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2012 Tums Fast Relief 500
Race details
Race 33 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date	October 28, 2012
Location	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia
Course	Permanent racing facility; .526 mi (.847 km)
Distance	500 laps, 263 mi (423 km)
Weather	Rain showers with the temperature around 54 °F (12 °C); wind out of the NNW at 10 miles per hour (16 km/h).
Pole position
Driver	Jimmie Johnson;
Time	19.402 seconds
Most laps led
Driver	Jimmie Johnson
Laps	193
Winner
No. 48	Jimmie Johnson
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

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The 2012 Tums Fast Relief 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 28, 2012 at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.526-mile (0.847 km) oval, it was the thirty-third race of the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the seventh race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Jimmie Johnson won the race, while Kyle Busch finished second, and Kasey Kahne clinched third. Chevrolet clinched their 36th Manufacturers Championship with Jimmie's win.^[4]

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Background

Martinsville Speedway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races.^[5] The standard track at Martinsville Speedway is a four-turn short track oval that is 0.526 miles (0.847 km) long.^[6] The track's turns are banked at eleven degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at zero degrees. The back stretch also has a zero degree banking.^[6] The racetrack has seats for 63,000 spectators.^[6]

Before the race, Brad Keselowski led the Drivers' Championship with 2,250 points, and Jimmie Johnson stood in second with 2,243 points.^[7] Denny Hamlin followed in third with 2,230 points, five points ahead of Clint Bowyer and ten ahead of Kasey Kahne in fourth and fifth.^[7] Martin Truex Jr. with 2,207 was four points ahead of Tony Stewart, as Jeff Gordon with 2,199 points, was four points ahead of Matt Kenseth and eight ahead of Kevin Harvick.^[7] Greg Biffle and Dale Earnhardt Jr. was eleventh and twelfth with 2,188 and 2,128 points, respectively.^[7]

In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 213 points, twenty-two points ahead of Toyota.^[8] Ford, with 160 points, was twenty points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third.^[8] Stewart was the defending race winner after winning the event in 2011.^[9]

Practice and qualifying

Three practice sessions are scheduled to be held before the race; the first on Friday, which lasted 90 minutes. The second and third are both scheduled on Saturday afternoon for 55 minutes each.^[10] Brian Vickers was quickest with a time of 19.386 seconds in the first session, 0.038 seconds faster than Earnhardt Jr.^[11] Hamlin was just off Earnhardt, Jr's pace, followed by Gordon, Bowyer, and Paul Menard. Johnson was seventh, still within a tenth of a second of Vicker's time.^[11]

Forty-five cars were entered for qualifying, but only forty-three could qualify for the race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure.^[12] Johnson clinched the twenty-eighth pole position of his career and third of the season, with a time of 19.402 seconds.^[3]^[13] He was joined on the front row of the grid by Vickers.^[13] Kyle Busch qualified third, Jeff Burton took fourth, and Hamlin started fifth.^[13] Kenseth, Stewart, Bowyer, Menard] and Aric Almirola rounded out the top ten. Keselowski only managed thirty-second.^[13] The two drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Mike Bliss, and J. J. Yeley.^[13]

Once the qualifying session was completed, Johnson commented, "After qualifying as poorly as I did in the spring, I focused on these two laps pretty heavily and wanted to make sure I did my job. We just hit it [Friday], from the car standpoint, from my standpoint of driving the race track. We got it right [Friday]. The tough position there is, once we get single-file and we're about 10 laps into the show, the leaders are [caught up] to the 43rd-place car. You've got to go, and everybody around you has that same mentality, too, so it can be pretty cutthroat back there."^[3]

In the second practice session, Vickers remained fastest with a time of 19.732 seconds, less than two-hundredths of a second quicker than second-placed Gordon.^[14] Juan Pablo Montoya took third place, ahead of Johnson, Kyle Busch and Bowyer.^[14] Hamlin only managed eleventh place, while Keselowski was only quick enough for twenty-seventh position.^[14] In the third and final practice, Vickers was quickest with a time of 19.751 seconds.^[15] Earnhardt Jr. followed in second, ahead of Gordon and Kyle Busch.^[15] Hamlin was fifth quickest, with a time of 19.830 seconds.^[15] Johnson, Menard, Ryan Newman, Kenseth, and Bowyer rounded out the first ten positions.^[15]

Race results

Pos	Grid	Car	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	48
2	3	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	42
3	15	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	42
4	10	43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	500	40
5	8	15	Clint Bowyer	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	500	40
6	32	2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	500	39
7	11	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	38
8	2	55	Brian Vickers	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	500	37
9	17	47	Bobby Labonte	JTG Daugherty Racing	Toyota	500	35
10	30	16	Greg Biffle	Roush-Fenway Racing	Ford	500	34
Only the first ten positions are listed.^[16]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings^[17]

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Jimmie Johnson	2,291
1	2	Brad Keselowski	2,289 (–2)
1	3	Clint Bowyer	2,265 (–26)
1	4	Kasey Kahne	2,262 (–29)
2	5	Denny Hamlin	2,242 (–49)
2	6	Jeff Gordon	2,237 (–54)
1	7	Martin Truex Jr.	2,228 (–63)
1	8	Matt Kenseth	2,226 (–65)
2	9	Greg Biffle	2,222 (–69)
3	10	Tony Stewart	2,220 (–71)
1	11	Kevin Harvick	2,203 (–88)
	12	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2,151 (–140)

Manufacturers' Championship standings^[8]

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	222
2	Toyota	197 (–25)
3	Ford	164 (–58)
4	Dodge	143 (–79)

Note: Only the first twelve positions are included for the driver standings.

References

^ "2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ Brown, Brian (October 23, 2012). "The Tums Fast Relief 500". Rotoworld.com. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Johnson on M'ville pole, in position to take charge". NASCAR. Turner Sports. October 26, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ Studiobanks (2012-10-28). "Chevy clinches 10th manufacturer's championship | News". Hendrick Motorsports. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
^ "NASCAR Race Tracks". NASCAR. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "NASCAR Tracks—The Martinsville Speedway". Martinsville Speedway. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2012 Official Driver Standings: Hollywood Casino 400". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2012 NASCAR Manufacturer Championship". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. ESPN. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ "2011 Tums Fast Relief 500". Racing-Reference.info. USA Today Sports Media Group. October 30, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ "Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site – Sprint Cup Race Info / Rundown Page". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. ESPN. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Practice One Timing and Scoring". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ "Qualifying Order". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Race Lineup". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Practice Two Timing and Scoring". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Practice Three Timing and Scoring". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
^ "2012 Official Race Results : Tums Fast Relief 500". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Archived from the original on November 1, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
^ "2012 Official Driver Standings: Tums Fast Relief 500". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 30, 2012.

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[2012_schedule-1] "2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[weather-2] Brown, Brian (October 23, 2012). "The Tums Fast Relief 500". Rotoworld.com. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[johnsononpole-3] "Johnson on M'ville pole, in position to take charge". NASCAR. Turner Sports. October 26, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[4] Studiobanks (2012-10-28). "Chevy clinches 10th manufacturer's championship | News". Hendrick Motorsports. Retrieved 2012-11-06.

[tacksnascar-5] "NASCAR Race Tracks". NASCAR. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[marttrack-6] "NASCAR Tracks—The Martinsville Speedway". Martinsville Speedway. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[driversclassificationbeforerace-7] "2012 Official Driver Standings: Hollywood Casino 400". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[manufacturerclassification-8] "2012 NASCAR Manufacturer Championship". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. ESPN. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[2011tumsfastrelief500-9] "2011 Tums Fast Relief 500". Racing-Reference.info. USA Today Sports Media Group. October 30, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[10] "Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site – Sprint Cup Race Info / Rundown Page". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. ESPN. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[prac1-11] "Practice One Timing and Scoring". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[qualorder-12] "Qualifying Order". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[lineup-13] "Race Lineup". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

[prac2-14] "Practice Two Timing and Scoring". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 27, 2012.

[prac3-15] "Practice Three Timing and Scoring". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 27, 2012.

[raceresults-16] "2012 Official Race Results : Tums Fast Relief 500". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Archived from the original on November 1, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.

[officialstandingsafter-17] "2012 Official Driver Standings: Tums Fast Relief 500". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved October 30, 2012.

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-The '''2012 [[Tums Fast Relief 500]]''' was a [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]] stock car race held on October 28, 2012 at [[Martinsville Speedway]] in [[Ridgeway, Virginia]]. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.526-mile (0.847 km) ovall, it was the thirty-third race of the [[2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series|2012 Sprint Cup Series season]], as well as the seventh race in the ten-race [[Chase for the Sprint Cup]], which ends the season. The race was won by [[Jimmie Johnson]] for the [[Hendrick Motorsports]] team. [[Kyle Busch]] finished second, and [[Kasey Kahne]] clinched third. [[Chevrolet]] clinched their 36th Manufacturers Championship with Jimmie's win.<ref>[http://www.hendrickmotorsports.com/news/article/2012/10/28/Chevy-clinches-10th-manufacturers-championship]</ref>
+The '''2012 Tums Fast Relief 500''' was a [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]] stock car race held on October 28, 2012 at [[Martinsville Speedway]] in [[Ridgeway, Virginia]]. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.526-mile (0.847 km) oval, it was the thirty-third race of the [[2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series|2012 Sprint Cup Series season]], as well as the seventh race in the ten-race [[Chase for the Sprint Cup]], which ends the season. [[Jimmie Johnson]] won the race, while [[Kyle Busch]] finished second, and [[Kasey Kahne]] clinched third. [[Chevrolet]] clinched their 36th Manufacturers Championship with Jimmie's win.<ref>{{cite web|author=Studiobanks |url=http://www.hendrickmotorsports.com/news/article/2012/10/28/Chevy-clinches-10th-manufacturers-championship |title=Chevy clinches 10th manufacturer's championship &#124; News |publisher=Hendrick Motorsports |date=2012-10-28 |access-date=2012-11-06}}</ref>
 ==Report==
 ===Background===
 [[File:Martinsville Speedway in 2011.jpg|thumb|200px|left|[[Martinsville Speedway]], the race track where the race was held.]]
-The track, [[Martinsville Speedway]], is one of five [[Short track motor racing|short track]]s to hold [[NASCAR]] races.<ref name="tacksnascar">{{cite web|title=NASCAR Race Tracks|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/|accessdate=October 26, 2012|location=NASCAR}}</ref> The standard track at Martinsville Speedway is a four-turn short track [[Oval track racing|oval]] that is {{convert|0.526|mi|km}} long.<ref name="marttrack">{{cite web|title=NASCAR Tracks—The Martinsville Speedway|url=http://www.martinsvillespeedway.com/About-The-Track/About-The-Track.aspx|publisher=Martinsville Speedway|accessdate=October 26, 2012}}</ref> The track's turns are [[Banked turn|banked]] at eleven [[Degree (angle)|degrees]], while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at zero degrees. The back stretch also has a zero degree banking.<ref name="marttrack" /> The racetrack has seats for 63,000 spectators.<ref name="marttrack" />
+[[Martinsville Speedway]] is one of five [[Short track motor racing|short track]]s to hold [[NASCAR]] races.<ref name="tacksnascar">{{cite web|title=NASCAR Race Tracks |url=http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ |access-date=October 26, 2012 |location=NASCAR |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101145548/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ |archive-date=January 1, 2013 }}</ref> The standard track at Martinsville Speedway is a four-turn short track [[Oval track racing|oval]] that is {{convert|0.526|mi|km}} long.<ref name="marttrack">{{cite web|title=NASCAR Tracks—The Martinsville Speedway|url=http://www.martinsvillespeedway.com/About-The-Track/About-The-Track.aspx|publisher=Martinsville Speedway|access-date=October 26, 2012|archive-date=October 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007095733/http://www.martinsvillespeedway.com/About-The-Track/About-The-Track.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> The track's turns are [[Banked turn|banked]] at eleven [[Degree (angle)|degrees]], while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at zero degrees. The back stretch also has a zero degree banking.<ref name="marttrack" /> The racetrack has seats for 63,000 spectators.<ref name="marttrack" />
-Before the race, [[Brad Keselowski]] led the [[List of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions|Drivers' Championship]] with 2,250 points, and [[Jimmie Johnson]] stood in second with 2,243 points.<ref name="driversclassificationbeforerace">{{cite web | url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/32/data/standings_official.html | title=2012 Official Driver Standings: Hollywood Casino 400 | publisher=Turner Sports | work=NASCAR | accessdate=October 26, 2012}}</ref> [[Denny Hamlin]] followed in third with 2,230 points, five points ahead of [[Clint Bowyer]] and ten ahead of [[Kasey Kahne]] in fourth and fifth.<ref name="driversclassificationbeforerace" /> [[Martin Truex, Jr.]] with 2,207 was four points ahead of [[Tony Stewart]], as [[Jeff Gordon]] with 2,199 points, was four points ahead of [[Matt Kenseth]] and eight ahead of [[Kevin Harvick]].<ref name="driversclassificationbeforerace" /> [[Greg Biffle]] and [[Dale Earnhardt, Jr.]] was eleventh and twelfth with 2,188 and 2,128 points, respectively.<ref name="driversclassificationbeforerace" />
+Before the race, [[Brad Keselowski]] led the [[List of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions|Drivers' Championship]] with 2,250 points, and [[Jimmie Johnson]] stood in second with 2,243 points.<ref name="driversclassificationbeforerace">{{cite web | url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/32/data/standings_official.html | title=2012 Official Driver Standings: Hollywood Casino 400 | publisher=Turner Sports | work=NASCAR | access-date=October 26, 2012}}</ref> [[Denny Hamlin]] followed in third with 2,230 points, five points ahead of [[Clint Bowyer]] and ten ahead of [[Kasey Kahne]] in fourth and fifth.<ref name="driversclassificationbeforerace" /> [[Martin Truex Jr.]] with 2,207 was four points ahead of [[Tony Stewart]], as [[Jeff Gordon]] with 2,199 points, was four points ahead of [[Matt Kenseth]] and eight ahead of [[Kevin Harvick]].<ref name="driversclassificationbeforerace" /> [[Greg Biffle]] and [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]] was eleventh and twelfth with 2,188 and 2,128 points, respectively.<ref name="driversclassificationbeforerace" />
-In the [[NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship|Manufacturers' Championship]], [[Chevrolet]] was leading with 213 points, twenty-two points ahead of [[Toyota]].<ref name="manufacturerclassification">{{cite web | url=http://www.jayski.com/stats/2012/manu2012.htm | title=2012 NASCAR Manufacturer Championship | publisher=ESPN | work=Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site | accessdate=October 26, 2012}}</ref> [[Ford]], with 160 points, was twenty points ahead of [[Dodge]] in the battle for third.<ref name="manufacturerclassification" /> Stewart is the defending race winner after winning the event in [[2011 Tums Fast Relief 500|2011]].<ref name="2011tumsfastrelief500">{{cite web | url=http://racing-reference.info/race/2011_Tums_Fast_Relief_500/W | title=2011 Tums Fast Relief 500 | publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group | work=Racing-Reference.info | date=October 30, 2011 | accessdate=October 26, 2012}}</ref>
+In the [[NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship|Manufacturers' Championship]], [[Chevrolet]] was leading with 213 points, twenty-two points ahead of [[Toyota]].<ref name="manufacturerclassification">{{cite web | url=http://www.jayski.com/stats/2012/manu2012.htm | title=2012 NASCAR Manufacturer Championship | publisher=ESPN | work=Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site | access-date=October 26, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130202821/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2012/manu2012.htm | archive-date=November 30, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], with 160 points, was twenty points ahead of [[Dodge]] in the battle for third.<ref name="manufacturerclassification" /> Stewart was the defending race winner after winning the event in [[2011 Tums Fast Relief 500|2011]].<ref name="2011tumsfastrelief500">{{cite web | url=http://racing-reference.info/race/2011_Tums_Fast_Relief_500/W | title=2011 Tums Fast Relief 500 | publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group | work=Racing-Reference.info | date=October 30, 2011 | access-date=October 26, 2012}}</ref>
 ===Practice and qualifying===
 [[File:Jimmie Johnson, Richmond 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Jimmie Johnson]] won the [[pole position]], his third of the 2012 season.]]
-Three practice sessions are scheduled to be held before the race; the first on Friday, which lasted 90 minutes. The second and third are both scheduled on Saturday afternoon for 55 minutes each.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2012/story/_/page/33-Martinsville-NASCAR-Race-Info#prac |title=Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site&nbsp;– Sprint Cup Race Info / Rundown Page |publisher=ESPN |work=Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site |date= |accessdate=October 26, 2012}}</ref> [[Brian Vickers]] was quickest with a time of 19.386 seconds in the first session, 0.038 seconds faster than Earnhardt, Jr.<ref name="prac1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/33/data/practice1_speeds.html |title=Practice One Timing and Scoring |publisher=Turner Sports |work=NASCAR |date= |accessdate=October 26, 2012}}</ref> Hamlin was just off Earnhardt, Jr's pace, followed by Gordon, Bowyer, and [[Paul Menard]]. Johnson was seventh, still within a tenth of a second of Vicker's time.<ref name=prac1 />
+Three practice sessions are scheduled to be held before the race; the first on Friday, which lasted 90 minutes. The second and third are both scheduled on Saturday afternoon for 55 minutes each.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2012/story/_/page/33-Martinsville-NASCAR-Race-Info#prac |title=Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site&nbsp;– Sprint Cup Race Info / Rundown Page |publisher=ESPN |work=Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site |access-date=October 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017045356/http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2012/story/_/page/33-Martinsville-NASCAR-Race-Info#prac |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Brian Vickers]] was quickest with a time of 19.386 seconds in the first session, 0.038 seconds faster than Earnhardt Jr.<ref name="prac1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/33/data/practice1_speeds.html |title=Practice One Timing and Scoring |publisher=Turner Sports |work=NASCAR |access-date=October 26, 2012}}</ref> Hamlin was just off Earnhardt, Jr's pace, followed by Gordon, Bowyer, and [[Paul Menard]]. Johnson was seventh, still within a tenth of a second of Vicker's time.<ref name=prac1 />
-Forty-five cars were entered for qualifying, but only forty-three could qualify for the race because of NASCAR's [[Go or Go Home|qualifying procedure]].<ref name="qualorder">{{cite web | url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/33/data/qual_order.html | title=Qualifying Order | publisher=Turner Sports | work=NASCAR | accessdate=October 26, 2012}}</ref> Johnson clinched the twenty-eighth [[pole position]] of his career and third of the season, with a time of 19.402 seconds.<ref name=johnsononpole /><ref name="lineup">{{cite web | url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/33/data/lineup.html | title=Race Lineup | publisher=Turner Sports | work=NASCAR | accessdate=October 26, 2012}}</ref> He was joined on the front row of the [[Graining (motorsport)|grid]] by Vickers.<ref name=lineup /> [[Kyle Busch]] qualified third, [[Jeff Burton]] took fourth, and Hamlin started fifth.<ref name=lineup /> Kenseth, Stewart, Bowyer, Menard] and [[Aric Almirola]] rounded out the top ten. Keselowski only managed thirty-second.<ref name=lineup /> The two drivers that failed to qualify for the race were [[Mike Bliss]], and [[J. J. Yeley]].<ref name=lineup />
+Forty-five cars were entered for qualifying, but only forty-three could qualify for the race because of NASCAR's [[Go or Go Home|qualifying procedure]].<ref name="qualorder">{{cite web | url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/33/data/qual_order.html | title=Qualifying Order | publisher=Turner Sports | work=NASCAR | access-date=October 26, 2012}}</ref> Johnson clinched the twenty-eighth [[pole position]] of his career and third of the season, with a time of 19.402 seconds.<ref name=johnsononpole /><ref name="lineup">{{cite web | url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/33/data/lineup.html | title=Race Lineup | publisher=Turner Sports | work=NASCAR | access-date=October 26, 2012}}</ref> He was joined on the front row of the [[Graining (motorsport)|grid]] by Vickers.<ref name=lineup /> [[Kyle Busch]] qualified third, [[Jeff Burton]] took fourth, and Hamlin started fifth.<ref name=lineup /> Kenseth, Stewart, Bowyer, Menard] and [[Aric Almirola]] rounded out the top ten. Keselowski only managed thirty-second.<ref name=lineup /> The two drivers that failed to qualify for the race were [[Mike Bliss]], and [[J. J. Yeley]].<ref name=lineup />
-Once the qualifying session completed, Johnson commented, "After qualifying as poorly as I did in the spring, I focused on these two laps pretty heavily and wanted to make sure I did my job. We just hit it [Friday], from the car standpoint, from my standpoint of driving the race track. We got it right [Friday]. The tough position there is, once we get single-file and we're about 10 laps into the show, the leaders are [caught up] to the 43rd-place car. You've got to go, and everybody around you has that same mentality, too, so it can be pretty cutthroat back there."<ref name=johnsononpole />
+Once the qualifying session was completed, Johnson commented, "After qualifying as poorly as I did in the spring, I focused on these two laps pretty heavily and wanted to make sure I did my job. We just hit it [Friday], from the car standpoint, from my standpoint of driving the race track. We got it right [Friday]. The tough position there is, once we get single-file and we're about 10 laps into the show, the leaders are [caught up] to the 43rd-place car. You've got to go, and everybody around you has that same mentality, too, so it can be pretty cutthroat back there."<ref name=johnsononpole />
-In the second practice session, Vickers remained fastest with a time of 19.732 seconds, less than two-hundredths of a second quicker than second-placed Gordon.<ref name="prac2">{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/33/data/practice2_speeds.html |title=Practice Two Timing and Scoring |publisher=Turner Sports |work=NASCAR |date= |accessdate=October 27, 2012}}</ref> [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] took third place, ahead of Johnson, Kyle Busch and Bowyer.<ref name=prac2 /> Hamlin only managed eleventh place, while Keselowski was only quick enough for twenty-seventh position.<ref name=prac2 /> In the third and final practice, Vickers was quickest with a time of 19.751 seconds.<ref name="prac3">{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/33/data/practice3_speeds.html |title=Practice Three Timing and Scoring |publisher=Turner Sports |work=NASCAR |date= |accessdate=October 27, 2012}}</ref> Earnhardt, Jr. followed in second, ahead of Gordon and Kyle Busch.<ref name=prac3 /> Hamlin was fifth quickest, with a time of 19.830 seconds.<ref name=prac3 /> Johnson, Menard, [[Ryan Newman]], Kenseth, and Bowyer rounded out the first ten positions.<ref name=prac3 />
+In the second practice session, Vickers remained fastest with a time of 19.732 seconds, less than two-hundredths of a second quicker than second-placed Gordon.<ref name="prac2">{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/33/data/practice2_speeds.html |title=Practice Two Timing and Scoring |publisher=Turner Sports |work=NASCAR |access-date=October 27, 2012}}</ref> [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] took third place, ahead of Johnson, Kyle Busch and Bowyer.<ref name=prac2 /> Hamlin only managed eleventh place, while Keselowski was only quick enough for twenty-seventh position.<ref name=prac2 /> In the third and final practice, Vickers was quickest with a time of 19.751 seconds.<ref name="prac3">{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/33/data/practice3_speeds.html |title=Practice Three Timing and Scoring |publisher=Turner Sports |work=NASCAR |access-date=October 27, 2012}}</ref> Earnhardt Jr. followed in second, ahead of Gordon and Kyle Busch.<ref name=prac3 /> Hamlin was fifth quickest, with a time of 19.830 seconds.<ref name=prac3 /> Johnson, Menard, [[Ryan Newman (racing driver)|Ryan Newman]], Kenseth, and Bowyer rounded out the first ten positions.<ref name=prac3 />
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+;Drivers' Championship standings<ref name="officialstandingsafter">{{cite web | url=http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/data/standings_official.html | title=2012 Official Driver Standings: Tums Fast Relief 500 | publisher=Turner Sports | work=NASCAR | access-date=October 30, 2012}}</ref>
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v t e 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Points races	Daytona 500 Subway Fresh Fit 500 Kobalt Tools 400 Food City 500 Auto Club 400 Goody's Fast Relief 500 Samsung Mobile 500 STP 400 Capital City 400 Aaron's 499 Bojangles' Southern 500 Coca-Cola 600 FedEx 400 Pocono 400 Quicken Loans 400 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Quaker State 400 Coke Zero 400 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Brickyard 400 Pennsylvania 400 Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen Pure Michigan 400 Irwin Tools Night Race AdvoCare 500 (Atlanta) Federated Auto Parts 400
Chase for the Sprint Cup	GEICO 400 Sylvania 300 AAA 400 Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 Bank of America 500 Hollywood Casino 400 Tums Fast Relief 500 AAA Texas 500 AdvoCare 500 (Phoenix) Ford EcoBoost 400
Exhibition races	Budweiser Shootout Gatorade Duels All-Star Race