NASCAR Sprint Cup Results |
Qualifying | Results
| Daytona 500 | |||||||||
| Feb 27, 2012 | Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, Florida | 500.0 mi | |||||||||
| Pos | Driver | Car # | Make | Started | Laps | Led | Points | Driver Rating |
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| 1 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | Ford | 4 | 202 | 50 | 47 | 100.9 | |
| 2 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 88 | Chevrolet | 5 | 202 | 0 | 42 | 99.5 | |
| 3 | Greg Biffle | 16 | Ford | 2 | 202 | 44 | 42 | 126.2 | |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 31 | 202 | 57 | 42 | 124.7 | |
| 5 | Jeff Burton | 31 | Chevrolet | 9 | 202 | 24 | 40 | 117.7 | |
| 6 | Paul Menard | 27 | Chevrolet | 37 | 202 | 2 | 39 | 90.4 | |
| 7 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | Chevrolet | 13 | 202 | 0 | 37 | 83.0 | |
| 8 | Carl Edwards | 99 | Ford | 1 | 202 | 0 | 36 | 81.1 | |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 20 | Toyota | 12 | 202 | 2 | 36 | 104.4 | |
| 10 | Mark Martin | 55 | Toyota | 22 | 202 | 2 | 35 | 90.5 | |
| 11 | Clint Bowyer | 15 | Toyota | 30 | 202 | 0 | 33 | 91.6 | |
| 12 | Martin Truex Jr. | 56 | Toyota | 26 | 202 | 7 | 33 | 106.7 | |
| 13 | Marcos Ambrose | 9 | Ford | 7 | 202 | 0 | 31 | 93.8 | |
| 14 | Bobby Labonte | 47 | Toyota | 32 | 202 | 0 | 30 | 67.2 | |
| 15 | Dave Blaney | 36 | Chevrolet | 24 | 202 | 6 | 30 | 70.2 | |
| 16 | Tony Stewart | 14 | Chevrolet | 3 | 202 | 2 | 29 | 82.6 | |
| 17 | Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | 14 | 202 | 0 | 27 | 80.2 | |
| 18 | Terry Labonte | 32 | Ford | 43 | 202 | 3 | 27 | 63.6 | |
| 19 | Tony Raines | 26 | Ford | 41 | 202 | 0 | 25 | 51.8 | |
| 20 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 6 | Ford | 21 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 64.9 | |
| 21 | Ryan Newman | 39 | Chevrolet | 18 | 202 | 0 | 23 | 64.5 | |
| 22 | Landon Cassill | 83 | Toyota | 39 | 202 | 0 | 22 | 59.2 | |
| 23 | David Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 33 | 201 | 0 | 21 | 59.7 | |
| 24 | Regan Smith | 78 | Chevrolet | 6 | 200 | 2 | 21 | 79.0 | |
| 25 | Casey Mears | 13 | Ford | 36 | 199 | 0 | 19 | 64.0 | |
| 26 | David Reutimann | 93 | Toyota | 38 | 196 | 0 | 18 | 67.1 | |
| 27 | Elliott Sadler | 33 | Chevrolet | 10 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 53.1 | |
| 28 | Joe Nemechek | 87 | Toyota | 34 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | |
| 29 | Kasey Kahne | 5 | Chevrolet | 20 | 189 | 0 | 15 | 68.4 | |
| 30 | Michael McDowell | 98 | Ford | 11 | 189 | 0 | 14 | 52.4 | |
| 31 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevrolet | 19 | 188 | 0 | 13 | 63.6 | |
| 32 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | Dodge | 23 | 187 | 0 | 12 | 73.3 | |
| 33 | Aric Almirola | 43 | Ford | 27 | 187 | 0 | 11 | 72.8 | |
| 34 | A J Allmendinger | 22 | Dodge | 15 | 177 | 0 | 10 | 45.1 | |
| 35 | Trevor Bayne | 21 | Ford | 40 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 37.6 | |
| 36 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevrolet | 35 | 159 | 0 | 8 | 53.9 | |
| 37 | David Stremme | 30 | Toyota | 42 | 156 | 0 | 7 | 48.2 | |
| 38 | Danica Patrick | 10 | Chevrolet | 29 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 34.9 | |
| 39 | Kurt Busch | 51 | Chevrolet | 28 | 113 | 0 | 5 | 26.7 | |
| 40 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | 16 | 81 | 1 | 5 | 67.9 | |
| 41 | Robby Gordon | 7 | Dodge | 17 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 30.5 | |
| 42 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28.3 | |
| 43 | David Ragan | 34 | Ford | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.9 | |
| 2012 Daytona 500 Stats |
| Scheduled Laps: 200 |
| Total Laps: 202 |
| Distance: 500.0 miles |
| Lead Changes: 44 |









