Contested over 301 laps, it was the nineteenth race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

[7] Before the race, Matt Kenseth led the Drivers' Championship with 676 points, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. stood in second with 651.

[10] Shortly before the 2012 Coke Zero 400, held one week earlier, NASCAR announced that A. J. Allmendinger failed a random drug test held on June 29, 2012, and that he was suspended temporarily, depending on the result of his second test.

[14] Kyle Busch clinched the ninth pole position of his career, with a time of 28.548 seconds.

[15] Newman, Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Earnhardt Jr. and Stewart rounded out the top ten.

[16] Kahne, Johnson, Kyle Busch, Vickers, and Jeff Burton completed the first ten positions.

[17] The race, the nineteenth in the season, began with Kyle Busch on the Pole and Kasey Kahne starting second, not much happened here but three cautions, two for debris and one for David Reutimann's blown engine, Kyle Busch, the races polesitter had a speeding penalty which would cause him to finish 16th, Kasey Kahne won the race on lap 301 of a scheduled 301.