2012 Irwin Tools Night Race

February 2025 NAS Irwin Tools Night Race 2012 08 25 2012 24 36 Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee 0.533 0.858 500 266.5 428.89 Temperatures as low as 57.2 F C; wind speeds up to 8.9 mph km/h2012 Irwin Tools Night Race weather information Casey Mears Germain Racing 15.701 (P1) Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing 139 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing ABC Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree 2012_Irwin_Tools_Night_Race_program_cover.jpeg The 2012 Irwin Tools Night Race program cover, featuring a moonshine bottle. The 2012 Irwin Tools Night Race was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on August 25, 2012 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps, it was the twenty-fourth race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, his first at Bristol and third of the 2012 season. Jimmie Johnson finished second and Jeff Gordon was third. Nearly 150,000 people attended this 189-minute racing event.2012 Irwin Tools Night Race results at Racing Reference This race was broadcast on ABC (through ESPN on ABC), but was not available in all areas. A handful of ABC affiliates aired NFL preseason football games, with most of the affected affiliates preempting the race altogether, although at least one joined the race in progress in its final hour. Because of this, WOTV in Battle Creek, Michigan was the only West Michigan ABC affiliate airing the race, as WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan was simulcasting WXYZ-TV in Southfield, Michigan's Detroit Lions coverage and, unlike WXYZ-TV, chose not to join the race in progress, choosing to air syndicated programming instead. Qualifying Sprint Cup qualifying was to begin on August 24 at 5:00pm EST after the Nationwide Series qualifying. Just before the Cup cars were to take their laps, rain poured on the track. As the Cup cars were unable to make time and with the Nationwide race to run on Friday night, NASCAR cancelled qualifying and set the field according to the following criteria: The field would consist of the Top 35 in owner's points and those with the most attempts. In the event that multiple teams have the same number of starts, preference is given to the team higher in owner's points. The field would be set by their lap times during the practice session. As a result, Casey Mears, at a time of 15.701 seconds, won the pole, followed by Brad Keselowski, Greg Biffle, Joey Logano, and Aric Almirola. Four drivers would not race due to the number of attempts: Scott Speed, Kelly Bires, J. J. Yeley, and Reed Sorenson.http://www.jayski.com/stats/2012/pdfs/24bms2012lineup.pdf 2012 Irwin Tools Night Race Line-Up 2012-08-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20120907052420/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2012/pdfs/24bms2012lineup.pdf 2012-09-07 dead http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2012/story/_/page/24-Bristol-Qualifying-Lineup Jayski's Bristol information page 2012-08-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20120827001153/http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2012/story/_/page/24-Bristol-Qualifying-Lineup 2012-08-27 dead Top 10 finishers Pos Grid No. Car number Driver Manufacturer Laps Number of laps completed Laps led Number of laps led 1 8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 500 70 2 37 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 500 52 3 11 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 500 0 4 22 55 Brian Vickers Toyota 500 1 5 9 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 500 1 6 10 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 500 0 7 23 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 500 0 8 4 20 Joey Logano Toyota 500 139 9 12 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 500 42 10 7 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 500 0 References Sprint Cup Series 2012 2012 Pure Michigan 400 2012 AdvoCare 500 collapsed Category:NASCAR races at Bristol Motor Speedway Irwin Tools Night Race Irwin Tools Night Race Irwin Tools Night Race