2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (Start Your Engines!)

The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 64th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 41st modern-era Cup series season.

2012 was the final season that the original SAFER Car design–which debuted in the 1997 season–were used in competition, as the New Body Program was completed in 2013 with the debut of a new carbody that better reflected car design trends of the 2010s.

Complete schedule
^ The No. 33 changed owners in April. Joe Falk acquired the assets and ownership and was listed as owner after Martinsville, and also switched from Chevrolet to Dodge; however Childress still fielded the car in races which Austin Dillon competed in.