2012 NASCAR Team Chart

Cup Series teams, drivers, and sponsors

The 2012 NASCAR Cup Series features 44 teams fielding 65 full-time and part-time car entries across 9 manufacturers (Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Toyota, Toyota 2014+, Toyota Ford, Toyota (Daytona 500) Chevy, ?Toyota, Toyota Chevy Ford). The complete team chart below lists every car number, driver, sponsor, manufacturer, and crew chief for the 2012 season.

The modern Cup Series is dominated by a small group of elite organizations. Hendrick Motorsports fields four Chevrolets for Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, William Byron, and Alex Bowman. Joe Gibbs Racing runs four Toyotas for Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Ty Gibbs, and Chase Briscoe. Team Penske counters with Fords for Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, and Austin Cindric. RFK Racing fields Brad Keselowski, Chris Buescher, and Ryan Preece, while Trackhouse Racing rounds out the top tier with Daniel Suarez, Ross Chastain, and Shane van Gisbergen.

Beyond the big five, a second tier of full-time and part-time programs compete every weekend — Legacy Motor Club, 23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports, Wood Brothers Racing, Spire Motorsports, and Kaulig Racing. NASCAR's charter system guarantees full-season entry for charter holders, while 'open' cars must qualify on speed each week. Alliances between teams (engine leases, technical partnerships) are common and often determine which organizations run up front.

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#	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Sponsor	Crew Chief
1	Jamie McMurray 2013+	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Teresa Earnhardt Chip Ganassi		Bass Pro Shops McDonald’s (13 races) LiftMaster (1 race) Belkin (1 race) Banana Boat (1 race)	Kevin Manion
2	Brad Keselowski 2015	Penske Racing Roger Penske	Dodge	Miller Lite 2015	Paul Wolfe 2015
5	Kasey Kahne 2015	Rick Hendrick		Farmers Insurance (22 races) Quaker State Oil (4 races) Hendrickcars.com (12 races) Trina Solar (?9 races)	Kenny Francis
6*	Ricky Stenhouse	Roush Fenway Racing Jack Roush John Henry		Ford EcoBoost (Daytona - Feb) Cargill / Safeway (Dover - Sept) Best Buy (Charlotte - Oct) Fifth Third Bank (Homestead)	Scott Graves
7*	Robby Gordon	Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports	Dodge	Speed Energy Drink MAPEI	Shane Bourgeois
09*	Kenny Wallace	RAB Racing Robby Benton Brack Maggard		American Ethanol	Scott Zippadelli
9	Marcos Ambrose 2012	Richard Petty Motorsports Richard Petty Andy Murstein Doug Bergeron		Stanley Black & Decker DeWalt Stanley Mac Tools (4 races)	Drew Blickensderfer
10 [was 36]	Danica Patrick (10 races) J.J. Yeley (Indy) David Reutimann (most of the others) Dave Blaney (Pocono - June) Tomy Drissi (Sonoma)	Tommy Baldwin Racing Tommy Baldwin Stewart Haas Racing Tony Stewart Joe Custer Gene Haas		GoDaddy.com Accell Construction Tradebank Ice Age: Continental Drift	Tony Gibson Tommy Baldwin Jr.
11	Denny Hamlin 2014	Joe Gibbs Racing		FedEx Express FedEx Freight FedEx Ground FedEx Office Sport Clips (Darlington)	Darian Grubb
12*	Sam Hornish Jr.	Penske Racing Roger Penske	Dodge	SKF	Chad Walter
13	Casey Mears 2014	Germain Racing		GEICO 2014 Valvoline NexGen (2 races)	Bootie Barker
14	Tony Stewart (2002, 2005, 2011 Champion)	Stewart Haas Racing Tony Stewart Joe Custer Gene Haas		Office Depot (22 races) Mobil 1 (15 races) Bass Pro Shops (1 races)	Steve Addington
15 [was 00]	Clint Bowyer 2014	Michael Waltrip Racing Michael Waltrip Robert Kauffman Johnny Harris	Toyota 2014+	Five Hour Energy Drink (35 races)	Brian Pattie
16	Greg Biffle 2014	Roush Fenway Racing Jack Roush		3M (29 races) 2014 Red Cross (2 races) Meguiars (Las Vegas)	Matt Puccia
17	Matt Kenseth 2012 (2003 Champion)	Roush Fenway Racing Jack Roush John Henry		Valvoline NextGen (? races) Best Buy (9 races) Zest (5 races) Fifth Third Bank (4 races) Ford EcoBoost (? races)	Jimmy Fennig
18	Kyle Busch 2013	Joe Gibbs Racing		M&M’s (26 races) Snickers (2 races) Double Mint (4 races) Interstate Batteries (6 races)	Dave Rogers
19*	Mike Bliss (i) Jeff Green Jason Leffler (i) Chris Cook (Sonoma)	Humphrey Smith Racing Randy Humphrey Mike Smith	Toyota Ford	Plinker Tactical	Paul Clapprood Skip Pope
20	Joey Logano 2012	Joe Gibbs Racing		Home Depot (26 races) Dollar General (12 races)	Jason Ratcliff
21*	Trevor Bayne	Wood Brothers Racing Glen Wood Eddie Wood		Motorcraft / Quick Lane (12 races) Good Sam / Camping World (4 races)	Donnie Wingo
22	Sam Hornish Jr.	Penske Racing Roger Penske	Dodge	Shell-Pennzoil AAA / Southern California Auto Club SKF	Todd Gordon
23 (X)*	Robert Richardson Jr.(Daytona & Talladega) Scott Riggs	R3 Motorsports Robert Richardson Sr.	Toyota (Daytona 500) Chevy	North Texas Pipe	Greg Conner
24	Jeff Gordon 2013/lifetime (1995,1997,1998,2001 Champion)	Rick Hendrick Jeff Gordon		Drive to End Hunger (22 races - 2013) DuPont 2013 Pepsi Max (2 races)	Alan Gustafson 2014
26 (X) [was #55]	Josh WIse (ROTY) Tony Raines (Daytona 500)	Front Row Motorsports Bob Jenkins		1-800LoanMart (5 races) MDS Trucking Rick Santorum for President (Daytona 500)	Charles Dickey Jr.
27	Paul Menard 2013	Richard Childress Racing Richard Childress		Menard’s 2013 Sylvania, Zecol, Serta, Nibco, Certainteed, Pittsburgh Paints, Peak	Slugger Labbe
29	Kevin Harvick 2012+	Richard Childress Richard Childress Racing		Budweiser - 2013 (20 + 3 races) Jimmy Johns (6 races) Rheem (10 races)	Gil Martin
30 (X)	David Stremme Brian Simo (Sonoma) Patrick Long (Watkins Glen)	Inception Motorsports		Jegs (Daytona 500)	Steven Lane
31	Jeff Burton 2014+	Richard Childress Richard Childress Racing		Caterpillar (24 races) Wheaties (6 races) BB&T (6 races) Rain-X (Indy) EnerSys/ODYSSEY Batteries (2 races)	Shane WIlson
32 [was 6]	Ken Schrader (10 races) Mike Olsen (NHMS - Sept) Terry Labonte (1984,1996 champ) (4 superspeedway races) T.J. Bell(i) John Wes Townley Jason White Boris Said (road courses) Reed Sorenson (i) Mike Bliss (i)	Frank Stoddard FAS Lane Racing Jack Roush		Federated Auto Parts Northern County Ford C & J Energy Services Green Smoke Zaxby’s Hendrickcars.com Southern Pride	Frank Stoddard Jr
33 (X)	Stephen Leicht (ROTY) Cole Whitt(i) Tony Raines Elliott Sadler Brendan Gaughan (4 races) Hermie Sadler Austin Dillon (RCR)	Richard Childress Richard Childress Racing Joe Falk		? Lift-Belt Kroger, General Mills South Point Hotel & Casino Anderson’s Maple Syrup American Ethanol	Tony Glover (Falk) Gil Martin (RCR)
34	David Ragan 2012	Front Row Motorsports Bob Jenkins		Maximum Human Performance (MHP) (Bud Shootout) Scorpion Bed Liners / Al’s Liners Taco Bell	Jay Guy
35	x	Tommy Baldwin Racing Tommy Baldwin Jr.		x	x
36 [was 35]	Dave Blaney Tony Raines (Sprint Showdown & Pocono in June)	Tommy Baldwin Racing Tommy Baldwin Jr.		Ollie’s Bargin Outlet (Daytona 500) SealWraps (8 races) Accell Construction (? races)
37*	J.J. Yeley	Larry Gunselman Max Q Motorsports		?	Tony Furr
38	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Bob Jenkins		ModSpace (a few races) Maximum Human Performance (Daytona 500) Long John Silver’s A&W All American	Derrick Finley
39	Ryan Newman 2013	Stewart Haas Racing Tony Stewart Joe Custer Gene Haas		U.S. Army (12 races) Haas Automation (6 races) Tornados (2 races) WIX Filters (4 taces) Quicken Loans (9 Races) Outback Steakhouse (2 races) Aspen Dental (2 races) Bass Pro Shops (1 race)	Matt Borland
40*	Michael Waltrip (Daytona 500)	Hillman Racing Mike Hillman Joe Falk		Aaron’s Dream Machine	Buddy Sisco
42	Juan Pablo Montoya 2012+	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Teresa Earnhardt Chip Ganassi		Target	Chris Heroy
43	Aric Almirola 2012	Richard Petty Motorsports Richard Petty Andy Murstein Doug Bergeron		Smithfield Foods (15 races) STP (Kansas 4/22) Verifone (Talladega 5/6) Transportation Impact (Pocono) JaniKing U.S. Air Force (2 races)	Todd Parrott
44*	David Reutimann	Johnathan Cohen Xxxtreme Motorsports		No Label Watches	Frankie Kerr
47	Bobby Labonte 2000 Champ	JTG Daugherty Racing Tad Geschickter Brad Daugherty		Bush’s Baked Beans (? races) Clorox (? races) Kingsford Charcoal (? races) Kimberly-Clark (? races) Lance Snacks (? races) Kroger / USA (Daytona 500) Reese Towpower (? races) RainEater (? race) BUBBA Burger (2 races)	Brian Burns (interim)
48	Jimmie Johnson 2015 (2006, 2007 2008, 2009, 2010 Champ)	Rick Hendrick Jeff Gordon		Lowe’s Home Improvement Kobalt Tools 2013 Jimmie Johnson Foundation (Auto Club)	Chad Knaus 2014
49*	CLOSED	Jay Robinson Troy Blakeney Robinson-Blakeney Racing		x	Scott Eggleston
50*	Bill Elliott 1988 Champ	Steve Turner Turner Motorsports		Walmart	Trent Owens
50*	?T.J. Bell	?Joe Falk LTD Powersports	?Toyota	?Green Smoke (3 races) Bandit Chippers (2 races)	?Jeff McClure
51	Kurt Busch 2012 (2004 Champ) David Reutimann (Pocono - June) Regan Smith (Phoenix & Homestead - Nov) A.J. Allmendinger (4 races)	James Finch Phoenix Racing		Monster Energy (All-Star Race) TAG Heuer (Bud Shootout) Hendrickcars.com (Daytona 500) Phoenix Construction Services	Nick Harrison
52*	Mike Skinner Scott Speed	Jimmy Means Dell Hamilton Arash Khorsandi Kelly Owen		Crusader Staffing	Scott Eggleston
55 [was 32]	Mark Martin 2013 (25 races) Michael Waltrip (5 races) Brian Vickers (8 races)	Michael Waltrip Racing Michael Waltrip Robert Kauffman Johnny Harris	Toyota 2014+	Aaron’s Dream Machine (30 races) Myclassiccar.com, RK Motors	Rodney Childers
56	Martin Truex Jr. 2015	Michael Waltrip Racing Michael Waltrip Robert Kauffman Johnny Harris	Toyota 2014+	NAPA Auto Parts, Filters, Brakes 2015	Chad Johnston
73*	David Reutimann (8 races) Travis Kvapil (1 race)	BK Racing Ron Devine Wayne Press Thomas Ueberall		Dr. Pepper / Burger King	Ben Leslie
74*	Cole Whitt Stacy Compton Reed Sorenson	Turn One Racing Stacy Compton Vickie Compton		?	?Peter Sospenzo
75*	Derrike Cope	Derrike Cope Mike Jankowski ?Gary Keller	Dodge	?	Dave Fuge
77*	?Steve Wallace	?Rusty Wallace Racing Rusty Wallace Roger Penske	?Toyota	?	?
78	Regan Smith Kurt Busch (2004 Champ)( finla 6 races)	Furniture Row Racing Barney Visser		Furniture Row Farm America	Todd Berrier
79*	Mike Skinner Kelly Bires Scott Speed Tim Andrews	Go Green Racing Archie St. Hilaire Steve Meehan		BBI / Bestway Disposal	Mike Abner Paul Andrews
83	Landon Cassill	BK Racing Ron Devine Wayne Press Thomas Ueberall		Burger King / Dr. Pepper	Doug Richert
87 (X)	Joe Nemechek	Joe Nemechek		AM FM Energy	Steven Gray
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2017 Regan Smith	Rick Hendrick		Army National Guard Diet Mountain Dew AMP Energy	Steve Letarte 2013
91*	Reed Sorenson (i)	Humphrey Smith Racing Randy Humphrey Mike Smith	Toyota Chevy Ford	?	Peter Sospenzo
92*	?Brian Keselowski	Brian Keselowski K-Automotive		?	?
93 [was 4]	Travis Kvapil David Reutimann	BK Racing Ron Devine Wayne Press Thomas Ueberall		Burger King	Todd Anderson
95*	Scott Speed 2013	Leavine Family Racing Bob Leavine		WRL, TWD Drywall, Cannon Steel, B&D Electrical Contractors, Jordan Truck Sales	Wally Rogers
97*	Bill Elliott (1988 Champ)	Joe Nemechek		?	Scott Eggleston
98 [was 46] (X)	Michael McDowell David Mayhew (Sonoma) Mike Skinner	Phil Parsons Racing Phil Parsons Dusty Whitney Mike Curb		K-Love, Curb Records Presbyterian Hosptial (Charlotte - May) Traqm	Gene Nead
99	Carl Edwards 2013+	Roush Fenway Racing Jack Roush John Henry		Fastenal (15+3 races) Best Buy (2 Races) UPS (Kentucky) Subway (6 races) Aflac (? races) Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes (2 races) Cheez-It (2 races) Ford EcoBoost (? races)	Chad Norris
0*	Mark Green	SS Motorsports SJ Scharr		Blue Ox	Brad Smales

Frequently Asked Questions

How many NASCAR Cup Series teams are there in 2012?

44 teams fielded 65 car entries in the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series, with 9 manufacturers (Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Toyota, Toyota 2014+, Toyota Ford, Toyota (Daytona 500) Chevy, ?Toyota, Toyota Chevy Ford) represented. Charter-holding organizations field the majority of the cars, while open teams round out the field each week.

Which NASCAR team has won the most races?

Petty Enterprises holds the all-time NASCAR record with 268 Cup Series wins, the vast majority earned by Richard Petty himself. In the modern era, Hendrick Motorsports leads all active organizations with more than 300 combined Cup wins across drivers like Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, and Kyle Larson, along with a record number of Cup championships.

Who owns Hendrick Motorsports?

Hendrick Motorsports is owned by Rick Hendrick, a North Carolina auto dealer who founded the team in 1984 as All Star Racing. The organization fields four full-time Chevrolet Cup cars for Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, William Byron, and Alex Bowman, and is headquartered in Concord, NC alongside its massive engine and chassis programs.

Who owns Joe Gibbs Racing?

Joe Gibbs Racing is owned by Joe Gibbs, the three-time Super Bowl champion head coach of the Washington Redskins who founded the team in 1992. Coy Gibbs, Joe's son, served as vice chairman until his passing in 2022. JGR fields four Toyota Cup cars for Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, and Ty Gibbs out of its Huntersville, NC shop.

What is a NASCAR charter?

A NASCAR charter is a franchise-style guarantee that locks a team into every Cup Series race for the season, regardless of qualifying speed. NASCAR introduced the charter system in 2016 with 36 charters — teams without one must qualify on speed as an 'open' entry. Charters can be bought, sold, or leased between organizations, and their value has grown significantly as the sport has stabilized.

What are the biggest NASCAR teams in 2012?

The top-tier Cup teams in 2012 include Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, Team Penske, Richard Childress Racing, RFK Racing, Trackhouse Racing, 23XI Racing, and Stewart-Haas Racing. Together they field the lion's share of the 65 weekly entries. Smaller full-time programs include Legacy Motor Club, Front Row Motorsports, Wood Brothers Racing, Spire Motorsports, and Kaulig Racing.

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