Race Lineup

The official 2012 Geico 400 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Chicagoland Speedway.

Geico 400

Sunday, September 16th, 2012

Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL

  • 13 Ford
  • 13 Toyota
  • 2 Dodge
  • 19 Chevrolet

  • Drivers Entered: 47 (7 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 267
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 143.363
  • Cautions: 4 for 23 laps
  • Lead Changes: 16
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,469 (10.1 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 182.865 29.530 0.000 Lowe's Jeff Gordon
2 43 Aric Almirola Ford 182.636 29.567 0.037 Smithfield Richard Petty Motorsports
3 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 182.334 29.616 0.086 Best Buy John Henry
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 182.070 29.659 0.129 Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard Hendrick Motorsports
5 99 Carl Edwards Ford 182.045 29.663 0.133 Kellogg's Jack Roush
6 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 181.971 29.675 0.145 Quaker State Linda Hendrick
7 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 181.953 29.678 0.148 Furniture Row / Farm American Barney Visser
8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 181.928 29.682 0.152 FedEx Express Joe Gibbs Racing
9 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 181.855 29.694 0.164 5-hour Energy Michael Waltrip Racing
10 20 Joey Logano Toyota 181.629 29.731 0.201 The Home Depot Joe Gibbs Racing
11 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 181.616 29.733 0.203 Menards / Moen Richard Childress Racing
12 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 181.525 29.748 0.218 Bass Pro Shops / Allstate Felix Sabates
13 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 181.507 29.751 0.221 Miller Lite Team Penske
14 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 181.354 29.776 0.246 Good Sam Club / Camping World Wood Brothers Racing
15 55 Mark Martin Toyota 181.257 29.792 0.262 Aaron's Dream Machine Bill Jenkins
16 22 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 181.251 29.793 0.263 Shell / Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki
17 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 181.050 29.826 0.296 Mac Tools Richard Petty Motorsports
18 56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 180.989 29.836 0.306 NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip Racing
19 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 180.874 29.855 0.325 Drive to End Hunger Hendrick Motorsports
20 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 180.729 29.879 0.349 Quicken Loans Stewart-haas Racing
21 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 180.705 29.883 0.353 M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing
22 16 Greg Biffle Ford 180.523 29.913 0.383 3M / Owens & Minor Jack Roush
23 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 180.463 29.923 0.393 Bush's Baked Beans Tad Geschickter
24 98 Michael McDowell Ford 180.276 29.954 0.424 Phil Parsons Racing Mike Curb
25 195 Scott Speed Ford 180.210 29.965 0.435 Jordan Truck Sales Bob Leavine
26 83 Landon Cassill Toyota 180.120 29.980 0.450 Burger King Thomas Ueberall
27 13 Casey Mears Ford 180.048 29.992 0.462 GEICO Germain Racing
28 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 179.940 30.010 0.480 Target Chip Ganassi Racing
29 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 179.892 30.018 0.488 Office Depot / Mobil 1 Stewart-haas Racing
30 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 179.671 30.055 0.525 Phoenix Construction Phoenix Racing
31 30 David Stremme Toyota 179.575 30.071 0.541 Inception Motorsports The Racers Group
32 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 179.569 30.072 0.542 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing
33 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 179.539 30.077 0.547 AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet St… Andrea Nemechek
34 119 Mike Bliss Toyota 179.533 30.078 0.548 Plinker Tactical Randy Humphrey
35 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 179.456 30.091 0.561 Budweiser Richard Childress Racing
36 Cole Whitt 179.438 30.094 0.564
37 34 David Ragan Ford 179.265 30.123 0.593 Taco Bell Front Row Motorsports
38 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 178.986 30.170 0.640 Burger King / Dr Pepper Thomas Ueberall
39 32 TJ Bell Ford 177.003 30.508 0.978 Greensmoke Jack Roush
40 38 David Gilliland Ford 176.702 30.560 1.030 Mossy Oak / Pursuit Channel Front Row Motorsports
41 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 176.189 30.649 1.119 GoDaddy.com Tommy Baldwin Racing
42 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 176.033 30.676 1.146 Tommy Baldwin Racing Allan Heinke
43 26 Josh Wise Ford 179.164 30.140 0.610 MDS Transport Jerry Freeze