E’ Ryan Newman la sorpresa del sesto appuntamento della Nascar Sprint Cup 2012 in scena a Martinsville. Il driver dello Stewart Haas Racing s’impone inaspettatamente al termine di un finale scoppiettante che vede protagonisti Jeff Gordon e Jimmie Johnson del team Hendrick Motorsports e Clint Bowyer del Michael Waltrip Racing.
I primi due erano in testa fin quando un contatto con Bowyer non ha messo fine alle loro speranze di vittoria. Ne approfitta, dunque, Newman che conquista il primo successo dell’anno davanti ad AJ Allmendinger e a Dale Earnhardt Jr che porta qualche punticino e una piccola consolazione per il team Hendrick Motorsport salendo fino al secondo posto in classifica generale.
Results - 515 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Chevrolet 3h26m12.000s
2. AJ Allmendinger Penske Dodge + 0.537s
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr Hendrick Chevrolet + 1.147s
4. Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Ford + 1.277s
5. Martin Truex Jr Waltrip Toyota + 1.559s
6. Denny Hamlin Gibbs Toyota + 1.730s
7. Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 2.447s
8. Aric Almirola Petty Ford + 2.967s
9. Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge + 3.827s
10. Clint Bowyer Waltrip Toyota + 17.795s
11. Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Ford + 18.430s
12. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Chevrolet + 28.538s
13. Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Ford + 1 lap
14. Jeff Gordon Hendrick Chevrolet + 1 lap
15. Marcos Ambrose Petty Ford + 1 lap
16. Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet + 2 laps
17. Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Toyota + 2 laps
18. Brian Vickers Waltrip Toyota + 2 laps
19. Kevin Harvick Childress Chevrolet + 2 laps
20. Jamie McMurray Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet + 2 laps
21. Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet + 3 laps
22. Jeff Burton Childress Chevrolet + 3 laps
23. Joey Logano Gibbs Toyota + 4 laps
24. David Ragan Front Row Ford + 4 laps
25. Casey Mears Germain Ford + 4 laps
26. Paul Menard Childress Chevrolet + 5 laps
27. Travis Kvapil BK Toyota + 5 laps
28. David Gilliland Front Row Ford + 6 laps
29. Landon Cassill BK Toyota + 8 laps
30. David Stremme Inception Toyota + 9 laps
31. Hermie Sadler Childress Chevrolet + 10 laps
32. Ken Schrader FAS Lane Ford + 12 laps
33. Kurt Busch Phoenix Chevrolet + 18 laps
Retirements:
Dave Blaney Baldwin Chevrolet 439 laps
David Reutimann Baldwin Chevrolet 436 laps
Kyle Busch Gibbs Toyota 435 laps
JJ Yeley Robinson-Blakeney Toyota 359 laps
Kasey Kahne Hendrick Chevrolet 256 laps
Joe Nemechek NEMCO Toyota 74 laps
Michael McDowell Parsons Ford 60 laps
Josh Wise Front Row Ford 49 laps
Scott Riggs R3 Chevrolet 30 laps
Reed Sorenson Turn One Chevrolet