2012 Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen

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{{Infobox NASCAR race report

| Type = NAS

| Race Name = Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen

| Details ref ={{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2012 | title=2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule | publisher=ESPN | access-date=August 8, 2012}}{{cite web | url=http://rotoworld.com/articles/nas/41070/229/the-finger-lakes-355 | title=The Finger Lakes 355 | publisher=NBC Sports | work=RotoWorld.com | date=August 8, 2012 | access-date=August 8, 2012 | author=Brown, Brian | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810132827/http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nas/41070/229/the-finger-lakes-355 | archive-date=August 10, 2012 | url-status=dead }}

| Fulldate = {{Start date|2012|08|12}}

| Year = 2012

| Race_No = 22

| Season_No = 36

| Image =2012_Finger_Lakes_355_at_The_Glen_program_cover.jpeg

| Location = Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York

| Course_mi = 2.45

| Course_km = 3.942

| Distance_laps = 90

| Distance_mi = 220.5

| Distance_km = 354.86

| Weather = Overcast with a high temperature around {{convert|78|F}}; wind out of the WSW at {{convert|10|mph|abbr=on}}.

| Avg =

| Pole_Driver = Juan Pablo Montoya

| Pole_Team = Earnhardt Ganassi Racing

| Pole_Time = 1:09:44

| Most_Driver = Kyle Busch

| Most_Team = Joe Gibbs Racing

| Most_laps = 43

| Car = 9

| First_Driver = Marcos Ambrose

| First_Team = Richard Petty Motorsports

| Network = ESPN

| Announcers = Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

| Ratings = 4.449 million{{cite web|author =Daily Preliminary Broadcast Cable Finals Broadcast Finals |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/07/sunday-cable-ratingstrue-blood-wins-night-keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-falling-skies-breaking-bad-army-wives-leverage-more/144086/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810154440/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/07/sunday-cable-ratingstrue-blood-wins-night-keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-falling-skies-breaking-bad-army-wives-leverage-more/144086/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-10 |title=Sunday Cable Ratings:'True Blood' Wins Night, 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', 'Falling Skies', 'Breaking Bad', 'Army Wives', 'Leverage'& More – Ratings |publisher=Zap2it |date=2012-08-07 |access-date=2012-08-13}}

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The 2012 Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on August 12, 2012 at the Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 90 laps, it was the twenty-second race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and the second of two road course competitions on the schedule. After the tragedy at the previous race, the track prepared in the event that thunderstorms pass through the track. The track had set up more than 30 police cars with loudspeakers, nine television screens, and the staff has text message availabilities, all intended on warning fans of any thunderstorms approaching.{{cite web |url=http://idahostatejournal.com/sports/national/auto-racing/article_9d62d605-e27c-55a0-9d69-b826a3f08d68.html |title=Watkins Glen, NASCAR ready for weather – Watkins Glen, NASCAR ready for weather : Auto-racing |publisher=Idahostatejournal.com |date=2012-08-03 |access-date=2012-08-13 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Marcos Ambrose, from the Richard Petty Motorsports racing team, won the race ahead of Brad Keselowski. Jimmie Johnson finished in the third position. The race was most notable for a "chaotic" finish.

2003 Road Course Champion Robby Gordon did not enter this race, and elected to watch on television.