2012 AdvoCare 500 (Phoenix)
| Race details | |||
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| Race 35 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Map of the Phoenix International Raceway
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| Date | November 11, 2012 | ||
| Location | Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, Arizona | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km) |
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| Distance | 319 laps, 319 mi (513.381 km) | ||
| Weather | Clear with a temperature around 65 °F (18 °C); wind out of the NNW at 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h). | ||
| Average speed | 111.182 miles per hour (178.930 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 25.943 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 237 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree | ||
The 2012 AdvoCare 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on November 11, 2012, at Phoenix International Speedway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 319 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) asphalt tri-oval, it was the thirty-fifth race of the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the ninth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing won the race, his only win of the season, while Denny Hamlin finished second and Kyle Busch finished third.
Phoenix International Raceway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Richmond International Raceway, Dover International Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, and Martinsville Speedway. The standard track at Phoenix International Raceway is a four-turn short track oval that is 1 mile (1.6 km) long. The first two turns are banked from 10 to 11 degrees, while the final two turns are banked from 8 to 9 degrees. The front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at three degrees. The back stretch, nicknamed the 'dogleg', varies from 10 to 11 degree banking. The racetrack has seats for 76,800 spectators.
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