2012 Pocono 400
| Race details | |||
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| Race 14 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | June 10, 2012 | ||
| Location | Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.023 km) |
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| Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km) | ||
| Weather | Clear with a high temperature around 84°F; wind out of the WNW at 7 mph | ||
| Average speed | 131.004 miles per hour (210.831 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 50.112 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 49 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNT | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Kyle Petty and Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | ||
The 2012 Pocono 400 Presented by #NASCAR was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on June 10, 2012 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, United States. Contested over 160 laps, it was the fourteenth race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Joey Logano of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race from the pole (the second of his career, and the first to have come in a race that went the scheduled distance) while Mark Martin finished second and Tony Stewart finished third.
There were seven cautions and 21 lead changes among ten different drivers during the race. Logano's win moved him to 15th position in the drivers' championship, 125 points behind leader Matt Kenseth and 18 ahead of Kasey Kahne in 16th. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained the first position with 96 points, 13 ahead of Toyota. Ford was placed third with 71 points, 13 ahead of Dodge with 22 races remaining in the season.
Pocono Raceway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Daytona International Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Pocono Raceway is a three-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked differently; the first is banked at 14°, the second turn at 8° and the final turn with 6°. However, each of the three straightaways are banked at 2°. Jeff Gordon was the defending race winner.
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