Race Lineup

The official 2012 Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Talladega Superspeedway.

Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500

Sunday, October 7th, 2012

Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL

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

  • Drivers Entered: 44 (4 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 188
  • Laps Actual: 189 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 171.194
  • Cautions: 5 for 17 laps
  • Lead Changes: 54
  • Green Flag Passes: 13,069 (76.0 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM
1 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 191.455 50.017 0.000 HendrickCars.com Linda Hendrick
2 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 191.145 50.098 0.081 U.S. Army Stewart-haas Racing
3 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 191.119 50.105 0.088 5-Hour Energy Benefiting Avon Found… Michael Waltrip Racing
4 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 190.993 50.138 0.121 Mobil 1 / Office Depot Stewart-haas Racing
5 16 Greg Biffle Ford 190.955 50.148 0.131 3M Jack Roush
6 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 190.848 50.176 0.159 Drive to End Hunger Hendrick Motorsports
7 99 Carl Edwards Ford 190.784 50.193 0.176 Subway Jack Roush
8 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 190.727 50.208 0.191 Motorcraft / Quick Lane / Warriors … Wood Brothers Racing
9 56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 190.662 50.225 0.208 NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip Racing
10 22 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 190.628 50.234 0.217 SKF Walter Czarnecki
11 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 190.465 50.277 0.260 Charlie Loudermilk Aaron's Drea… Bill Jenkins
12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 190.427 50.287 0.270 Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard Hendrick Motorsports
13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 190.419 50.289 0.272 M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing
14 20 Joey Logano Toyota 190.393 50.296 0.279 The Home Depot Joe Gibbs Racing
15 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 190.370 50.302 0.285 Ford Ecoboost / National Breast Can… John Henry
16 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 190.332 50.312 0.295 Menards / CertainTeed Richard Childress Racing
17 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 190.298 50.321 0.304 Lowe's Jeff Gordon
18 43 Aric Almirola Ford 190.298 50.321 0.304 Gwaltney Richard Petty Motorsports
19 13 Casey Mears Ford 190.177 50.353 0.336 GEICO Germain Racing
20 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 190.170 50.355 0.338 Dewalt Richard Petty Motorsports
21 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 190.113 50.370 0.353 Budweiser Richard Childress Racing
22 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 189.778 50.459 0.442 Miller Lite Team Penske
23 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 189.748 50.467 0.450 FedEx Freight Joe Gibbs Racing
24 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 189.740 50.469 0.452 Bass Pro Shops / Allstate Felix Sabates
25 34 David Ragan Ford 189.616 50.502 0.485 MHP / 8 Hour Alert Front Row Motorsports
26 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 189.552 50.519 0.502 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing
27 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 189.380 50.565 0.548 Target / Gillette Chip Ganassi Racing
28 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 189.316 50.582 0.565 Furniture Row / Farm American Barney Visser
29 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 189.025 50.660 0.643 Phoenix Construction Phoenix Racing
30 30 David Stremme Toyota 188.947 50.681 0.664 Inception Motorsports The Racers Group
31 32 Terry Labonte Ford 188.794 50.722 0.705 C&J Energy Jack Roush
32 38 David Gilliland Ford 188.727 50.740 0.723 Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts Front Row Motorsports
33 26 Josh Wise Ford 188.649 50.761 0.744 MDS Transport Jerry Freeze
34 98 Michael McDowell Ford 188.638 50.764 0.747 K-Love / Curb Records Mike Curb
35 97 Timmy Hill Toyota 188.326 50.848 0.831 Nemechek Racing Andrea Nemechek
36 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 188.296 50.856 0.839 Burger King / Dr Pepper Thomas Ueberall
37 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 188.001 50.936 0.919 AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet St… Andrea Nemechek
38 83 Landon Cassill Toyota 187.986 50.940 0.923 Burger King / Dr Pepper Thomas Ueberall
39 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 187.460 51.083 1.066 Golden Corral Allan Heinke
40 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 186.991 51.211 1.194 Scott / Kingsford / Bush Beans Tad Geschickter
41 10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 186.783 51.268 1.251 CVP@TMone.com Tommy Baldwin Racing
42 33 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 186.289 51.404 1.387 Little Joes Autos.com Richard Childress Racing
43 23 Robert Richardson Jr Chevrolet 185.942 51.500 1.483 North Texas Pipe Robert Richardson Sr