2012 Lenox Industrial Tools 301
| Race details | |||
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| Race 19 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | July 15, 2012 | ||
| Official name | Lenox Industrial Tools 301 The Extra Mile | ||
| Location | New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.058 mi (1.703 km) |
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| Distance | 301 laps, 318.458 mi (512.508 km) | ||
| Weather | Overcast with a temperature around 87°F; wind out of the SW at 6 mph. | ||
| Average speed | 116.226 miles per hour (187.048 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 28.548 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 152 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNT | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach, Jr. and Kyle Petty | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 4.775 million | ||
The 2012 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on July 15, 2012 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps, it was the nineteenth race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kasey Kahne of Hendrick Motorsports took his second win of the season, while Denny Hamlin finished second and Clint Bowyer finished third.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Atlanta Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, and Darlington Raceway as well as Homestead Miami Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway. The standard track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a four-turn oval track, 1.6 miles (2.6 km) long. The track's turns are banked from two to seven degrees, while the front stretch, the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at one degree.
Before the race, Matt Kenseth led the Drivers' Championship with 676 points, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. stood in second with 651. Greg Biffle was third in the Drivers' Championship with 632, fourteen points ahead of Jimmie Johnson and forty ahead of Tony Stewart in fourth and fifth. Kevin Harvick, with 586, was two points ahead of Denny Hamlin, as Martin Truex, Jr. with 584 points, was eleven ahead of Brad Keselowski and twelve in front of Clint Bowyer. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 126 points, twenty-two points ahead of Toyota. Ford, with 90 points, was fourteen points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third.Ryan Newman is the defending race winner after winning the event in 2011.
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