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RCR Post Race Report- NSCS Atlanta

RCR Post Race Report —
NSCS AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
AdvoCare 500
Atlanta Motor Speedway
September 2, 2012
 
Race Highlights:
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished fifth (Kevin Harvick), 8th (Paul Menard) and 12th (Jeff Burton).
Harvick ranks ninth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver championship point standings, trailing point leader Greg Biffle by 72 points with two races remaining until the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Menard ranks 15th, 59 markers outside of the final Chase position, while Burton ranks 20th, 160 points out.
Harvick’s fifth-place finish in the AdvoCare 500 clinched the N0. 29 team a spot in the 2012 Chase for the Sprint Cup.
With an average speed of 166.482 mph, Harvick led his fellow competitors in the NASCAR post-race Loop Data Statistics category of Fastest Drivers Late In a Run.
Harvick earned a Driver Rating of 123.8, maintained an average Green Flag Speed of 169.043 mph, was credited with 44 of the Fastest Laps Run and 101 Laps Led, ranking him second in all of the mentioned Loop Data Statistic categories.
Harvick led the AdvoCare 500 for 101 laps, 30.9% of the total laps.
According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Statistics, Harvick ranked third in Average Running Position with 4.177, while Menard ranked 13th (14.076) and Burton 14th (15.468).
Harvick and Menard each logged Fastest Laps Run during the 325-lap race with 44 and two circuits, respectively.
Menard made 96 Green Flag Passes, ranking him fourth in that category according to NASCAR’s Loop Data Statistics.
Menard ranked 10th in the NASCAR Loop Data Statistics category Quality Passes, passing 39 competitors while running in the top 15.
Burton made the fourth-most Green Flag Passes (96) and spent 139 Laps in the Top 15.
Denny Hamlin earned his fourth Sprint Cup Series victory of the season and was followed to the finish line by Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex, Jr. and Harvick.
The next scheduled Sprint Cup Series race is the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 8. The 26th race of the 2012 season is scheduled to be televised live on ABC beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern Time and broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.