2012 GEICO 400

February 2025 NAS GEICO 400 https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2012 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule ESPN September 8, 2012http://rotoworld.com/articles/nas/41349/229/the-geico-400 The GEICO 400 NBC Sports RotoWorld.com September 11, 2012 September 15, 2012 Brown, Brian https://web.archive.org/web/20120912202911/http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nas/41349/229/the-geico-400 September 12, 2012 dead 2012 9 16 2012 27 36 Chicagoland Speedway.PNG 200px Map of the track Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois 1.500 2.414 267 400.5 644.5 Clear with a high temperature around 80 F; wind out of the WSW at 6 mph on. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports 29.530 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports 172 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing ESPN Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree The 2012 GEICO 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on September 16, 2012, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Contested over 267 laps, it was the twenty-seventh in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the first race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Report Background thumb|180px|left|Chicagoland Speedway, the race track where the race was held. Chicagoland Speedway is one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races.NASCAR Race Tracks http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ September 9, 2012 Turner Sports NASCAR dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100815005030/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ August 15, 2010 The standard track at Chicagoland Speedway is a four-turn tri-oval track that is 1.5 mi km long.NASCAR Tracks—The Chicagoland Speedway http://www.chicagolandspeedway.com/About-Us/Track-Facts.aspx Chicagoland Speedway September 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120623082043/http://www.chicagolandspeedway.com/About-Us/Track-Facts.aspx 2012-06-23 dead The track's turns are each banked at 18 degrees and have a turn width of 55 feet. The racetrack has a grandstand capacity of 75,000. Before the race, Denny Hamlin led the Drivers' Championship with 2,012 points, with Jimmie Johnson in second place with, 2,009. Tony Stewart and Brad Keselowski were tied with Johnson for the second position, while Greg Biffle had 2,006 points. Clint Bowyer also with 2,006 points was one point ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matt Kenseth, as Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top ten with 2,000 points each.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/26/data/standings_official.html Pre-race Driver's Championship Classification Turner Sports NASCAR September 14, 2012 In the parallel Chase for the Sprint Cup, Kasey Kahne and Jeff Gordon both started with their points total reset to 2,000. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 179 points, twenty-four points ahead of Toyota. Ford, with 129 points, was twenty points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third place.Manufacturers' Championship Classification http://www.jayski.com/stats/2012/manu2012.htm ESPN Jayski's Silly Season Site September 14, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121130202821/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2012/manu2012.htm November 30, 2012 dead Stewart was the race's defending winner.2011 GEICO 400 http://www.racing-reference.info/race/2011_GEICO_400/W USA Today Sports Media Group Racing-Reference September 14, 2012 Practice and qualifying thumb|right|200px|Jimmie Johnson (shown here in 2011) won the pole position with a time of 29.530 Two practice sessions were held in preparation for the race; both on Friday, September 14, 2012. The first session and second session lasted for 90 minutes each.http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2012/story/_/page/27-Chicago-NASCAR-Race-Info#prac Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site – Sprint Cup Race Info / Rundown Page ESPN Jayski's Silly Season Site September 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120912040515/http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2012/story/_/page/27-Chicago-NASCAR-Race-Info#prac September 12, 2012 dead During the first practice session, Truex Jr., for the Michael Waltrip Racing team, was quickest ahead of Earnhardt Jr. in second and Keselowski in third.Practice One Timing and Scoring http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/27/data/practice1_speeds.html Turner Sports NASCAR September 14, 2012 Trevor Bayne was scored fourth, and Hamlin managed fifth. Jamie McMurray, Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Carl Edwards and Ryan Newman rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session. Kyle Busch was quickest in the second and final practice session, ahead of Aric Almirola in second, and Martin in third.Practice Two Timing and Scoring http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/27/data/practice2_speeds.html Turner Sports NASCAR September 14, 2012 Edwards was fourth quickest, and Hamlin took fifth. Kahne, Johnson, Bayne, Kenseth, and Gordon followed in the top ten. Of the other drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, Stewart was scored fourteenth fastest, while Truex Jr. was scored twenty-fifth. Forty-seven cars were entered for qualifying, but only forty-three could race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure.Qualifying Order http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/27/data/qual_order.html September 15, 2012 Turner Sports NASCAR Johnson clinched his second pole position in the season, with a time of 29.530.Race Lineup: Chicagoland http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/27/data/lineup.html Turner Sports NASCAR September 15, 2012 He was joined on the front row of the grid by Almirola. Kenseth qualified third, Earnhardt Jr. took fourth, and Edwards started fifth. Biffle, one of the drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, qualified twenty-second, while Harvick was scored thirty-fifth. The four drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Scott Riggs, Reed Sorenson, J. J. Yeley, and Jason Leffler. Results Race results thumb|Brad Keselowski won the race. Pos Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps run Points 1 13 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 267 47 2 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 44 3 6 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 41 4 21 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 40 5 20 39Ryan Newman Stewart–Haas RacingChevrolet 267 39 6 29 14Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas RacingChevrolet 267 39 7 10 20Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 37 8 4 88Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 36 9 18 56Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 267 35 10 9 15Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 267 35 11 16 22Sam Hornish Jr. Penske RacingDodge 267 - 12 35 29Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 32 13 22 16Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 31 14 15 55Mark Martin Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 267 30 15 11 27Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 29 16 8 11Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 29 17 2 43Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 266 28 18 3 17Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 266 27 19 5 99Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 266 25 20 14 21Trevor Bayne Wood Brothers Racing Ford 266 - 21 12 1Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 266 24 22 37 34David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 23 23 28 42Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 265 21 24 32 31Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 265 20 25 41 10Danica Patrick Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 265 - 26 23 47Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 264 18 27 17 9Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 263 17 28 40 38David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 263 16 29 26 83Landon Cassill BK Racing Toyota 262 15 30 39 32T. J. Bell FAS Lane Racing Ford 261 - 31 38 93Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 259 13 32 30 51Kurt Busch Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 245 12 33 42 36Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 199 11 34 7 78Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 197 10 35 19 24Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 190 9 36 27 13Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford 146 8 37 36 33Cole Whitt Circle Sport Chevrolet 70 - 38 43 26Josh Wise Front Row Motorsports Ford 66 6 39 31 30David Stremme Inception Motorsports Toyota 60 5 40 33 87Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 52 - 41 25 95Scott Speed Leavine Family Racing Ford 49 3 42 34 19Mike Bliss Humphrey-Smith Motorsports Toyota 41 - 43 24 98Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 38 1Source:2012 GEICO 400 Race Results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2012_GEICO_400/W 2025-09-15 www.racing-reference.info Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Brad Keselowski2,056 2 Jimmie Johnson2,053 3 Tony Stewart2,048 4 Denny Hamlin2,041 5 Kasey Kahne2,041 6 Clint Bowyer2,041 7 Dale Earnhardt Jr.2,039 8 Greg Biffle2,037 9 Martin Truex Jr.2,035 10 Kevin Harvick2,032 11 Matt Kenseth2,030 12 Jeff Gordon2,009 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet179 2 Toyota150 3 Ford128 4 Dodge 115 Note: Only the first twelve positions are included for the driver standings. 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