2012 Sylvania 300

2012 Sylvania 300
Race details
Race 28 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
	Layout of New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Date	September 23, 2012
Location	New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire
Course	Permanent racing facility; 1.058 mi (1.703 km)
Distance	300 laps, 317.4 mi (510.805 km)
Weather	Mild with temperatures approaching 72 °F (22 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Jeff Gordon;
Time	28.232
Most laps led
Driver	Denny Hamlin
Laps	193
Winner
No. 11	Denny Hamlin
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2012 Sylvania 300 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 23, 2012 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 300 laps, it was the twenty-eighth in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the second race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, his fifth of the season. Jimmie Johnson finished second and Jeff Gordon was third.

Standings after the race

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

^ Weather information for the 2012 Sylvania 300 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
^ "Manufacturers' Championship Classification". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2012.

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