The 2012 Crown Royal Presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard powered by BigMachineRecords.com, the 19th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 29, 2012 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.

[5] Before the race, Matt Kenseth led the Drivers' Championship with 707 points, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. stood in second with 691.

Instead, the top teams in points would be parked in the "new" garages located on pit road used first for Formula One and later for MotoGP.

NASCAR Inspection would be held in the pitside garages, and lower teams and the Nationwide Series (racing for the first time at Indianapolis) will use Gasoline Alley.

[14] Carl Edwards, with a time of 49.660, was second quickest, ahead of Joey Logano, Kahne, and Kenseth.

[14] Johnson, Regan Smith, Gordon, Jeff Burton, and Hamlin completed the first ten positions.

The drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Reed Sorenson, Joe Nemechek, Michael McDowell.

[16] McDowell's time was disallowed after his car failed inspection; Mike Bliss was awarded a spot in the field.