04/20/2012 | Race 8 of 36 | Practice 1
| FIN | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's | 173.728 | 31.083 | Leader |
| 2 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac | 172.900 | 31.232 | -0.149 |
| 3 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Farmers Insurance | 172.546 | 31.296 | -0.213 |
| 4 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | BK Strawberry Banana Smoothie / Dr Pepper | 172.469 | 31.310 | -0.227 |
| 5 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard | 172.276 | 31.345 | -0.262 |
| 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | 172.271 | 31.346 | -0.263 |
| 7 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | 172.249 | 31.350 | -0.267 |
| 8 | 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Dodge | AAA | 172.062 | 31.384 | -0.301 |
| 9 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | BK Tropical Mango Smoothie / Dr Pepper | 171.646 | 31.460 | -0.377 |
| 10 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 171.439 | 31.498 | -0.415 |
| 11 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Zecol / Menards | 171.309 | 31.522 | -0.439 |
| 12 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald's | 171.135 | 31.554 | -0.471 |
| 13 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Ford EcoBoost | 171.016 | 31.576 | -0.493 |
| 14 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 170.978 | 31.583 | -0.500 |
| 15 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Rheem | 170.724 | 31.630 | -0.547 |
| 16 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Dewalt | 170.605 | 31.652 | -0.569 |
| 17 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves | 170.406 | 31.689 | -0.606 |
| 18 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / Farm American | 170.401 | 31.690 | -0.607 |
| 19 | 55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 170.299 | 31.709 | -0.626 |
| 20 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 170.223 | 31.723 | -0.640 |
| 21 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 170.068 | 31.752 | -0.669 |
| 22 | 23 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | North Texas Pipe | 169.982 | 31.768 | -0.685 |
| 23 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Tommy Baldwin Racing | 169.918 | 31.780 | -0.697 |
| 24 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | STP | 169.875 | 31.788 | -0.705 |
| 25 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 5-hour Energy | 169.843 | 31.794 | -0.711 |
| 26 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 169.763 | 31.809 | -0.726 |
| 27 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 169.715 | 31.818 | -0.735 |
| 28 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction Services | 169.667 | 31.827 | -0.744 |
| 29 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's "Chevrolet Mountain Green" | 169.625 | 31.835 | -0.752 |
| 30 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M Novec 1230 | 169.359 | 31.885 | -0.802 |
| 31 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Reese Towpower / Highland | 169.221 | 31.911 | -0.828 |
| 32 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Ground | 169.194 | 31.916 | -0.833 |
| 33 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | Inception Motorsports | 169.141 | 31.926 | -0.843 |
| 34 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | GEICO | 168.977 | 31.957 | -0.874 |
| 35 | 26 | Josh Wise* | Ford | Morristown Driver's Service | 168.951 | 31.962 | -0.879 |
| 36 | 119 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | Humphrey Smith Racing | 168.882 | 31.975 | -0.892 |
| 37 | 249 | J.J. Yeley | Toyota | JPO Absorbents | 168.845 | 31.982 | -0.899 |
| 38 | 12 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | SKF | 168.745 | 32.001 | -0.918 |
| 39 | 10 | David Reutimann | Chevrolet | Accell Construction | 168.471 | 32.053 | -0.970 |
| 40 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | Barrett-Jackson | 167.858 | 32.170 | -1.087 |
| 41 | 179 | Tim Andrews | Ford | BBI Waste Industries / Bestway Disposal | 167.749 | 32.191 | -1.108 |
| 42 | 32 | Reed Sorenson | Ford | FAS Lane Racing | 167.603 | 32.219 | -1.136 |
| 43 | 74 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | Turn One Racing | 167.593 | 32.221 | -1.138 |
| 44 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Ford | Curb Records | 167.348 | 32.268 | -1.185 |
| 45 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | - | - | - |