#15-Clint Bowyer won the Federated Auto Parts 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway for his 2nd win of year and 7th career win.
The race didn ‘t start until 9:30pm/et due to rain and was once delayed for 52 minutes for rain, but all 400 laps were run.
#24-Gordon finished 2nd followed by #55-Martin, #14-Stewart, #17-Kenseth, #31-Burton, #2-Keselowski, #39-Newman, #16-Biffle and #29-Harvick.
The regular season points leader, #16-Biffle, finished 9th and will be seeded 5th in the Chase, 6 points out of the lead.
#24-Gordon finished 2nd beating #18-Busch by 3 points to gain the 2nd wild card spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. #5-Kahne got the 1st wild card spot. #14-Stewart finished 4th and clinched the 10th spot and will be seeded 3rd in the Chase.
#88-Earnhardt Jr., the pole winner, led 69 laps, had to pit late and finished 14th. Earnhardt Jr. has 11 poles and never won a race from the pole.
There were 6 cautions for 41 yellow flag laps and a 52 minutes red flag fro rain. There were 17 lead changes among 10 drivers. The average speed was 100.019mph.
The estimated attendence was 89,000 which is up from last years 87,000.
See race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Richmond Race Results page (pdf).(9-9-2012)
