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2012 Samsung Mobile 500

Field	Value
Type	NAS
Race Name	Samsung Mobile 500
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Year	2012
Race_No	7
Season_No	36
Image	Samsung Mobile 500 logo.gif
Location	Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas
Course_mi	1.5
Course_km	2.4
Distance_laps	334
Distance_mi	501
Distance_km	806.3
Weather	Scattered thunderstorms; wind out of the south at 21 mph.
Avg	160.577 mi/h
Pole_Driver	Martin Truex Jr.
Pole_Team	Michael Waltrip Racing
Pole_Time	28.366
Most_Driver	Jimmie Johnson
Most_Team	Hendrick Motorsports
Most_laps	156
Car	16
First_Driver	Greg Biffle
First_Team	RFK Racing
Network	Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

The 2012 Samsung Mobile 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on April 14, 2012, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps, it was the seventh race of the 2012 season. Greg Biffle of RFK Racing took his first win of the season, while Jimmie Johnson finished second and Mark Martin finished third.

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Background

Texas Motor Speedway, is one of ten intermediate to hold NASCAR races; the others are Atlanta Motor Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Homestead Miami Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Charlotte Motor Speedway. The standard track is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.5 mi long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is five degrees. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a five degree banking. The racetrack has seats for 191,122 spectators.

Before the race, Greg Biffle led the Drivers' Championship with 226 points, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. stood in second with 220. Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. followed in the next four positions with 214 points. Denny Hamlin with 210 points, was eight points ahead of Ryan Newman and 18 ahead of Clint Bowyer in eighth and ninth. Jimmie Johnson, with 189, was ten points ahead of Carl Edwards in eleventh. Brad Keselowski completed the first twelve positions with 175 points, 51 points behind Biffle. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 42 points, nine points ahead of Ford. Toyota, with 30 points, was three points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third. Kenseth was the race's defending race winner after winning it in 2011.

Entry list

(R) - Denotes rookie driver.

(i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Sponsor
1	Jamie McMurray	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats
2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	Miller Lite
5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Farmers Insurance
9	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	Stanley Tools / DeWalt
10	David Reutimann	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Accell Construction
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	FedEx Office / March of Dimes
13	Casey Mears	Germain Racing	Ford	GEICO
14	Tony Stewart	Stewart–Haas Racing	Chevrolet	Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy
15	Clint Bowyer	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	5-hour Energy
16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	3M Filtrete
17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	Best Buy
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Interstate Batteries
19	Mike Bliss (i)	Humphrey Smith Racing	Toyota	Humphrey Smith Racing
20	Joey Logano	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Dollar General
21	Trevor Bayne (i)	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center
22	A. J. Allmendinger	Penske Racing	Dodge	Shell / Pennzoil
23	Scott Riggs	R3 Motorsports	Chevrolet	North Texas Pipe / Embassy Suites
24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	DuPont
26	Josh Wise (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	MDS Transport
27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Quaker State / Menards
29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Budweiser
30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	Inception Motorsports
31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Caterpillar
32	Reed Sorenson (i)	FAS Lane Racing	Ford	Jani-King
33	Tony Raines	Circle Sport	Chevrolet	Precon Marine
34	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Scorpion Window Films
36	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Jimmie Johnson's Anything with an Engine
38	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	ModSpace
39	Ryan Newman	Stewart–Haas Racing	Chevrolet	U.S. Army
42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	Target
43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	Smithfield
47	Bobby Labonte	JTG Daugherty Racing	Toyota	Bush's Beans / Tom Thumb
48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools
49	J. J. Yeley	Robinson-Blakeney Racing	Toyota	JPO Absorbents
51	Kurt Busch	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	Phoenix Racing
55	Mark Martin	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	Aaron's 2011 Best of the Rest
56	Martin Truex Jr.	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts
74	Stacy Compton	Turn One Racing	Chevrolet	Turn One Racing
78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row / Denver Mattress
83	Landon Cassill	BK Racing	Toyota	Burger King / Dr Pepper
87	Joe Nemechek (i)	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	AM/FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Diet Mountain Dew / 7-Eleven
93	Travis Kvapil	BK Racing	Toyota	Dr Pepper
98	Michael McDowell	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	Curb Records
99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	Fastenal

Practice and qualifying

Forty-six cars were entered for qualifying, but only forty-three raced because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure. Truex Jr. clinched his seventh pole position during his career, with a time of 28.366 seconds. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Kenseth.

Results

Qualifying

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Race results

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Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
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;Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
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Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings. --

Notes

The last 234 laps went green, setting a NASCAR record for the longest consecutive green flag run on an intermediate track.

References

"Sprint Cup Series Schedule".
Brown, Brian. (April 11, 2012). "The Samsung Mobile 500". Rotoworld.com.
(April 14, 2012). "Truex on Texas Sprint Cup pole". InRacingNews.com.
"Tracks". NASCAR.
"Track Facts". Texas Motor Speedway.
"Pre-race Driver's Championship Classification".
"Manufactures' Championship Classification".
"2011 Samsung Mobile 500". racing-reference.com.
"Jayski'sŽ NASCAR Silly Season Site – Sprint Cup Race Info / Rundown Page". Jayski.com.
"Practice One Timing and Scoring". NASCAR.
(April 13, 2012). "Practice 2 Timing and Scoring". NASCAR.
"Qualifying Entry List". NASCAR.
(April 13, 2012). "Race Official Lineup". NASCAR.
Hembree, Mike. (April 13, 2012). "CUP: Truex Jr. Leads 190-Mph Charge". Speedtv.com.
(April 13, 2012). "Truex streaks to his first pole of 2012 at Texas". NASCAR.

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