| Race details[1][2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 6 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
 The 2012 Goody's Fast Relief 500 program cover. | |||
| Date | April 1, 2012 | ||
| Location | Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility .526 mi (.847 km) | ||
| Distance | 500 laps, 263 mi (423 km) | ||
| Weather | Mostly sunny with a high temperature around 76; wind out of the NNW at 4 mph. | ||
| Average speed | 78.823 miles per hour (126.853 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 19.496 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 329 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart Haas Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds | ||
The 2012 Goody's Fast Relief 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on April 1, 2012 at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps, it was the sixth race of the 2012 season. Ryan Newman of Stewart-Haas Racing took his first win of the season, A. J. Allmendinger finished second and Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third.
- ^ "Sprint Cup Series Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
- ^ Brown, Brian (March 27, 2012). "The Goody's Fast Relief 500". RotoWorld.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.