Race Date: 07-07-12 at Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, Fla.) - (160 Laps)
Time of Race: 2:32:14 | Avg.Speed: 157.653 | Lead Changes: 12 | Drivers Leading: 9 | Caution Flags/Laps: 6 / 23 | |
| 1 | Tony Stewart (14) | Chevrolet | 47 / | 160 / 22 | Running | $340,650 | | 2 | Jeff Burton (31) | Chevrolet | 42 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $238,940 | | 3 | Matt Kenseth (17) | Ford | 43 / | 160 / 89 | Running | $232,776 | | 4 | Joey Logano (20) | Toyota | 40 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $154,965 | | 5 | Ryan Newman (39) | Chevrolet | 39 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $168,323 | | 6 | Carl Edwards (99) | Ford | 38 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $162,106 | | 7 | Kasey Kahne (5) | Chevrolet | 37 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $125,265 | | 8 | Brad Keselowski (2) | Dodge | 36 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $146,585 | | 9 | Michael Waltrip (55) | Toyota | 35 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $110,290 | | 10 | Bobby Labonte (47) | Ford | 34 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $135,398 | | 11 | David Reutimann (10) | Chevrolet | 33 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $106,005 | | 12 | Jeff Gordon (24) | Chevrolet | 32 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $148,516 | | 13 | Jamie McMurray (1) | Chevrolet | 31 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $135,038 | | 14 | Paul Menard (27) | Chevrolet | 30 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $111,105 | | 15 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (88) | Chevrolet | 29 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $110,755 | | 16 | Travis Kvapil (93) | Toyota | 28 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $126,213 | | 17 | Martin Truex (56) | Toyota | 28 / | 160 / 2 | Running | $127,644 | | 18 | Casey Mears (13) | Ford | 27 / | 160 / 1 | Running | $113,763 | | 19 | Aric Almirola (43) | Ford | 25 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $135,691 | | 20 | Terry Labonte (32) | Ford | 24 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $107,430 | | 21 | Greg Biffle (16) | Ford | 24 / | 160 / 35 | Running | $105,055 | | 22 | Dave Blaney (36) | Chevrolet | 22 / | 160 / 0 | Running | $96,330 | | 23 | Kevin Harvick (29) | Chevrolet | 21 / | 159 / 0 | Running | $141,391 | | 24 | Kyle Busch (18) | Toyota | 21 / | 159 / 6 | Running | $139,038 | | 25 | Denny Hamlin (11) | Toyota | 19 / | 156 / 0 | Running | $136,696 | | 26 | David Ragan (34) | Ford | 19 / | 154 / 1 | Accident | $105,288 | | 27 | Trevor Bayne (21) | Ford | / | 152 / 0 | Accident | $92,880 | | 28 | Juan Montoya (42) | Chevrolet | 16 / | 152 / 0 | Accident | $122,246 | | 29 | Clint Bowyer (15) | Toyota | 15 / | 152 / 0 | Accident | $118,744 | | 30 | Marcos Ambrose (9) | Ford | 14 / | 152 / 0 | Accident | $117,263 | | 31 | David Gilliland (38) | Ford | 14 / | 152 / 1 | Accident | $99,227 | | 32 | Landon Cassill (83) | Toyota | 12 / | 151 / 0 | Running | $114,900 | | 34 | Regan Smith (78) | Chevrolet | 10 / | 133 / 0 | Running | $96,280 | | 35 | Kurt Busch (51) | Chevrolet | 9 / | 132 / 0 | Running | $96,105 | | 36 | Jimmie Johnson (48) | Chevrolet | 8 / | 123 / 0 | Accident | $134,891 | | 37 | Bill Elliott (50) | Chevrolet | 7 / | 123 / 0 | Accident | $87,780 | | 38 | Josh Wise (26) | Ford | 7 / | 47 / 3 | Transmission | $87,632 | | 39 | David Stremme (30) | Toyota | 5 / | 25 / 0 | Rear Gear | $84,175 | | 40 | JJ Yeley (49) | Toyota | 4 / | 16 / 0 | Overheating | $84,000 | | 41 | Joe Nemechek (87) | Toyota | / | 10 / 0 | Overheating | $83,825 | | 42 | Stephen Leicht (33) | Chevrolet | 2 / | 4 / 0 | Overheating | $91,725 |
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