2012 NSCS Bank of America 500 Race Results

Clint Bowyer, driver of the #15 5-Hour Energy Benefiting Avon Foundation for Women Toyota, and his team celebrtate on the finishline after Bowyer won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Tyler Barrick/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Clint Bowyer, who started 4th Saturday night in the 2012 NSCS Bank of America 500, was able to gamble on gas mileage and hold off Denny Hamlin (by 0.412 seconds) to win at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

This was Boywer’s third series win of the 2012 season, his eighth series career win and his first series win at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Following Bowyer and Hamlin to the drop of the checkered flag were Jimmie Johnson (who remains second in the points and is 7-points behind Brad Keselowski – who finished 11th) finishing third, pole-sitter Greg Biffle fourth and Kyle Busch finished fifth.

The outside pole-sitter and the last driver to finish on the lead lap, Mark Martin, came in sixth-place while Carl Edwards finished seventh, Kasey Kahne eighth, Joey Logano and Martin Truex, Jr., rounding out the top-ten finishing positions.

RACE NOTES:

Average Speed: 154.935 MPH
Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 14 Mins, 01 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.417 Seconds
Lead Changes: 20 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 23 laps
Attendance: 100,000

Unofficial Top-Twelve in the Points Standings: 1. Brad Keselowski – 2214 (Leader) 2. Jimmie Johnson – 2207 (-7 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Denny Hamlin – 2199 (-15) 4. Clint Bowyer – 2186 (-28) 5. Kasey Kahne – 2179 (-35) 6. Greg Biffle – 2171 (-43) 7. Martin Truex Jr. – 2165 (-49) 8. Tony Stewart – 2164 (-50) 9. Jeff Gordon – 2164 (-50) 10. Kevin Harvick – 2158 (-56) 11. Matt Kenseth – 2147 (-67) 12. Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 2128 (-86).

Next Up: The 12th annual Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, Oct. 21st, with an approximate starting time of 2:20 PM (ET) and television coverage provided by ESPN beginning with their 1:00 PM (ET) NASCAR Countdown pre-race show.

2012 NSCS Bank of America 500 Race Results

	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	4	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hourEnergyBenefittingAvonFndtnforWom Toyota	334	47	4	Running	3	29
2	9	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground Toyota	334	43	1	Running	2	36
3	5	48	Jimmie Johnson	Mylowes Chevrolet	334	42	1	Running	3	53
4	1	16	Greg Biffle	3M/IDG Ford	334	41	1	Running	4	71
5	8	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's Toyota	334	39		Running
6	2	55	Mark Martin	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	334	39	1	Running	1	2
7	19	99	Carl Edwards	Kellogg's Ford	333	37		Running
8	10	5	Kasey Kahne	Time Warner Cable Chevrolet	333	36		Running
9	12	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot Toyota	333	35		Running
10	6	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	333	34		Running
11	20	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	333	35	2	Running	6	139
12	17	43	Aric Almirola	Smithfield Ford	333	32		Running
13	32	14	Tony Stewart	Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet	333	31		Running
14	7	17	Matt Kenseth	Best Buy Ford	333	30		Running
15	14	22	Sam Hornish Jr.(i)	Shell Pennzoil Dodge	333	0		Running
16	11	29	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's Chevrolet	333	28		Running
17	30	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's Chevrolet	333	27		Running
18	13	24	Jeff Gordon	Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet	332	27	1	Running	1	2
19	22	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target/Kellogg's Chevrolet	332	25		Running
20	3	39	Ryan Newman	Quicken Loans Chevrolet	332	24		Running
21	21	78	Kurt Busch	Furniture Row/Farm American Chevrolet	332	23		Running
22	16	21	Trevor Bayne(i)	Good Sam/Camping World Ford	332	0		Running
23	36	38	David Gilliland	Glory Foods Ford	331	21		Running
24	38	51	AJ Allmendinger	Phoenix Construction Chevrolet	330	20		Running
25	41	93	Travis Kvapil	Dr. Pepper Toyota	330	19		Running
26	37	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King Toyota	329	18		Running
27	24	27	Paul Menard	Menards/Pittsburgh Paints Chevrolet	328	17		Running
28	39	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	327	16		Running
29	27	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Ford	327	15		Running
30	34	10	David Reutimann	TBR/TMone.com Chevrolet	327	14		Running
31	33	98	Michael McDowell	K-Love/Curb Records Ford	326	13		Running
32	15	47	Bobby Labonte	Scott Brand Toyota	324	12		Running
33	18	9	Marcos Ambrose	Stanley Ford	303	12	1	Running	1	2
34	25	34	David Ragan	Glory Foods Ford	287	10		Running
35	29	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.(i)	Best Buy Ford	190	0		Engine
36	40	32	Timmy Hill(i)	U.S. Chrome Ford	182	0		Engine
37	31	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports Toyota	62	7		Rear Gear
38	26	88	Regan Smith	AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet	61	6		Engine
39	28	19	Mike Bliss(i)	Plinker Tactical Toyota	53	0		Rear Gear
40	23	95	Scott Speed	B&D Electrical Ford	50	4		Vibration
41	43	91	Reed Sorenson(i)	Aquaria USA Toyota	32	0		Vibration
42	35	37	JJ Yeley	MaxQWorkForce.com Chevrolet	30	2		Brakes
43	42	36	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet	25	1		Transmission

(i) Ineligible for Driver Points in this Series
# Denotes Rookie

Source: Timing and Scoring by NASCARMedia

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