2012 Pocono 400

2012 Pocono 400
Race details[1][2][3][4]
Race 14 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2012 Pocono 400 program cover
2012 Pocono 400 program cover
Date June 10, 2012 (2012-06-10)
Location Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance 160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Weather Clear with a high temperature around 84 °F (29 °C); wind out of the WNW at 7 mph (11 km/h)
Average speed 131.004 miles per hour (210.831 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 50.112
Most laps led
Driver Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 49
Winner
No. 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network TNT
Announcers Adam Alexander, Kyle Petty and Wally Dallenbach Jr.

The 2012 Pocono 400 Presented by #NASCAR was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 10, 2012, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, United States. Contested over 160 laps, it was the fourteenth race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Joey Logano of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race from the pole (the second of his career, and the first to have come in a race that went the scheduled distance) while Mark Martin finished second and Tony Stewart finished third.

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The race logo for the 2012 Pocono 400.

There were seven cautions and 21 lead changes among ten different drivers during the race. Logano's win moved him to 15th position in the drivers' championship, 125 points behind leader Matt Kenseth and 18 ahead of Kasey Kahne in 16th. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained the first position with 96 points, 13 ahead of Toyota. Ford was placed third with 71 points, 13 ahead of Dodge with 22 races remaining in the season.

  1. ^ "2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  2. ^ Brown, Brian (June 6, 2012). "The Pocono 400". Rotoworld.com. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on June 8, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Joey Logano rolls to Pocono win from pole position". ESPN. Associated Press. June 11, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  4. ^ "2012 Official Race Results : Pocono 400 presented by #NASCAR". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.