2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Sonoma Results
Qualifying | Grid | Race Results
| Race Results | ||||||||||
| POS | DRIVER | CAR | MANUFACTURER | LAPS | MONEY | START | LED | PTS | BONUS | PENALTY |
| 1 | Clint Bowyer | 15 | Toyota | 112 | $314,089 | 6 | 71 | 48 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Tony Stewart | 14 | Chevrolet | 112 | $244,465 | 24 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Kurt Busch | 51 | Chevrolet | 112 | $181,623 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Brian Vickers | 55 | Toyota | 112 | $132,340 | 21 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | 112 | $155,576 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | 112 | $150,876 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | 16 | Ford | 112 | $112,765 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Marcos Ambrose | 9 | Ford | 112 | $134,373 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | AJ Allmendinger | 22 | Dodge | 112 | $137,840 | 17 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Joey Logano | 20 | Toyota | 112 | $103,615 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Jeff Burton | 31 | Chevrolet | 112 | $136,280 | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | Dodge | 112 | $125,650 | 13 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | Ford | 112 | $135,391 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Kasey Kahne | 5 | Chevrolet | 112 | $97,905 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Casey Mears | 13 | Ford | 112 | $106,338 | 20 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | Chevrolet | 112 | $133,391 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | 112 | $130,738 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Ryan Newman | 39 | Chevrolet | 112 | $127,138 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevrolet | 112 | $117,288 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Paul Menard | 27 | Chevrolet | 112 | $93,630 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Carl Edwards | 99 | Ford | 112 | $128,796 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Martin Truex Jr. | 56 | Toyota | 112 | $111,844 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 88 | Chevrolet | 112 | $91,805 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Bobby Labonte | 47 | Toyota | 111 | $105,313 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Scott Speed | 95 | Ford | 111 | $79,755 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | David Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 111 | $93,663 | 27 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | David Ragan | 34 | Ford | 111 | $90,902 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Aric Almirola | 43 | Ford | 110 | $117,616 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Boris Said | 32 | Ford | 110 | $88,455 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Josh Wise | 26 | Ford | 110 | $83,305 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Landon Cassill | 83 | Toyota | 110 | $105,975 | 42 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Regan Smith | 78 | Chevrolet | 109 | $84,960 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | J.J. Yeley | 49 | Toyota | 107 | $76,850 | 38 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevrolet | 107 | $106,726 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 98 | $121,591 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Travis Kvapil | 93 | Toyota | 92 | $84,490 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Dave Blaney | 36 | Chevrolet | 84 | $76,355 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Tomy Drissi | 10 | Chevrolet | 78 | $76,242 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Robby Gordon | 7 | Dodge | 73 | $72,800 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | David Mayhew | 98 | Ford | 25 | $72,625 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Stephen Leicht | 33 | Chevrolet | 22 | $80,450 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Chris Cook | 19 | Toyota | 13 | $72,355 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Joe Nemechek | 87 | Toyota | 1 | $72,724 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |