NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 Race 11 of 36 - May 12, 2012 Darlington Raceway - Darlington, SC Entry list (47 teams)   These 35 teams have a guaranteed starting position   Driver Team Greg Biffle 16 3M Ford Matt Kenseth 17 Zest / Best Buy Ford Dale Earnhardt Jr. 88 Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet Denny Hamlin 11 Sport Clips / Help a Hero Toyota Kevin Harvick 29 Budweiser / Rheem Chevrolet Martin Truex Jr. 56 NAPA / AAA Toyota Tony Stewart 14 Office Depot / Mobil 1 Chevrolet Jimmie Johnson 48 Lowe's / Kobalt Chevrolet Mark Martin 55 Aaron's Toyota Kyle Busch 18 Doublemint / Interstate Toyota Clint Bowyer 15 5-Hour Energy / Wilco Toyota Carl Edwards 99 Ford EcoBoost / Subway Ford Brad Keselowski   2 Miller Lite / Wurth Dodge Ryan Newman 39 Wix / Quicken Loans Chevrolet Paul Menard 27 Pittsburgh / Menards Chevrolet Joey Logano 20 Home Depot / Dollar General Toyota Jamie McMurray   1 Bass Pro Shops / Allstate Chevrolet Juan Pablo Montoya 42 Target / Clorox Chevrolet Jeff Burton 31 BB&T / Wheaties Chevrolet Kasey Kahne   5 Rockwell / Farmers Chevrolet A.J. Allmendinger 22 Pennzoil Dodge Marcos Ambrose   9 DeWalt / SEC Ford Aric Almirola 43 Gravely / Smithfield Ford Jeff Gordon 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet Kurt Busch 51 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet Bobby Labonte 47 Scott / Bush's Best Toyota Regan Smith 78 Furniture Row / Denver Mattress Chevrolet Casey Mears 13 Geico Ford David Ragan 34 Peanut Patch / Margaret Holmes Ford David Reutimann 93 Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota David Gilliland 38 A&W / ModSpace Ford Reed Sorenson 32 Southern Pride / TMOne Ford Danica Patrick 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Dave Blaney 36 SealWrap Repair Tape Chevrolet Landon Cassill 83 Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota   These teams have to earn one of the 8 non-guaranteed starting positions   Driver Team Attempts Stephen Leicht 33 LJ Racing Chevrolet 10 David Stremme 30 Inception Motorsports Toyota 10 J.J. Yeley 49 JPO Absorbents Toyota 10 Josh Wise 26 Morristown Drivers Service Ford 10 Michael McDowell 98 Phil Parsons Racing Ford 10 Joe Nemechek 87 AM FM Energy Toyota 10 Scott Riggs 23 North Texas Pipe Chevrolet 10 Cole Whitt 74 Turn One Racing Chevrolet 6   If qualifying is cancelled, these teams are the least likely to make the field   Driver Team Attempts Mike Bliss 19 Humphrey Smith Racing Toyota 5 Mike Skinner 52 Crusader Toyota 1 Scott Speed 79 Team Kyle / Koma Unwind Ford 1 Travis Kvapil 73 Dr Pepper / Burger King Toyota 0 (PE) NASCAR is a registered trademark owned by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing Inc. The operator of this website is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the NASCAR organization. The official NASCAR website is NASCAR.com.