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NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 33 20TH ANNUAL FORD ECOBOOST 300 HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY Homestead, FL - November 15, 2014 1.5-Mile Paved Oval 206 Laps - 309.0 Miles Purse: $1,296,997 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 40 minutes, 36 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 115.442 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.713 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 3 20 Matt Kenseth (i) GameStop/Rock Candy 206 0 133.1 $77,375 Running 3 52 2 6 54 (i) Monster Energy Toyota 206 0 120.4 58,825 Running 2 5 3 2 42 (i) Cartwheel by Target 206 0 141.9 53,725 Running 5 111 4 5 12 (i) Discount Tire Ford 206 0 117.5 37,700 Running 1 24 5 10 60 # Humalog Ford 206 39 95.3 39,025 Running 6 15 7 TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 206 38 102.6 31,475 Running 7 21 3 # WESCO Chevrolet 206 37 93.2 27,725 Running 8 1 22 (i) Hertz Ford 206 0 102.0 25,750 Running 1 5 9 4 11 OneMain Financial Toyota 206 35 106.6 27,160 Running 10 7 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet 206 34 85.7 27,550 Running 11 13 6 AdvoCare Ford 206 34 1 100.0 25,425 Running 1 3 12 31 33 (i) Alert Today Florida/Boy Scouts of America 206 0 82.9 18,825 Running 1 3 13 20 51 Jeremy Clements AllChevrolet South Electric/Repairable Vehicles Chevrolet 206 32 1 75.1 24,675 Running 1 1 14 25 10 (i) watermelon.org Toyota 206 0 59.8 24,565 Running 15 30 93 T.J. Bell (i) Dedicated to Electrical Linemen 206 0 58.7 25,055 Running 16 17 28 J.J. Yeley Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota 206 28 70.0 24,295 Running 17 14 9 # NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 206 28 1 90.8 24,110 Running 1 1 18 24 99 Rheem Toyota 206 26 59.0 24,175 Running 19 9 31 # Rockstar/AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet 206 25 71.8 23,965 Running 20 19 43 # WinField Ford 206 24 59.5 24,405 Running 21 28 4 GCL/Polyglass Chevrolet 206 23 53.5 23,595 Running 22 22 44 Celsius Flo Fusion Toyota 206 23 1 61.7 23,481 Running 1 1 23 18 19 Tweaker Energy Shot Toyota 206 21 62.1 23,345 Running 24 35 26 (i) MyFreedomSmokes.com Chevrolet 206 0 46.4 17,235 Running 25 12 5 Ragu Chevrolet 206 19 72.2 23,575 Running 26 27 14 Eric McClure Hefty Ultimate/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 206 18 44.7 22,965 Running 27 11 16 # ADA Drive to Stop Diabetes/Lilly Diabetes Ford 206 17 74.6 22,855 Running 28 33 36 Accell Construction/East West Marine Chevrolet 206 16 48.2 16,735 Running 29 8 62 South Point Chevrolet 205 15 74.4 22,785 Running 30 29 55 David Starr Niece Equipment Chevrolet 205 14 40.2 22,775 Running 31 40 17 # New Gulf Resources Toyota 204 13 35.8 22,345 Running 32 37 23 Carlos Contreras Circle K Chevrolet 203 12 30.3 22,235 Running 33 26 25 (i) Zaxby's Toyota 201 0 36.6 16,195 Running 34 39 87 CanTV Toyota 201 10 27.7 22,134 Running 35 23 01 Flex Seal Chevrolet 190 9 64.7 22,084 Engine 36 32 39 # Huntinator Chevrolet 179 8 54.8 20,645 Suspension 37 16 98 Corey Lajoie (i) Medallion Financial/Smithfield Ford 116 0 54.6 20,575 Accident 38 36 40 Matt DiBenedetto Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 57 6 28.9 20,540 Transmission 39 38 52 FindDieselEngines.com Chevrolet 54 5 29.7 20,250 Engine 40 34 91 Jeff Green SupportMilitary.org Toyota 3 4 27.6 14,215 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: (5) #46 Ryan Ellis; #74 ; #70 ; #72 John Jackson; #90 Martin Roy Race Comments: Matt Kenseth won the Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, his 29th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 3 (unapproved adjustments), No. 33 (missing drivers meeting). Caution Flags: 11 cautions for 48 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 35-39 (Car #31 Accident Turn 4 [10]); 73-78 (Car #40 Stopped On The Track [31]); 90-95 (Car #25 Spin Turn 2 [99]); 118-122 (Car #98 Accident Turn 2 [19]); 127-129 (Debris Turn 2 [10]); 144-147 (Car #25 Spin Turn 4 [36]); 155-157 (Car #39 Spin Turn 1 [93]); 173-176 (Car #6 Accident Turn 2 [43]); 187-189 (Debris Turn 1 [4]); 195-198 (Debris Turn 3 [26]); 200-204 (Car #5, 62, 93, 44 Accident Turn 4 [55]). Lap Leaders: 16 lead changes among 10 drivers. Keselowski 1-5, Larson 6-36, Clements 37, K. Busch 38-39, Larson 40-75, K. Busch 76-78, Larson 79-95, Blaney 96-119, Bayne 120-122, Larson 123-144, Koch 145, Elliott 146, Kenseth 147-172, Menard 173-175, Kenseth 176-198, Larson 199-203, Kenseth 204-206.

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Brad Keselowski (166.384 mph. 32.455 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Larson 3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Larson (111 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Chris Buescher DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Kyle Larson MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#42)

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Chase Elliott 1,213 (3) AWARD Kyle Busch 7 2 - Regan Smith 1,171 (1) Brad Keselowski (#22) 7 Brad Keselowski 5 3 - Elliott Sadler 1,154 (1) (#22) 6 Brian Scott 3 4 - Brian Scott 1,154 (0) Kyle Larson (#42) 5 Ty Dillon # 3 5 - Ty Dillon 1,148 (1) Joey Logano 3 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 6 - Trevor Bayne 1,086 (0) Chase Elliott # 2 7 - Chris Buescher 1,014 (1) JGE (#54) 511 Sam Hornish Jr 2 8 - Brendan Gaughan 954 (2) Roush/Yates (#22) 485 Elliott Sadler 1 9 - Ryan Reed 889 (0) Hendrick (#9) 327 Trevor Bayne 1 10 - James Buescher 868 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Dylan Kwasniewski # 1 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kyle Larson (#42) 16 1 Pts Wins Trevor Bayne (#6) 7 1 Kyle Larson 1 Chevrolet 1,452 (15) Chris Buescher (#60) 4 Ryan Blaney 1 Toyota 1,426 (10) Ford 1,402 (8) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Dodge 829 (0) Chase Elliott 352 3M LAP LEADER Ty Dillon 305 Kyle Busch (#54) 14 Chris Buescher 271 Kevin Harvick (#5) 5 Dylan Kwasniewski 195 Sam Hornish Jr (#54) 3 Ryan Reed 188 Dakoda Armstrong 170 Ryan Sieg 161 Tanner Berryhill 111 77 Tommy Joe Martins 64 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #33: 20TH ANNUAL FORD ECOBOOST "300" Race Date: 11/15/2014 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 CHASE ELLIOTT 1213 33 3 16 26 $1,104,575 2 REGAN SMITH 1171 33 1 7 26 1,019,089 3 ELLIOTT SADLER 1154 33 1 7 25 922,195 4 BRIAN SCOTT 1154 33 0 6 23 913,704 5 TY DILLON 1148 33 1 7 24 944,154 6 TREVOR BAYNE 1086 33 0 5 21 953,774 7 CHRIS BUESCHER 1014 32 1 5 14 835,844 8 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 954 33 2 2 7 858,499 9 RYAN REED 889 33 0 1 1 768,599 10 JAMES BUESCHER 868 33 0 0 2 754,684 11 DYLAN KWASNIEWSKI 867 33 0 0 3 770,934 12 LANDON CASSILL 800 33 0 0 3 744,350 13 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 788 33 0 0 3 749,166 14 MIKE BLISS 779 33 0 0 1 731,960 15 JEREMY CLEMENTS 757 33 0 0 2 738,119 16 RYAN SIEG 682 33 0 1 2 769,074 17 J J YELEY 651 30 0 1 2 637,809 18 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 586 33 0 0 0 715,758 19 ERIC MCCLURE 521 28 0 0 0 620,272 20 JOEY GASE 482 33 0 0 0 700,576 21 MATT DIBENEDETTO 369 29 0 0 0 500,963 22 TANNER BERRYHILL 365 29 0 0 0 537,314 23 DERRIKE COPE 364 28 0 0 0 534,339 24 BLAKE KOCH 317 28 0 0 0 485,426 25 314 21 0 0 0 469,764 26 DAVID STARR 293 14 0 0 1 350,205 27 SAM HORNISH JR. 242 8 1 4 4 278,130 28 MIKE WALLACE 229 11 0 0 1 248,609 29 CHAD BOAT 227 14 0 0 0 265,480 30 CARLOS CONTRERAS 204 14 0 0 0 255,972 31 JEFF GREEN 172 20 0 0 0 315,399 32 157 10 0 0 0 204,170 33 153 16 0 0 0 312,689 34 KEVIN LEPAGE 137 14 0 0 0 254,008 35 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 124 11 0 0 0 145,676 36 116 11 0 0 0 202,501 37 RYAN ELLIS 104 12 0 0 0 174,392 38 104 16 0 0 0 242,355 39 ALEX TAGLIANI 82 2 0 2 2 74,550 40 78 3 0 0 0 58,945 41 III 74 5 0 0 0 102,282 42 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 72 7 0 0 0 180,859 43 71 4 0 0 0 74,085 44 61 3 0 0 0 49,435 45 58 2 0 0 1 42,385 46 DANIEL SUAREZ GARZA 54 2 0 0 0 40,530 47 54 8 0 0 0 102,557 48 53 3 0 0 0 50,840 49 MARTIN ROY 53 5 0 0 0 66,217 50 JOSH BERRY 51 2 0 0 0 47,325 51 49 3 0 0 0 55,241 52 KEVIN O'CONNELL 48 2 0 1 1 46,426 53 RYAN PREECE 46 2 0 0 0 29,185 54 RUBEN GARCIA MATEOS 41 3 0 0 0 60,326 55 40 6 0 0 0 115,011 56 39 3 0 0 0 62,848 57 37 1 0 0 1 21,550 58 III 37 2 0 0 0 45,050 59 35 2 0 0 0 25,415 60 34 2 0 0 0 40,665 61 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 31 2 0 0 0 70,280 62 28 3 0 0 0 42,270 63 TIM COWEN 26 1 0 0 0 13,350 64 25 1 0 0 0 20,190 65 25 1 0 0 0 15,325 66 JASON WHITE 25 2 0 0 0 77,006 67 24 1 0 0 0 15,800 68 19 2 0 0 0 62,950 69 MACKENA BELL 15 1 0 0 0 22,910 70 JOHN JACKSON 15 4 0 0 0 48,203 71 MATTHEW CARTER 15 3 0 0 0 38,865 72 14 2 0 0 0 29,176 73 14 3 0 0 0 47,675 74 MILKA DUNO 14 2 0 0 0 35,964 75 12 1 0 0 0 11,595 76 12 1 0 0 0 19,630 77 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 26 7 25 25 1,203,290 78 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 11 5 10 11 634,030 79 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 15 4 12 15 620,495 80 KYLE LARSON(i) 0 28 2 14 21 876,484 81 RYAN BLANEY(i) 0 14 1 10 13 500,375 82 MATT KENSETH(i) 0 19 1 10 15 529,790 83 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 8 1 3 5 197,275 84 (i) 0 3 1 2 2 127,920 85 MARCOS AMBROSE(i) 0 1 1 1 1 53,875 86 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 10 0 8 9 303,880 87 MICHAEL MCDOWELL(i) 0 3 0 1 3 112,310 88 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 4 0 3 3 137,595 89 (i) 0 6 0 1 2 118,650 90 (i) 0 3 0 0 3 84,155 91 (i) 0 11 0 0 1 218,110 92 (i) 0 6 0 0 1 162,350 93 DARRELL WALLACE JR.(i) 0 2 0 0 1 51,405 94 (i) 0 1 0 0 1 21,510 95 (i) 0 2 0 0 1 42,290 96 ROSS CHASTAIN(i) 0 7 0 0 1 129,600 97 (i) 0 3 0 0 0 52,325 98 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 20,300 99 (i) 0 2 0 0 0 34,005 100 JOHN WES TOWNLEY(i) 0 11 0 0 0 194,310 101 CHASE PISTONE(i) 0 3 0 0 0 63,110 102 (i) 0 3 0 0 0 80,215 103 (i) 0 17 0 0 0 362,983 104 T J BELL JR.(i) 0 2 0 0 0 46,170 105 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 19,680 106 COREY LAJOIE(i) 0 5 0 0 0 99,215 107 (i) 0 4 0 0 0 74,176 108 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 50,070 109 (i) 0 2 0 0 0 37,776 110 (i) 0 7 0 0 0 143,985 111 JAKE CRUM(i) 0 4 0 0 0 65,050 112 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 23,260 113 (i) 0 2 0 0 0 35,830 114 (i) 0 2 0 0 0 34,330 115 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 19,505 116 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 16,260 117 DEREK WHITE(i) 0 2 0 0 0 34,880 118 JIMMY WELLER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 18,380 119 WILLIE ALLEN(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 (i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #33: 20TH ANNUAL FORD ECOBOOST "300" Race Date: 11/15/2014 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 22 ROGER PENSKE 1347 33 6 25 31 33 2 54 J D GIBBS 1324 33 8 28 28 33 3 9 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 1213 33 3 16 26 33 4 42 HARRY SCOTT JR. 1173 33 2 14 23 33 5 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 1171 33 1 7 26 33 6 11 J D GIBBS 1154 33 1 7 25 33 7 2 RICHARD CHILDRESS 1154 33 0 6 23 33 8 3 RICHARD CHILDRESS 1148 33 1 7 24 33 9 20 JOE GIBBS 1142 33 1 12 23 33 10 6 JACK ROUSH 1086 33 0 5 21 33 11 60 JACK ROUSH 1014 32 1 5 14 33 12 5 1009 27 5 15 18 27 13 62 RICHARD CHILDRESS 954 33 2 2 7 33 14 16 JACK ROUSH 889 33 0 1 1 33 15 99 868 33 0 0 2 33 16 31 STEVE TURNER 851 33 0 0 2 33 17 01 JOHNNY DAVIS 800 33 0 0 3 33 18 39 ROD SIEG 793 33 0 1 2 33 19 43 RICHARD PETTY 788 33 0 0 3 33 20 19 MARK SMITH 765 33 0 0 1 33 21 51 TONY CLEMENTS 757 33 0 0 2 33 22 28 JAMES WHITENER 720 33 0 1 2 33 23 44 MARK SMITH 681 33 0 0 1 33 24 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 621 21 1 3 7 21 25 14 MARK SMITH 615 33 0 0 0 33 26 4 GARY KELLER 586 33 0 0 0 33 27 40 CURTIS KEY SR. 544 33 0 0 0 33 28 93 GREGG MIXON 525 32 0 0 1 33 29 55 519 33 0 0 1 33 30 52 482 33 0 0 0 33 31 23 ROBERT RICHARDSON SR. 462 33 0 1 1 33 32 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 452 33 0 0 1 33 33 98 FRED BIAGI 385 15 0 1 2 16 34 17 ADRIAN BERRYHILL 384 30 0 0 0 33 35 70 MARY LOUISE MILLER 364 28 0 0 0 33 36 10 MARK SMITH 270 31 0 0 0 32 37 74 MIKE HARMON 264 26 0 0 0 33 38 25 TONY TOWNLEY 217 11 0 0 0 11 39 180 SHIGEAKI HATTORI 212 8 0 0 1 8 40 184 BILLY BOAT 208 13 0 0 0 15 41 12 ROGER PENSKE 204 5 0 5 5 5 42 29 ROBBY BENTON 142 8 0 0 0 10 43 46 CURTIS KEY SR. 129 24 0 0 0 31 44 76 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 118 10 0 0 0 16 45 86 SCOTT DEWARE 100 6 0 0 0 6 46 88 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 81 2 0 2 2 2 47 24 JASON SCIAVICCO 63 5 0 0 0 5 48 172 JAMES CARTER 57 10 0 0 0 12 49 89 MORGAN SHEPHERD 54 8 0 0 0 13 50 190 MICHELLE GOSSELIN 53 5 0 0 0 6 51 09 RICHARD PETTY 48 1 1 1 1 1 52 36 BETH BALDWIN 46 2 0 0 0 2 53 13 DEREK WHITE 45 7 0 0 0 12 54 91 MARK SMITH 38 8 0 0 0 9 55 30 HARRY SCOTT JR. 25 1 0 0 0 1 56 226 MARC BROWNING 20 1 0 0 0 1 57 85 WILLIAM GERHART 19 2 0 0 0 3 58 175 KENNY HABUL 18 1 0 0 0 1 59 197 ANDREA NEMECHEK 17 1 0 0 0 1 60 15 14 3 0 0 0 4 61 00 MELISSA SCIAVICCO 13 1 0 0 0 1 62 177 JIMMY DICK 8 1 0 0 0 2 63 67 CRAIG MARTINS 6 1 0 0 0 3 64 179 JIMMY MEANS 0 3 0 0 0 3 65 277 MIKE HARMON 0 1 0 0 0 1 66 37 TINA BERRYHILL 0 0 0 0 0 2