2012 American Stock Car Championship season

The 2012 American Stock Car Championship season (officially: Goodyear Presents the ASCC Wrangler Cup Series) was the third season of the revived American Stock Car Championship. Dan Richards won the championship.

Preseason changes
The series debuted a new body style in the preseason; this new style is more aerodynamic than the body styles run in the past. Also new for 2012 were the manufacturers: though Saar and Lenard were involved in the prior ASCC seasons, neither used their flagship marques – Saar used the Tremwell brand and Lenard the Sellick brand. For 2012, both manufacturers will use their flagship sedan models: the Saar Carolina and the Lenard Cheyenne/R20.

Joining the two holdovers is Bolden, which will field the Chaser in this series. (Both Bolden and Lenard ran in the TM Master Cup in 2011. Bolden was rumored to make its Cup return at the 2012 Karjala Grand Prix, but that did not come to pass.)

Several former TM Master Cup teams, most notably Camelot Racing and Ocean Motorsports, elected to run here in 2012 and not in the Cup series.

Schedule
A thirteen-race schedule was announced; this is an increase from prior seasons in which four or five races were held.

Team chart

 * American flag by driver's name indicates armed forces veteran

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;" !Team !Chassis !No. !Driver !Primary Sponsor !Home State/Country !rowspan=5|Tri-Oval Racing !rowspan=2|Southern Motorsports !rowspan=4|Team Saar USA !ChargerTec Racing !Astro Racing !Nash Motorsports !rowspan=2|Evans Motorsports !rowspan=2|McCallister Motorsports !rowspan=2|Power Surge America !rowspan=2|McKinney Motorsports !rowspan=2|Palmer Stiles Racing !rowspan=2|Camelot Racing !rowspan=2|Bill Chapman Motorsports !Unit 11 Motorsports !Blackstorm Motorsports !rowspan=4|Ocean Motorsports !rowspan=3|Christian American Motorsports !Gulf Motorsports !rowspan=2|McDermott Motorsports !Greg Whittaker Racing !rowspan=2|Accelerator Motorsports !Jack Cronin Racing
 * rowspan=5|Saar
 * 0
 * T.J. Stewart
 * rowspan=5|None
 * [[File:KS.png]] Kansas
 * 00
 * Craig Jonser
 * [[File:CT.png]] Connecticut
 * 01
 * Bobby Miller, Jr.
 * [[File:MS.png]] Mississippi
 * 08
 * George Dennis
 * [[File:NC.png]] North Carolina
 * 1
 * Phil Harding
 * [[File:NC.png]] North Carolina
 * 1
 * Phil Harding
 * Phil Harding
 * rowspan=2|Saar
 * 2
 * Jason Richardson [[File:USA.png]]
 * U.S. Navy
 * [[File:FL.png]] Florida
 * 14
 * Frank Azure
 * Chevron
 * [[File:RI.png]] Rhode Island
 * [[File:RI.png]] Rhode Island
 * rowspan=4|Saar
 * 3
 * Ethan Everett
 * Amp Energy
 * [[File:MA.png]] Massachusetts
 * 8
 * Travis Marshall [[File:USA.png]]
 * National Guard
 * [[File:AL.png]] Alabama
 * 11
 * Nikki Curtis
 * GoDaddy/Playboy
 * [[File:LA.png]] Louisiana
 * 33
 * Tony Durbin
 * Pepsi
 * [[File:TX.png]] Texas
 * Tony Durbin
 * Pepsi
 * [[File:TX.png]] Texas
 * Bolden
 * 5
 * Joe Olenick
 * Bridgeport Milling Machine Co.
 * [[File:CT.png]] Connecticut
 * Bolden
 * 05
 * Aaron Cruise
 * None
 * Bolden
 * 7
 * Thomas Nash
 * Quaker State
 * [[File:TX.png]] Texas
 * rowspan=2|Lenard
 * 10
 * Anthony Evans
 * Hot Wheels
 * [[File:TX.png]] Texas
 * 30
 * Roman Musico
 * Morton Salt
 * [[File:CZH.png]] Czech Republic
 * [[File:CZH.png]] Czech Republic
 * rowspan=2|Saar
 * 12
 * Garth McCallister, Jr.
 * Burger King
 * [[File:NC.png]] North Carolina
 * 17
 * Stephen Gill
 * Dollar General
 * [[File:AK.png]] Arkansas
 * [[File:AK.png]] Arkansas
 * rowspan=2|Bolden
 * 16
 * Billy Bob Childers
 * Frostee Cream
 * [[File:AK.png]] Arkansas
 * 18
 * Jim Kidd
 * Blazing Saddles
 * [[File:TX.png]] Texas
 * [[File:TX.png]] Texas
 * rowspan=2|Lenard
 * 20
 * Aaron Law
 * Lenard
 * [[File:AL.png]] Alabama
 * 99
 * Jack Bohart
 * Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats
 * [[File:VA.png]] Virginia
 * [[File:VA.png]] Virginia
 * rowspan=2|Bolden
 * 21
 * Palmer Stiles
 * Discount Tire
 * [[File:IL.png]] Illinois
 * 25
 * Mike Whitmore
 * Interstate Batteries
 * [[File:NY.png]] New York
 * [[File:NY.png]] New York
 * rowspan=2|Saar
 * 23
 * Manny Brown
 * Pennzoil
 * [[File:IL.png]] Illinois
 * 24
 * Darren Moore [[File:USA.png]]
 * U.S. Army
 * [[File:AL.png]] Alabama
 * [[File:AL.png]] Alabama
 * rowspan=2|Bolden
 * 26
 * Casey Lester
 * Cialis
 * [[File:NY.png]] New York
 * 28
 * Aaron Collins
 * McDonald's
 * [[File:AZ.png]] Arizona
 * [[File:AZ.png]] Arizona
 * Lenard
 * 27
 * Phillip Kaslow
 * ADT
 * [[File:NY.png]] New York
 * Lenard
 * 31
 * Bill Calhoun
 * None
 * [[File:TN.png]] Tennessee
 * rowspan=4|Lenard
 * 37
 * Lorne Roth
 * Miller Lite
 * [[File:FL.png]] Florida
 * 38
 * Curtis Darcy
 * Red Bull
 * [[File:KY.png]] Kentucky
 * 39
 * Dan Richards
 * Viagra
 * [[File:AL.png]] Alabama
 * 40
 * Tim Woodard
 * Kroger
 * [[File:TX.png]] Texas
 * Tim Woodard
 * Kroger
 * [[File:TX.png]] Texas
 * rowspan=3|Saar
 * 50
 * Bobby Miller, Sr.
 * RizeUp/DayStar/K-LOVE
 * [[File:MS.png]] Mississippi
 * 56
 * Joe Burns
 * None
 * [[File:MS.png]] Mississippi
 * 76
 * Bobby Miller III
 * RizeUp/DayStar/K-LOVE
 * [[File:MS.png]] Mississippi
 * RizeUp/DayStar/K-LOVE
 * [[File:MS.png]] Mississippi
 * Lenard
 * 59
 * Jordan Watts
 * None
 * [[File:WV.png]] West Virginia
 * rowspan=2|Bolden
 * 60
 * Lenny Wineburg
 * Jegs
 * [[File:ID.png]]Idaho
 * 69
 * Tim Averell Justin Parker
 * Aaron's
 * [[File:PA.png]] Pennsylvania [[File:TX.png]] Texas
 * [[File:PA.png]] Pennsylvania [[File:TX.png]] Texas
 * Bolden
 * 80
 * Harry Raynor
 * None
 * [[File:MA.png]] Massachusetts
 * rowspan=2|Lenard
 * 87
 * A.J. Murphy
 * Poultry Shack
 * [[File:OH.png]] Ohio
 * 96
 * Calvin Hobbes
 * Nikon
 * [[File:IN.png]] Indiana
 * [[File:IN.png]] Indiana
 * Lenard
 * 89
 * Ike Durbin Seth Anderson
 * Skullcandy
 * [[File:IN.png]] Indiana [[File:OH.png]] Ohio