02/25/2012 | Race 1 of 36 | Practice 7
| FIN | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | MHP Power Pak Pudding | 200.138 | 44.969 | Leader |
| 2 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | 200.129 | 44.971 | -0.002 |
| 3 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | Ford EcoBoost | 198.921 | 45.244 | -0.275 |
| 4 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Smithfield "Helping Hungry Homes" | 198.895 | 45.250 | -0.281 |
| 5 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 198.321 | 45.381 | -0.412 |
| 6 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's Brown | 198.255 | 45.396 | -0.427 |
| 7 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | HendrickCars.com | 198.247 | 45.398 | -0.429 |
| 8 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Stanley | 198.207 | 45.407 | -0.438 |
| 9 | 55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 198.037 | 45.446 | -0.477 |
| 10 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 197.624 | 45.541 | -0.572 |
| 11 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Peak / Menards | 197.615 | 45.543 | -0.574 |
| 12 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | Inception Motorsports | 197.568 | 45.554 | -0.585 |
| 13 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 5-hour Energy | 197.533 | 45.562 | -0.593 |
| 14 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / CSX "Play it Safe" | 197.481 | 45.574 | -0.605 |
| 15 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats | 197.407 | 45.591 | -0.622 |
| 16 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Best Buy | 197.403 | 45.592 | -0.623 |
| 17 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 197.325 | 45.610 | -0.641 |
| 18 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Fastenal | 197.312 | 45.613 | -0.644 |
| 19 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 197.290 | 45.618 | -0.649 |
| 20 | 22 | A.J. Allmendinger | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 197.239 | 45.630 | -0.661 |
| 21 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | U.S. Army / Quicken Loans | 197.217 | 45.635 | -0.666 |
| 22 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 196.708 | 45.753 | -0.784 |
| 23 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 196.601 | 45.778 | -0.809 |
| 24 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Farmers Insurance | 196.262 | 45.857 | -0.888 |
| 25 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves | 196.138 | 45.886 | -0.917 |
| 26 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 195.903 | 45.941 | -0.972 |
| 27 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | 194.721 | 46.220 | -1.251 |
| 28 | 93 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Burger King | 194.431 | 46.289 | -1.320 |
| 29 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | Scorpion Truck Bed Liners | 193.166 | 46.592 | -1.623 |
| 30 | 26 | Tony Raines | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 193.046 | 46.621 | -1.652 |
| 31 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | Mapei / Menards / Speed Energy | 191.722 | 46.943 | -1.974 |
| 32 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard | 191.367 | 47.030 | -2.061 |
| 33 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 190.961 | 47.130 | -2.161 |
| 34 | 33 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | General Mills / Kroger | 188.344 | 47.785 | -2.816 |
| 35 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Ford | K-Love / Curb Records | 186.970 | 48.136 | -3.167 |
| 36 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Kroger | 185.246 | 48.584 | -3.615 |
| 37 | 32 | Terry Labonte | Ford | C&J Energy | - | - | - |
| 38 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | - | - | - |
| 39 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | - | - | - |
| 40 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | GEICO | - | - | - |
| 41 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Express | - | - | - |
| 42 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | - | - | - |
| 43 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | Burger King | - | - | - |