page_title: 2012 Lenox Industrial Tools 301
section_title: Practice and qualifying
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 / Report / Practice and qualifying
caption_attribution_description: English: Kyle Busch after winning the 2015 Toyota/Save Mart 350 in Sonoma, California
context_page_description: The 2012 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 15, 2012 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, United States. Contested over 301 laps, it was the nineteenth race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kasey Kahne of Hendrick Motorsports took his second win of the season, while Denny Hamlin finished second and Clint Bowyer finished third.
context_section_description: Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—one on Friday, July 13, and two on Saturday, July 14. The first session lasted 90 minutes, and the second was 55 minutes. The third and final session was 60 minutes.  Kyle Busch was quickest with a time of 28.555 seconds in the first session, less than one tenth of a second faster than Biffle. Kurt Busch was just off Biffle's pace, followed by Kasey Kahne, Paul Menard, and Truex, Jr.. Brian Vickers was seventh, still within two tenths of a second of Kyle Busch's time.
  Forty-four cars were entered for qualifying, but only forty-three could qualify for the race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure. Kyle Busch clinched the ninth pole position of his career, with a time of 28.548 seconds. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Kahne. Hamlin qualified third, Truex, Jr. took fourth, and Bowyer started fifth. Newman, Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Earnhardt, Jr. and Stewart rounded out the top ten. The driver that failed to qualify for the race was Mike Bliss. Once the qualifying session concluded, Kyle Busch expressed his happiness with qualifying: "Excellent lap, just tried to hit the same marks in practice. Haven't found the magic way to get around the Magic Mile but today we did."
  In the second practice session, Hamlin was quickest with a time of 28.969 seconds. Gordon, with a time of 28.993, was second-quickest, ahead of Truex, Jr., Aric Almirola, and Bowyer. Kahne, Johnson, Kyle Busch, Vickers, and Jeff Burton completed the first ten positions. Hamlin continued to be quickest through the third practice session with a time of 28.990, 0.009 seconds faster than his fastest lap during the second session. Kyle Busch was second-quickest in the session, while Keselowski was scored third. Bowyer followed in the fourth position ahead of Johnson, Vickers and Truex, Jr. Kahne, Logano and Carl Edwards rounded out the first ten positions in eighth, ninth and tenth, respectively.
caption: Kyle Busch (pictured in 2015), of the Joe Gibbs Racing team won the pole position.
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