Kroger 200

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 2012

Denny Hamlin

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Denny Hamlin won the 2012 Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 2012, leading 6 of 200 laps. Nelson Piquet Jr. finished second; Joey Coulter rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

2012

Winner

Denny Hamlin

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Denny Hamlin	Kyle Busch Motorsports	200	—	Running	6	0
2	4	+2	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Turner Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	42
3	15	+12	Joey Coulter	Richard Childress Racing	200	—	Running	—	41
4	7	+3	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing	200	—	Running	33	41
5	23	+18	Scott Riggs	RBR Enterprises	200	—	Running	—	0
6	10	+4	James Buescher	Turner Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	38
7	1	-6	Timothy Peters	Red Horse Racing	200	—	Running	59	38
8	11	+3	Ryan Blaney	Brad Keselowski Racing	200	—	Running	—	36
9	13	+4	Parker Kligerman	Red Horse Racing	200	—	Running	—	35
10	3	-7	Brian Scott	Kyle Busch Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	0
11	21	+10	Max Gresham	Eddie Sharp Racing	200	—	Running	—	33
12	2	-10	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	200	—	Running	101	0
13	27	+14	Jason A. White (Virginia)	Joe Denette Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	31
14	8	-6	Johnny Sauter	ThorSport Racing	200	—	Running	1	31
15	20	+5	Miguel Paludo	Turner Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	29
16	19	+3	David Starr	Arrington Racing	200	—	Running	—	28
17	24	+7	Josh Richards	Wauters Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	0
18	26	+8	John Wes Townley	RAB Racing	200	—	Running	—	26
19	14	-5	Justin Lofton	Eddie Sharp Racing	200	—	Running	—	25
20	36	+16	Peyton Sellers	Turn One Racing	199	—	Running	—	24
21	9	-12	Jeff Agnew	SS Green Light Racing	199	—	Running	—	23
22	12	-10	Todd Bodine	Red Horse Racing	198	—	Running	—	22
23	31	+8	Ross Chastain	SS Green Light Racing	198	—	Running	—	21
24	29	+5	Caleb Holman	Henderson Motorsports	198	—	Running	—	20
25	30	+5	Clay Greenfield	Alger Motorsports	198	—	Running	—	19
26	28	+2	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	197	—	Running	—	18
27	33	+6	Tim George Jr.	RSS Racing	197	—	Running	—	17
28	6	-22	Ty Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	194	—	Running	—	16
29	32	+3	Bryan Silas	T3R2 Racing	193	—	Running	—	15
30	25	-5	Tyler Young	Young's Motorsports	189	—	Running	—	14
31	35	+4	Norm Benning	Norm Benning Racing	188	—	Running	—	13
32	17	-15	Ryan Truex	Hillman Racing	158	—	DNF	—	0
33	16	-17	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Joe Denette Motorsports	136	—	DNF	—	11
34	18	-16	Matt Merrell	Win-Tron Racing	35	—	DNF	—	10
35	22	-13	Cale Gale	Eddie Sharp Racing	7	—	DNF	—	9
36	34	-2	Chris Fontaine	Chris Fontaine Inc.	5	—	DNF	—	8

Model Performance

How well did the NR-Rating model predict this race? Across 6 matched drivers, the model averaged 6.8 positions off — better than the season average of 8.5. Good

Pos	Driver	Predicted	Actual	Delta	Conf.
1	Denny Hamlin	6.8	1	+5.8	High Confidence
8	Ryan Blaney	6.8	8	-1.2	High Confidence
16	David Starr	20.2	16	+4.2	Moderate
23	Ross Chastain	13.8	23	-9.2	Coinflip
28	Ty Dillon	24.3	28	-3.7	High Confidence
32	Ryan Truex	15.6	32	-16.4	Coinflip

Predicted finish from NR-Rating model. Delta = predicted − actual (positive = driver beat prediction). Confidence: High Confidence = low variance (stdDev ≤ 9), Moderate = medium variance, Coinflip = high variance.