| Official Race Results | |||||||||
| Food City 500 | Bristol Motor Speedway | |||||||||
| March 18, 2012 | Race 4 of 36 | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 93.037 mph | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 0.714 | Time of Race: 02:51:52 | ||||||||
| Lead Changes: 13 | |||||||||
| Cautions: 25-46, 117-121, 341-346, 361-371, 479-483 | |||||||||
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts / Bonus | Laps | Status | Winnings |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 48/5 | 500 | Running | $186,770 |
| 2 | 21 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Best Buy | 43/1 | 500 | Running | $179,821 |
| 3 | 15 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 41/0 | 500 | Running | $147,149 |
| 4 | 16 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 5-hour Energy | 40/0 | 500 | Running | $135,124 |
| 5 | 25 | 55 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 40/1 | 500 | Running | $98,535 |
| 6 | 33 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | BB&T | 38/0 | 500 | Running | $139,810 |
| 7 | 17 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald's | 37/0 | 500 | Running | $127,793 |
| 8 | 30 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 36/0 | 500 | Running | $124,351 |
| 9 | 22 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | 35/0 | 500 | Running | $136,596 |
| 10 | 11 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Moen / Menards | 34/0 | 500 | Running | $102,060 |
| 11 | 14 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 33/0 | 500 | Running | $139,546 |
| 12 | 3 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Quicken Loans | 32/0 | 500 | Running | $132,818 |
| 13 | 1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M / 811 | 32/1 | 500 | Running | $111,085 |
| 14 | 23 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | 30/0 | 500 | Running | $140,810 |
| 15 | 18 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew | 30/1 | 500 | Running | $100,035 |
| 16 | 9 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 28/0 | 498 | Running | $99,935 |
| 17 | 2 | 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 28/1 | 498 | Running | $132,635 |
| 18 | 27 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | HendrickCars.com | 26/0 | 498 | Running | $116,893 |
| 19 | 7 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Charter Comm. | 25/0 | 498 | Running | $127,446 |
| 20 | 20 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Ground | 24/0 | 498 | Running | $132,901 |
| 21 | 19 | 10 | David Reutimann | Chevrolet | Tradebank | 23/0 | 497 | Running | $90,010 |
| 22 | 32 | 33 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | South Point Hotel & Casino | 22/0 | 496 | Running | $97,735 |
| 23 | 31 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 21/0 | 496 | Running | $105,618 |
| 24 | 6 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / CSX "Play it Safe" | 20/0 | 496 | Running | $111,343 |
| 25 | 24 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | GEICO | 19/0 | 496 | Running | $101,068 |
| 26 | 26 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | Taco Bell | 18/0 | 496 | Running | $98,207 |
| 27 | 34 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper | 17/0 | 496 | Running | $96,510 |
| 28 | 36 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Clorox / Scott Products | 16/0 | 495 | Running | $95,860 |
| 29 | 29 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper | 15/0 | 495 | Running | $111,605 |
| 30 | 40 | 249 | J.J. Yeley | Toyota | JPO Absorbents | 14/0 | 493 | Running | $86,410 |
| 31 | 39 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Ford | K-Love "Let it start with me" | 13/0 | 492 | Running | $84,110 |
| 32 | 13 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Wrigley | 12/0 | 423 | Running | $131,243 |
| 33 | 42 | 32 | Ken Schrader | Ford | TMone "We Drive Sales" | 11/0 | 420 | Running | $91,985 |
| 34 | 35 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | SealWrap / Widow Wax | 10/0 | 417 | Running | $83,935 |
| 35 | 4 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 10/1 | 395 | Running | $131,921 |
| 36 | 12 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Mac Tools | 8/0 | 389 | Running | $111,743 |
| 37 | 10 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Farmers Insurance | 7/0 | 366 | Running | $91,780 |
| 38 | 28 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | Food Country USA / Inception Motorsports | 6/0 | 334 | Accident | $83,703 |
| 39 | 8 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Cheez-It | 5/0 | 245 | Running | $127,191 |
| 40 | 41 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves | 0 | 57 | Brakes | $80,875 |
| 41 | 43 | 23 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | North Texas Pipe | 3/0 | 26 | Vibration | $80,800 |
| 42 | 38 | 74 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | Turn One Racing / Carnegie Hotel | 0 | 17 | Vibration | $80,720 |
| 43 | 37 | 26 | Josh Wise * | Ford | Morristown Driver's Service | 1/0 | 16 | Spindle | $80,289 |
| * Denotes Rookie | |||||||||