Loop Data Box Score

The post-race loop data for the 2012 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway includes in-depth driver stats, average speeds, and key performance metrics from the NASCAR CUP Series race.

Southern 500

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

  • 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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Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway : Loop Data Box Score results
DRIVER ST MID CLO FIN HI LOW ARP PL DIF GFP GFxP PD QPS % QPS FST % T15 LED % LED LAPS DR TOT PTS
Jimmie Johnson 2 2 1 1 1 13 3.0 1 43 33 10 35 81.40 55 100.0 134 36.4 368 141.10 48
Denny Hamlin 8 11 3 2 1 14 5.0 6 40 44 -4 32 80.00 24 100.0 56 15.2 368 116.40 43
Tony Stewart 17 10 4 3 2 18 8.0 14 72 60 12 50 69.40 4 97.0 0 0.0 368 103.10 41
Kyle Busch 5 1 2 4 1 19 3.0 1 79 75 4 58 73.40 15 99.7 44 12.0 368 120.90 41
Martin Truex Jr 6 3 8 5 1 16 4.0 1 45 39 6 36 80.00 34 99.7 25 6.8 368 117.20 40
Matt Kenseth 19 6 6 6 3 19 10.0 13 67 60 7 48 71.60 9 98.1 0 0.0 368 96.70 38
Carl Edwards 7 4 7 7 3 17 8.0 0 55 57 -2 45 81.80 30 99.7 0 0.0 368 104.80 37
Kasey Kahne 3 7 10 8 1 17 6.0 -5 56 55 1 42 75.00 27 99.2 33 9.0 368 108.80 37
Marcos Ambrose 28 26 19 9 9 36 24.0 19 61 50 11 5 8.20 0 10.1 0 0.0 368 74.80 35
Joey Logano 21 13 17 10 2 22 12.0 11 85 87 -2 50 58.80 3 78.8 0 0.0 368 90.60 34
Clint Bowyer 26 14 14 11 7 28 14.0 15 93 74 19 44 47.30 20 76.6 0 0.0 368 86.10 33
Greg Biffle 1 5 5 12 1 17 4.0 -11 73 76 -3 55 75.30 29 100.0 74 20.1 368 115.40 33
Paul Menard 14 18 16 13 12 33 19.0 1 70 82 -12 6 8.60 0 3.5 0 0.0 368 76.40 31
Regan Smith 9 21 20 14 8 30 18.0 -5 75 88 -13 10 13.30 3 19.3 0 0.0 368 79.40 30
Brad Keselowski 15 29 21 15 9 35 21.0 0 107 112 -5 22 20.60 4 22.6 0 0.0 368 75.90 29
Kevin Harvick 23 12 11 16 7 31 13.0 7 109 89 20 35 32.10 5 75.0 0 0.0 368 85.10 28
Dale Earnhardt Jr 24 19 13 17 1 28 18.0 7 104 97 7 33 31.70 7 41.6 1 0.3 368 75.90 28
Jeff Burton 10 20 12 18 9 29 20.0 -8 57 73 -16 6 10.50 0 7.6 0 0.0 368 69.90 26
Aric Almirola 13 23 18 19 5 29 21.0 -6 94 104 -10 32 34.00 2 5.2 0 0.0 368 67.30 25
Mark Martin 18 22 22 20 15 34 22.0 -2 61 67 -6 2 3.30 1 0.0 0 0.0 368 65.10 24
Kurt Busch 25 9 9 21 4 25 11.0 4 93 78 15 49 52.70 16 87.5 0 0.0 368 87.00 23
Casey Mears 31 25 23 22 17 35 27.0 9 58 58 0 0 0.00 2 0.0 0 0.0 367 54.20 22
Ryan Newman 4 15 15 23 1 23 13.0 -19 88 105 -17 46 52.30 2 68.8 0 0.0 367 79.10 21
Juan Pablo Montoya 27 28 24 24 20 33 27.0 3 55 53 2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 366 57.00 20
David Gilliland 36 24 26 25 4 36 26.0 11 108 106 2 20 18.50 4 1.6 0 0.0 366 54.50 19
Landon Cassill 20 30 25 26 1 31 27.0 -6 99 100 -1 20 20.20 6 1.4 1 0.3 366 57.00 19
Dave Blaney 34 33 27 27 15 35 31.0 7 67 67 0 1 1.50 2 0.0 0 0.0 365 51.00 17
David Ragan 37 35 29 28 28 39 34.0 9 20 20 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 364 38.70 16
Bobby Labonte 22 27 28 29 22 36 28.0 -7 52 54 -2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 364 55.30 15
Reed Sorenson 42 34 30 30 28 42 33.0 12 31 25 6 0 0.00 1 0.0 0 0.0 363 39.70 0
Danica Patrick 38 31 32 31 13 38 32.0 7 89 84 5 3 3.40 0 0.0 0 0.0 362 44.50 0
Travis Kvapil 33 32 31 32 26 36 32.0 1 29 28 1 0 0.00 2 0.0 0 0.0 362 40.40 0
AJ Allmendinger 16 16 34 33 11 34 18.0 -17 65 62 3 12 18.50 0 23.9 0 0.0 357 70.90 11
Jamie McMurray 11 17 33 34 11 34 19.0 -23 76 94 -18 11 14.50 15 28.5 0 0.0 345 63.70 10
Jeff Gordon 12 8 35 35 2 35 20.0 -23 31 44 -13 25 80.60 8 53.0 0 0.0 339 80.90 9
David Reutimann 41 37 36 36 3 41 35.0 5 76 75 1 15 19.70 0 0.5 0 0.0 314 43.40 8
JJ Yeley 43 36 37 37 26 43 37.0 6 24 21 3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 132 32.50 7
Cole Whitt 39 38 38 38 36 43 39.0 1 5 8 -3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 30.90 0
David Stremme 32 39 39 39 32 40 39.0 -7 4 1 3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 34.10 5
Joe Nemechek 40 40 40 40 38 42 40.0 0 4 0 4 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 31.40 0
Mike Skinner 35 41 41 41 35 43 41.0 -6 3 0 3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 29.60 0
Scott Speed 29 42 42 42 29 42 42.0 -13 2 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 29.50 2
Josh Wise 30 43 43 43 30 43 43.0 -13 1 5 -4 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 27.30 1