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Event
Daytona 500

Date
Mon 27th February 2012 (UTC)

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Time
00:00:00 UTC

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24-11-14 16:00 (PST Los Angeles)
24-11-14 18:00 (CST Chicago)
24-11-14 19:00 (EST New York)
24-11-15 00:00 (GMT London)
24-11-15 01:00 (CET Paris)
24-11-15 04:00 (GST Dubai)
24-11-15 05:30 (IST Kolkata)
24-11-15 09:00 (JST Tokyo)
24-11-15 11:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Season
2012

Round
1

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Location
Daytona International Speedway

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Description
The 2012 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and the 54th iteration of the event. It was held between February 27–28, 2012 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, before a crowd of 140,000. The race, extended to 202 laps and 505 miles (813 km) due to a green-white-checker finish, was won by Matt Kenseth driving for Roush Fenway Racing as his first win of the season and his second Daytona 500 victory. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished second and Greg Biffle came in third.

The race was scheduled for February 26 but heavy rain forced NASCAR officials to delay it until the next day. When it got underway at 7:02 p.m. EST, pole-sitter Carl Edwards was immediately passed by Biffle before the first turn. Biffle maintained this position until he was passed by David Ragan on lap eleven. Denny Hamlin took over the lead after a second caution period and led the race for 57 laps, during which Biffle also led. Matt Kenseth assumed the first place on lap 146 and maintained it until a seventh caution period twelve laps later. The race was stopped for one hour and fifty-seven minutes after Juan Pablo Montoya hit a jet dryer on lap 160, causing fuel to seep onto the track and catch fire. Kenseth regained the first position at the lap 166 restart, and maintained it during the remaining thirty-four laps to win the race.

The race had ten cautions and saw twenty-five lead changes by ten different drivers. The result meant Kenseth led the Drivers' Championship with 47 points, five ahead of Earnhardt, Biffle, and Hamlin. Jeff Burton followed in fifth place on 41 points. Ford led the Manufacturers' Championship with nine points, three ahead of Chevrolet in second. Toyota was third with four, and Dodge was in fourth. The race attracted an average of 13.69 million television viewers, with 36.5 million watching part or all of the race, making it the second most-watched 500 in history.


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Result Description
Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 4 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 202 47
2 5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 202 42
3 2 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 202 42
4 31 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 202 42
5 9 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 202 40
6 37 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 202 39
7 13 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 202 37
8 1 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 202 36
9 12 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 202 36
10 22 55 Mark Martin Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 202 35
11 30 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 202 33
12 26 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 202 33
13 7 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 202 31
14 32 47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 202 30
15 24 36 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 202 30
16 3 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 202 29
17 14 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 202 27
18 43 32 Terry Labonte FAS Lane Racing Ford 202 27
19 41 26 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Ford 202 25
20 21 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 202 –4
21 18 39 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 202 23
22 39 83 Landon Cassill BK Racing Toyota 202 22
23 33 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 201 21
24 6 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 200 21
25 36 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford 199 19
26 38 93 David Reutimann BK Racing Toyota 196 18
27 10 33 Elliott Sadler Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 196 –4
28 34 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 194 –4
29 20 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 189 15
30 11 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 189 14
31 19 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 188 13
32 23 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 187 12
33 27 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 187 11
34 15 22 A. J. Allmendinger Penske Racing Dodge 177 10
35 40 21 Trevor Bayne Wood Brothers Racing Ford 164 –4
36 35 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 159 8
37 42 30 David Stremme Inception Motorsports Toyota 156 7
38 29 10 Danica Patrick Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 138 –4
39 28 51 Kurt Busch Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 113 5
40 16 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 81 51
41 17 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge 25 3
42 8 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1 2
43 25 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 1 1


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