CUP Series Darlington Raceway

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Race Lineup

The official 2012 Southern 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Darlington Raceway.

Southern 500

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

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  • 2 Dodge
  • 12 Ford
  • 14 Toyota
  • 17 Chevrolet

  • Drivers Entered: 45 (5 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Laps Actual: 368 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 133.802
  • Cautions: 8 for 38 laps
  • Lead Changes: 22
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,526 (7.7 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM
1 16 Greg Biffle Ford 180.257 27.281 0.000 3M / OH / ES Jack Roush
2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 179.566 27.386 0.105 Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Jeff Gordon
3 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 179.566 27.386 0.105 Rockwell Tools Linda Hendrick
4 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 179.461 27.402 0.121 Wix Filters Stewart-haas Racing
5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 179.448 27.404 0.123 Wrigley Joe Gibbs Racing
6 Martin Truex Jr 179.317 27.424 0.143
7 99 Carl Edwards Ford 179.298 27.427 0.146 Roush Fenway Racing Jack Roush
8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 179.187 27.444 0.163 Sport Clips Joe Gibbs Racing
9 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 179.141 27.451 0.170 Furniture Row / CSX "Play it S… Barney Visser
10 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 179.095 27.458 0.177 BB&T Richard Childress Racing
11 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 179.089 27.459 0.178 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Felix Sabates
12 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 179.076 27.461 0.180 Drive to End Hunger Hendrick Motorsports
13 43 Aric Almirola Ford 178.991 27.474 0.193 Gravely Mower Richard Petty Motorsports
14 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 178.926 27.484 0.203 Menards / PPG Richard Childress Racing
15 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 178.822 27.500 0.219 Miller Lite Team Penske
16 22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 178.783 27.506 0.225 Shell / Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki
17 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 178.724 27.515 0.234 Office Depot / Mobil 1 Stewart-haas Racing
18 55 Mark Martin Toyota 178.491 27.551 0.270 Aaron's Dream Machine Bill Jenkins
19 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 178.226 27.592 0.311 Zest John Henry
20 83 Landon Cassill Toyota 178.090 27.613 0.332 Burger King / Dr Pepper Thomas Ueberall
21 20 Joey Logano Toyota 177.980 27.630 0.349 The Home Depot Joe Gibbs Racing
22 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 177.974 27.631 0.350 Scott Products Tad Geschickter
23 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 177.948 27.635 0.354 Budweiser Richard Childress Racing
24 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 177.903 27.642 0.361 Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard Hendrick Motorsports
25 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 177.845 27.651 0.370 Phoenix Construction Services Phoenix Racing
26 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 177.781 27.661 0.380 5-hour Energy Michael Waltrip Racing
27 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 177.307 27.735 0.454 Target Chip Ganassi Racing
28 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 176.930 27.794 0.513 DEWALT Richard Petty Motorsports
29 179 Scott Speed Ford 176.879 27.802 0.521 Team Kyle Archie St Hilaire
30 26 Josh Wise Ford 176.746 27.823 0.542 MDS Transport Services Jerry Freeze
31 13 Casey Mears Ford 176.733 27.825 0.544 GEICO Germain Racing
32 30 David Stremme Toyota 176.606 27.845 0.564 Inception Motorsports The Racers Group
33 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 176.594 27.847 0.566 Burger King / Dr Pepper Thomas Ueberall
34 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 176.530 27.857 0.576 Tommy Baldwin Racing Allan Heinke
35 52 Mike Skinner Toyota 175.899 27.957 0.676 CrusaderStaffing.com Kelly Owen
36 38 David Gilliland Ford 175.767 27.978 0.697 A&W All American Food Front Row Motorsports
37 34 David Ragan Ford 175.604 28.004 0.723 Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts Front Row Motorsports
38 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 175.497 28.021 0.740 GoDaddy.com Tommy Baldwin Racing
39 74 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 175.497 28.021 0.740 Turn One Racing Vickie Compton
40 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 175.022 28.097 0.816 AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood … Andrea Nemechek
41 David Reutimann 174.408 28.196 0.915
42 32 Reed Sorenson Ford 173.724 28.307 1.026 Unsponsored Jack Roush
43 249 JJ Yeley Toyota 174.848 28.125 0.844 America Israel Racing / JPO Absorbe… Jay Robinson