| Official Race Results | |||||||||
| Bojangles' Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway | |||||||||
| May 12, 2012 | Race 11 of 36 | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 133.802 mph | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 0.781 | Time of Race: 03:45:25 | ||||||||
| Lead Changes: 22 | |||||||||
| Cautions: 173-179, 195-199, 231-235, 299-303, 308-311, 317-319, 331-334, 362-366 | |||||||||
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts / Bonus | Laps | Status | Winnings |
| 1 | 2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | 48/5 | 368 | Running | $319,786 |
| 2 | 8 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | Sport Clips | 43/1 | 368 | Running | $238,656 |
| 3 | 17 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | 41/0 | 368 | Running | $209,415 |
| 4 | 5 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Wrigley's Doublemint | 41/1 | 368 | Running | $178,123 |
| 5 | 6 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 40/1 | 368 | Running | $152,554 |
| 6 | 19 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Zest | 38/0 | 368 | Running | $154,776 |
| 7 | 7 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Ford EcoBoost | 37/0 | 368 | Running | $145,906 |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Rockwell Tools | 37/1 | 368 | Running | $108,790 |
| 9 | 28 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | DEWALT | 35/0 | 368 | Running | $130,748 |
| 10 | 21 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 34/0 | 368 | Running | $104,715 |
| 11 | 26 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 5-hour Energy | 33/0 | 368 | Running | $120,969 |
| 12 | 1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M / OH / ES | 33/1 | 368 | Running | $107,580 |
| 13 | 14 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Menards / PPG | 31/0 | 368 | Running | $100,705 |
| 14 | 9 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / CSX "Play it Safe" | 30/0 | 368 | Running | $117,488 |
| 15 | 15 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 29/0 | 368 | Running | $124,725 |
| 16 | 23 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 28/0 | 368 | Running | $136,391 |
| 17 | 24 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard | 28/1 | 368 | Running | $96,930 |
| 18 | 10 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | BB&T | 26/0 | 368 | Running | $126,530 |
| 19 | 13 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Gravely Mower | 25/0 | 368 | Running | $124,416 |
| 20 | 18 | 55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 24/0 | 368 | Running | $87,605 |
| 21 | 25 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction Services | 23/0 | 368 | Running | $110,063 |
| 22 | 31 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | GEICO | 22/0 | 367 | Running | $99,063 |
| 23 | 4 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Wix Filters | 21/0 | 367 | Running | $125,263 |
| 24 | 27 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 20/0 | 366 | Running | $113,696 |
| 25 | 36 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | A&W All American Food | 19/0 | 366 | Running | $94,913 |
| 26 | 20 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper | 19/1 | 366 | Running | $108,575 |
| 27 | 34 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | SealWrap.com | 17/0 | 365 | Running | $78,255 |
| 28 | 37 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | Peanut Patch / Margaret Holmes | 16/0 | 364 | Running | $90,152 |
| 29 | 22 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Scott Products | 15/0 | 364 | Running | $88,680 |
| 30 | 42 | 32 | Reed Sorenson | Ford | Southern Pride Trucking | 0 | 363 | Running | $89,505 |
| 31 | 38 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 0 | 362 | Running | $76,980 |
| 32 | 33 | 173 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper | 0 | 362 | Running | $76,805 |
| 33 | 16 | 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 11/0 | 357 | Running | $121,480 |
| 34 | 11 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Allstate | 10/0 | 345 | Running | $107,813 |
| 35 | 12 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger / AARP | 9/0 | 339 | Running | $124,466 |
| 36 | 41 | 93 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper | 8/0 | 314 | Running | $84,380 |
| 37 | 43 | 249 | J.J. Yeley | Toyota | America Israel Racing / JPO Absorbents | 7/0 | 132 | Clutch | $75,915 |
| 38 | 39 | 74 | Cole Whitt | Chevrolet | Turn One Racing | 0 | 35 | Vibration | $75,682 |
| 39 | 32 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | Inception Motorsports | 5/0 | 32 | Overheating | $72,225 |
| 40 | 40 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves | 0 | 27 | Power Steering | $72,050 |
| 41 | 35 | 52 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | CrusaderStaffing.com | 0 | 20 | Electrical | $71,875 |
| 42 | 29 | 179 | Scott Speed | Ford | Team Kyle / Koma Unwind | 2/0 | 20 | Overheating | $71,780 |
| 43 | 30 | 26 | Josh Wise * | Ford | MDS Transport | 1/0 | 19 | Vibration | $72,139 |
| * Denotes Rookie | |||||||||