On Sunday, Kasey Kahne won his first race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The win was a huge won for Kahne, as it came in his 300th career start and vaults him up to 15th place in the Sprint Cup standings. It's also Kahne's first win since becoming a part of Hendrick Motorsports.
The race was also a big one for Bakersfield native Kevin Harvick, who finished in eighth place and grabs 30 points. With the win, Harvick moves back into the No. 7 spot on the leaderboard, just behind Martin Truex, Jr.
Greg Biffle finished in fourth place and remains the overall Sprint Cup points leader, picking up 10 points over the second-place Matt Kenseth. Denny Hamlin moved ahead of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and into third place and Jimmie Johnson rounds out the top five.
Here are the full results from the 2012 Coke 600:
- Kasey Kahne
- Denny Hamlin
- Kyle Busch
- Greg Biffle
- Brad Keselowski
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Jeff Gordon
- Kevin Harvick
- Carl Edwards
- Matt Kenseth
- Jimmie Johnson
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Clint Bowyer
- Ryan Newman
- Paul Menard
- Aric Almirola
- Regan Smith
- Landon Cassill
- Jeff Burton
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Jamie McMurray
- Casey Mears
- Joey Logano
- Trevor Bayne
- Tony Stewart
- David Gilliland
- Kurt Busch
- Bobby Labonte
- Travis Kvapil
- Danica Patrick
- T.J. Bell
- Marcos Ambrose
- AJ Allmendinger
- Mark Martin
- David Ragan
- Michael McDowell
- Scott Speed
- David Stremme
- Stephen Leicht
- Dave Blaney
- Joe Nemechek
- Cole Whitt
- Josh Wise
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