2012 Bojangles' Southern 500
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 11 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
| Date | May 12, 2012 | ||
| Location | Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.366 mi (2.198 km) |
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| Distance | 368 laps, 502.688 mi (808.998 km) | ||
| Weather | Clear with a temperature around 82°F; wind out of the E at 5 mph. | ||
| Average speed | 133.802 miles per hour (215.333 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Roush Fenway Racing | ||
| Time | 27.281 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 134 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds | ||
The 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 56th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on May 12, 2012 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.
Contested over 368 laps (the final restart following a pace car period occurred on Lap 367; under NASCAR rules, if the penultimate lap is run under the Safety Car, the ensuing restart will be two consecutive green flag laps, and there will be three attempts to finish the race with two consecutive green-flag laps), it was the eleventh race of the 2012 season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports took his first win of the season, while Denny Hamlin finished second and Tony Stewart finished third.
Darlington Raceway is one of ten intermediate to hold NASCAR races; the others are Atlanta Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Homestead Miami Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway. The standard track at the speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 1.366 miles (2.198) long. The track's first two turns are banked at twenty-five degrees, while the final two turns are banked two degrees lower at twenty-three degrees. The front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch is banked at six degrees. Darlington Raceway can seat up to 63,000 people.
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