| Official Race Results | |||||||||
| Quaker State 400 | Kentucky Speedway | |||||||||
| June 30, 2012 | Race 17 of 36 | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 145.607 mph | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 4.399 | Time of Race: 02:45:02 | ||||||||
| Lead Changes: 17 | |||||||||
| Cautions: 43-47, 126-129, 150-154, 210-219 | |||||||||
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts / Bonus | Laps | Status | Winnings |
| 1 | 8 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 47/4 | 267 | Running | $176,470 |
| 2 | 19 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Quaker State | 42/0 | 267 | Running | $136,860 |
| 3 | 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Express | 42/1 | 267 | Running | $169,776 |
| 4 | 7 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard | 40/0 | 267 | Running | $109,770 |
| 5 | 9 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 39/0 | 267 | Running | $141,646 |
| 6 | 1 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's Dover White | 39/1 | 267 | Running | $135,271 |
| 7 | 20 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Fifth Third Bank | 37/0 | 267 | Running | $130,871 |
| 8 | 10 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 36/0 | 267 | Running | $111,349 |
| 9 | 16 | 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 35/0 | 267 | Running | $124,160 |
| 10 | 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's Red, White & Blue | 36/2 | 267 | Running | $132,368 |
| 11 | 4 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser Folds of Honor | 33/0 | 267 | Running | $127,321 |
| 12 | 15 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Menards / Sylvania | 32/0 | 267 | Running | $89,960 |
| 13 | 12 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Mac Tools | 31/0 | 267 | Running | $108,818 |
| 14 | 31 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 30/0 | 267 | Running | $110,476 |
| 15 | 17 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald's | 29/0 | 267 | Running | $112,043 |
| 16 | 6 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 5-hour Energy | 28/0 | 267 | Running | $106,524 |
| 17 | 34 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | Burger King | 28/1 | 267 | Running | $105,068 |
| 18 | 21 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | Valvoline NextGen | 27/1 | 267 | Running | $94,743 |
| 19 | 14 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction Services | 25/0 | 267 | Running | $100,793 |
| 20 | 25 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | UPS | 24/0 | 266 | Running | $121,951 |
| 21 | 11 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | American Red Cross | 23/0 | 266 | Running | $85,885 |
| 22 | 18 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | Dollar General | 22/0 | 266 | Running | $85,635 |
| 23 | 38 | 10 | David Reutimann | Chevrolet | Outsourcing in the USA@TMone | 21/0 | 266 | Running | $77,410 |
| 24 | 29 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 20/0 | 266 | Running | $116,035 |
| 25 | 23 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | Burger King | 19/0 | 266 | Running | $103,880 |
| 26 | 13 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Eckrich | 18/0 | 266 | Running | $113,721 |
| 27 | 28 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Scott Products | 17/0 | 265 | Running | $96,193 |
| 28 | 40 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | Taco Bell | 16/0 | 265 | Running | $85,957 |
| 29 | 33 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 15/0 | 263 | Running | $75,810 |
| 30 | 39 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 14/0 | 262 | Running | $73,735 |
| 31 | 41 | 32 | Ken Schrader | Ford | Federated Auto Parts | 13/0 | 262 | Running | $82,170 |
| 32 | 22 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | 12/0 | 231 | Running | $126,085 |
| 33 | 26 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row | 11/0 | 209 | Accident | $81,010 |
| 34 | 5 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Tornados | 10/0 | 208 | Accident | $117,118 |
| 35 | 42 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | SealWrap | 9/0 | 144 | Engine | $72,910 |
| 36 | 32 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | Inception Motorsports | 8/0 | 71 | Vibration | $72,860 |
| 37 | 30 | 26 | Josh Wise * | Ford | MDS Transport | 7/0 | 60 | Vibration | $72,805 |
| 38 | 35 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Ford | Presbyterian Healthcare System | 6/0 | 58 | Brakes | $72,703 |
| 39 | 24 | 195 | Scott Speed | Ford | Leavine Family Racing | 5/0 | 55 | Brakes | $69,950 |
| 40 | 27 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves | 0 | 52 | Overheating | $69,850 |
| 41 | 43 | 33 | Stephen Leicht * | Chevrolet | Little Joes Autos.com | 3/0 | 47 | Vibration | $77,800 |
| 42 | 37 | 119 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | Humphrey Smith Racing | 0 | 18 | Overheating | $69,745 |
| 43 | 36 | 23 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | North Texas Pipe | 1/0 | 12 | Electrical | $69,317 |
| *denotes rookie | |||||||||