Race Lineup

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

Quaker State 400

Saturday, June 30th, 2012

Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY

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

  • Drivers Entered: 46 (6 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 267
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 145.607
  • Cautions: 4 for 24 laps
  • Lead Changes: 17
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,849 (7.6 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 181.818 29.700 0.000 Lowe's Ermine White Jeff Gordon
2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 181.421 29.765 0.065 M&M's Red White & Blue Joe Gibbs Racing
3 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 181.147 29.810 0.110 FedEx Express Joe Gibbs Racing
4 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 180.367 29.939 0.239 Budweiser Folds of Honor Richard Childress Racing
5 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 180.337 29.944 0.244 Tornados Stewart-haas Racing
6 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 180.228 29.962 0.262 5-hour Energy Michael Waltrip Racing
7 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 180.222 29.963 0.263 Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard Hendrick Motorsports
8 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 180.204 29.966 0.266 Miller Lite Team Penske
9 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 180.036 29.994 0.294 Drive to End Hunger Hendrick Motorsports
10 56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 179.964 30.006 0.306 NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip Racing
11 16 Greg Biffle Ford 179.754 30.041 0.341 ARC Jack Roush
12 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 179.509 30.082 0.382 Mac Tools Richard Petty Motorsports
13 43 Aric Almirola Ford 179.337 30.111 0.411 Eckrich Richard Petty Motorsports
14 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 179.206 30.133 0.433 Phoenix Construction Services Phoenix Racing
15 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 179.075 30.155 0.455 Menards / Sylvania Richard Childress Racing
16 22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 179.045 30.160 0.460 Shell / Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki
17 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 178.992 30.169 0.469 McDonald's Felix Sabates
18 20 Joey Logano Toyota 178.867 30.190 0.490 Dollar General Joe Gibbs Racing
19 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 178.737 30.212 0.512 Quaker State Linda Hendrick
20 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 178.230 30.298 0.598 5th / 3rd John Henry
21 13 Casey Mears Ford 177.825 30.367 0.667 Valvoline NextGen Germain Racing
22 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 177.801 30.371 0.671 Office Depot / Mobil 1 Stewart-haas Racing
23 83 Landon Cassill Toyota 177.020 30.505 0.805 Burger King Thomas Ueberall
24 195 Scott Speed Ford 176.505 30.594 0.894 Leavine Family Racing Bob Leavine
25 99 Carl Edwards Ford 176.217 30.644 0.944 UPS Jack Roush
26 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 175.970 30.687 0.987 Furniture Row Barney Visser
27 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 175.730 30.729 1.029 AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet St… Andrea Nemechek
28 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 175.615 30.749 1.049 Scotts Products Tad Geschickter
29 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 175.211 30.820 1.120 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing
30 26 Josh Wise Ford 175.080 30.843 1.143 MDS Transport Jerry Freeze
31 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 175.063 30.846 1.146 Target Chip Ganassi Racing
32 30 David Stremme Toyota 174.757 30.900 1.200 Inception Motorsports The Racers Group
33 34 David Ragan Ford 174.695 30.911 1.211 Unsponsored Front Row Motorsports
34 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 174.402 30.963 1.263 Burger King Thomas Ueberall
35 98 Michael McDowell Ford 174.402 30.963 1.263 Phil Parsons Racing Mike Curb
36 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 174.345 30.973 1.273 North Texas Pipe Robert Richardson
37 119 Mike Bliss Toyota 174.272 30.986 1.286 Humphrey Smith Racing Randy Humphrey
38 10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 173.511 31.122 1.422 Tommy Baldwin Racing Tommy Baldwin Racing
39 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 172.199 31.359 1.659 Aaron's Dream Machine Bill Jenkins
40 38 David Gilliland Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Taco Bell Front Row Motorsports
41 32 Ken Schrader Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Federated Auto Parts Jack Roush
42 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 SealWrap Allan Heinke
43 33 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet 173.132 31.190 1.490 Little Joes Autos.com Richard Childress Racing