September 15, 2012 | Race 26 of 33 | Practice 2
| RANK | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Austin Dillon* | Chevrolet | American Ethanol | 177.632 | 30.400 | Leader |
| 2 | 2 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | OneMain Financial | 175.839 | 30.710 | -0.310 |
| 3 | 38 | Brad Sweet* | Chevrolet | Great Clips | 175.188 | 30.824 | -0.424 |
| 4 | 31 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | Brandt | 174.973 | 30.862 | -0.462 |
| 5 | 33 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Menards / Rheem | 174.791 | 30.894 | -0.494 |
| 6 | 88 | Cole Whitt* | Chevrolet | Degree Men | 174.227 | 30.994 | -0.594 |
| 7 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 174.087 | 31.019 | -0.619 |
| 8 | 12 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | Avis | 173.617 | 31.103 | -0.703 |
| 9 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AM-FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves / AC General | 173.316 | 31.157 | -0.757 |
| 10 | 18 | Joey Logano | Toyota | Dollar General | 173.299 | 31.160 | -0.760 |
| 11 | 199 | Kenny Wallace | Toyota | Family Farmers | 173.277 | 31.164 | -0.764 |
| 12 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | Blue Bird | 173.160 | 31.185 | -0.785 |
| 13 | 30 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | Allegiant | 172.922 | 31.228 | -0.828 |
| 14 | 81 | Jason Bowles* | Toyota | MacDonald Motorsports | 172.839 | 31.243 | -0.843 |
| 15 | 22 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Discount Tire | 172.656 | 31.276 | -0.876 |
| 16 | 11 | Brian Scott | Toyota | Dollar General | 172.645 | 31.278 | -0.878 |
| 17 | 54 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Monster Energy | 172.370 | 31.328 | -0.928 |
| 18 | 43 | Michael Annett | Ford | Pilot Flying J | 172.051 | 31.386 | -0.986 |
| 19 | 23 | Jamie Dick | Chevrolet | Viva Auto Group | 171.876 | 31.418 | -1.018 |
| 20 | 46 | Chase Miller | Chevrolet | The Motorsports Group | 170.336 | 31.702 | -1.302 |
| 21 | 01 | Mike Wallace | Chevrolet | G&K Services | 169.646 | 31.831 | -1.431 |
| 22 | 44 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | BanditChippers.com | 169.486 | 31.861 | -1.461 |
| 23 | 19 | Tayler Malsam | Toyota | G-Oil / Noah's Light Foundation | 169.422 | 31.873 | -1.473 |
| 24 | 100 | Blake Koch | Toyota | OCR Gaz Bar | 169.353 | 31.886 | -1.486 |
| 25 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | USS James E. Williams DDG 95 | 168.824 | 31.986 | -1.586 |
| 26 | 70 | Johanna Long* | Chevrolet | Foretravel Motorcoach | 168.303 | 32.085 | -1.685 |
| 27 | 124 | Benny Gordon* | Toyota | OCR Gaz Bar / Affichage.co | 168.235 | 32.098 | -1.698 |
| 28 | 14 | Eric McClure | Toyota | Hefty / Reynolds Wrap | 168.083 | 32.127 | -1.727 |
| 29 | 39 | Dexter Stacey | Ford | Maddies Place | 167.916 | 32.159 | -1.759 |
| 30 | 171 | Matthew Carter | Chevrolet | Rick Ware Racing | 167.359 | 32.266 | -1.866 |
| 31 | 15 | Timmy Hill | Ford | Carport Empire | 166.441 | 32.444 | -2.044 |
| 32 | 40 | Erik Darnell | Chevrolet | Curtis Key Plumbing | 166.062 | 32.518 | -2.118 |
| 33 | 4 | Danny Efland | Chevrolet | Tradebank | 166.052 | 32.520 | -2.120 |
| 34 | 41 | Juan Carlos Blum | Chevrolet | VMP Nutrition / The New Miami Subs | 165.929 | 32.544 | -2.144 |
| 35 | 52 | Joey Gase* | Chevrolet | Competition Transmission | 163.572 | 33.013 | -2.613 |
| 36 | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Chevrolet | Victory In Jesus | 163.088 | 33.111 | -2.711 |
| 37 | 174 | Mike Harmon | Chevrolet | Koma Unwind Relaxation Drink | 162.469 | 33.237 | -2.837 |
| 38 | 47 | J.J. Yeley | Chevrolet | Curtis Key Plumbing | - | - | - |
| 39 | 42 | Josh Wise | Chevrolet | Key Motorsports | - | - | - |
| 40 | 10 | Jeff Green | Toyota | TriStar Motorsports | - | - | - |
| 41 | 108 | Tim Andrews | Ford | Randy Hill Racing | - | - | - |
| 42 | 171 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | Lilly Trucking | - | - | - |
| 43 | 28 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | Robinson-Blakeney Racing | - | - | - |