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.
No. | Race Title | Track | Date |
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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 |
(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 |
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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 |
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