Big News for FRCS Subscribers!

I've spent the past year developing a brand-new, improved version of FRCS, and I'm excited to share it with you during the off-season! If your subscription is set to expire before race #36 (Phoenix), now is the perfect time to extend or renew and take advantage of this offer. Subscriptions that would normally expire after race #36 will remain valid through the off-season, giving you access to the upcoming FRCS updates until we get close to the 2025 Daytona 500. Don't miss out on these exclusive features - renew today and be ready for what's next!

You can verify your subscription expiration date by clicking 'My Account > Subscription Details' in the top navigation.

Loop Data Box Score

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 26th, 2012

Race #1 of the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
    • Extended to 202 laps
  • Miles Raced : 505.0
  • Average Speed: 140.256 mph
  • Cautions: 10
  • Caution Laps: 42
  • Lead Changes: 25
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - December 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
Driver ST 50% 10% FIN HI LW AVG PC D Pass Passed PS D Q PASS Fast %T15 TOT Led Laps Rating TOT PTS
Matt Kenseth 4 9 1 1 1 33 11.0 +3 254 245 +9 208 2 78.7% 50 202 100.9 47
Dale Earnhardt Jr 5 14 3 2 2 29 10.0 +3 304 304 +0 253 1 85.6% 0 202 99.5 42
Greg Biffle 2 2 2 3 1 10 3.0 -1 128 129 -1 121 1 100.0% 44 202 126.2 42
Denny Hamlin 31 4 5 4 1 37 8.0 +27 195 183 +12 162 1 86.6% 57 202 124.7 42
Jeff Burton 9 3 6 5 1 26 6.0 +4 215 191 +24 190 2 98.5% 24 202 117.7 40
Paul Menard 37 29 9 6 1 43 17.0 +31 164 171 -7 82 0 48.5% 2 202 90.4 39
Kevin Harvick 13 28 4 7 3 38 20.0 +6 137 107 +30 99 3 41.6% 0 202 83.0 37
Carl Edwards 1 6 23 8 1 28 18.0 -7 230 271 -41 124 3 30.7% 0 202 81.1 36
Joey Logano 12 18 7 9 1 25 9.0 +3 275 272 +3 241 1 88.6% 2 202 104.4 36
Mark Martin 22 15 8 10 1 32 12.0 +12 360 388 -28 263 3 72.8% 2 202 90.5 35
Clint Bowyer 30 5 29 11 4 33 17.0 +19 235 244 -9 193 4 55.4% 0 202 91.6 33
Martin Truex Jr 26 1 11 12 1 31 9.0 +14 240 251 -11 200 1 85.1% 7 202 106.7 33
Marcos Ambrose 7 12 28 13 1 29 12.0 -6 246 265 -19 154 2 65.8% 0 202 93.8 31
Bobby Labonte 32 13 21 14 4 33 22.0 +18 255 298 -43 72 1 15.3% 0 202 67.2 30
Dave Blaney 24 24 19 15 1 32 19.0 +9 277 270 +7 75 7 21.8% 6 202 70.2 30
Tony Stewart 3 11 17 16 1 27 13.0 -13 373 410 -37 280 0 70.8% 2 202 82.6 29
Kyle Busch 14 20 14 17 3 27 14.0 -3 311 312 -1 180 6 55.0% 0 202 80.2 27
Terry Labonte 43 32 24 18 1 43 26.0 +25 121 133 -12 31 5 11.4% 3 202 63.6 27
Tony Raines 41 27 20 19 3 43 28.0 +22 94 147 -53 5 6 7.9% 0 202 51.8 25
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 21 23 16 20 11 31 23.0 +1 120 141 -21 19 5 6.9% 0 202 64.9 0
Ryan Newman 18 33 10 21 7 38 27.0 -3 87 110 -23 43 6 17.3% 0 202 64.5 23
Landon Cassill 39 22 22 22 2 35 24.0 +17 197 195 +2 7 12 4.0% 0 202 59.2 22
David Gilliland 33 25 27 23 4 39 27.0 +10 82 81 +1 12 8 5.9% 0 201 59.7 21
Regan Smith 6 19 13 24 1 31 14.0 -18 207 237 -30 127 1 56.9% 2 200 79.0 21
Casey Mears 36 17 30 25 2 34 20.0 +11 216 190 +26 60 2 22.3% 0 199 64.0 19
David Reutimann 38 16 18 26 7 36 20.0 +12 317 314 +3 91 3 20.8% 0 196 67.1 18
Elliott Sadler 10 26 31 27 6 33 24.0 -17 151 180 -29 45 0 17.3% 0 196 53.1 0
Joe Nemechek 34 34 32 28 21 36 33.0 +6 24 21 +3 0 0 0.0% 0 194 37.5 0
Kasey Kahne 20 10 15 29 3 33 18.0 -9 252 241 +11 114 4 34.2% 0 189 68.4 15
Michael McDowell 11 35 33 30 10 36 30.0 -19 105 116 -11 10 6 5.0% 0 189 52.4 14
Jamie McMurray 19 30 12 31 6 43 24.0 -12 162 124 +38 86 6 23.3% 0 188 63.6 13
Brad Keselowski 23 7 25 32 3 32 13.0 -9 391 377 +14 314 3 75.2% 0 187 73.3 12
Aric Almirola 27 8 26 33 2 33 18.0 -6 255 255 +0 129 3 39.1% 0 187 72.8 11
AJ Allmendinger 15 37 36 34 7 38 35.0 -19 18 11 +7 14 5 6.4% 0 177 45.1 10
Trevor Bayne 40 38 37 35 35 40 38.0 +5 3 32 -29 0 12 0.0% 0 164 37.6 0
Juan Pablo Montoya 35 31 34 36 6 41 28.0 -1 100 75 +25 28 4 9.4% 0 159 53.9 8
David Stremme 42 21 35 37 2 40 26.0 +5 182 190 -8 0 17 1.0% 0 156 48.2 7
Danica Patrick 29 39 38 38 32 40 39.0 -9 2 1 +1 0 5 0.0% 0 138 34.9 0
Kurt Busch 28 41 39 39 36 43 41.0 -11 2 0 +2 0 2 0.0% 0 113 26.7 5
Jeff Gordon 16 36 40 40 1 40 26.0 -24 157 162 -5 144 0 34.2% 1 81 67.9 5
Robby Gordon 17 40 41 41 17 41 39.0 -24 5 17 -12 0 0 0.0% 0 25 30.5 3
Jimmie Johnson 8 42 42 42 5 42 41.0 -34 0 20 -20 0 0 0.5% 0 1 28.3 2
David Ragan 25 43 43 43 25 43 43.0 -18 0 1 -1 0 0 0.0% 0 1 25.9 1