NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Official Race Results from Phoenix - The ADVOCARE "500"

Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 87,000, Kevin Harvick won the AdvoCare 500, his 19th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: #31 (backup car)

Going into Homestead, Brad Keselowski has a 20 point lead Jimmie Johnson. 

For Keselowski to clinch his first NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, he needs to finish 15th or better; or 16th and at least one lap led; or 17th and the most laps led.  And it won't matter how Jimmie Johnson finishes.

via press release

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 35
25TH ANNUAL ADVOCARE "500"
PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

Avondale, AZ - November 11, 2012
1-Mile Oval
312 Laps - 312 Miles Purse: $5,068,620

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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	19	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser Chevrolet	319	47	4	112.0	$244,886	Running	1	15
2	3	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground Toyota	319	43	1	123.9	198,051	Running	2	46
3	1	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's Toyota	319	43	2	143.8	199,118	Running	4	237
4	4	5	Kasey Kahne	Farmers Insurance Chevrolet	319	40	0	119.1	123,660	Running
5	12	39	Ryan Newman	Quicken Loans / U.S. Army Chevrolet	319	40	1	94.0	147,918	Running	1	5
6	14	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	319	39	1	113.2	130,255	Running	2	10
7	20	16	Greg Biffle	Filtrete Ford	319	37	0	77.9	99,360	Running
8	6	78	Kurt Busch	Furniture Row / Farm American Chevrolet	319	36	0	105.7	112,493	Running
9	7	27	Paul Menard	Rheem / Menards Chevrolet	319	35	0	106.8	93,485	Running
10	10	55	Mark Martin	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	319	35	1	89.9	84,660	Running	1	2
11	13	99	Carl Edwards	Fastenal Ford	319	33	0	77.3	124,101	Running
12	21	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	319	32	0	79.2	110,201	Running
13	33	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	319	31	0	80.7	121,560	Running
14	22	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford EcoBoost Ford	319	30	0	85.1	121,796	Running
15	30	47	Bobby Labonte	Vektor Vodka Toyota	319	29	0	64.6	101,718	Running
16	5	43	Aric Almirola	Farmland Ford	319	28	0	88.2	112,346	Running
17	37	10	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy Racing Chevrolet	318	0	0	58.0	75,010	Running
18	17	9	Marcos Ambrose	Black & Decker Ford	318	26	0	70.3	102,568	Running
19	9	14	Tony Stewart	MOBIL 1 / Office Depot Chevrolet	318	25	0	78.0	123,785	Running
20	39	93	Travis Kvapil	Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota	318	25	1	57.2	97,568	Running	1	4
21	23	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Diet Mtn. Dew/AMP Energy/Nat'l Guard Chevrolet	317	23	0	63.2	81,985	Running
22	25	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Ford	317	22	0	59.5	85,368	Running
23	18	1	Jamie McMurray	Bass Pro Shops / Allstate Chevrolet	317	21	0	65.7	104,518	Running
24	8	51	Regan Smith	Phoenix Construction Chevrolet	316	20	0	62.4	90,782	Running
25	27	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota	316	19	0	56.6	99,880	Running
26	42	36	Dave Blaney	Accell Construction Chevrolet	316	18	0	44.6	72,785	Running
27	15	20	Joey Logano	Dollar General Toyota	312	17	0	79.1	80,660	Accident
28	16	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy Toyota	312	16	0	87.7	99,224	Accident
29	41	32	Timmy Hill	U.S. Chrome / TMone Ford	312	0	0	37.9	77,385	Running
30	11	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Chevrolet	309	14	0	88.9	117,696	Accident
31	26	22	Sam Hornish Jr	Shell Pennzoil Dodge	299	0	0	65.4	114,710	Accident
32	24	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet	281	12	0	76.7	115,896	Running
33	29	34	David Ragan	Barrett Jackson Ford	280	11	0	43.9	68,835	Accident
34	32	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports Toyota	86	10	0	40.0	68,710	Brakes
35	35	33	Stephen Leicht #	LittleJoesAutos.com Chevrolet	74	9	0	33.9	76,585	Rear Gear
36	31	38	David Gilliland	Loan Mart Ford	50	8	0	38.6	68,435	Accident
37	38	26	Josh Wise #	MDS Transport Ford	50	7	0	33.7	68,305	Brakes
38	28	98	Michael McDowell	Phil Parson Racing Ford	36	6	0	37.6	68,153	Brakes
39	43	87	Joe Nemechek	AM/FM Energy Stoves/aloft hotel tempe Toyota	30	0	0	32.5	65,325	Brakes
40	34	44	David Reutimann	No Label Ford	28	4	0	35.2	65,175	Vibration
41	36	19	Mike Bliss	Plinker Tactical / Value Place Toyota	15	0	0	30.9	65,020	Accident
42	40	91	Jason Leffler	Plinker Tactical / Value Place Chevrolet	10	0	0	28.8	64,895	Brakes
43	2	56	Martin Truex Jr	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	10	1	0	30.0	92,988	Engine

# 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: (1) #37 J.J. Yeley

TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 52 minutes, 9 seconds    AVERAGE SPEED: 111.182 mph    MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.58 second(s)

Caution Flags: 8 cautions for 38 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets]
18-20 (Car #19 Accident Turn 3 [None]);
53-59 (Car #38 Accident Turn 4 [30]);
168-173 (Debris [99]);
236-241 (Car #48 Accident Turn 4 [78]);
274-277 (Car #34 Accident Turn 4 [16]);
282-284 (Car #14 Spin Turn 2 [10]);
302-304 (Car #22 Accident Turn 3 [47]);
312-317 (Car #15,20,24,43 Accident Turn 4 {Red Flag 14 Min 58 Sec After Lap 312} [None]).

Lap Leaders: 11 lead changes among 7 drivers.
Ky. Busch 1-53,
Kvapil 54-57,
Martin 58-59,
Ky. Busch 60-117,
Hamlin 118-128,
Keselowski 129-133,
Hamlin 134-168,
Newman 169-173,
Ky. Busch 174-232,
Keselowski 233-237,
Ky. Busch 238-304,
Harvick 305-319.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12
Driver	Points	Wins
1 - Brad Keselowski	2371	(5)
2 - Jimmie Johnson	2351	(5)
3 - Kasey Kahne	2321	(2)
4 - Clint Bowyer	2319	(3)
5 - Denny Hamlin	2309	(5)
6 - Matt Kenseth	2297	(3)
7 - Greg Biffle	2293	(2)
8 - Kevin Harvick	2285	(1)
9 - Tony Stewart	2284	(3)
10 - Jeff Gordon	2281	(1)
11 - Martin Truex Jr	2260	(0)
12 - Dale Earnhardt Jr	2211	(1)