Kyle Larson, the 2012 K&N Pro Series East champion.
Corey LaJoie finished second behind Larson in the championship by 14 points.
Brett Moffitt finished third in the championship.

The 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East was the 26th season of the K&N Pro Series East. It began with the Widow Wax 125 presented by SealWrap Repair Tape at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 17, and ended with the Classic 3 Championship at Rockingham Speedway on November 3.[1] Max Gresham entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion.

Kyle Larson won the championship after earning 2 victories during the season, along with 8 top fives and 12 top tens. Larson finished just 14 points ahead of his closest rival in the points standings, Corey LaJoie.[2] LaJoie finished with 5 victories on the season, along with 10 top fives and 10 top tens. Third place in the championship went to Brett Moffitt, who took two victories on the season. Nelson Piquet Jr., Darrell Wallace Jr., Chase Elliott, Cale Conley, and Tyler Reddick each collected a victory.

Schedule

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Widow Wax 125 presented by SealWrap Repair Tape Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol March 17
2 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville March 31
3 Blue Ox 100 Richmond Raceway, Richmond April 26
4 Graham Tire 150[lower-alpha 1] Iowa Speedway, Newton May 19
5 NASCAR Hall of Fame 150 Bowman-Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, North Carolina June 2
6 Slack Auto Parts 150 Gresham Motorsports Park, Jefferson June 9
7 Visit Hampton VA 175 Langley Speedway, Hampton June 23
8 Samuel 150 CNB Bank Raceway Park, Clearfield July 14
9 JEGS 150 Columbus Motor Speedway, Columbus July 21
10 Pork Be Inspired 150[lower-alpha 2] Iowa Speedway, Newton August 3
11 G-Oil 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 22
12 American Real TV 150 Dover International Speedway, Dover September 28
13 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 140 Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville October 27
14 Classic 3 Championship Rockingham Speedway, Rockingham November 3
Notes
  1. ↑ The Graham Tire 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series East competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series West. The race was run with a series-based point distribution, where drivers received points and statistical credit for their finish relative to other drivers in their series, not to the whole field in general.
  2. ↑ The Pork Be Inspired 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series East competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series West. The race was run with a series-based point distribution, where drivers received points and statistical credit for their finish relative to other drivers in their series, not to the whole field in general.

Results and standings

Races

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team
1 Widow Wax 125 presented by SealWrap Repair Tape Nelson Piquet Jr. Nelson Piquet Jr. Nelson Piquet Jr. Toyota 14 X-Team Racing
2 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 Darrell Wallace Jr. Darrell Wallace Jr. Darrell Wallace Jr. Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
3 Blue Ox 100 Brett Moffitt Brett Moffitt Brett Moffitt Toyota 11 Hattori Racing Enterprises
4 Graham Tire 150 Brett Moffitt Brett Moffitt Chase Elliott Chevrolet 9 Hendrick Motorsports
5 NASCAR Hall of Fame 150 Kyle Larson Corey LaJoie Corey LaJoie Ford 07 Randy LaJoie Racing
6 Slack Auto Parts 150 Cale Conley Cale Conley Kyle Larson Toyota 6 Rev Racing
7 Visit Hampton VA 175 Chase Elliott Brett Moffitt Corey LaJoie Ford 07 Randy LaJoie Racing
8 Samuel 150 Brett Moffitt Brett Moffitt Brett Moffitt Toyota 11 Hattori Racing Enterprises
9 JEGS 150 Ben Kennedy Cale Conley Cale Conley Toyota 47 Conley Motorsports
10 Pork Be Inspired 150 Cale Conley Corey LaJoie Corey LaJoie Ford 07 Randy LaJoie Racing
11 G-Oil 100 Brett Moffitt Brett Moffitt Kyle Larson Toyota 6 Rev Racing
12 American Real TV 150 Darrell Wallace Jr. Darrell Wallace Jr., Brett Moffitt Corey LaJoie Toyota 07 Randy LaJoie Racing
13 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 140 Brett Moffitt Brett Moffitt Corey LaJoie Ford 07 Randy LaJoie Racing
14 Classic 3 Championship C. J. Faison Darrell Wallace Jr. Tyler Reddick Dodge 98 Curb Racing

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.

Pos Driver BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS JEF LGY CNB COL IOW NHA DOV GRE CAR Points
1 Kyle Larson 9 17 4 6 5 1 7 2 21 2 1 5 4 6 536
2 Corey LaJoie 22 2 3 18 1* 4 1 23 17 1* 2 1 1 2 522
3 Brett Moffitt 32 4 1* 5* 9 3 2* 1* 2 5 16 18* 8* 21 512
4 Chase Elliott 10 6 2 1 6 14 3 15 15 4 5 27 2 12 500
5 Bryan Ortiz 14 11 7 12 3 27 6 5 6 14 6 6 6 13 484
6 Eddie MacDonald 28 5 8 10 10 8 9 6 10 8 8 11 10 10 477
7 Bubba Wallace 18 1* 28 36 2 7 16 22 3 13 3 2* 13 3* 470
8 Brandon Gdovic 21 3 5 11 7 20 4 7 9 25 13 10 5 15 470
9 Ben Kennedy 6 9 6 23 8 5 21 3 7 28 25 4 16 9 456
10 Sergio Peña 20 29 9 7 19 6 6 17 4 3 24 12 9 8 444
11 Ryan Gifford 3 13 21 21 18 28 18 4 13 33 12 15 12 7 413
12 Jimmy Weller III 13 22 12 27 13 16 12 19 8 16 11 8 21 14 412
13 Sam Hunt 24 14 25 35 15 12 13 18 11 24 20 19 7 26 370
14 Jorge Arteaga 30 25 15 DNQ 11 23 10 13 22 11 30 23 17 27 333
15 Dylan Presnell 23 8 18 19 21 21 11 32 29 9 28 279
16 Daniel Suárez 15 10 29 16 22 19 5 10 15 259
17 Travis Pastrana 12 20 23 4 14 8 6 7 23 258
18 C. J. Faison 27 15 24 26 10 21 26 7 11 240
19 Cale Conley 28 3 2* 1** 7 35 24 24 25 235
20 Jesse Little 11 22 17 23 22 3 5 210
21 Andrew Smith 4 24 13 32 9 DNQ 26 22 205
22 Carlos Iaconelli 25 19 33 31 12 11 19 31 179
23 Ryan Blaney 2 22 2 34 25 146
24 Dale Quarterley 19 21 32 20 9 21 142
25 Harrison Rhodes 4 19 8 33 22 134
26 Clay Campbell 26 12 12 21 16 133
27 Chad Boat 34 26 31 14 29 17 118
28 Enrique Contreras III 16 24 14 11 111
29 John Salemi 26 26 11 18 28 111
30 Michael McGuire 8 10 10 104
31 Dylan Kwasniewski 7 81 18 271 4 103
32 Chad Finchum 7 12 36 25 96
33 Ali Jackson 15 14 DNQ 20 89
34 Akinori Ogata 15 20 31 36 84
35 Jacob Wallace 16 14 21 81
36 Scott Saunders 16 18 19 79
37 Nelson Piquet Jr. 1* 17 75
38 Larry Barfold Jr. 17 19 24 72
39 Rafael Vallina 27 13 DNQ 29 70
40 Derek Ramstrom 5 14 69
41 Jorge Contreras Jr. 35 30 16 DNQ 69
42 Travis Miller 20 15 59
43 Jeff Anton 17 14 57
44 Austin Hill 18 15 55
45 Nick Sweet 22 13 53
46 Chuck Buchanan Jr. 34 20 DNQ 30 48
47 Tyler Reddick 1 47
48 Stephen Nasse 20 22 46
49 Steven Legendre 27 25 16 45
50 Spencer Gallagher 17 28 43
51 Coleman Pressley 4 40
52 Tim Bell 16 34 38
53 Hector Aguirre 32 20 36
54 Blake Jones 29 23 36
55 Benny Gordon 9 35
56 Tim Bainey Jr. 10 34
57 David Mayhew 11 341 191 33
58 Jason Bowles 15 32
59 Nathan Russell 14 30
60 Brandon Jones 14 30
61 Grant Winchester 16 28
62 Sean Caisse 17 27
63 Kenny Forbes 17 27
64 Tim George Jr. 17 27
65 Jason Hathaway 18 26
66 Frank Deiny Jr. 18 26
67 Duarte Ferreira 27 35 26
68 Alex Kennedy 23 25
69 Austin Theriault 19 25
70 Jack Clarke 19 25
71 Xavi Raso 20 24
72 Matt DiBenedetto 30 24
73 Noel Dowler 20 24
74 Rick Gdovic 22 22
75 Beto Montiero 23 21
76 Brandon McReynolds 3 17
77 Ray Courtemanche Jr. 31 13
78 Candace Munzy 33 11
79 Dylan Hutchison DNQ
80 Jack Sellers DNQ
81 Taylor Cuzick DNQ
82 Ron Jay DNQ
83 Josh Reaume DNQ
84 Chris Evans DNQ
85 John Wood DNQ DNQ
86 Brett Thompson DNQ DNQ
87 Chase Miller DNQ
88 Eric Helary DNQ
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series East points
89 Michael Self 17 9
90 Greg Pursley 9 20
91 Cameron Hayley 25 12
92 Johnathon Gomez 13 23
93 Eric Holmes 33 18
94 Ryan Philpott DNQ 22
95 Derek Thorn 24 29
96 Carl Harr DNQ 26
97 Daryl Harr 28 DNQ
98 Austin Dyne 29 36
99 Brennan Newberry 35
Pos Driver BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS JEF LGY CNB COL IOW NHA DOV GRE CAR Points
Notes
  • 1 – Scored points towards the K&N Pro Series West.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  2. ↑ "NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Standings for 2012". Racing Reference. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
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