2012 Sylvania 300

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{{Infobox NASCAR race report

| Type = NAS

| Description =

| Race Name = Sylvania 300

| Details ref =

| Fulldate = {{Start date|2012|09|23}}

| Year = 2012

| Race_No = 28

| Season_No = 36

| Image = New Hampshire Motor Speedway.PNG

| Caption = Layout of New Hampshire Motor Speedway

| Location = New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire

| Course_mi = 1.058

| Course_km = 1.703

| Distance_laps = 300

| Distance_mi = 317.4

| Distance_km = 510.805

| Weather = Mild with temperatures approaching {{convert|72|F|C}}; wind speeds up to {{convert|13|mph|km/h}}[http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NH/Loudon/2012-09-23 Weather information for the 2012 Sylvania 300] at The Old Farmers' Almanac

| Avg =

| Pole_Driver = Jeff Gordon

| Pole_Team = Hendrick Motorsports

| Pole_Time = 28.232

| Most_Driver = Denny Hamlin

| Most_Team = Joe Gibbs Racing

| Most_laps = 193

| Car = 11

| First_Driver = Denny Hamlin

| First_Team = Joe Gibbs Racing

| Network = ESPN

| Announcers = Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

}}

The 2012 Sylvania 300 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 23, 2012 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 300 laps, it was the twenty-eighth in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the second race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, his fifth of the season. Jimmie Johnson finished second and Jeff Gordon was third.