2012 Bank of America 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 31 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Charlotte Motor Speedway
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| Date | October 13, 2012 | ||
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina, United States | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
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| Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching as low as 44.1 °F (6.7 °C); wind speeds approaching 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Roush Fenway Racing | ||
| Time | 27.877 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | |
| Laps | 139 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, and Andy Petree | ||
The 2012 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 13, 2012, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the thirty-first race of the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the fifth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season.
Clint Bowyer of Michael Waltrip Racing won the race, his third of the season, while Denny Hamlin finished second and Jimmie Johnson was third.
Charlotte Motor Speedway is one of ten intermediate tracks 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 Texas Motor Speedway. The standard track at Charlotte Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) 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 had a five degree banking. The racetrack has seats for 140,000 spectators.
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