2012 – Starting Lineup for the 54th Daytona 500

Update: 6:03pm Eastern – Drivers to their cars at 6:45p, anthem at 6:53p and green flag at 7:13p tonight on FOX!
1 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford
2 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford
3 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet
4 17 Matt Kenseth Best Buy Ford
5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet
6 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row/CSX Play It Safe Chevrolet
7 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford
8 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
9 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet

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10 33 Elliott Sadler(i) General Mills/Kroger Chevrolet


11 98 * Michael McDowell No.98 KLOVE/Curb Records Ford Ford
12 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota
13 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet
14 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Brown Toyota
15 22 AJ Allmendinger Shell Pennzoil Dodge
16 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet
17 7 * Robby Gordon MAPEI/Menards/SPEED Energy Dodge
18 39 Ryan Newman U.S. ARMY/Quicken Loans Chevrolet
19 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet
20 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet
21 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.(i) Ford EcoBoost Ford
22 55 Mark Martin Aaron’s Toyota
23 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge
24 36 * Dave Blaney Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Chevrolet
25 34 David Ragan Scorpion Truck Bedliners Ford
26 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
27 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Helping Hungry Homes Ford
28 51 Kurt Busch Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet
29 10 Danica Patrick(i) GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
30 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota
31 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota
32 47 Bobby Labonte Kroger Toyota
33 38 David Gilliland MHP/Power Pak Pudding Ford
34 87 * Joe Nemechek(i) AM FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota
35 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet
36 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford
37 27 Paul Menard Menards/Peak Chevrolet
38 93 David Reutimann Burger King Toyota
39 83 Landon Cassill Burger King Toyota
40 21 * Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford T
41 26 *Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Ford T
42 30 * David Stremme Inception Motorsports Toyota T
43 32 * Terry Labonte C&J Energy Ford PC

Did Not Qualify: #40 Michael Waltrip; #23 Robert Richardson Jr.(i); #97 Bill Elliott; #37 Mike Wallace(i); #09 Kenny Wallace(i); #49
JJ Yeley.