07/05/2012 | Race 18 of 36 | Practice 2
| FIN | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / NRA Museum | 197.837 | 45.492 | Leader |
| 2 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 197.733 | 45.516 | -0.024 |
| 3 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction Services | 197.459 | 45.579 | -0.087 |
| 4 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | Burger King | 197.425 | 45.587 | -0.095 |
| 5 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | U.S. Air Force | 197.416 | 45.589 | -0.097 |
| 6 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / Farm American | 197.239 | 45.630 | -0.138 |
| 7 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | DEWALT | 197.057 | 45.672 | -0.180 |
| 8 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Subway | 196.980 | 45.690 | -0.198 |
| 9 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | National Guard 'An American Salute' / Diet Mountain Dew | 196.958 | 45.695 | -0.203 |
| 10 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 196.928 | 45.702 | -0.210 |
| 11 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Pepsi Max | 196.885 | 45.712 | -0.220 |
| 12 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Zest | 196.872 | 45.715 | -0.223 |
| 13 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | 194.717 | 46.221 | -0.729 |
| 14 | 50 | Bill Elliott | Chevrolet | Walmart | 194.578 | 46.254 | -0.762 |
| 15 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 191.677 | 46.954 | -1.462 |
| 16 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Interstate Batteries | 191.123 | 47.090 | -1.598 |
| 17 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Wheaties | 191.099 | 47.096 | -1.604 |
| 18 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves | 189.813 | 47.415 | -1.923 |
| 19 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | Stock Car Steel and Aluminum | 189.546 | 47.482 | -1.990 |
| 20 | 26 | Josh Wise* | Ford | MDS Transport | 188.652 | 47.707 | -2.215 |
| 21 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper | 188.636 | 47.711 | -2.219 |
| 22 | 33 | Stephen Leicht* | Chevrolet | Little Joes Autos.com | 188.041 | 47.862 | -2.370 |
| 23 | 249 | J.J. Yeley | Toyota | Jay Robinson Inc. | 186.027 | 48.380 | -2.888 |
| 24 | 23 | Robert Richardson Jr. | Toyota | North Texas Pipe | 185.927 | 48.406 | -2.914 |
| 25 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Office | - | - | - |
| 26 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | GEICO | - | - | - |
| 27 | 98 | Mike Bliss | Ford | Phil Parsons Racing | - | - | - |
| 28 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 5-hour Energy | - | - | - |
| 29 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Mobil 1 | - | - | - |
| 30 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | - | - | - |
| 31 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | Dollar General | - | - | - |
| 32 | 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | - | - | - |
| 33 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser Folds of Honor.org | - | - | - |
| 34 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Quaker State / Menards | - | - | - |
| 35 | 32 | Terry Labonte | Ford | C&J Energy | - | - | - |
| 36 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Golden Corral | - | - | - |
| 37 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | MHP / 8 Hour Alert | - | - | - |
| 38 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Aspen Dental | - | - | - |
| 39 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | Glory Foods | - | - | - |
| 40 | 10 | David Reutimann | Chevrolet | CarportEmpire.com / TMone.com Call Centers in America | - | - | - |
| 41 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | - | - | - |
| 42 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Kingsford | - | - | - |
| 43 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | HendrickCars.com | - | - | - |
| 44 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Batteries | - | - | - |