2012 Southern 500 at Darlington Results
Qualifying | Grid | Race Results
| Race Results | ||||||||||
| POS | DRIVER | CAR | MANUFACTURER | LAPS | MONEY | START | LED | PTS | BONUS | PENALTY |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | 368 | $319,786 | 2 | 134 | 48 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 368 | $238,656 | 8 | 56 | 43 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Tony Stewart | 14 | Chevrolet | 368 | $209,415 | 17 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | 368 | $178,123 | 5 | 44 | 41 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 56 | Toyota | 368 | $152,554 | 6 | 25 | 40 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | Ford | 368 | $154,776 | 19 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Carl Edwards | 99 | Ford | 368 | $145,906 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Kasey Kahne | 5 | Chevrolet | 368 | $108,790 | 3 | 33 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 9 | Ford | 368 | $130,748 | 28 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Joey Logano | 20 | Toyota | 368 | $104,715 | 21 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Clint Bowyer | 15 | Toyota | 368 | $120,969 | 26 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Greg Biffle | 16 | Ford | 368 | $107,580 | 1 | 74 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Paul Menard | 27 | Chevrolet | 368 | $100,705 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Regan Smith | 78 | Chevrolet | 368 | $117,488 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | Dodge | 368 | $124,725 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | Chevrolet | 368 | $136,391 | 23 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 88 | Chevrolet | 368 | $96,930 | 24 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Jeff Burton | 31 | Chevrolet | 368 | $126,530 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Aric Almirola | 43 | Ford | 368 | $124,416 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Mark Martin | 55 | Toyota | 368 | $87,605 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Kurt Busch | 51 | Chevrolet | 368 | $110,063 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Casey Mears | 13 | Ford | 367 | $99,063 | 31 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Ryan Newman | 39 | Chevrolet | 367 | $125,263 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevrolet | 366 | $113,696 | 27 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | David Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 366 | $94,913 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Landon Cassill | 83 | Toyota | 366 | $108,575 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Dave Blaney | 36 | Chevrolet | 365 | $78,255 | 34 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | David Ragan | 34 | Ford | 364 | $90,152 | 37 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Bobby Labonte | 47 | Toyota | 364 | $88,680 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Reed Sorenson | 32 | Ford | 363 | $89,505 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Danica Patrick | 10 | Chevrolet | 362 | $76,980 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Travis Kvapil | 73 | Toyota | 362 | $76,805 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | AJ Allmendinger | 22 | Dodge | 357 | $121,480 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevrolet | 345 | $107,813 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | 339 | $124,466 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | David Reutimann | 93 | Toyota | 314 | $84,380 | 41 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | J.J. Yeley | 49 | Toyota | 132 | $75,915 | 43 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Cole Whitt | 74 | Chevrolet | 35 | $75,682 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | David Stremme | 30 | Toyota | 32 | $72,225 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Joe Nemechek | 87 | Toyota | 27 | $72,050 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Mike Skinner | 52 | Toyota | 20 | $71,875 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Scott Speed | 79 | Ford | 20 | $71,780 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Josh Wise | 26 | Ford | 19 | $72,139 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |