Race Lineup

The official 2012 AAA Texas 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Texas Motor Speedway.

AAA Texas 500

Sunday, November 4th, 2012

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

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

  • Drivers Entered: 47 (7 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 334
  • Laps Actual: 335 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 136.117
  • Cautions: 9 for 49 laps
  • Lead Changes: 20
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,859 (10.0 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 191.076 28.261 0.000 Lowe's Jeff Gordon
2 16 Greg Biffle Ford 190.382 28.364 0.103 3M Jack Roush
3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 190.128 28.402 0.141 Snickers Joe Gibbs Racing
4 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 190.067 28.411 0.150 5-hour Energy Michael Waltrip Racing
5 56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 189.994 28.422 0.161 Carlyle Tools by NAPA Michael Waltrip Racing
6 20 Joey Logano Toyota 189.760 28.457 0.196 The Home Depot Joe Gibbs Racing
7 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 189.607 28.480 0.219 Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & … Wood Brothers Racing
8 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 189.533 28.491 0.230 Miller Lite Team Penske
9 99 Carl Edwards Ford 189.474 28.500 0.239 Aflac Jack Roush
10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 189.460 28.502 0.241 Roush Fenway Racing John Henry
11 55 Mark Martin Toyota 189.294 28.527 0.266 Aaron's Dream Machine Bill Jenkins
12 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 189.274 28.530 0.269 FedEx Office Joe Gibbs Racing
13 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 188.990 28.573 0.312 HendrickCars.com / Great Clips Linda Hendrick
14 43 Aric Almirola Ford 188.976 28.575 0.314 Farmland Richard Petty Motorsports
15 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 188.923 28.583 0.322 Mac Tools Richard Petty Motorsports
16 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 188.798 28.602 0.341 Drive to End Hunger Hendrick Motorsports
17 22 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 188.626 28.628 0.367 Shell / Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki
18 78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 188.396 28.663 0.402 Furniture Row / Farm American Barney Visser
19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 188.357 28.669 0.408 National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew Hendrick Motorsports
20 13 Casey Mears Ford 188.337 28.672 0.411 GEICO Germain Racing
21 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 188.042 28.717 0.456 Office Depot / Mobil 1 Stewart-haas Racing
22 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 187.996 28.724 0.463 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing
23 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 187.780 28.757 0.496 Rheem / Menards Richard Childress Racing
24 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 187.565 28.790 0.529 McDonald's Felix Sabates
25 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 187.435 28.810 0.549 Huggies Chip Ganassi Racing
26 51 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 187.389 28.817 0.556 Phoenix Construction Phoenix Racing
27 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 187.350 28.823 0.562 Quaker State / Menards Richard Childress Racing
28 37 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 187.266 28.836 0.575 MaxQworkforce.com Larry Gunselman
29 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 187.227 28.842 0.581 Wounded Warrior Project Tad Geschickter
30 38 David Gilliland Ford 186.858 28.899 0.638 Long John Silver's Front Row Motorsports
31 195 Scott Speed Ford 186.858 28.899 0.638 Jordan Truck Sales Bob Leavine
32 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 186.541 28.948 0.687 GoDaddy.com Tommy Baldwin Racing
33 34 David Ragan Ford 186.477 28.958 0.697 CertainTeed / 31-W Insulation Front Row Motorsports
34 119 Mike Bliss Toyota 186.471 28.959 0.698 Plinker Tactical / MCM Elegante Randy Humphrey
35 26 Josh Wise Ford 186.413 28.968 0.707 MDS Transport Jerry Freeze
36 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 186.368 28.975 0.714 Quicken Loans Stewart-haas Racing
37 98 Michael McDowell Ford 186.066 29.022 0.761 Phil Parsons Racing Mike Curb
38 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 185.867 29.053 0.792 Burger King / Dr Pepper Thomas Ueberall
39 191 Reed Sorenson Toyota 185.714 29.077 0.816 Plinker Tactical / MCM Elegante Mark Smith
40 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 184.906 29.204 0.943 Tommy Baldwin Racing Allan Heinke
41 83 Landon Cassill Toyota 184.382 29.287 1.026 Burger King / Dr Pepper Thomas Ueberall
42 32 Ken Schrader Ford 181.843 29.696 1.435 Federated Auto Parts Jack Roush
43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 185.586 29.097 0.836 AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet St… Andrea Nemechek