2012 AAA 400

2012 AAA 400
Race details
Race 29 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date	September 30, 2012
Location	Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware
Course	Permanent racing facility; 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance	400 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 71.8 °F (22.1 °C); wind speeds approaching 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Denny Hamlin;
Time	22.599
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Busch
Laps	302
Winner
No. 2	Brad Keselowski
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2012 AAA 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held on September 30, 2012 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps, it was the twenty-ninth in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the third race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season.

Standings after the race

Note: Only the first twelve positions are included for the driver standings.

^ "2012 AAA 400 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
^ "NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings | NASCAR.COM". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-09-30.

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Race details
Race 29 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date	September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)
Location	Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware
Course	Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance	400 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 71.8 °F (22.1 °C); wind speeds approaching 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)^[1]
Pole position
Driver	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	22.599
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	302
Winner
No. 2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree