2012 Food City 500 Race Results
Bristol Motor Speedway | Sunday, March 18, 2012
| Fin | st | Car | Driver | Laps | Pts | Winnings | Status |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 500 | 48/2 | 0 | Running |
| 2 | 21 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | 500 | 43/1 | 0 | Running |
| 3 | 15 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | 500 | 41/0 | 0 | Running |
| 4 | 16 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 500 | 40/0 | 0 | Running |
| 5 | 25 | 55 | Brian Vickers | 500 | 40/1 | 0 | Running |
| 6 | 33 | 31 | Jeff Burton | 500 | 38/0 | 0 | Running |
| 7 | 17 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 500 | 37/0 | 0 | Running |
| 8 | 30 | 42 | Juan Montoya | 500 | 36/0 | 0 | Running |
| 9 | 22 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 500 | 35/0 | 0 | Running |
| 10 | 11 | 27 | Paul Menard | 500 | 34/0 | 0 | Running |
| 11 | 14 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | 500 | 33/0 | 0 | Running |
| 12 | 3 | 39 | Ryan Newman | 500 | 32/0 | 0 | Running |
| 13 | 1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 500 | 32/1 | 0 | Running |
| 14 | 23 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 500 | 30/0 | 0 | Running |
| 15 | 18 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 500 | 30/1 | 0 | Running |
| 16 | 9 | 20 | Joey Logano | 498 | 28/0 | 0 | Running |
| 17 | 2 | 22 | A.J. Allmendinger | 498 | 28/1 | 0 | Running |
| 18 | 27 | 51 | Kurt Busch | 498 | 26/0 | 0 | Running |
| 19 | 7 | 43 | Aric Almirola | 498 | 25/0 | 0 | Running |
| 20 | 20 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 498 | 24/0 | 0 | Running |
| 21 | 19 | 10 | David Reutimann | 497 | 23/0 | 0 | Running |
| 22 | 32 | 33 | Brendan Gaughan | 496 | 22/0 | 0 | Running |
| 23 | 31 | 34 | David Ragan | 496 | 21/0 | 0 | Running |
| 24 | 6 | 78 | Regan Smith | 496 | 20/0 | 0 | Running |
| 25 | 24 | 13 | Casey Mears | 496 | 19/0 | 0 | Running |
| 26 | 26 | 38 | David Gilliland | 496 | 18/0 | 0 | Running |
| 27 | 34 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | 496 | 17/0 | 0 | Running |
| 28 | 36 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | 495 | 16/0 | 0 | Running |
| 29 | 29 | 83 | Landon Cassill | 495 | 15/0 | 0 | Running |
| 30 | 40 | 249 | J.J. Yeley | 493 | 14/0 | 0 | Running |
| 31 | 39 | 98 | Michael McDowell | 492 | 13/0 | 0 | Running |
| 32 | 13 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 423 | 12/0 | 0 | Running |
| 33 | 42 | 32 | Ken Schrader | 420 | 11/0 | 0 | Running |
| 34 | 35 | 36 | Dave Blaney | 417 | 10/0 | 0 | Running |
| 35 | 4 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 395 | 10/1 | 0 | Running |
| 36 | 12 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 389 | 8/0 | 0 | Running |
| 37 | 10 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | 366 | 7/0 | 0 | Running |
| 38 | 28 | 30 | David Stremme | 334 | 6/0 | 0 | Accident |
| 39 | 8 | 99 | Carl Edwards | 245 | 5/0 | 0 | Running |
| 40 | 41 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | 57 | 0 | 0 | Brakes |
| 41 | 43 | 23 | Scott Riggs | 26 | 3/0 | 0 | Vibration |
| 42 | 38 | 74 | Reed Sorenson | 17 | 0 | 0 | Vibration |
| 43 | 37 | 26 | Josh Wise | 16 | 1/0 | 0 | Spindle |