RCR Post Race Report — Michigan International Speedway–Sprint Cup

RCR Post Race Report — Michigan International Speedway   
 
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series   
RACE:      Michigan 400      
TRACK:    Michigan International Speedway  
DATE:       June 17, 2012  
 
Race Highlights:       
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished 10th (Kevin Harvick), 21st (Jeff Burton), 22nd (Paul Menard) and 24th (Austin Dillon).
According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Statistics, Harvick made 74 green-flag passes and spent 90 laps running in the Top 15 while maintaining a 16.675 Average Running Position throughout the race.  
According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Statistics, Burton made 90 Green-Flag passes ranking him fourth in the category.
According to NASCAR Loop Data Statistics, Menard logged three of the Fastest Laps Run out of 153 green-flag circuits.
Menard ranked 10th in the Loop Data category Laps in the Top 15 (125 laps) while maintaining an average position of 15.730.
Dillon posted a top-25 finish in his second career Sprint Cup Series start and his first at Michigan International Speedway.
Dillon made 56 green-flag passes during the 200-lap event.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Michigan 400, and was followed to the checkered flag by Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle and Jimmie Johnson.  
The next NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race is the Sonoma 350 on Sunday, June 24, televised live on TNT and broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.