2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at California Results
Qualifying | Grid | Race Results
| Race Results | ||||||||||
| POS | DRIVER | CAR | MANUFACTURER | LAPS | MONEY | START | LED | PTS | BONUS | PENALTY |
| 1 | Tony Stewart | 14 | Chevrolet | 129 | $323,450 | 9 | 42 | 47 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | 129 | $254,698 | 2 | 80 | 44 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 88 | Chevrolet | 129 | $170,165 | 14 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | Chevrolet | 129 | $181,551 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Carl Edwards | 99 | Ford | 129 | $166,056 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Greg Biffle | 16 | Ford | 129 | $119,590 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Ryan Newman | 39 | Chevrolet | 129 | $146,448 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Martin Truex Jr. | 56 | Toyota | 129 | $131,504 | 13 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kurt Busch | 51 | Chevrolet | 129 | $138,898 | 23 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | 129 | $142,201 | 10 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 129 | $149,771 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Mark Martin | 55 | Toyota | 129 | $96,355 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Clint Bowyer | 15 | Toyota | 129 | $122,469 | 11 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Kasey Kahne | 5 | Chevrolet | 129 | $102,105 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | AJ Allmendinger | 22 | Dodge | 129 | $134,330 | 25 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | Ford | 129 | $138,866 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevrolet | 128 | $122,096 | 24 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | Dodge | 128 | $125,250 | 17 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Paul Menard | 27 | Chevrolet | 128 | $98,705 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Regan Smith | 78 | Chevrolet | 128 | $114,163 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Marcos Ambrose | 9 | Ford | 128 | $118,388 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jeff Burton | 31 | Chevrolet | 128 | $127,180 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Casey Mears | 13 | Ford | 128 | $102,163 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Joey Logano | 20 | Toyota | 128 | $95,280 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Aric Almirola | 43 | Ford | 128 | $124,016 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | 128 | $130,566 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | David Reutimann | 10 | Chevrolet | 127 | $85,230 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Bobby Labonte | 47 | Toyota | 127 | $104,188 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Travis Kvapil | 93 | Toyota | 127 | $101,777 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | David Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 127 | $85,480 | 41 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | David Ragan | 34 | Ford | 127 | $83,280 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevrolet | 126 | $111,613 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dave Blaney | 36 | Chevrolet | 126 | $80,355 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ken Schrader | 32 | Ford | 125 | $88,155 | 42 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | J.J. Yeley | 49 | Toyota | 125 | $79,930 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Landon Cassill | 83 | Toyota | 124 | $106,125 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Josh Wise | 26 | Ford | 51 | $79,555 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Michael McDowell | 98 | Ford | 40 | $79,307 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | David Stremme | 30 | Toyota | 36 | $75,855 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Mike Bliss | 19 | Toyota | 18 | $75,675 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Scott Riggs | 23 | Chevrolet | 17 | $75,505 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Reed Sorenson | 74 | Chevrolet | 6 | $75,415 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Brendan Gaughan | 33 | Chevrolet | 1 | $83,769 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |