Standings After Race #31 at Charlotte Motor Speedway - Saturday, October 13th, 2012
| RNK | RNK +/- | STS | DRIVER | # | MAKE | PNTS | BHND | PO PTS | POLE | WIN | T5 | T10 | STG W | DNF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 31 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | Dodge | 2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | - | 31 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | 2207 | -7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | - | 31 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 2199 | -15 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | +1 | 31 | Clint Bowyer | 15 | Toyota | 2186 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | -1 | 31 | Kasey Kahne | 5 | Chevrolet | 2179 | -35 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | +3 | 31 | Greg Biffle | 16 | Ford | 2171 | -43 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | +1 | 31 | Martin Truex | 56 | Toyota | 2165 | -49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | -1 | 31 | Tony Stewart | 14 | Chevrolet | 2164 | -50 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | -3 | 31 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | 2164 | -50 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | - | 31 | Kevin Harvick | 29 | Chevrolet | 2158 | -56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | +1 | 31 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | Ford | 2147 | -67 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | -1 | 30 | Dale Earnhardt | 88 | Chevrolet | 2128 | -86 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | - | 31 | Kyle Busch | 54 | Toyota | 951 | -1263 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | - | 31 | Ryan Newman | 39 | Chevrolet | 889 | -1325 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | - | 31 | Carl Edwards | 99 | Ford | 881 | -1333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | - | 31 | Paul Menard | 33 | Chevrolet | 847 | -1367 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | +1 | 31 | Joey Logano | 20 | Toyota | 832 | -1382 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | -1 | 31 | Marcos Ambrose | 9 | Ford | 828 | -1386 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | - | 31 | Jeff Burton | 31 | Chevrolet | 764 | -1450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | - | 31 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevrolet | 741 | -1473 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | - | 31 | Aric Almirola | 43 | Ford | 718 | -1496 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | - | 31 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevrolet | 700 | -1514 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | - | 31 | Regan Smith | 78 | Chevrolet | 676 | -1538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | - | 31 | Bobby Labonte | 47 | Toyota | 667 | -1547 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | - | 20 | Mark Martin | 55 | Toyota | 602 | -1612 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | - | 30 | Kurt Busch | 51 | Chevrolet | 580 | -1634 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | +1 | 31 | David Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 541 | -1673 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | -1 | 31 | David Ragan | 34 | Ford | 540 | -1674 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | - | 30 | Travis Kvapil | 93 | Toyota | 531 | -1683 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | - | 31 | Casey Mears | 13 | Ford | 526 | -1688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | - | 31 | Landon Cassill | 83 | Toyota | 493 | -1721 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | - | 18 | AJ Allmendinger | 22 | Dodge | 420 | -1794 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | - | 29 | Dave Blaney | 36 | Chevrolet | 368 | -1846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | - | 22 | David Reutimann | 10 | Chevrolet | 351 | -1863 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | +1 | 25 | David Stremme | 30 | Toyota | 216 | -1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | -1 | 7 | Brian Vickers | 55 | Toyota | 213 | -2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | - | 25 | Michael McDowell | 98 | Ford | 166 | -2048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | - | 21 | JJ Yeley | 249 | Toyota | 153 | -2061 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | - | 26 | Josh Wise | 26 | Ford | 123 | -2091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | - | 10 | Ken Schrader | 32 | Ford | 111 | -2103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | - | 13 | Stephen Leicht | 33 | Chevrolet | 107 | -2107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | - | 4 | Michael Waltrip | 55 | Toyota | 94 | -2120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | - | 4 | Terry Labonte | 32 | Ford | 94 | -2120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | - | 14 | Scott Speed | 47 | Chevrolet | 93 | -2121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | - | 7 | Tony Raines | 33 | Chevrolet | 71 | -2143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | - | 18 | Scott Riggs | 23 | Chevrolet | 52 | -2162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | - | 4 | Brendan Gaughan | 33 | Chevrolet | 50 | -2164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | - | 2 | Boris Said | 32 | Ford | 34 | -2180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | - | 2 | Bill Elliott | 97 | Toyota | 14 | -2200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | - | 1 | Hermie Sadler | 33 | Chevrolet | 13 | -2201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | - | 1 | Mike Olsen | 32 | Ford | 11 | -2203 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | - | 3 | Robby Gordon | 7 | Dodge | 11 | -2203 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | - | 4 | Mike Skinner | 52 | Toyota | 10 | -2204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | +2 | 3 | Timmy Hill | 41 | Ford | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | - | 1 | Tomy Drissi | 10 | Chevrolet | 6 | -2208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | - | 1 | Stacy Compton | 74 | Chevrolet | 5 | -2209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | - | 1 | David Mayhew | 98 | Ford | 4 | -2210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | - | 2 | Kelly Bires | 179 | Ford | 3 | -2211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | - | 1 | Patrick Long | 30 | Toyota | 2 | -2212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | - | 15 | Sam Hornish | 12 | Dodge | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | - | 13 | Trevor Bayne | 21 | Ford | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | - | 3 | Ricky Stenhouse | 6 | Ford | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | - | 1 | Austin Dillon | 3 | Chevrolet | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | - | 15 | Mike Bliss | 119 | Toyota | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | - | 7 | Danica Patrick | 7 | Chevrolet | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | - | 2 | Robert Richardson | 23 | Chevrolet | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | - | 1 | Elliott Sadler | 2 | Chevrolet | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | - | 27 | Joe Nemechek | 87 | Toyota | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | - | 16 | Reed Sorenson | 191 | Chevrolet | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | - | 5 | TJ Bell | 50 | Chevrolet | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | - | 4 | Jason Leffler | 249 | Toyota | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | - | 1 | Jason A White | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 73 | -1 | 5 | Cole Whitt | 88 | Chevrolet | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | -1 | 2 | Chris Cook | 15 | Chevrolet | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | - | 0 | Tim Andrews | 08 | Ford | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | - | 0 | Brian Simo | 30 | Toyota | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | - | 0 | Jeff Green | 10 | Toyota | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | - | 0 | Mark Green | 00 | Toyota | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | - | 0 | Mike Wallace | 01 | Chevrolet | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | - | 0 | Kenny Wallace | 09 | Toyota | 0 | -2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |