2012 Aaron's 312

• (R) denotes rookie driver
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points

With 29 laps to go, Kyle Busch took the lead from Joey Logano. Busch was also able to hold off the pack behind him and never lost the lead. It looked like Busch was gonna win the race depending on how the last few laps went. Unfortunately for Busch, with 9 laps to go the 5th caution flew when Mike Bliss spun in turn 3. The caution turned things around as cars were now all bunched back together and all of them were going to race hard for positions. The race restarted with 4 laps to go and Busch kept his lead with a push by Joe Nemechek. Unfourtantley again for Busch, the 6th caution flew on the same lap when Mike Wallace and Danny Efland crashed in turn 4. The wreck would set up 3 attempts of a green-white-checker finish.

On the restart, Nemechek got out in front by half a car length but Busch was not giving up as Busch was getting pushed by Brad Keselowski and Nemechek was getting pushed by Kevin Harvick. Michael Annett tried to peak through the middle down the backstretch with a push by Joey Logano. Annett made contact with Keselowski then Annett turned down and into Kevin Harvick turning Harvick around collecting Keselowski. Keselowski spun down and collected Annett and Austin Dillon. Behind them, Eric McClure checked up to avoid the wreck but got hit in the right front by Kurt Busch and McClure's car turned left into Jeffery Earnhardt and the two went spinning towards the inside wall. McClure's car spun down the racetrack and pounded the inside wall head on at nearly full speed which made his car bounce. The wreck collected a total of 11 cars as the cars involved were Austin Dillon, Danica Patrick, Eric McClure, Jeffery Earnhardt, Joey Logano, Tayler Malsam, Brad Keselowski, Robert Richardson Jr., Kevin Harvick, Blake Koch, and Michael Annett. Everyone was ok but Eric McClure was still stuck inside his car. Rescue crews began to surround his car attempting to get him out as the race was red flagged. It took the crews about 10 minutes to get McClure out of his car. McClure was feared to be unconscious when McClure wasn't responding to his crew chief and spotter after the wreck. But NASCAR officials reported that McClure was talking with the crews that were assisting him which led McClure's crew to believe the impact ended up snapping one of the radio wires apart in the impact. The crews ended up cutting the rollcage to give them a better chance to assist him. McClure was carried on a stretcher from his car to an ambulance and got flown to University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama for further evaluation.[7][8][9][10] McClure had suffered a concussion and internal bruises. But thankfully, McClure survived the crash.[11][12] The race was red flagged for over 15 minutes for crews attempting to get McClure out of his car and to repair the SAFER barrier where McClure hit. The race restarted. On the second attempt, Busch kept his lead over Logano. Behind them down the backstretch, Sam Hornish Jr. got hooked by Justin Allgaier and turned into Joe Nemechek. But everyone saved it and no caution was thrown. 4 cars broke away in tandems with Busch getting pushed by Joey Logano, and behind them was Cole Whitt getting pushed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. On the final lap, Whitt and Stenhouse attempted to gain ground on Busch and Logano but could not do it. In the tri-oval, Logano attempted to pull to the outside of Busch and got side by side with him. Logano beat Busch by .034 seconds to take home the win.[13] Coming to the checkered, Danica Patrick came down into Sam Hornish Jr. and Hornish and Patrick went into the outside wall. After they took the checkered, Patrick turned Hornish into the outside wall in turn 1 as a show of displeasure of how she was raced on the final lap.[14] Kyle Busch, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Cole Whitt, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top 5 while Kurt Busch, James Buescher, Justin Allgaier, Kenny Wallace, and Elliott Sadler rounded out the top 10.