American Ethanol 225

Chicagoland Speedway — January 1, 2012

James Buescher

Winner

150

Laps

Entries

Leaders

James Buescher won the 2012 American Ethanol 225 at Chicagoland Speedway on January 1, 2012, leading 6 of 150 laps. Brendan Gaughan finished second; Timothy Peters rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Track

Chicagoland Speedway

Season

2012

Winner

James Buescher

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	11	+10	James Buescher	Turner Motorsports	150	—	Running	6	47
2	6	+4	Brendan Gaughan	Richard Childress Racing	150	—	Running	83	0
3	4	+1	Timothy Peters	Red Horse Racing	150	—	Running	3	42
4	9	+5	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing	150	—	Running	—	40
5	17	+12	Parker Kligerman	Brad Keselowski Racing	150	—	Running	6	40
6	8	+2	Cale Gale	Eddie Sharp Racing	150	—	Running	—	38
7	14	+7	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Joe Denette Motorsports	150	—	Running	1	38
8	5	-3	Jason Leffler	Kyle Busch Motorsports	150	—	Running	—	36
9	13	+4	Jason A. White (Virginia)	Joe Denette Motorsports	150	—	Running	—	35
10	21	+11	David Starr	Arrington Racing	150	—	Running	—	34
11	22	+11	Rick Crawford	Tagsby Racing	150	—	Running	—	33
12	3	-9	Ty Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	150	—	Running	17	33
13	19	+6	Ross Chastain	SS Green Light Racing	150	—	Running	—	31
14	16	+2	John Wes Townley	RAB Racing	150	—	Running	—	30
15	2	-13	Joey Coulter	Richard Childress Racing	150	—	Running	3	30
16	20	+4	Dakoda Armstrong	ThorSport Racing	150	—	Running	—	28
17	10	-7	Miguel Paludo	Turner Motorsports	150	—	Running	5	28
18	7	-11	Todd Bodine	Red Horse Racing	150	—	Running	—	26
19	18	-1	Paulie Harraka	Wauters Motorsports	150	—	Running	2	26
20	28	+8	Chad McCumbee	RBR Enterprises	150	—	Running	—	24
21	1	-20	Justin Lofton	Eddie Sharp Racing	150	—	Running	24	24
22	15	-7	Johnny Sauter	ThorSport Racing	149	—	Running	—	22
23	34	+11	Jennifer Jo Cobb	Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing	144	—	Running	—	21
24	23	-1	Bryan Silas	T3R2 Racing	142	—	Running	—	20
25	36	+11	Norm Benning	Norm Benning Racing	142	—	Running	—	19
26	12	-14	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Turner Motorsports	94	—	DNF - Crash	—	18
27	33	+6	Chris Fontaine	Chris Fontaine Inc.	92	—	DNF - Crash	—	17
28	25	-3	Clay Greenfield	Alger Motorsports	90	—	DNF	—	16
29	29	—	C.E. Falk	Hillman Racing	72	—	DNF	—	15
30	24	-6	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	45	—	DNF - Engine	—	14
31	30	-1	Chris Jones	RSS Racing	25	—	DNF - Engine	—	13
32	31	-1	Blake Koch	Clay Greenfield Motorsports	13	—	DNF	—	0
33	27	-6	Dennis Setzer	RSS Racing	10	—	DNF	—	0
34	35	+1	T.J. Bell	Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing	3	—	DNF	—	0
35	26	-9	Jeff Green	RSS Racing	2	—	DNF	—	0
36	32	-4	Johnny Chapman	SS Green Light Racing	2	—	DNF	—	8