Standings After Race #1 at Daytona International Speedway - Sunday, February 26th, 2012
| RNK | RNK +/- | STS | DRIVER | # | MAKE | PNTS | BHND | PO PTS | POLE | WIN | T5 | T10 | STG W | DNF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 1 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | Ford | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | - | 1 | Dale Earnhardt | 88 | Chevrolet | 42 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | - | 1 | Greg Biffle | 16 | Ford | 42 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | - | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 42 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | - | 1 | Jeff Burton | 31 | Chevrolet | 40 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | - | 1 | Paul Menard | 33 | Chevrolet | 39 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | - | 1 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | Chevrolet | 37 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | - | 1 | Carl Edwards | 99 | Ford | 36 | -11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | - | 1 | Joey Logano | 20 | Toyota | 36 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | - | 1 | Mark Martin | 55 | Toyota | 35 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | - | 1 | Clint Bowyer | 15 | Toyota | 33 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | - | 1 | Martin Truex | 56 | Toyota | 33 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | - | 1 | Marcos Ambrose | 9 | Ford | 31 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | - | 1 | Bobby Labonte | 47 | Toyota | 30 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | - | 1 | Dave Blaney | 36 | Chevrolet | 30 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | - | 1 | Tony Stewart | 14 | Chevrolet | 29 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | - | 1 | Kyle Busch | 54 | Toyota | 27 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | - | 1 | Terry Labonte | 32 | Ford | 27 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | - | 1 | Tony Raines | 33 | Chevrolet | 25 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | - | 1 | Ryan Newman | 39 | Chevrolet | 23 | -24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | - | 1 | Landon Cassill | 83 | Toyota | 22 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | - | 1 | David Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 21 | -26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | - | 1 | Regan Smith | 78 | Chevrolet | 21 | -26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | - | 1 | Casey Mears | 13 | Ford | 19 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | - | 1 | David Reutimann | 10 | Chevrolet | 18 | -29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | - | 1 | Kasey Kahne | 5 | Chevrolet | 15 | -32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | - | 1 | Michael McDowell | 98 | Ford | 14 | -33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | - | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevrolet | 13 | -34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | - | 1 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | Dodge | 12 | -35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | - | 1 | Aric Almirola | 43 | Ford | 11 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | - | 1 | AJ Allmendinger | 22 | Dodge | 10 | -37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | - | 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevrolet | 8 | -39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | - | 1 | David Stremme | 30 | Toyota | 7 | -40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | - | 1 | Kurt Busch | 51 | Chevrolet | 5 | -42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | - | 1 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | 5 | -42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | - | 1 | Robby Gordon | 7 | Dodge | 3 | -44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | - | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | -23 | -70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | - | 1 | David Ragan | 34 | Ford | 1 | -46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | - | 1 | Ricky Stenhouse | 6 | Ford | 0 | -47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | - | 1 | Elliott Sadler | 2 | Chevrolet | 0 | -47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | - | 1 | Joe Nemechek | 87 | Toyota | 0 | -47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | - | 1 | Trevor Bayne | 21 | Ford | 0 | -47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | - | 1 | Danica Patrick | 7 | Chevrolet | 0 | -47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |