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2012 Auto Club 400
Held on March 25, 2012 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA
129 L, 258 M, 415.251 KM - Shortened by Rain

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	9	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot, Mobil 1	Chevy	129	42	running	47
2	2	18	Kyle Busch	Interstate Batteries	Toyota	129	80	running	44
3	14	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Diet Mountain Dew, 7-Eleven	Chevy	129	0	running	41
4	7	29	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches	Chevy	129	0	running	40
5	12	99	Carl Edwards	Subway	Ford	129	0	running	39
6	4	16	Greg Biffle	3M	Ford	129	0	running	38
7	6	39	Ryan Newman	U.S Army ROTC	Chevy	129	0	running	37
8	13	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	129	0	running	36
9	23	51	Kurt Busch	Phoenix Racing	Chevy	129	0	running	35
10	10	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's, Jimmie Johnson Foundation	Chevy	129	2	running	35
11	1	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express	Toyota	129	2	running	34
12	3	55	Mark Martin	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	129	0	running	32
13	11	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy	Toyota	129	0	running	31
14	5	5	Kasey Kahne	Quaker State	Chevy	129	0	running	30
15	25	22	A.J. Allmendinger	Southern California AAA	Dodge	129	0	running	29
16	15	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford EcoBoost	Ford	129	0	running	28
17	24	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target, Cottonelle	Chevy	128	0	running	27
18	17	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite	Dodge	128	0	running	26
19	27	27	Paul Menard	CertainTeed, Menards	Chevy	128	0	running	25
20	22	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row, Farm American	Chevy	128	0	running	24
21	29	9	Marcos Ambrose	DeWalt, Stanley Tools	Ford	128	0	running	23
22	19	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar	Chevy	128	0	running	22
23	33	13	Casey Mears	GEICO	Ford	128	0	running	21
24	8	20	Joey Logano	Dollar General	Toyota	128	0	running	20
25	28	43	Aric Almirola	Medallion Financial	Ford	128	0	running	19
26	21	24	Jeff Gordon	AARP, Drive to End Hunger	Chevy	128	3	running	19
27	18	10	David Reutimann	Accell Construction	Chevy	127	0	running	17
28	26	47	Bobby Labonte	Charter Communications	Toyota	127	0	running	16
29	40	93	Travis Kvapil	Burger King, Dr. Pepper	Toyota	127	0	running	15
30	41	38	David Gilliland	1-800 LoanMart	Ford	127	0	running	14
31	38	34	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	127	0	running	13
32	16	1	Jamie McMurray	Bass Pro Shops, Allstate	Chevy	126	0	running	12
33	34	36	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevy	126	0	running	11
34	42	32	Ken Schrader	U.S. Chrome, Southern Pride Trucking, 1 Less Than 2 Ltd.	Ford	125	0	running	10
35	36	49	J.J. Yeley	America Israel Racing, JPO Absorbents	Toyota	125	0	running	9
36	31	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King, Dr. Pepper	Toyota	124	0	running	8
37	30	26	Josh Wise	MDS Transport	Ford	51	0	vibration	7
38	32	98	Michael McDowell	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	40	0	vibration	6
39	20	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	36	0	rear gear	5
40	39	19	Mike Bliss	Humphrey Smith Racing	Toyota	18	0	transmission	0
41	35	23	Scott Riggs	North Texas Pipe	Chevy	17	0	vibration	3
42	43	74	Reed Sorenson	Turn One Racing	Chevy	6	0	vibration	0
43	37	33	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel & Casino	Chevy	1	0	engine	1
DID NOT QUALIFY
		7	Robby Gordon	Speed Energy	Dodge			DNQ
		37	Timmy Hill	Poynt.com	Ford			DNQ
		87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1h:36:39
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Denny Hamlin - 38.626 sec.
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Margin of Victory: Race Ended Under Yellow
Average Speed: 160.166 mph
Cautions: 1 for 5 laps - Laps 125-129 (rain)
Lead Changes: 9 among 5 drivers - Denny Hamlin (1); Kyle Busch (2-67); Denny Hamlin (68); Jeff Gordon (69); Jimmie Johnson (70); Kyle Busch (71-84); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (85-104); Jimmie Johnson (105); Jeff Gordon (106-107); Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) (108-129)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered