NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 22 27TH ANNUAL FINGER LAKES 355 AT THE GLEN WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL Watkins Glen, NY - August 12, 2012 2.45-Mile Paved Road Course 90 Laps - 220.5 Miles Purse: $4,896,322 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 14 minutes, 48 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 98.145 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.571 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 5 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 90 47 4 128.5 $259,558 Running 2 8 2 4 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 90 43 1 129.1 187,180 Running 3 37 3 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Cortez Silver Chevrolet 90 41 111.3 166,821 Running 4 8 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 90 40 105.6 142,399 Running 5 17 22 Sam Hornish Jr(i) Shell Pennzoil Dodge 90 0 94.5 146,935 Running 6 15 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 90 38 88.9 109,610 Running 7 2 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 90 39 2 133.7 140,968 Running 3 43 8 24 17 Matt Kenseth Ford EcoBoost Ford 90 36 84.7 127,771 Running 9 13 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row/Farm American Chevrolet 90 35 86.0 107,568 Running 10 9 56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 90 34 101.8 108,424 Running 11 6 39 Ryan Newman U.S. ARMY Chevrolet 90 33 79.5 118,443 Running 12 22 27 Paul Menard Menards/Rheem Chevrolet 90 32 83.7 85,610 Running 13 20 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 90 31 83.3 83,935 Running 14 18 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 90 31 1 98.0 116,576 Running 1 1 15 19 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 90 29 85.7 119,821 Running 16 30 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 90 28 67.1 89,093 Running 17 21 95 Scott Speed TWD Ford 90 27 67.0 68,710 Running 18 29 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 90 26 64.8 109,246 Running 19 7 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 90 25 89.4 121,260 Running 20 34 38 David Gilliland Mod Space Ford 90 24 58.4 87,068 Running 21 12 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 90 23 78.5 115,721 Running 22 32 34 David Ragan Scorpion Coatings/Al's Liners Ford 90 22 53.6 82,793 Running 23 35 83 Landon Cassill Burger King/Dr. Pepper Toyota 90 21 44.9 97,155 Running 24 42 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr. Pepper Toyota 90 20 48.8 93,082 Running 25 25 32 Boris Said Hendrickcars.com Ford 90 19 48.2 78,835 Running 26 39 33 Stephen Leicht # LittleJoesAuto.com Chevrolet 90 18 39.0 79,560 Running 27 26 47 Bobby Labonte Miller Welders/Freightliner Toyota 90 17 48.0 77,735 Running 28 16 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet 89 16 73.9 77,485 Running 29 36 87 Joe Nemechek (i) Genny Light/AM/FM Energy Toyota 88 0 42.7 66,310 Running 30 28 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet 84 14 46.4 108,735 Running 31 27 51 Kurt Busch Phoenix Construction Services Inc. Chevrolet 81 13 62.4 78,010 Running 32 14 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota 71 12 62.5 76,285 Running 33 1 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 63 12 1 99.8 101,526 Accident 1 1 34 23 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 57 10 66.5 110,501 Engine 35 41 49 Jason Leffler (i) America Israel Racing Toyota 42 0 32.5 65,360 Engine 36 31 36 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 41 8 38.8 65,185 Suspension 37 11 98 Michael McDowell TRAQM Ford 30 7 45.4 65,055 Rear Gear 38 38 26 Josh Wise # MDS Transport Ford 25 6 36.5 64,853 Electrical 39 10 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevrolet 24 5 69.9 93,008 Accident 40 37 10 J.J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 15 4 33.0 61,845 Brakes 41 40 19 Chris Cook Plinker Tactical Toyota 5 3 31.9 61,680 Brakes 42 43 30 Patrick Long Inception Motorsports Toyota 2 2 32.4 61,555 Brakes 43 33 55 Brian Vickers MyClassicGarage.com Toyota 0 1 30.8 61,930 Engine # 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: n/a Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 90,000, Marcos Ambrose won the Finger Lakes 355, his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following car dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #93 (back up car). Caution Flags: 4 cautions for 13 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 27-29 (Car #1 Accident Turn 4 [95]); 59-61 (Oil On Backstretch From #11 [38]); 65-68 (Oil On Backstretch From #49 [33]); 72-74 (Car #14 Accident Frontstretch [33]). Lap Leaders: 10 lead changes among 5 drivers. Montoya-pole, Ky. Busch 1-26, Montoya 27, Keselowski 28-38, Ambrose 39-45, Keselowski 46-56, Ky. Busch 57-58, Edwards 59, Keselowski 60-74, Ky. Busch 75-89, Ambrose 90. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Juan Pablo Montoya (127.02 mph. 69.438 secs.) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Clint Bowyer 3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Busch (43 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Greg AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Brad Keselowski Biffle (crew chief Matt Puccia, 0.519 seconds) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Marcos Ambrose (crew chief Todd Parrott) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $160,000 at next FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Sam Hornish Jr event++ MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Toyota Racing Development (TRD) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Stephen Leicht (#18) USG IMPROVING THE FINISH: Travis Kvapil (18 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 777 (3) Tony Stewart (#14) 30 Mark Martin 3 2 - Greg Biffle 776 (1) Matt Kenseth (#17) 28 Greg Biffle 2 3 - Matt Kenseth 775 (1) Greg Biffle (#16) 25 Denny Hamlin 2 4 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 760 (1) Kasey Kahne 2 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 5 - Brad Keselowski 733 (3) Marcos Ambrose 2 6 - Martin Truex Jr 728 (0) Hendrick (#48) 239 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 7 - Clint Bowyer 719 (1) Roush/Yates (#17) 190 Jimmie Johnson 1 8 - Tony Stewart 716 (3) Roush/Yates (#16) 186 Matt Kenseth 1 9 - Kevin Harvick 710 (0) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE Martin Truex Jr 1 10 - Denny Hamlin 693 (2) Denny Hamlin (#11) 7 Carl Edwards 1 11 - Kasey Kahne 653 (2) Tony Stewart (#14) 4 Kyle Busch 1 12 - Carl Edwards 650 (0) Kyle Busch (#18) 3 Jeff Gordon 1 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Joey Logano 1 Pts Wins SOLVER OF THE RACE AJ Allmendinger 1 Chevrolet 157 (11) Steve Letarte (#88) 3 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Toyota 125 (5) Chad Johnston (#56) 3 Josh Wise 51 Ford 109 (3) Steve Addington (#14) 3 Stephen Leicht 51 Dodge 93 (3) USG IMPROVING THE FINISH 3M LAP LEADER Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Kyle Busch (#18) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Brad Keselowski (#2) 2 DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE Matt Puccia (#16) 5 Darian Grubb (#11) 4 Dave Rogers (#18) 3 NEXT EVENT: August 19, 2012 - 43rd Annual Pure Michigan 400 , Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI (400 Miles) (200 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. 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Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #22: 27TH ANNUAL FINGER LAKES 355 AT THE GLEN Race Date: 8/12/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 JIMMIE JOHNSON 777 22 3 11 16 $5,468,080 2 GREG BIFFLE 776 22 1 9 13 3,995,613 3 MATT KENSETH 775 22 1 9 14 5,133,463 4 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 760 22 1 9 15 3,923,830 5 BRAD KESELOWSKI 733 22 3 8 12 3,813,520 6 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 728 22 0 5 12 3,459,966 7 CLINT BOWYER 719 22 1 5 12 3,374,381 8 TONY STEWART 716 22 3 9 11 4,506,040 9 KEVIN HARVICK 710 22 0 3 9 3,720,967 10 DENNY HAMLIN 693 22 2 9 11 4,382,137 11 KASEY KAHNE 653 22 2 6 11 3,135,796 12 CARL EDWARDS 650 22 0 2 10 3,484,256 13 RYAN NEWMAN 644 22 1 3 7 3,456,844 14 KYLE BUSCH 638 22 1 6 10 4,201,379 15 JEFF GORDON 634 22 1 4 9 3,616,135 16 PAUL MENARD 629 22 0 0 4 2,643,435 17 MARCOS AMBROSE 600 22 1 1 6 3,164,081 18 JOEY LOGANO 587 22 1 2 7 2,667,473 19 JEFF BURTON 541 22 0 2 4 3,412,075 20 JAMIE MCMURRAY 541 22 0 0 3 2,948,611 21 ARIC ALMIROLA 524 22 0 0 2 3,055,107 22 JUAN PABLO MONTOYA 512 22 0 0 2 2,901,362 23 REGAN SMITH 473 22 0 0 2 2,679,773 24 BOBBY LABONTE 461 22 0 0 1 2,656,763 25 KURT BUSCH 422 21 0 1 2 2,582,501 26 MARK MARTIN 406 14 0 2 5 1,843,663 27 CASEY MEARS 405 22 0 0 0 2,337,261 28 A J ALLMENDINGER 400 17 0 1 3 2,577,395 29 DAVID RAGAN 376 22 0 0 1 2,321,956 30 DAVID GILLILAND 375 22 0 0 0 2,283,632 31 TRAVIS KVAPIL 344 21 0 0 0 2,145,258 32 LANDON CASSILL 332 22 0 0 0 2,653,605 33 DAVE BLANEY 284 21 0 0 0 1,929,018 34 DAVID REUTIMANN 283 17 0 0 0 1,675,613 35 DAVID STREMME 155 17 0 0 0 1,643,068 36 BRIAN VICKERS 136 5 0 2 2 455,075 37 J J YELEY 135 17 0 0 0 1,393,590 38 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 101 18 0 0 0 1,566,791 39 KEN SCHRADER 100 8 0 0 0 757,670 40 JOSH WISE 97 20 0 0 0 1,581,424 41 STEPHEN LEICHT 85 10 0 0 0 918,775 42 MICHAEL WALTRIP 75 3 0 0 1 316,687 43 SCOTT SPEED 69 9 0 0 0 768,205 44 TONY RAINES 67 6 0 0 0 719,028 45 TERRY LABONTE 66 3 0 0 0 492,560 46 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 50 4 0 0 0 354,559 47 SCOTT RIGGS 35 13 0 0 0 991,890 48 BORIS SAID 34 2 0 0 0 167,290 49 BILL ELLIOTT 14 2 0 0 0 196,098 50 HERMIE SADLER III 13 1 0 0 0 80,610 51 ROBBY GORDON 11 3 0 0 0 405,300 52 TOMY DRISSI 6 1 0 0 0 76,242 53 STACY COMPTON 5 1 0 0 0 64,225 54 MIKE SKINNER 5 3 0 0 0 268,775 55 CHRIS COOK 5 2 0 0 0 134,035 56 DAVID MAYHEW 4 1 0 0 0 72,625 57 KELLY BIRES 2 1 0 0 0 69,400 58 PATRICK LONG 2 1 0 0 0 61,555 59 SAM HORNISH JR.(i) 0 6 0 1 1 790,820 60 TREVOR BAYNE(i) 0 8 0 0 2 1,094,002 61 RICKY STENHOUSE