| Race details[1][2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 27 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
 Map of the track | |||
| Date | September 16, 2012 | ||
| Location | Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi (2.414 km) | ||
| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.5 km) | ||
| Weather | Clear with a high temperature around 80 °F (27 °C); wind out of the WSW at 6 mph (9.7 km/h). | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 29.530 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 172 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 2 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree | ||
The 2012 GEICO 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 16, 2012, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Contested over 267 laps, it was the twenty-seventh in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the first race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season.
- ^ "2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
- ^ Brown, Brian (September 11, 2012). "The GEICO 400". RotoWorld.com. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.