2012 Bank of America 500

2012 Bank of America 500

Race details[1]
Race 31 of 36 in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
The 2012 Bank of America 500 program cover, featuring multiple drivers and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Artwork by Sam Bass. "Speed, Danger, and Fun!"
Date	October 13, 2012 (2012-10-13)
Location	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina, United States
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching as low as 44.1 °F (6.7 °C); wind speeds approaching 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)[2]
Pole position
Driver	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing
Time	27.877
Most laps led
Driver	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing
Laps	139
Winner
No. 15	Clint Bowyer	Michael Waltrip Racing
Television in the United States
Network	ABC
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, and Andy Petree

The 2012 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 13, 2012, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the thirty-first race of the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the fifth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season.

Clint Bowyer of Michael Waltrip Racing won the race, his third of the season, while Denny Hamlin finished second and Jimmie Johnson was third.

This was the first race since the 1979 Southern 500 in which is not featuring the name Earnhardt on the grid and for the first time since the 1999 Pennzoil 400 in which Dale Earnhardt Jr is absent on the grid.