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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 33 64TH ANNUAL TUMS FAST RELIEF 500 MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY Ridgeway, VA - October 28, 2012 .526-Mile Oval 500 Laps - 263 Miles Purse: $4,962,589 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 23 minutes, 9 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 77.677 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.479 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 500 48 5 135.8 $202,511 Running 8 193 2 3 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Halloween Toyota 500 42 108.4 172,693 Running 3 15 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet 500 42 1 112.5 109,060 Running 1 12 4 10 43 Aric Almirola Gwaltney Ford 500 40 77.7 131,421 Running 5 8 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Avon Foun for Women Toyota 500 40 1 127.9 116,074 Running 4 154 6 32 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 500 39 1 95.3 127,305 Running 1 8 7 11 24 Jeff Gordon Pepsi MAX Chevrolet 500 38 1 123.6 127,321 Running 3 92 8 2 55 Brian Vickers MyClassicGarage.com Toyota 500 37 1 112.4 85,160 Running 2 27 9 18 47 Bobby Labonte Pine-Sol Toyota 500 35 79.5 109,718 Running 10 30 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 500 34 79.6 96,835 Running 11 17 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevrolet 500 33 80.0 120,818 Running 12 9 27 Paul Menard Zecol / Menards Chevrolet 500 32 77.0 88,585 Running 13 27 22 Sam Hornish Jr(i) Shell Pennzoil Dodge 500 0 85.0 120,660 Running 14 6 17 Matt Kenseth Ford EcoBoost Ford 500 31 1 67.2 124,021 Running 1 1 15 19 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row / Farm American Chevrolet 500 29 92.8 103,443 Running 16 14 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot / redbeacon.com Toyota 500 28 78.0 88,160 Running 17 24 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevrolet 500 27 76.6 109,618 Running 18 23 99 Carl Edwards Geek Squad Ford 500 26 86.4 120,951 Running 19 34 83 Landon Cassill Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 500 25 56.6 103,680 Running 20 25 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 500 24 75.6 108,151 Running 21 20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Diet Mtn. Dew/Nat'l Guard/AMP Energy Chev 500 23 96.4 84,635 Running 22 4 31 Jeff Burton Odyssey Battery / EnerSys Chevrolet 499 22 66.6 115,635 Running 23 12 56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 499 21 84.9 103,424 Running 24 33 9 Marcos Ambrose Black & Decker Ford 499 20 53.7 103,868 Running 25 22 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 499 19 56.9 90,368 Running 26 16 34 David Ragan Where's Waldo? Ford 499 18 54.4 87,068 Running 27 7 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot / Mobil 1 Chevrolet 498 17 72.6 125,260 Running 28 26 51 AJ Allmendinger Phoenix Construction Chevrolet 498 16 63.0 92,632 Running 29 28 32 Ken Schrader Southern Pride Trucking / U.S. Chrome Ford 495 15 39.6 82,460 Running 30 35 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 494 14 44.6 73,385 Running 31 41 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 492 14 1 47.4 79,760 Running 1 1 32 13 29 Kevin Harvick Rheem Chasing the Cure Chevrolet 473 12 69.1 120,596 Engine 33 5 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 466 12 1 86.7 116,826 Running 2 12 34 42 33 Stephen Leicht # LittleJoesAutos.com Chevrolet 253 10 32.9 80,985 Brakes 35 37 36 Dave Blaney MOHAWK Northeast / TMone Call Center 193 9 41.6 71,435 Brakes 36 29 10 David Reutimann @TMoneChevrolet Drive Sales Fast Chevrolet 185 8 46.7 71,385 Overheating 37 43 95 Scott Speed Jordan Truck Sales Ford 116 7 36.2 71,330 Suspension 38 31 26 Josh Wise # MDS Transport Ford 85 6 33.7 71,253 Brakes 39 21 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 61 5 34.0 68,500 Brakes 40 40 30 David Stremme Inception Motorsports Toyota 46 4 29.9 68,450 Accident 41 38 87 Joe Nemechek (i) AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 35 0 28.5 68,400 Brakes 42 36 23 Scott Riggs North Texas Pipe Chevrolet 22 2 27.4 68,350 Overheating 43 39 91 Reed Sorenson (i) Plinker Tactical Chevrolet 19 0 26.4 67,914 Overheating # 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: (2) #19 Mike Bliss; #37 J.J. Yeley Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 60,000, Jimmie Johnson won the TUMS Fast Relief 500, his 59th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, no cars dropped to the rear. Caution Flags: 11 cautions for 64 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 46-51 (Car #30 Accident Turn 1 [38]); 98-103 (Car #38 Accident Turn 3 [10]); 129-136 (Car #93 Spin Turn 2 [83]); 151-155 (Car #18 Spin Turn 4 [93]); 200-204 (Car #9 Spin Turn 2 [None]); 213-218 (Car #9, 93 Accident Turn 2 [34]); 230-234 (Car #78 Spin Turn 4 [93]); 393-399 (Car #11 Stopped On The Track [47]); 440-445 (Car #48, 42, 93, 14 Accident Turn 2 [78]); 476-481 (Oil On The Track [27]); 492-495 (Car #88, 99 Accident Turn 2 [42]). Lap Leaders: 22 lead changes among 9 drivers. Johnson 1-47, Kvapil 48, Johnson 49-67, J. Gordon 68-98, Johnson 99-106, J. Gordon 107-146, Vickers 147-164, Hamlin 165-170, Johnson 171-182, Bowyer 183-200, Johnson 201-204, J. Gordon 205-225, Bowyer 226-234, Johnson 235-237, Bowyer 238-349, Hamlin 350-355, Vickers 356- 364, Kenseth 365, Kahne 366-377, Bowyer 378-392, Johnson 393-477, Keselowski 478-485, Johnson 486-500. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (97.598 mph. 19.402 secs.) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Busch 3M LAP LEADER: Jimmie Johnson (193 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Brad AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Jimmie Johnson Keselowski (crew chief Paul Wolfe, 0.159 seconds) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Kyle Busch (crew chief Dave Rogers) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: Jimmie Johnson ($40,000 ++) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Kyle Busch SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Stephen Leicht MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#48) USG IMPROVING THE FINISH: Greg Biffle (20 places) ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Jimmie Johnson 2,291 (4) Matt Kenseth (#17) 40 Kasey Kahne 4 2 - Brad Keselowski 2,289 (5) Tony Stewart (#14) 37 Mark Martin 4 3 - Clint Bowyer 2,265 (3) Greg Biffle (#16) 35 Jimmie Johnson 3 4 - Kasey Kahne 2,262 (2) Denny Hamlin 3 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 5 - Denny Hamlin 2,242 (5) Greg Biffle 3 6 - Jeff Gordon 2,237 (1) Hendrick (#48) 353 Jeff Gordon 2 7 - Martin Truex Jr 2,228 (0) TRD (#11) 273 Marcos Ambrose 2 8 - Matt Kenseth 2,226 (3) Penske (#2) 270 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 9 - Greg Biffle 2,222 (2) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE Martin Truex Jr 1 10 - Tony Stewart 2,220 (3) Denny Hamlin (#11) 11 Matt Kenseth 1 11 - Kevin Harvick 2,203 (0) Kyle Busch (#18) 7 Tony Stewart 1 12 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 2,151 (1) Tony Stewart (#14) 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr 1 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Kyle Busch 1 Pts Wins SOLVER OF THE RACE Carl Edwards 1 Joey Logano 1 Chevrolet 222 (12) Steve Addington (#14) 5 AJ Allmendinger 1 Toyota 197 (10) Chad Johnston (#56) 4 Ford 164 (6) Steve Letarte (#88) 4 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Dodge 143 (5) USG IMPROVING THE FINISH Stephen Leicht 96 3M LAP LEADER Josh Wise 72 Tony Stewart (#14) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 7 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Denny Hamlin (#11) 5 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Kyle Busch (#18) 4 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD Jimmie Johnson (#48) 6 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: November 4, 2012 - 8th Annual AAA Texas 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX (501 Miles) (334 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (10/29/2012) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #33: 64TH ANNUAL TUMS FAST RELIEF "500" Race Date: 10/28/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2291 33 4 17 23 $7,408,261 2 BRAD KESELOWSKI 2289 33 5 12 21 5,634,785 3 CLINT BOWYER 2265 33 3 9 21 5,002,960 4 KASEY KAHNE 2262 33 2 11 18 4,409,991 5 DENNY HAMLIN 2242 33 5 13 16 6,467,058 6 JEFF GORDON 2237 33 1 10 17 5,513,251 7 MARTIN TRUEX JR.