2012 Auto Club 400
Qualifying

2012 Auto Club 400

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: None

Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed

1	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	38.626	186.403

2	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	38.807	185.534

3	55	Mark Martin	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	38.807	185.534

4	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	38.812	185.510

5	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	38.812	185.510

6	39	Ryan Newman	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	38.850	185.328

7	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	38.877	185.199

8	20	Joey Logano	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	38.878	185.195

9	14	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	38.880	185.185

10	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	38.893	185.123

11	15	Clint Bowyer	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	38.908	185.052

12	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	38.919	185.000

13	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	38.977	184.724

14	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	39.018	184.530

15	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	39.062	184.322

16	1	Jamie McMurray	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	39.116	184.068

17	2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	39.121	184.044

18	10	David Reutimann	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	39.149	183.913

19	31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	39.185	183.744

20	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports	Toyota	39.259	183.397

21	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	39.263	183.379

22	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	39.333	183.052

23	51	Kurt Busch	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	39.413	182.681

24	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	39.439	182.560

25	22	A. J. Allmendinger	Penske Racing	Dodge	39.443	182.542

26	47	Bobby Labonte	JTG Daugherty Racing	Toyota	39.464	182.445

27	27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	39.481	182.366

28	43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	39.540	182.094

29	9	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	39.559	182.007

30	26	Josh Wise	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	39.760	181.087

31	83	Landon Cassill	BK Racing	Toyota	39.812	180.850

32	98	Michael McDowell	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	39.865	180.610

33	13	Casey Mears	Germain Racing	Ford	39.880	180.542

34	36	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	39.904	180.433

35	23	Scott Riggs	R3 Motorsports	Chevrolet	39.921	180.356

36	49	J. J. Yeley	Robinson-Blakeney Racing	Toyota	39.934	180.297

37	33	Brendan Gaughan	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	40.087	179.609

38	34	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	40.119	179.466

39	19	Mike Bliss	Humphrey Smith Motorsports	Toyota	40.157	179.296

40	74	Reed Sorenson	Turn One Racing	Chevrolet	40.194	179.131

41	93	Travis Kvapil	BK Racing	Toyota	40.254	178.864

42	38	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	40.313	178.602

43	32	Ken Schrader	FAS Lane Racing	Ford	40.374	178.333

Failed to qualify

7	Robby Gordon	Robby Gordon Motorsports	Dodge	40.343	178.470

87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	40.349	178.443

37	Timmy Hill	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	40.464	177.936

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Sentence(s)

In the 2012 Auto Club 400, Hamlin won the pole position, with a time of 38.626.

final_sentence: In the 2012 Auto Club 400, Hamlin won the pole position, with a time of 38.626.