NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Official Race Results (Dover)

I tend to enjoy Dover, mostly.  It's the classic paper-clip shape from yesteryear and has yet to be turned into another cookie cutter D-shape oval.  (I hope it never gets there!)  So I enjoy this race.  And when Brad Keselowski out-lasted the rest of the gang, I started wondering if we're seeing another T Stewart resurgence in Brad, like Tony did last year?

Check out the official race results from Dover below

via press release

Before an estimated attendance of 85,000, Brad Keselowski won the AAA 400, his ninth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following car dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #38 (transmission change).


NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 29

43RD ANNUAL AAA "400"
DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

Dover, DE - September 30, 2012
1-Mile Oval
400 Laps - 400 Miles Purse: $5,185,716

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Fin	Str	Car				Series	Bonus	Driver			Leader
Pos	Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	Points	Rating	Winnings	Status	Times	Laps
1	10	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	400	47	4	118.2	$226,070	Running	2	14
2	7	24	Jeff Gordon	Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet	400	43	1	114.1	207,796	Running	1	1
3	26	55	Mark Martin	Aaron's 2000th Store - Bronx, NY Toyota	400	41	0	98.7	140,760	Running
4	11	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet	400	41	1	119.6	164,321	Running	1	43
5	15	99	Carl Edwards	Fastenal Ford	400	39	0	100.3	158,126	Running
6	3	56	Martin Truex Jr	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	400	38	0	100.2	132,674	Running
7	5	18	Kyle Busch	Interstate Batteries Toyota	399	39	2	139.8	148,068	Running	4	302
8	1	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Office Toyota	399	37	1	119.0	136,901	Running	3	39
9	2	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy Toyota	399	36	1	108.8	115,474	Running	1	1
10	14	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot Toyota	399	34	0	83.6	95,535	Running
11	25	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet	398	33	0	85.4	92,510	Running
12	17	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr (i)	Cargill Ford	397	0	0	74.9	78,935	Running
13	13	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser Chevrolet	397	31	0	79.6	126,596	Running
14	16	47	Bobby Labonte	Kingsford Charcoal Toyota	397	30	0	77.7	106,468	Running
15	9	5	Kasey Kahne	Farmers Insurance Chevrolet	397	29	0	98.0	87,260	Running
16	6	16	Greg Biffle	Scotch-Brite Ford	397	28	0	89.1	87,485	Running
17	18	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row/Farm American Chevrolet	397	27	0	69.3	102,118	Running
18	27	9	Marcos Ambrose	DeWalt Ford	397	26	0	64.6	105,543	Running
19	21	43	Aric Almirola	Super 8 Ford	397	25	0	73.1	114,296	Running
20	24	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet	397	24	0	70.3	127,835	Running
21	8	39	Ryan Newman	U.S. ARMY Chevrolet	397	23	0	81.0	117,593	Running
22	19	27	Paul Menard	Menards/CertainTeed Chevrolet	396	22	0	65.3	84,735	Running
23	28	51	Kurt Busch	Phoenix Construction Chevrolet	395	21	0	63.9	98,643	Running
24	20	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's Chevrolet	394	20	0	66.0	107,268	Running
25	4	22	Sam Hornish Jr (i)	Shell Pennzoil Dodge	393	0	0	84.1	117,335	Running
26	35	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	393	18	0	52.5	106,326	Running
27	39	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	393	17	0	56.3	114,535	Running
28	38	10	Danica Patrick (i)	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	393	0	0	42.0	75,135	Running
29	33	93	Travis Kvapil	Burger King Toyota	392	15	0	49.9	94,818	Running
30	31	34	David Ragan	Long John Silver's Ford	392	14	0	45.5	85,782	Running
31	30	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Ford	391	13	0	42.5	74,060	Running
32	42	38	David Gilliland	Taco Bell Ford	391	12	0	52.1	71,360	Running
33	41	32	T.J. Bell (i)	Green Smoke Ford	390	0	0	36.0	79,485	Running
34	40	36	J.J. Yeley	Drive Sober, Arrive Alive DE Chevrolet	388	10	0	38.3	71,035	Running
35	12	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford EcoBoost Ford	371	9	0	66.6	119,621	Running
36	22	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King Toyota	354	8	0	43.1	97,280	Running
37	23	26	Josh Wise #	MDS Transport Ford	92	7	0	32.4	70,530	Vibration
38	32	98	Michael McDowell	Phil Parsons Racing Ford	51	6	0	36.1	70,353	Suspension
39	37	87	Joe Nemechek (i)	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota	48	0	0	31.4	67,500	Electrical
40	34	95	Scott Speed	Jordan Truck Sales Ford	32	4	0	34.0	67,325	Suspension
41	43	37	Dave Blaney	MaxQWorkforce.com Chevrolet	29	3	0	32.2	67,125	Overheating
42	36	23	Scott Riggs	North Texas Pipe Chevrolet	26	2	0	29.3	66,995	Brakes
43	29	91	Reed Sorenson (i)	Plinker Tactical Toyota	18	0	0	28.6	67,329	Brakes

# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender.
Bonus Points: includes winner, lap leader & most laps led points
(i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series

Failed to qualify: (5) #30 David Stremme; #19 Mike Bliss; #49 Jason Leffler; #33 Cole Whitt; #79 Kelly Bires

TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds      AVERAGE SPEED: 125.076 mph      MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.078 second(s)

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Denny Hamlin (159.299 mph. 22.599 secs.)

3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Busch (302 Laps)

AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Jimmie Johnson

DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Martin Truex Jr (crew chief Chad Johnston)

FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Brad Keselowski

MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Penske Engines (#2)

MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Busch

MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Carl Edwards (crew chief Chad Norris, 0.053 seconds)

NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: Brad Keselowski ($20,000 ++)

USG IMPROVING THE FINISH: Mark Martin (23 places)
++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings.

Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 28 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 70-76 (Debris. [47]); 180-184 (Debris. [99]); 247-252 (Debris. [5]); 310-315 (Debris From #17. [55]); 318-321 (Car #17 Accident Turn 4. [56]).

Lap Leaders: 11 lead changes among 6 drivers. Hamlin 1-34, Ky. Busch 35-145, J. Gordon 146, Bowyer 147, Keselowski 148-151, Ky. Busch 152-180, Hamlin 181-184, Ky. Busch 185-311, Johnson 312-354, Ky. Busch 355-389, Hamlin 390, Keselowski 391-400.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12
Driver	Points	Wins
1 - Brad Keselowski	2142	(5)
2 - Jimmie Johnson	2137	(3)
3 - Denny Hamlin	2126	(5)
4 - Clint Bowyer	2117	(2)
5 - Tony Stewart	2110	(3)
6 - Kasey Kahne	2110	(2)
7 - Dale Earnhardt Jr	2103	(1)
8 - Martin Truex Jr	2100	(0)
9 - Kevin Harvick	2096	(0)
10 - Jeff Gordon	2094	(1)
11 - Greg Biffle	2091	(2)
12 - Matt Kenseth	2070	(1)

NEXT EVENT: October 7, 2012 - 44th Annual Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 , Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL (500 Miles) (188 Laps)
NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (10/1/2012)

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