Tums Fast Relief 500 - Martinsville Speedway

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Tums Fast Relief 500

NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #33 of 36 for the 2012 season
Chase for the Sprint Cup race #7 of 10
Race Analysis
Track Length: 0.526-mile
Race Length: 500 laps, 263 Miles
Pit Road Speed: 30 mph

April 2012 Pole Sitter: #5-Kasey Kahne, 97.128mph, finished 38th
April 2012 Race Winner: #39-Ryan Newman, 78.823mph, started 5th

TV Team:
In the Booth: Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe, Brad Daugherty, Rusty Wallace, Ray Evernham

2012 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Kansas, race 32 of 36]
1) #2-Brad Keselowski [5 wins], 2250
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 2243, -7
3) #11-Denny Hamlin [5 wins], 2230, -20
4) #15-Clint Bowyer [3 wins], 2225, -25
5) #5-Kasey Kahne [2 wins], 2220, -30
6) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 2207, -43
7) #14-Tony Stewart [3 wins], 2203, -47
8) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 2199, -51
9) #17-Matt Kenseth [3 wins], 2195, -55
10) #29-Kevin Harvick [0 wins], 2191, -59
11) #16-Greg Biffle [2 wins], 2188, -62
12) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 2128, -122
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Points Standings (pdf)



www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm

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Johnson wins pole at Martinsville: #48-Jimmie Johnson won the pole for the Tums Fast Relief 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martisnville Speedway with a speed of 97.598mph for his 3rd pole of 2012 and 28th career pole.
#55-Vickers will start 2nd followed by #18-Busch, #31-Burton, #11-Hamlin, #17-Kenseth, #14-Stewart, #15-Bowyer, #27-Menard, and #43-Almirola.
The go-or-go homers who made the race (8): #98-McDowell, #26-Wise, #23-Riggs, #87-Nemechek, #91-Sorenson, #30-Stremme, #33-Leicht and #95-Speed.
The go-or-go homers who failed to qualify for the race (2): #37-Yeley, #19-Bliss.
See qualifying results & starting lineup on the Martinsville Qualifying Page.(10-26-2012)
Qualifying Fast Facts - Martinsville:
Jimmie Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 64th Annual TUMS Fast Relief 500 with a lap of 19.402 seconds, 97.598 mph.
This is his 28th pole in 396 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his third pole and 22nd top-10 start in 2012.
This is his second pole in 22 races at Martinsville Speedway.
Brian Vickers (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2012 and his second in 15 races at Martinsville Speedway.
Kyle Busch (third) posted his eighth top-10 start at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 19th in 33 races this season.
Josh Wise (31st) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Statistics)(10-26-2012)

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Johnson wins at Martinsville: #48-Jimmie Johnson won the Tums Fast Relief 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway for his 4th win of year, 7th win at Martinsville (tying Jeff Gordon and Rusty Wallace for 3rd most wins at the track) and 59th career win.
#18-Busch finished 2nd followed by #5-Kahne, #43-Almirola, #15-Bowyer, #2-Keselowski, #24-Gordon, #55-Vickers, #47-Labonte, and #16-Biffle. #43-Almirola's 4th place ties for his best career finish (Homestead 2010).
With #48-Johnson's win and leading the most laps, he is now in the points lead by 2 over #2-Keselowski.
There were 11 cautions for 64 yellow flag laps. There were 22 lead changes among 9 drivers. The average speed was 77.677mph.
The estimated attendence was 60,000, down from 63,000 in the spring race and down from 62,000 last October.
See race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Martinsville Race Results page (pdf) (10-28-2012)

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Great win by Jimmie Johnson from pole! He's looking good (Championship wise) now that Denny Hamlin had those electrical issues with the master switch in the race....Didn't expect #2 to run as good as they did was really expecting it to be a 2 horse race for the title between Hamlin and Johnson after this race, but Brad is showing he can handle pressure ATM..that's good because the #48 will turn it up now!!