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Source: 2012 LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire on Race Comics

Race Facts:
• The race stayed within its 301 lap distance. Race time was 02:46:27
• There were 3 caution periods for a total of 15 laps
• Average speed was 116.23 Mph
• Kasey Kahne had a margin of victory that was 2.738 seconds over Denny Hamlin
• Kasey Kahne notched his 14th victory in his 307th start and becomes the fifth repeat winner of 2012.

• Hendrick Motorsports earned its 204th Cup Series victory, 5th of 2012 (most) and 9th at NHMS (most).
• Chevrolet earned its ninth victory of 2012 (most of all makes)
• Clint Bowyer (third) scored his 10th top-10 of 2012 including five of the past seven races.
• Dale Earnhardt Jr (fourth) notched his eighth top-five of 2012. He had seven in 2010 and 2011 combined
• This is the third time in 2012 all four Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished in the top 10.
• Matt Kenseth (13th) matched his worst finish in the past 14 races.
• Kyle Busch (16th) has finished outside the top 10 in six of the past seven races.





      Race Results

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS
1	2	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	HendrickCars.com	47/4	301	Running
2	3	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Office	44/2	301	Running
3	5	15	Clint Bowyer	Toyota	5-hour Energy	42/1	301	Running
4	9	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	National Guard 'An American Salute' / Diet Mountain Dew	40/0	301	Running
5	22	2	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	Miller Lite	40/1	301	Running
6	8	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	Pepsi Max	39/1	301	Running
7	7	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	38/1	301	Running
8	12	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Budweiser Folds of Honor	36/0	301	Running
9	11	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M	35/0	301	Running
10	6	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Aspen Dental	34/0	301	Running
11	4	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA Batteries	33/0	301	Running
12	10	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Mobil 1	32/0	301	Running
13	27	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	NESN	31/0	301	Running
14	16	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	Dollar General	30/0	301	Running
15	15	55	Brian Vickers	Toyota	MyClassicGara ge.com / Aaron's	29/0	301	Running
16	1	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Interstate Batteries	29/1	301	Running
17	13	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Quaker State / Menards	27/0	301	Running
18	21	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Fastenal / Lenox	26/0	301	Running
19	20	9	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	DEWALT	25/0	301	Running
20	28	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / NRA Museum	24/0	300	Running
21	25	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Wheaties	23/0	300	Running
22	24	22	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Shell / Pennzoil-AAA	0	300	Running
23	18	47	Bobby Labonte	Toyota	Kingsford	21/0	300	Running
24	14	51	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	Phoenix Construction Services	21/1	299	Running
25	31	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	19/0	299	Running
26	17	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row / Farm American	18/0	298	Running
27	39	38	David Gilliland	Ford	Glory Foods	17/0	298	Running
28	23	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	U.S. Air Force	16/0	298	Running
29	29	83	Landon Cassill	Toyota	Burger King / Dr Pepper	15/0	297	Running
30	30	93	Travis Kvapil	Toyota	Burger King / Dr Pepper	14/0	297	Running
31	37	32	Ken Schrader	Ford	Federated Auto Parts	13/0	294	Running
32	43	33	Stephen Leicht *	Chevrolet	Little Joes Autos.com	12/0	293	Running
33	26	10	David Reutimann	Chevrolet	CarportEmpire .com / TMone.com Call Centers in America	11/0	229	Engine
34	19	34	David Ragan	Ford	MHP / 8 Hour Alert	10/0	139	Engine
35	40	30	David Stremme	Toyota	Stock Car Steel and Aluminum	9/0	101	Vibration
36	33	13	Casey Mears	Ford	GEICO	8/0	91	Vibration
37	32	26	Josh Wise *	Ford	MDS Transport	7/0	82	Brakes
38	34	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	0	71	Brakes
39	35	36	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Golden Corral	5/0	68	Brakes
40	36	98	Michael McDowell	Ford	Phil Parsons Racing	4/0	63	Vibration
41	41	23	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	North Texas Pipe	3/0	32	Vibration
42	42	179	Kelly Bires	Ford	Team Kyle / Bestway Disposal	2/0	19	Brakes
43	38	249	J.J. Yeley	Toyota	Robinson-Blak- eney Racing	1/0	4	Engine

* Denotes Rookie                                               Race Results & Facts via NASCAR.com