2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol Results
Qualifying | Grid | Race Results
| Race Results | ||||||||||
| POS | DRIVER | CAR | MANUFACTURER | LAPS | MONEY | START | LED | PTS | BONUS | PENALTY |
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | Dodge | 500 | $191,770 | 5 | 232 | 48 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | Ford | 500 | $179,821 | 21 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 56 | Toyota | 500 | $147,149 | 15 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Clint Bowyer | 15 | Toyota | 500 | $135,124 | 16 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Brian Vickers | 55 | Toyota | 500 | $98,535 | 25 | 125 | 40 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Jeff Burton | 31 | Chevrolet | 500 | $139,810 | 33 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevrolet | 500 | $127,793 | 17 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevrolet | 500 | $124,351 | 30 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | 500 | $136,596 | 22 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Paul Menard | 27 | Chevrolet | 500 | $102,060 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | Chevrolet | 500 | $139,546 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Ryan Newman | 39 | Chevrolet | 500 | $132,818 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Greg Biffle | 16 | Ford | 500 | $111,085 | 1 | 41 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Tony Stewart | 14 | Chevrolet | 500 | $140,810 | 23 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 88 | Chevrolet | 500 | $100,035 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Joey Logano | 20 | Toyota | 498 | $99,935 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | AJ Allmendinger | 22 | Dodge | 498 | $132,635 | 2 | 54 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Kurt Busch | 51 | Chevrolet | 498 | $116,893 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Aric Almirola | 43 | Ford | 498 | $127,446 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 498 | $132,901 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | David Reutimann | 10 | Chevrolet | 497 | $90,010 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Brendan Gaughan | 33 | Chevrolet | 496 | $97,735 | 32 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | David Ragan | 34 | Ford | 496 | $105,618 | 31 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Regan Smith | 78 | Chevrolet | 496 | $111,343 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Casey Mears | 13 | Ford | 496 | $101,068 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | David Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 496 | $98,207 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Travis Kvapil | 93 | Toyota | 496 | $96,510 | 34 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Bobby Labonte | 47 | Toyota | 495 | $95,860 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Landon Cassill | 83 | Toyota | 495 | $111,605 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | J.J. Yeley | 49 | Toyota | 493 | $86,410 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Michael McDowell | 98 | Ford | 492 | $84,110 | 39 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | 423 | $131,243 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Ken Schrader | 32 | Ford | 420 | $91,985 | 42 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Dave Blaney | 36 | Chevrolet | 417 | $83,935 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | 395 | $131,921 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Marcos Ambrose | 9 | Ford | 389 | $111,743 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Kasey Kahne | 5 | Chevrolet | 366 | $91,780 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | David Stremme | 30 | Toyota | 334 | $83,703 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Carl Edwards | 99 | Ford | 245 | $127,191 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Joe Nemechek | 87 | Toyota | 57 | $80,875 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Scott Riggs | 23 | Chevrolet | 26 | $80,800 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Reed Sorenson | 74 | Chevrolet | 17 | $80,720 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Josh Wise | 26 | Ford | 16 | $80,289 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |