Race Lineup
Southern 500
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
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- Drivers Entered: 45 (5 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 367
- Laps Actual: 368 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
- Time of Race: N/A
- Average Speed: 133.802
- Cautions: 8 for 38 laps
- Lead Changes: 22
- Green Flag Passes: 2,526 (7.7 passes per green flag lap)
Race weekend links appear as data becomes available.
| START | VEH # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M / OH / ES | Jack Roush | |
| 2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | Jeff Gordon | |
| 3 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Rockwell Tools | Linda Hendrick | |
| 4 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Wix Filters | Stewart-haas Racing | |
| 5 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Wrigley | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| 6 | Martin Truex Jr | |||||
| 7 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Roush Fenway Racing | Jack Roush | |
| 8 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | Sport Clips | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| 9 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / CSX "Play it S… | Barney Visser | |
| 10 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | BB&T | Richard Childress Racing | |
| 11 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats | Felix Sabates | |
| 12 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| 13 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Gravely Mower | Richard Petty Motorsports | |
| 14 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Menards / PPG | Richard Childress Racing | |
| 15 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | Team Penske | |
| 16 | 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | Walter Czarnecki | |
| 17 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | Stewart-haas Racing | |
| 18 | 55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | Bill Jenkins | |
| 19 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Zest | John Henry | |
| 20 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper | Thomas Ueberall | |
| 21 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| 22 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Scott Products | Tad Geschickter | |
| 23 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser | Richard Childress Racing | |
| 24 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| 25 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction Services | Phoenix Racing | |
| 26 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 5-hour Energy | Michael Waltrip Racing | |
| 27 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | Chip Ganassi Racing | |
| 28 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | DEWALT | Richard Petty Motorsports | |
| 29 | 179 | Scott Speed | Ford | Team Kyle | Archie St Hilaire | |
| 30 | 26 | Josh Wise | Ford | MDS Transport Services | Jerry Freeze | |
| 31 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | GEICO | Germain Racing | |
| 32 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | Inception Motorsports | The Racers Group | |
| 33 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper | Thomas Ueberall | |
| 34 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Allan Heinke | |
| 35 | 52 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | CrusaderStaffing.com | Kelly Owen | |
| 36 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | A&W All American Food | Front Row Motorsports | |
| 37 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts | Front Row Motorsports | |
| 38 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | Tommy Baldwin Racing | |
| 39 | 74 | Cole Whitt | Chevrolet | Turn One Racing | Vickie Compton | |
| 40 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood … | Andrea Nemechek | |
| 41 | David Reutimann | |||||
| 42 | 32 | Reed Sorenson | Ford | Unsponsored | Jack Roush | |
| 43 | 249 | JJ Yeley | Toyota | America Israel Racing / JPO Absorbe… | Jay Robinson |