| 2012 Cup Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||||||||||
| Segment 1 of 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Driver | Seg 3 bonus | #31 | #32 | #33 | #34 | #35 | #36 | Seg bonus | Seg. Total | Season | |||
| 1 | Fred Moore | 285 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 65 | 350 | |||
| 2 | Dave Smith | 282 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 64 | 346 | |||
| 3 | Ron Blackman | 274 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 67 | 341 | |||
| 4 | Paul Scannell | 273 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 327 | |||
| 5 | Mitch McCown | 280 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 314 | |||
| 6 | Chip Anglin | 249 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 305 | |||
| 7 | Jose Rodriguez | 156 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 72 | 228 | |||
| 2012 Cup Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||||||||||
| Segment 3 of 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Driver | Seg 2 bonus | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 | Seg. Total | Season |
| 1 | Jose Rodriguez | 28 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 118 | 146 |
| 2 | Fred Moore | 171 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 105 | 276 |
| 3 | Dave Smith | 175 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 99 | 274 |
| 4 | Chip Anglin | 146 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 96 | 242 |
| 5 | Ron Blackman | 192 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 76 | 268 |
| 6 | Paul Scannell | 193 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 75 | 268 |
| 7 | Mitch McCown | 214 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 276 |
| 2012 Cup Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||||||||||
| Segment 2 of 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Driver | Seg 1 bonus | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | Seg. Total | Season |
| 1 | Mitch McCown | 106 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 98 | 204 |
| 2 | Dave Smith | 79 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 87 | 166 |
| 3 | Ron Blackman | 99 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 85 | 184 |
| 4 | Fred Moore | 82 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 82 | 164 |
| 5 | Paul Scannell | 114 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 73 | 187 |
| 6 | Chip Anglin | 73 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 68 | 141 |
| 7 | Jose Rodriguez | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 24 | |||||||
| 2012 Cup Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||||||||||
| Segment 1 of 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Driver | N/A | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | Seg. Total | Season |
| 1 | Paul Scannell | 13 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 104 | 104 | |
| 2 | Mitch McCown | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 97 | 97 | |
| 3 | Ron Blackman | 8 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 91 | 91 | |
| 4 | Fred Moore | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 75 | 75 | ||||
| 5 | Dave Smith | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 73 | 73 | |
| 6 | Chip Anglin | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 68 | |
| Rookie of the Year Scoring: | ||||||||||||||
| 1. A 10-1 point system is used for rookies in relation to how they finished in relation to each other. The highest rookie will receive 10 points, | ||||||||||||||
| the next highest will receive 9 points, etc. If there are more than 10 rookies during the year, the point system will be expanded for each additional rookie. | ||||||||||||||
| 2. Each rookie will receive bonus points for finishing in the top 10. If a rookie finishes 10th, he will receive 1 point. If a rookie finishes 1st, he | ||||||||||||||
| will receive 10 points. | ||||||||||||||
| 10th is 1 bonus rookie point | ||||||||||||||
| 9th is 2 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 8th is 3 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 7th is 4 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 6th is 5 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 5th is 6 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 4th is 7 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 3rd is 8 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 2nd is 9 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 1st/WIN is 10 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 3. Bonus points are awarded to each rookie after race 10, 20, 30 and the final race. The rookie with the most points earned in the segment will | ||||||||||||||
| receive 10 points, the next highest will receive 9 points, etc. | ||||||||||||||
| 4. Following the final race, the highest finishing rookie in the standings will receive 10 points, next highest 9 points, etc. | ||||||||||||||