The 2012 Relentless International North West 200 was the 73rd running of the motorcycle road racing event which took place between 13–19 May 2012 at the circuit, known as "The Triangle", based around the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush, in Northern Ireland. All practice sessions took place during the day and the event was extended to include races on the Thursday evening. BBC Northern Ireland continued as the official media partner of the event and provided extensive coverage to the North West 200 across all three platforms: on-line, television and radio.