Race Lineup
The official 2012 Daytona 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Daytona International Speedway.
Daytona 500
Sunday, February 26th, 2012
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
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- Drivers Entered: 49 (9 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Laps Actual: 202 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
- Time of Race: N/A
- Average Speed: 140.256
- Cautions: 10 for 42 laps
- Lead Changes: 25
- Green Flag Passes: 7,449 (46.6 passes per green flag lap)
| ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM |
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| 1 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Fastenal | Jack Roush |
| 2 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3M | Jack Roush |
| 3 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | Stewart-haas Racing |
| 4 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Best Buy | John Henry |
| 5 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 6 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Furniture Row / CSX "Play it S… | Barney Visser |
| 7 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Stanley | Richard Petty Motorsports |
| 8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Lowe's | Jeff Gordon |
| 9 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Caterpillar | Richard Childress Racing |
| 10 | 33 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | General Mills / Kroger | Richard Childress Racing |
| 11 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | K-Love / Curb Records | Dusty Whitney |
| 12 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | The Home Depot | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 13 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Budweiser | Richard Childress Racing |
| 14 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | M&M's Brown | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 15 | 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Dodge | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Shell / Pennzoil | Walter Czarnecki |
| 16 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Drive to End Hunger | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 17 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Mapei / Menards / Speed Energy | Robby Gordon |
| 18 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | U.S. Army / Quicken Loans | Stewart-haas Racing |
| 19 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats | Dale Earnhardt Inc |
| 20 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Farmers Insurance | Linda Hendrick |
| 21 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Ford EcoBoost | John Henry |
| 22 | 55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Aaron's Dream Machine | Bill Jenkins |
| 23 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Miller Lite | Team Penske |
| 24 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | Allan Heinke |
| 25 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Scorpion Truck Bed Liners | Front Row Motorsports |
| 26 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | NAPA Auto Parts | Michael Waltrip Racing |
| 27 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Smithfield "Helping Hungry Hom… | Richard Petty Motorsports |
| 28 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | HendrickCars.com | Phoenix Racing |
| 29 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | GoDaddy.com | Tommy Baldwin Racing |
| 30 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 5-hour Energy | Michael Waltrip Racing |
| 31 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | FedEx Express | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 32 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Kroger | Tad Geschickter |
| 33 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | MHP Power Pak Pudding | Front Row Motorsports |
| 34 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood … | Andrea Nemechek |
| 35 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Target | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 36 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | GEICO | Germain Racing |
| 37 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Peak / Menards | Richard Childress Racing |
| 38 | 93 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Burger King | Thomas Ueberall |
| 39 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Burger King | Thomas Ueberall |
| 40 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & … | Wood Brothers Racing |
| 41 | 26 | Tony Raines | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Front Row Motorsports | Jerry Freeze |
| 42 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Inception Motorsports | Timothy Mcsweeney |
| 43 | 32 | Terry Labonte | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | C&J Energy | Frank Stoddard |