2012 Hollywood Casino 400
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Date
October 21, 2012
Location
Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
1.5 miles (2.4 km)
| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 32 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
 Kansas Speedway | |||
| Date | October 21, 2012 | ||
| Location | Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas, United States | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 267 laps, 400 mi (644.542 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 77 °F (25 °C); wind speeds up to 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h)[2] | ||
| Average speed | 115.086 miles per hour (185.213 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 28.219 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Laps | 78 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, and Andy Petree | ||
The 2012 Hollywood Casino 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 21, 2012, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the thirty-second race of the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the sixth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Matt Kenseth of Roush Fenway Racing won the race, his third of the season. Martin Truex Jr. finished second and Paul Menard was third.
