MAVTV 500 Presented by Lucas
Oil
Auto Club Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
250 Laps/500 Miles
September 15, 2012
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status | Points |
| 1 | 5 | Ed Carpenter | 20 | Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 250 | 2:57:34.7433 168.939 | 52 |
| 2 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 10 | Target | Dallara DW12 | Honda | 250 | 2:57:36.6565 168.909 | 40 |
| 3 | 15 | Scott Dixon | 9 | Target | Dallara DW12 | Honda | 250 | 2:57:37.3524 168.897 | 35 |
| 4 | 22 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 28 | Sun Drop Citrus Soda/DHL | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 250 | 2:57:37.7910 168.891 | 32 |
| 5 | 17 | Helio Castroneves | 3 | AAA Insurance | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 250 | 2:57:38.9366 168.872 | 30 |
| 6 | 18 | Graham Rahal | 38 | Big O Tires/Service Central | Dallara DW12 | Honda | 250 | 2:57:40.1814 168.853 | 28 |
| 7 | 21 | Takuma Sato | 15 | Mi-Jack | Dallara DW12 | Honda | 249 | Wrecked | 26 |
| 8 | 1 | Marco Andretti | 26 | RC Cola | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 249 | Flagged | 25 |
| 9 | 7 | Katherine Legge | 6 | TrueCar | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 249 | Flagged | 22 |
| 10 | 23 | Charlie Kimball | 83 | Levemir and NovoLog FlexPen | Dallara DW12 | Honda | 249 | Flagged | 20 |
| 11 | 4 | J. R. Hildebrand | 4 | National Guard | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 248 | Flagged | 19 |
| 12 | 12 | James Jakes | 19 | Boy Scouts of America | Dallara DW12 | Honda | 248 | Flagged | 18 |
| 13 | 19 | James Hinchcliffe | 27 | GoDaddy.com | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 247 | Flagged | 17 |
| 14 | 24 | Wade Cunningham | 14 | ABC Supply | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 246 | Flagged | 16 |
| 15 | 20 | Simon Pagenaud | 77 | Hewlett-Packard | Dallara DW12 | Honda | 248 | Flagged | 15 |
| 16 | 14 | Josef Newgarden | 67 | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Dallara DW12 | Honda | 244 | Flagged | 14 |
| 17 | 2 | Ryan Briscoe | 2 | IZOD | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 244 | Flagged | 13 |
| 18 | 3 | Tony Kanaan | 11 | GEICO/Mouser Electronics | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 240 | Wrecked | 12 |
| 19 | 8 | Oriol Servià | 22 | Motegi Wheels | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 231 | In pit | 12 |
| 20 | 16 | Alex Tagliani | 98 | Barracuda Networks | Dallara DW12 | Honda | 229 | Engine | 12 |
| 21 | 10 | Sebastian Saavedra | 17 | Automatic Fire Sprinklers/Colombia | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 118 | Electrical | 12 |
| 22 | 6 | Rubens Barrichello | 8 | BMC/Embrase | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 107 | Engine | 12 |
| 23 | 25 | Justin Wilson | 18 | Sonny's BBQ | Dallara DW12 | Honda | 80 | Engine | 12 |
| 24 | 13 | Will Power | 12 | Verizon | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 66 | Crash damage | 12 |
| 25 | 11 | E. J. Viso | 5 | CITGO/PDVSA | Dallara DW12 | Chevy | 65 | Suspension | 10 |
| 26 | 26 | Simona De Silvestro | 78 | Nuclear Clean Air Energy/Lotus | Dallara DW12 | Lotus | 16 | Engine | 10 |
| -- | -- | Mike Conway | 14 | ABC Supply | Dallara DW12 | Honda | -- | Driven by Cunningham |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Ed Carpenter | 62 | 66-75, 86-109, 111-122, 196, 199-203, 218, 229-236, 250 |
| J. R. Hildebrand | 56 | 5-35, 41-65 |
| Tony Kanaan | 47 | 1, 134-147, 153-184 |
| Scott Dixon | 25 | 110, 123-133, 185-195, 197-198 |
| Alex Tagliani | 21 | 204-217, 219-223, 226-227 |
| Dario Franchitti | 15 | 224-225, 237-249 |
| James Jakes | 10 | 76-85 |
| Takuma Sato | 6 | 38-39, 150-152, 228 |
| Marco Andretti | 3 | 2-4 |
| Ryan Briscoe | 2 | 36-37 |
| Helio Castroneves | 2 | 148-149 |
| Josef Newgarden | 1 | 40 |