NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 5 15TH ANNUAL ROYAL PURPLE 300 AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY Fontana, CA - March 23, 2013 2-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 150 Laps - 300 Miles Purse: $1,265,736 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 7 minutes, 11 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 141.528 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.834 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 1 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 150 0 149.2 $74,525 Running 7 92 2 7 12 Sam Hornish Jr Wurth Ford 150 43 1 128.1 62,025 Running 5 28 3 16 7 Regan Smith TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 150 41 96.7 50,825 Running 4 8 77 Parker Kligerman TOYOTA Toyota 150 40 106.7 42,975 Running 5 11 3 Austin Dillon AdvoCare Chevrolet 150 39 113.2 33,525 Running 6 9 32 Kyle Larson # Eveready Chevrolet 150 38 104.2 30,750 Running 7 2 11 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Toyota 150 38 1 114.6 29,175 Running 1 18 8 12 2 Brian Scott Whitetail Chevrolet 150 37 1 95.9 26,050 Running 1 3 9 15 6 Trevor Bayne Cargill Ford 150 35 99.5 25,660 Running 10 17 98 Kevin Swindell # Carroll Shelby Engines Ford 150 34 87.9 20,575 Running 11 18 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 150 33 85.2 25,150 Running 12 6 99 Alex Bowman # St. Jude Children's Hospital Toyota 150 32 90.3 25,150 Running 13 14 60 Travis Pastrana Roush Fenway Racing Ford 150 31 82.1 24,750 Running 14 22 87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 150 31 1 72.6 24,565 Running 1 3 15 13 33 Dakoda Armstrong (i) Winfield / Mudd.com Chevrolet 150 0 79.3 25,605 Running 16 5 30 Nelson Piquet Jr # Qualcomm Chevrolet 150 28 72.4 24,670 Running 17 19 43 Reed Sorenson Pilot Ford 150 27 72.7 24,110 Running 18 10 19 Mike Bliss DoubleTree by Hilton - Claremont Toyota 150 26 68.1 24,075 Running 19 4 22 Brad Keselowski (i) America's Tire / Discount Tire Ford 150 0 85.9 18,415 Running 1 5 20 24 40 Josh Wise Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 150 24 64.6 24,255 Running 21 23 51 Jeremy Clements US Petroleum Consultants Chevrolet 149 24 1 61.7 23,820 Running 1 1 22 21 5 Brad Sweet Great Clips / EA Sports Chevrolet 149 22 72.2 23,485 Running 23 26 01 Mike Wallace Flex Seal Chevrolet 149 21 56.7 17,400 Running 24 34 44 Hal Martin # American Custom Yachts / DoubleTree Toyota 148 20 47.9 23,240 Running 25 29 55 Jamie Dick VIVA Auto Group Chevrolet 147 19 51.2 23,580 Running 26 40 92 Dexter Stacey # Maddie's Place Ford 147 18 50.7 22,995 Running 27 37 14 Eric McClure Hefty / Reynolds / DoubeTree Toyota 147 17 41.5 22,860 Running 28 27 4 Daryl Harr iWorld Chevrolet 147 16 41.9 16,740 Running 29 38 15 Juan Carlos Blum # VMP Nutrition Ford 146 15 37.4 22,565 Running 30 36 23 Carl Long KOMA Unwind / Rick Ware Racing Ford 145 14 37.9 22,755 Running 31 39 74 Mike Harmon Dave Novak Racing Chevrolet 143 13 33.5 22,325 Running 32 33 24 Blake Koch SupportMilitary.org / I am Second Toyota 130 12 48.7 22,215 Overheating 33 35 00 Jason White Headrush Toyota 107 11 39.1 22,100 Accident 34 3 20 Brian Vickers Dollar General Toyota 53 10 87.5 22,739 Engine 35 28 79 Paulie Harraka Crackle It's on Ford 42 9 50.8 21,880 Engine 36 30 27 Michael McDowell (i) TeamBoom Toyota 19 0 32.6 14,595 Handling 37 20 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports / DoubleTree Toyota 18 7 31.9 14,475 Vibration 38 31 42 J.J. Yeley (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 7 0 36.5 14,365 Vibration 39 25 47 Scott Riggs (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 5 PE 33.4 14,115 Rear Gear 40 32 52 Joey Gase Toyota 4 4 28.1 14,080 Engine # 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: (2) #70 Tony Raines; #46 Chase Miller Race Comments: Kyle Busch won the Royal Purple 300, his 54th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag,the following car dropped to the rear for the reason indicated:#4 (unapproved adjustments, driver change). Caution Flags: 4 cautions for 17 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 35-38 (Debris [01]); 46-49 (Car #79 Stop Backstretch [7]); 95-98 (Debris [43]); 111-115 (Car #00 Spin Turn 4 [19]). Lap Leaders: 17 lead changes among 7 drivers. K. Busch-pole, Sadler 1-18, K. Busch 19-35, Clements 36, K. Busch 37-40, Hornish Jr 41-42, K. Busch 43-49, Hornish Jr 50-52, K. Busch 53-54, Hornish Jr 55, K. Busch 56-81, Nemechek 82-84, K. Busch 85-95, Scott 96-98, Hornish Jr 99-110, Keselowski 111-115, Hornish Jr 116-125, K. Busch 126-150.
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (178.607 mph. 40.312 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Parker Kligerman 3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Busch (93 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Kyle Larson DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Parker Kligerman MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Joe Gibbs Racing Engines (#54)
NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Sam Hornish Jr 210 (1) AWARD Kyle Busch 2 2 - Regan Smith 182 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 2 Justin Allgaier 1 3 - Brian Scott 179 (0) Justin Allgaier (#31) 1 Trevor Bayne 1 4 - Justin Allgaier 178 (0) Trevor Bayne (#6) 1 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 5 - Austin Dillon 172 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Kyle Larson 61 6 - Trevor Bayne 163 (0) Alex Bowman 57 7 - Kyle Larson 156 (0) JGE (#54) 84 Nelson Piquet Jr 44 8 - Parker Kligerman 154 (0) Roush/Yates (#12) 73 Hal Martin 38 9 - Elliott Sadler 154 (0) Hendrick (#7) 44 Dexter Stacey 32 10 - Alex Bowman 152 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Jeffrey Earnhardt 31 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Justin Allgaier (#31) 1 Juan Carlos Blum 23 Pts Wins Austin Dillon (#3) 1 Kevin Swindell 12 Toyota 37 (3) Kyle Larson (#32) 1 Ford 31 (1) Chevrolet 27 (1) Dodge 3 (0) 3M LAP LEADER Kyle Busch (#54) 3 Regan Smith (#7) 1 Brian Vickers (#20) 1
NEXT EVENT: April 12, 2013 - 17th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts 300, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX (300 Miles) (200 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (3/25/2013) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2013 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #5: 15TH ANNUAL ROYAL PURPLE "300" Race Date: 3/23/2013 5:00:00 PM POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 SAM HORNISH JR. 210 5 1 4 5 $316,875 2 REGAN SMITH 182 5 0 1 3 169,195 3 BRIAN SCOTT 179 5 0 0 5 169,674 4 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 178 5 0 1 3 190,282 5 AUSTIN DILLON 172 5 0 1 3 180,364 6 TREVOR BAYNE 163 5 0 2 3 187,749 7 KYLE LARSON 156 5 0 1 2 176,629 8 PARKER KLIGERMAN 154 5 0 2 3 181,969 9 ELLIOTT SADLER 154 5 0 2 3 176,789 10 ALEX BOWMAN 152 5 0 1 2 184,424 11 BRIAN VICKERS 147 5 0 2 2 164,259 12 TRAVIS PASTRANA 143 5 0 0 2 157,314 13 MIKE BLISS 136 5 0 0 0 149,024 14 NELSON PIQUET JR. 131 5 0 0 0 151,944 15 REED SORENSON 121 5 0 0 0 147,594 16 JOE NEMECHEK 102 5 0 0 0 145,214 17 ERIC MCCLURE 96 5 0 0 1 147,454 18 HAL MARTIN 90 5 0 0 0 143,514 19 BLAKE KOCH 88 5 0 0 0 140,238 20 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 78 4 0 0 0 122,369 21 DEXTER STACEY 77 4 0 0 0 77,695 22 BRAD SWEET 76 3 0 0 0 75,435 23 JASON WHITE 76 5 0 0 0 142,044 24 MIKE HARMON 74 4 0 0 0 121,164 25 JOSH WISE 74 4 0 0 0 83,706 26 JAMIE DICK 74 5 0 0 0 123,771 27 MIKE WALLACE 74 5 0 0 0 130,163 28 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 67 3 0 0 1 107,738 29 JUAN CARLOS BLUM 56 4 0 0 0 111,919 30 JOHANNA LONG 46 3 0 0 0 94,869 31 JEREMY CLEMENTS 46 3 0 0 0 101,638 32 DARYL HARR 39 3 0 0 0 56,641 33 CHRIS BUESCHER 37 1 0 0 1 21,535 34 KEVIN SWINDELL 34 1 0 0 1 20,575 35 JEFF GREEN 31 5 0 0 0 97,055 36 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 29 2 0 0 0 72,068 37 JOEY GASE 29 3 0 0 0 54,246 38 DANNY EFLAND 20 1 0 0 0 54,673 39 MICHAEL ANNETT 18 1 0 0 0 54,073 40 BRAD TEAGUE 15 1 0 0 0 25,475 41 CHASE MILLER 15 3 0 0 0 41,090 42 CARL LONG 14 1 0 0 0 22,755 43 PAULIE HARRAKA 9 1 0 0 0 21,880 44 KEVIN LEPAGE 8 1 0 0 0 14,820 45 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 5 3 4 4 304,245 46 TONY STEWART(i) 0 1 1 1 1 109,220 47 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 5 0 1 1 157,985 48 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 2 0 1 1 87,650 49 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 2 0 1 1 36,320 50 MATT KENSETH(i) 0 2 0 0 1 66,565 51 ARIC ALMIROLA(i) 0 1 0 0 1 16,325 52 TY DILLON(i) 0 1 0 0 0 26,625 53 JIMMIE JOHNSON(i) 0 1 0 0 0 13,975 54 DAKODA ARMSTRONG(i) 0 1 0 0 0 25,605 55 JOHN WES TOWNLEY(i) 0 1 0 0 0 20,200 56 RYAN SIEG(i) 0 2 0 0 0 42,841 57 SCOTT RIGGS(i) 0 2 0 0 0 40,790 58 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 1 0 0 0 49,145 59 HARRISON RHODES(i) 0 1 0 0 0 18,241 60 KURT BUSCH(i) 0 1 0 0 0 46,702 61 MICHAEL MCDOWELL(i) 0 2 0 0 0 31,400 62 DANICA PATRICK(i) 0 1 0 0 0 42,185 63 J J YELEY(i) 0 2 0 0 0 31,296 64 MORGAN SHEPHERD 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 BOBBY GERHART 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 TONY RAINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 BRENDAN GAUGHAN(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #5: 15TH ANNUAL ROYAL PURPLE "300" Race Date: 3/23/2013 5:00:00 PM POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 12 ROGER PENSKE 210 5 1 4 5 5 2 54 J D GIBBS 200 5 3 4 4 5 3 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 182 5 0 1 3 5 4 2 RICHARD CHILDRESS 179 5 0 0 5 5 5 31 STEVE TURNER 178 5 0 1 3 5 6 3 RICHARD CHILDRESS 172 5 0 1 3 5 7 6 JACK ROUSH 163 5 0 2 3 5 8 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 160 5 1 2 2 5 9 32 HARRY SCOTT JR. 156 5 0 1 2 5 10 77 KYLE BUSCH 154 5 0 2 3 5 11 11 J D GIBBS 154 5 0 2 3 5 12 99 ROBBY BENTON 152 5 0 1 2 5 13 20 JOE GIBBS 147 5 0 2 2 5 14 60 JACK ROUSH 143 5 0 0 2 5 15 22 ROGER PENSKE 140 5 0 1 1 5 16 19 MARK SMITH 136 5 0 0 0 5 17 43 RICHARD PETTY 134 5 0 0 1 5 18 5 RICK HENDRICK 133 5 0 0 0 5 19 30 HARRY SCOTT JR. 131 5 0 0 0 5 20 40 CURTIS KEY SR. 108 5 0 0 0 5 21 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 102 5 0 0 0 5 22 23 ROBERT RICHARDSON SR. 100 5 0 0 1 5 23 14 MARK SMITH 96 5 0 0 1 5 24 51 TONY CLEMENTS 95 5 0 0 0 5 25 44 MARK SMITH 90 5 0 0 0 5 26 24 JASON SCIAVICCO 88 5 0 0 0 5 27 79 ARCHIE ST HILAIRE 87 5 0 0 0 5 28 74 MIKE HARMON 82 5 0 0 0 5 29 15 RICK WARE 80 5 0 0 0 5 30 92 KRISTIN HAMELIN 77 5 0 0 0 5 31 00 MELISSA SCIAVICCO 76 5 0 0 0 5 32 55 JIMMY DICK 74 5 0 0 0 5 33 01 JOHNNY DAVIS 74 5 0 0 0 5 34 88 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 71 2 0 1 1 2 35 18 JOE GIBBS 66 2 0 0 1 2 36 70 MARY LOUISE MILLER 61 5 0 0 0 5 37 4 GENE VESS 59 5 0 0 0 5 38 16 JACK ROUSH 37 1 0 0 1 1 39 98 MIKE CURB 34 2 0 0 1 2 40 10 MARK SMITH 31 5 0 0 0 5 41 8 SCOTT LAGASSE 29 2 0 0 0 2 42 52 JIMMY MEANS 29 4 0 0 0 5 43 125 WILLIAM VENTURINI SR. 27 1 0 0 0 1 44 42 CURTIS KEY SR. 23 4 0 0 0 4 45 27 DEREK WHITE 12 2 0 0 0 2 46 46 CURTIS KEY SR. 10 4 0 0 0 4 47 1 JAMES FINCH 9 1 0 0 0 1 48 134 HARRY SCOTT JR. 9 1 0 0 0 1 49 89 MORGAN SHEPHERD 0 2 0 0 0 2 50 185 WILLIAM GERHART 0 1 0 0 0 1 51 21 RICHARD CHILDRESS 0 1 0 0 0 1