Jimmie Johnson took the lead in the late stages of the race until his engine blew on lap 195, setting up a green-white-checkered finish.
The race ended with an aborted green-white-checkered finish.
In the later case, the resulting distance was over 851 miles distance traveled, as both races were extended by green-white-checkered finishes.
The race was won by Kevin Harvick after a green-white-checkered finish.
Contested over 194 laps (with a green-white-checkered finish), it was the tenth race of the 2012 season.
This was the first time that a green-white-checkered finish was occurred in the first three races of the season.
Nascar rules ensure that the field has one chance at a green-white-checkered finish, so the race went eight laps longer than scheduled.
The caution caused a green-white-checkered finish; the restart was on lap 202.
This was also the first shootout to feature the green-white-checkered finish.
One lap later, the seventh caution and second attempt at a green-white-checkered finish began when a large crash happened in turn 3.