2012 Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 30 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Talladega Superspeedway
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| Date | October 7, 2012 | ||
| Location | Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Alabama, United States | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.66 mi (4.3 km) |
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| Distance | 188 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 62.1 °F (16.7 °C); wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 50.017 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | |
| Laps | 39 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush-Fenway Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree | ||
The 2012 Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 7, 2012 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, United States. Contested over 188 laps on the 2.66-mile (4.3 km) asphalt tri-oval, it was the thirtieth race of the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the fourth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season.
Matt Kenseth of Roush Fenway Racing won the race, his second of the season, and snapped a twenty-nine race winless streak extending back to the Daytona 500; while Jeff Gordon finished second and Kyle Busch finished third. The Big One hit the field on the final lap, collecting 25 cars in turn four, with Tony Stewart flying in the air after being tagged by Michael Waltrip.
Talladega Superspeedway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races; the others are Daytona International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Michigan International Speedway. The standard track at the speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.66 miles (4.28 km) long. The track's turns are banked at thirty-three degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 16.5 degrees. The back stretch has a two-degree banking. Talladega Superspeedway can seat up to 143,231 people.
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