Official NASCAR Race Results

Brad Keselowski won the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

03-18-2012 | Food City 500 | Bristol Motor Speedway

Fin St # Driver Make Sponsor Pts Laps Led Status Money
1 5 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 48/5 500 232 Running 186,770
2 21 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Best Buy 43/1 500 45 Running 179,821
3 15 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 41/0 500 0 Running 147,149
4 16 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 40/0 500 0 Running 135,124
5 25 55 Brian Vickers Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 40/1 500 125 Running 98,535
6 33 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet BB&T 38/0 500 0 Running 139,810
7 17 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 37/0 500 0 Running 127,793
8 30 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 36/0 500 0 Running 124,351
9 22 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 35/0 500 0 Running 136,596
10 11 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Moen / Menards 34/0 500 0 Running 102,060
11 14 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 33/0 500 0 Running 139,546
12 3 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 32/0 500 0 Running 132,818
13 1 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / 811 32/1 500 41 Running 111,085
14 23 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 30/0 500 0 Running 140,810
15 18 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew 30/1 500 2 Running 100,035
16 9 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 28/0 498 0 Running 99,935
17 2 22 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 28/1 498 54 Running 132,635
18 27 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet HendrickCars.com 26/0 498 0 Running 116,893
19 7 43 Aric Almirola Ford Charter Comm. 25/0 498 0 Running 127,446
20 20 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 24/0 498 0 Running 132,901
21 19 10 David Reutimann Chevrolet Tradebank 23/0 497 0 Running 90,010
22 32 33 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet South Point Hotel & Casino 22/0 496 0 Running 97,735
23 31 34 David Ragan Ford Front Row Motorsports 21/0 496 0 Running 105,618
24 6 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / CSX "Play it Safe" 20/0 496 0 Running 111,343
25 24 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 19/0 496 0 Running 101,068
26 26 38 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 18/0 496 0 Running 98,207
27 34 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 17/0 496 0 Running 96,510
28 36 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Clorox / Scott Products 16/0 495 0 Running 95,860
29 29 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 15/0 495 0 Running 111,605
30 40 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota JPO Absorbents 14/0 493 0 Running 86,410
31 39 98 Michael McDowell Ford K-Love "Let it start with me" 13/0 492 0 Running 84,110
32 13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Wrigley 12/0 423 0 Running 131,243
33 42 32 Ken Schrader Ford TMone "We Drive Sales" 11/0 420 0 Running 91,985
34 35 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet SealWrap / Widow Wax 10/0 417 0 Running 83,935
35 4 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 10/1 395 1 Running 131,921
36 12 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Mac Tools 8/0 389 0 Running 111,743
37 10 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 7/0 366 0 Running 91,780
38 28 30 David Stremme Toyota Food Country USA / Inception Motorsports 6/0 334 0 Accident 83,703
39 8 99 Carl Edwards Ford Cheez-It 5/0 245 0 Running 127,191
40 41 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 57 0 Brakes 80,875
41 43 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet North Texas Pipe 3/0 26 0 Vibration 80,800
42 38 74 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet Turn One Racing / Carnegie Hotel 0 17 0 Vibration 80,720
43 37 26 Josh Wise Ford Morristown Driver's Service 1/0 16 0 Spindle 80,289

Race Recap

  • Date: 03-18-2012
  • Track: Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Race: Food City 500
  • Race #: 4
  • Cars: 43
  • Winner: Brad Keselowski
  • Start Position: 5th
  • Car Make: Dodge
  • Avg Speed: 93.037 mph
  • Distance: 266 miles
  • Purse: $5,551,155
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 49
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Pole: 125.215 mph

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