Practice #2

The 2012 Southern 500 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Darlington Raceway.

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 Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND 10-LAP FRM TO
22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 1 175.022 28.097 0.000 0.000 0 0
43 Aric Almirola Ford 19 171.524 28.670 0.573 0.000 0 0
47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 45 168.342 29.212 1.115 0.000 0 0
2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 11 172.281 28.544 0.447 168.975 12 21
99 Carl Edwards Ford 3 174.099 28.246 0.149 0.000 0 0
13 Casey Mears Ford 16 171.668 28.646 0.549 0.000 0 0
15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 27 170.655 28.816 0.719 168.742 1 10
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 18 171.548 28.666 0.569 170.136 2 11
36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 43 169.007 29.097 1.000 0.000 0 0
38 David Gilliland Ford 42 169.164 29.070 0.973 0.000 0 0
34 David Ragan Ford 46 168.250 29.228 1.131 0.000 0 0
David Reutimann 44 168.630 29.162 1.065 0.000 0 0
30 David Stremme Toyota 10 172.360 28.531 0.434 0.000 0 0
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 13 172.052 28.582 0.485 170.437 1 10
16 Greg Biffle Ford 2 174.730 28.144 0.047 0.000 0 0
249 JJ Yeley Toyota 30 170.543 28.835 0.738 0.000 0 0
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 26 170.815 28.789 0.692 168.420 15 24
31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 36 170.047 28.919 0.822 167.663 7 16
24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 28 170.632 28.820 0.723 169.587 1 10
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 4 174.087 28.248 0.151 170.111 1 10
87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 31 170.501 28.842 0.745 0.000 0 0
20 Joey Logano Toyota 41 169.461 29.019 0.922 167.773 26 35
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 38 169.760 28.968 0.871 167.773 21 30
5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 22 171.059 28.748 0.651 0.000 0 0
29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 29 170.584 28.828 0.731 0.000 0 0
51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 20 171.452 28.682 0.585 170.084 13 22
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 15 171.788 28.626 0.529 168.592 27 36
9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 40 169.666 28.984 0.887 0.000 0 0
55 Mark Martin Toyota 17 171.572 28.662 0.565 168.125 19 28
Martin Truex Jr 12 172.269 28.546 0.449 0.000 0 0
17 Matt Kenseth Ford 39 169.695 28.979 0.882 168.892 2 11
98 Michael McDowell Ford 9 172.572 28.496 0.399 0.000 0 0
119 Mike Bliss Toyota 32 170.448 28.851 0.754 0.000 0 0
52 Mike Skinner Toyota 35 170.124 28.906 0.809 0.000 0 0
27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 6 173.509 28.342 0.245 167.884 6 15
32 Reed Sorenson Ford 47 167.027 29.442 1.345 0.000 0 0
78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 23 170.970 28.763 0.666 169.654 10 19
39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 37 169.807 28.960 0.863 168.623 1 10
23 Scott Riggs Toyota 25 170.851 28.783 0.686 0.000 0 0
179 Scott Speed Ford 21 171.118 28.738 0.641 0.000 0 0
33 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet 34 170.136 28.904 0.807 0.000 0 0
14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 14 172.034 28.585 0.488 169.595 1 10
93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 5 173.626 28.323 0.226 0.000 0 0
83 Landon Cassill Toyota 7 173.021 28.422 0.325 0.000 0 0
74 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 33 170.413 28.857 0.760 0.000 0 0
26 Josh Wise Ford 8 172.687 28.477 0.380 0.000 0 0
10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 24 170.851 28.783 0.686 0.000 0 0