Secondo successo stagionale per Clint Bowyer nella NASCAR Sprint Cup. Il driver Toyota s’impone a Richmond davanti a Jeff Gordon e a Mark Martin.
Sorride Gordon che con il secondo gradino del podio entra a far parte della Chase for the Cup 2012, rubando l’ingresso a Kyle Busch che a causa di un errore strategico al 275esimo giro, quando rimane in pista anziché rientrare ai box per la pioggia, posticipa il suo pit-stop che effettuerà in regime di bandiera verde e alla fine chiude 16esimo. Così rimane fuori dai primi 12 nella classifica del campionato.
Di seguito l’ordine d’arrivo:
Results - 400 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Clint Bowyer Waltrip Toyota 2h59m58.000s
2. Jeff Gordon Hendrick Chevrolet + 1.198s
3. Mark Martin Waltrip Toyota + 1.953s
4. Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 3.163s
5. Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Ford + 6.446s
6. Jeff Burton Childress Chevrolet + 10.735s
7. Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge + 12.066s
8. Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 13.043s
9. Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Ford + 13.767s
10. Kevin Harvick Childress Chevrolet + 17.306s
11. Sam Hornish Jr Penske Dodge + 20.578s
12. Kasey Kahne Hendrick Chevrolet + 1 lap
13. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Chevrolet + 1 lap
14. Dale Earnhardt Jr Hendrick Chevrolet + 1 lap
15. Marcos Ambrose Petty Ford + 1 lap
16. Kyle Busch Gibbs Toyota + 1 lap
17. Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Ford + 1 lap
18. Denny Hamlin Gibbs Toyota + 1 lap
19. Landon Cassill BK Toyota + 1 lap
20. Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet + 1 lap
21. Martin Truex Jr Waltrip Toyota + 1 lap
22. Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet + 2 laps
23. Paul Menard Childress Chevrolet + 2 laps
24. Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet + 2 laps
25. Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Toyota + 3 laps
26. Aric Almirola Petty Ford + 3 laps
27. Travis Kvapil BK Toyota + 3 laps
28. Kurt Busch Phoenix Chevrolet + 4 laps
29. Casey Mears Germain Ford + 4 laps
30. Joey Logano Gibbs Toyota + 4 laps
31. David Gilliland Front Row Ford + 5 laps
32. David Ragan Front Row Ford + 5 laps
33. Dave Blaney Baldwin Chevrolet + 5 laps
34. David Reutimann Baldwin Chevrolet + 7 laps
35. Ken Schrader FAS Lane Ford + 7 laps
36. Stephen Leicht Circle Sport Chevrolet + 10 laps
Retirements:
David Stremme Inception Toyota 127 laps
Joe Nemechek NEMCO Toyota 90 laps
Scott Riggs R3 Chevrolet 78 laps
Mike Bliss Humphrey Smith Toyota 70 laps
Michael McDowell Parsons Ford 63 laps
Josh Wise Front Row Ford 57 laps
Reed Sorenson Humphrey Smith Chevrolet 57 laps