NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2012 31 2012-10-13 2012-10-13 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/yyyytu1470788985.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/wvsvry1470789008.jpg The 2012 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 13, 2012, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the thirty-first race of the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the fifth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Clint Bowyer of Michael Waltrip Racing won the race, his third of the season, while Denny Hamlin finished second and Jimmie Johnson was third. 512500