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NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 11 31ST ANNUAL HISTORY 300 CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Concord, NC - May 26, 2012 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 200 Laps - 300 Miles Purse: $1,022,198 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 25 minutes, 51 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 123.414 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.838 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 10 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Discount Tire Dodge 200 0 134.2 $46,425 Running 1 67 2 13 18 Denny Hamlin (i) SportClips Toyota 200 0 104.5 40,725 Running 3 12 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 200 0 112.7 31,150 Running 4 7 33 Kevin Harvick (i) Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet 200 0 139.2 29,925 Running 4 92 5 6 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 200 39 102.1 29,793 Running 6 1 20 Joey Logano (i) GameStop/Hitman Absolution Toyota 200 0 109.6 27,500 Running 3 26 7 8 30 James Buescher (i) ABF Chevrolet 200 0 97.8 23,593 Running 8 16 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 200 37 1 93.2 22,643 Running 1 1 9 5 12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Truck Parts Dodge 200 35 92.5 21,918 Running 10 21 21 Joey Coulter (i) Sherwin Williams Chevrolet 200 0 86.0 15,825 Running 11 2 3 Austin Dillon # Bass Pro Shops/NWTF Chevrolet 200 33 98.7 21,843 Running 12 20 44 Mike Bliss Tri-Star Motorsports Toyota 200 32 82.2 19,993 Running 13 3 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 200 31 83.4 22,168 Running 14 22 43 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Ford 200 30 79.2 18,968 Running 15 19 01 Mike Wallace Restaurant.com Chevrolet 200 30 1 77.3 19,793 Running 1 2 16 23 98 Reed Sorenson Carroll Shelby Motors Ford 200 28 73.4 11,925 Running 17 14 38 Kasey Kahne (i) Great Clips Chevrolet 200 0 99.8 11,700 Running 2 11 18 25 51 Jeremy Clements Clements Automotive Chevrolet 199 26 63.9 17,943 Running 19 24 41 Timmy Hill Poynt.com Ford 199 25 63.8 17,868 Running 20 28 19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil Toyota 198 24 68.5 18,393 Running 21 34 24 Casey Roderick # West Virginia Miners Baseball Chevrolet 198 23 52.5 17,668 Running 22 26 70 Johanna Long # Wish For Our Heroes Chevrolet 198 22 49.6 17,618 Running 23 31 08 Kyle Fowler Randy Hill Racing Ford 196 21 53.2 17,568 Running 24 42 99 Travis Pastrana boost mobile Toyota 195 20 43.4 17,503 Running 25 36 52 Joey Gase # Pauliewood.com Chevrolet 193 19 40.9 11,475 Running 26 4 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford EcoBoost Ford 179 18 105.9 18,533 Running 27 37 40 Erik Darnell Strutmasters, LLC Chevrolet 176 17 49.0 17,398 Accident 28 11 88 Cole Whitt # Ingersoll Rand Chevrolet 167 16 75.4 17,363 Running 29 29 87 Joe Nemechek GBCAM/FM Energy/SWM Toyota 157 15 59.5 17,318 Running 30 39 50 T.J. Bell Liberty Tire Recycling Chevrolet 151 14 41.1 11,105 Handling 31 9 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 146 13 85.4 17,263 Accident 32 18 14 Jeff Green Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 141 12 51.6 17,193 Drive Shaft 33 15 81 Jason Bowles # American Majority Toyota 137 12 1 59.7 17,148 Accident 1 1 34 17 39 Josh Richards NSW Kids Ford 134 10 58.9 17,118 Accident 35 32 4 Danny Efland Tradebank/Doug Herbert Performance Parts 103 9 30.4 17,088 Brakes 36 35 00 Angela Cope HighlandChevrolet Wealth Advisors/Luichiny Shoes 51 8 39.7 10,600 Engine 37 43 89 Morgan Shepherd ShepherdChevrolet Racing Ventures Chevrolet 39 7 37.7 10,575 Electrical 38 40 74 Mike Harmon Koma Unwind Chevrolet 30 6 35.4 10,556 Overheating 39 41 23 Robert Richardson North TX Pipe Chevrolet 13 5 36.0 10,435 Engine 40 38 46 Chase Miller Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 10 4 35.6 10,330 Ignition 41 27 42 Josh Wise (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 8 0 34.5 10,295 Ignition 42 30 47 Scott Speed (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 5 0 34.3 10,270 Electrical 43 33 10 Kevin Lepage Tri-Star Motorsports Toyota 3 1 30.8 10,209 Vibration # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner (3), lap leader (1) & most laps led (1) points Failed to qualify: n/a Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 45,000, Brad Keselowski won the History 300, his 18th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag, no car(s) dropped to the rear of the field. Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 38 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 7-9 (Car #99 Spin Turn 4 [None]); 15-21 (Car #23 Accident Turn 1 [99]); 54-58 (Oil On The Track [None]); 62 -65 (Car #99 Spins Turn 4 [18]); 127-130 (Car #19 Spins Turn 4 [43]); 139-146 (Car #39, 81 Accident Turn 1 [19]); 148-154 (Car #11, 88 Accident Backstretch [51]). Lap Leaders: 12 lead changes among 7 drivers. Logano 1-21, Harvick 22-54, Bowles 55, Harvick 56-58, Kahne 59-67, Harvick 68-110, Logano 111, Allgaier 112, Wallace 113-114, Harvick 115-127, Logano 128-131, Kahne 132-133, Keselowski 134-200. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Joey Logano (179.063 mph. 30.157 secs.) 3M LAP LEADER: Kevin Harvick (92 Laps ) FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: Danica Patrick (17 Places) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines (#33) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Elliott Sadler SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr 430 (3) JGE (#18) 169 Joey Logano 3 2 - Elliott Sadler 417 (2) Roush/Yates (#6) 138 Elliott Sadler 2 3 - Austin Dillon 402 (0) ECR (#2) 119 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 1 4 - Sam Hornish Jr 373 (0) Danica Patrick 1 MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Cole Whitt 336 (0) Denny Hamlin 1 6 - Justin Allgaier 336 (0) Elliott Sadler (#2) 6 Paul Menard 1 7 - Michael Annett 331 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 3 Kevin Harvick 1 8 - Mike Bliss 291 (0) James Buescher (#30) 2 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 9 - Danica Patrick 264 (0) Austin Dillon 162 10 - Joe Nemechek 262 (0) Cole Whitt 131 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Jason Bowles 87 Pts Wins Johanna Long 64 Toyota 67 (4) Casey Roderick 49 Chevrolet 64 (3) Joey Gase 48 Ford 59 (3) Benny Gordon 32 Dodge 52 (1) Brad Sweet 18 3M LAP LEADER Kevin Harvick (#33) 3 Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#6) 2 Joey Logano (#18) 2 FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER Brian Scott (#11) 4 Danica Patrick (#7) 2 Elliott Sadler (#2) 1 NEXT EVENT: June 2, 2012 - 31st Annual 5-hour ENERGY 200, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE (200 Miles) (200 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (5/28/2012) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #11: 31ST ANNUAL HISTORY "300" Race Date: 5/26/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 430 11 3 7 9 $589,653 2 ELLIOTT SADLER 417 11 2 6 9 473,273 3 AUSTIN DILLON 402 11 0 6 8 343,644 4 SAM HORNISH JR. 373 11 0 2 5 294,308 5 COLE WHITT 336 11 0 2 5 313,868 6 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 336 11 0 0 6 289,263 7 MICHAEL ANNETT 331 11 0 0 3 277,328 8 MIKE BLISS 291 11 0 0 0 239,133 9 DANICA PATRICK 264 11 0 0 1 275,137 10 JOE NEMECHEK 262 11 0 0 0 263,028 11 TAYLER MALSAM 254 11 0 0 1 271,358 12 MIKE WALLACE 232 11 0 0 0 261,083 13 BRIAN SCOTT 225 11 0 1 2 283,953 14 JEREMY CLEMENTS 211 11 0 0 0 252,395 15 JASON BOWLES 205 11 0 0 0 259,143 16 ERIK DARNELL 188 10 0 0 0 181,808 17 TREVOR BAYNE 180 5 0 1 3 166,020 18 T J BELL 165 11 0 0 0 213,675 19 JOHANNA LONG 162 8 0 0 0 196,051 20 ERIC MCCLURE 142 8 0 0 0 201,679 21 KENNY WALLACE 140 6 0 0 2 169,543 22 TIMMY HILL 129 7 0 0 1 172,103 23 BLAKE KOCH 118 9 0 0 0 186,766 24 BENNY GORDON 116 6 0 0 0 131,428 25 CASEY RODERICK 107 6 0 0 0 122,929 26 DANNY EFLAND 105 5 0 0 0 133,260 27 JOEY GASE 100 7 0 0 0 158,225 28 MORGAN SHEPHERD 98 8 0 0 0 103,006 29 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 96 7 0 0 0 155,232 30 RYAN TRUEX 93 4 0 0 1 115,969 31 TRAVIS PASTRANA 87 4 0 0 0 75,307 32 JAMIE DICK 84 4 0 0 0 73,404 33 BRAD SWEET 80 3 0 0 1 72,934 34 KYLE FOWLER 76 4 0 0 0 74,911 35 TIM SCHENDEL 70 6 0 0 0 86,045 36 JEFF GREEN 65 11 0 0 0 190,723 37 STEVE ARPIN 62 2 0 0 1 48,901 38 DARYL HARR 61 4 0 0 0 80,517 39 KEVIN LEPAGE 57 8 0 0 0 119,549 40 JOSH RICHARDS 53 4 0 0 0 56,233 41 MIKE HARMON 40 8 0 0 0 98,453 42 RYAN BLANEY 38 2 0 0 1 25,648 43 REED SORENSON 38 2 0 0 0 60,813 44 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 37 2 0 0 0 34,375 45 CHASE MILLER 36 10 0 0 0 128,613 46 DARRELL WALLACE JR.