2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Richmond Results
Qualifying | Grid | Race Results
| Race Results | ||||||||||
| POS | DRIVER | CAR | MANUFACTURER | LAPS | MONEY | START | LED | PTS | BONUS | PENALTY |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | 400 | $247,783 | 5 | 32 | 47 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 88 | Chevrolet | 400 | $164,410 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Tony Stewart | 14 | Chevrolet | 400 | $178,460 | 22 | 118 | 42 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 400 | $152,801 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Kasey Kahne | 5 | Chevrolet | 400 | $113,210 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | 400 | $139,121 | 27 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Clint Bowyer | 15 | Toyota | 400 | $123,649 | 23 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mark Martin | 55 | Toyota | 400 | $92,360 | 1 | 29 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | Dodge | 400 | $120,880 | 16 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Carl Edwards | 99 | Ford | 400 | $138,551 | 2 | 206 | 36 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | Ford | 400 | $127,121 | 24 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevrolet | 400 | $110,726 | 20 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Paul Menard | 27 | Chevrolet | 400 | $88,110 | 30 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevrolet | 400 | $114,368 | 37 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Ryan Newman | 39 | Chevrolet | 400 | $118,693 | 12 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 22 | Dodge | 400 | $117,860 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Bobby Labonte | 47 | Toyota | 400 | $102,768 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Greg Biffle | 16 | Ford | 400 | $83,885 | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | Chevrolet | 400 | $120,896 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Landon Cassill | 83 | Toyota | 399 | $103,055 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Casey Mears | 13 | Ford | 399 | $91,418 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Marcos Ambrose | 9 | Ford | 399 | $102,893 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | 399 | $119,221 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Joey Logano | 20 | Toyota | 399 | $82,535 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Martin Truex Jr. | 56 | Toyota | 399 | $102,024 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Aric Almirola | 43 | Ford | 398 | $110,996 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Regan Smith | 78 | Chevrolet | 398 | $95,968 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Kurt Busch | 51 | Chevrolet | 397 | $93,243 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Dave Blaney | 36 | Chevrolet | 397 | $70,460 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Travis Kvapil | 93 | Toyota | 397 | $92,332 | 29 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Jeff Burton | 31 | Chevrolet | 396 | $112,235 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | David Ragan | 34 | Ford | 394 | $72,510 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | David Reutimann | 10 | Chevrolet | 394 | $69,885 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Reed Sorenson | 32 | Ford | 392 | $77,760 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Stephen Leicht | 33 | Chevrolet | 391 | $77,635 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | David Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 355 | $69,485 | 41 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | David Stremme | 30 | Toyota | 139 | $69,355 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Josh Wise | 26 | Ford | 127 | $69,203 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Michael McDowell | 98 | Ford | 67 | $66,325 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Cole Whitt | 74 | Chevrolet | 29 | $66,200 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Joe Nemechek | 87 | Toyota | 28 | $66,050 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Mike Bliss | 19 | Toyota | 23 | $65,925 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Scott Speed | 95 | Ford | 19 | $66,293 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |