33.5 $93,030 Vibration 38 37 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parson Racing Ford 37 6 34.5 $92,803 Overheating 39 40 36 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 37 5 31.9 $89,900 Brakes 40 43 87 Joe Nemechek(i) AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 33 0 28.8 $89,700 Vibration 41 34 19 Mike Bliss(i) Plinker Tactical/MCM Elegante Toyota 32 0 28.6 $89,475 Brakes 42 28 37 JJ Yeley MaxQWorkForce.com Chevrolet 10 2 29.6 $89,275 Overheating 43 39 91 Reed Sorenson(i) Plinker Tactical/MCM Elegante Toyota 6 0 27.4 $89,561 Electrical Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 146,000, Jimmie Johnson won the AAA Texas 500, his 60th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Failed to Qualify: (3) 33 Stephen Leicht #, 79 Kelly Bires, 30 David Stremme. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 41 Mins, 30 Secs. Average Speed: 136.117 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.808 Seconds Caution Flags: 9 for 49 laps: Laps: 101-104 (Debris [22]); 110-118 (#51 accident frontstretch [None]); 120-128 (42, 47, 21 accident frontstretch [31]); 186-190 (Debris [1]); 224-227 (Debris [21]); 276-280 (Debris [21]); 311-315 (#9 accident turn 1 [31]); 322-326 (Debris [31]); 331-333 (#55, 99 accident frontstretch [13]). Lead Changes: 20 among 7 drivers: J. Johnson 1-48; R. Newman 49-50; J. Johnson 51-101; R. Newman 102-105; B. Keselowski 106-118; J. Johnson 119-165; Kyle Busch 166; M. Kenseth 167; T. Bayne(i) 168-171; T. Kvapil 172; J. Johnson 173-190; Kyle Busch 191-223; B. Keselowski 224; Kyle Busch 225-235; B. Keselowski 236-276; Kyle Busch 277-311; J. Johnson 312; B. Keselowski 313-326; J. Johnson 327; B. Keselowski 328-333; J. Johnson 334-335. Top 12 Driver Points: (1) J. Johnson 2,339;(2) B. Keselowski 2,332;(3) C. Bowyer 2,303;(4) K. Kahne 2,281;(5) M. Kenseth 2,267;(6) J. Gordon 2,267;(7) D. Hamlin 2,266;(8) T. Stewart 2,259;(9) M. Truex Jr. 2,259;(10) G. Biffle 2,256;(11) K. Harvick 2,238;(12) D. Earnhardt Jr. 2,188.
3M Lap Leader: Jimmie Johnson, #48 168 Laps American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award: Jimmie Johnson, #48 Coors Light Pole Award: Jimmie Johnson, #48 191.076 mph DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Race: Kyle Busch, #18 Dave Rogers Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Hendrick Engines, #48 Mobil 1 Oil Driver of the Race: Kyle Busch, #18 Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race: Matt Kenseth, #17 Jimmy Fennig, .448 secSunoco Rookie of the Race: Josh Wise, #26 USG Improving the Finish: Ryan Newman, #39 24 places (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series Next Race: Nov. 11, 2012 - Phoenix International Raceway NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications @ P.O. Box 2875, Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875