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NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 2 9TH ANNUAL 200 FUELED BY AMERIGAS PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Avondale, AZ - March 2, 2013 1-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 200 Laps - 200 Miles Purse: $1,051,789 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 4 minutes, 45 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 96.192 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.943 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 1 54 (i) Monster 200 0 149.2 $70,700 Running 3 142 2 9 22 (i) Discount Tire Ford 200 0 121.9 53,450 Running 1 10 3 5 31 Brandt 200 41 115.5 45,334 Running 4 4 6 Valvoline NextGen Ford 200 40 106.2 37,841 Running 5 15 11 OneMain Financial Toyota 200 39 103.6 31,241 Running 6 6 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet 200 38 94.3 27,491 Running 7 19 12 Sam Hornish Jr Detroit Genuine Parts Ford 200 37 86.1 25,226 Running 8 3 18 (i) Reser's Toyota 200 0 117.4 17,470 Running 2 41 9 8 43 (i) Flying J Ford 200 0 86.8 16,325 Running 10 21 2 Whitetail Chevrolet 200 34 89.2 23,816 Running 11 13 7 TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 200 33 95.7 14,575 Running 12 7 5 (i) Great Clips Chevrolet 200 0 92.6 13,975 Running 13 14 32 # Eveready Chevrolet 200 31 87.2 21,066 Running 14 22 19 TriStar /Sheraton Toyota 200 30 78.8 19,691 Running 15 23 30 Nelson Piquet Jr # Worx Chevrolet 200 29 76.1 20,016 Running 16 30 24 I Am Second/Salt Life/Support Military Toyota 200 28 68.4 19,441 Running 17 2 20 Dollar General Toyota 199 28 1 98.2 12,375 Running 1 7 18 36 40 TheMotorsportsGroup.com Chevrolet 198 26 65.5 18,841 Running 19 11 77 Toyota Toyota 198 25 73.2 19,066 Running 20 27 79 # Uponor/Re-Load.biz Ford 198 24 63.8 19,191 Running 21 35 51 (i) Chevrolet 198 0 56.7 18,416 Running 22 32 00 Jason White Headrush Toyota 197 22 54.6 18,291 Running 23 24 44 # American Custom Yachts/Crowne Plaza Toyota 197 21 52.2 18,166 Running 24 28 92 # Maddie's Place Ford 195 20 52.8 11,425 Running 25 33 23 (i) timsharespot.com Ford 194 0 45.0 18,241 Running 26 38 15 # VMP Ford 193 18 41.9 17,866 Running 27 40 74 Chevrolet 192 17 42.2 17,941 Running 28 12 60 Ford 189 16 39.4 17,666 Running 29 20 14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Toyota 187 15 62.4 17,616 Engine 30 37 52 BBB.org/Donate Life AZ Chevrolet 150 14 36.9 17,866 Transmission 31 18 99 # Port of Tucson Toyota 142 13 30.6 17,511 Running 32 25 01 Mike Wallace Verve! Chevrolet 139 12 60.0 17,451 Running 33 10 33 (i) /Rheem Chevrolet 101 0 82.3 10,745 Accident 34 39 4 iWorld/Flex Seal Chevrolet 95 10 40.4 17,376 Engine 35 17 55 Jamie Dick VivaAutoGroup.com Chevrolet 59 9 30.4 10,681 Accident 36 29 87 AM/FM Energy Toyota 50 8 51.3 16,641 Accident 37 26 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports/Embassy Suites Toyota 17 7 36.6 9,940 Handling 38 31 42 Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 10 6 36.1 9,886 Brakes 39 34 46 Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 8 5 33.4 9,770 Vibration 40 16 70 Johanna Long Foretravel Chevrolet 2 4 29.8 16,381 Accident # 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: Kyle Busch won the Dollar General 200 presented by AmeriGas, his 52nd NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag,the following cars dropped to the rear for the reason indicated:None. Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 38 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 4-14 (Car #12,15,55,60,70,99 Accident Frontstretch [None]); 39-43 (Car #92 Spin Turn 4 [51]); 52-55 (Car #87 Accident Turn 3 [00]); 103-108 (Car #33 Accident Turn 2 [14]); 111-113 (Car #12 Spin Turn 2 [24]); 152-156 (Car #32 Accident Turn 4 [24]); 173-176 (Car #20,74 Spin Backstretch [14]). Lap Leaders: 6 lead changes among 4 drivers. K. Busch 1-40, Kenseth 41-48, Vickers 49-55, Kenseth 56-88, K. Busch 89-152, Keselowski 153-162, K. Busch 163-200.

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (133.057 mph. 27.056 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Justin Allgaier 3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Busch (142 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Kyle Larson DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Trevor Bayne MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: TRD(#54)

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Sam Hornish Jr 79 (0) AWARD Trevor Bayne 1 2 - Justin Allgaier 79 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 1 Kyle Busch 1 3 - Brian Scott 73 (0) Trevor Bayne (#6) 1 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 4 - Elliott Sadler 69 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Alex Bowman 24 5 - Parker Kligerman 65 (0) Kyle Larson 20 6 - Regan Smith 65 (0) Roush/Yates (#12) 26 Nelson Piquet Jr 20 7 - Kyle Larson 63 (0) TRD (#54) 25 Jeffrey Earnhardt 17 8 - Nelson Piquet Jr 62 (0) Hendrick (#31) 22 Hal Martin 15 9 - Austin Dillon 61 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Juan Carlos Blum 12 10 - Alex Bowman 54 (0) Justin Allgaier (#31) 1 Dexter Stacey 8 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Alex Bowman (#99) 1 Pts Wins Chevrolet 13 (1) Toyota 13 (1) Ford 12 (0) 3 (0) 3M LAP LEADER Regan Smith (#7) 1 Kyle Busch (#54) 1

NEXT EVENT: March 9, 2013 - 17th Annual Sam's Town 300, Motor Speedway , Las Vegas, NV (300 Miles) (200 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (3/4/2013) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2013 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #2: 9TH ANNUAL PHOENIX "200" Race Date: 3/2/2013 4:30:00 PM POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 SAM HORNISH JR. 79 2 0 1 2 $124,580 2 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 79 2 0 1 2 107,007 3 BRIAN SCOTT 73 2 0 0 2 87,789 4 ELLIOTT SADLER 69 2 0 1 1 88,739 5 PARKER KLIGERMAN 65 2 0 1 1 88,864 6 REGAN SMITH 65 2 0 0 0 66,570 7 KYLE LARSON 63 2 0 0 0 77,514 8 NELSON PIQUET JR. 62 2 0 0 0 77,314 9 AUSTIN DILLON 61 2 0 0 1 84,264 10 ALEX BOWMAN 54 2 0 1 1 103,074 11 TREVOR BAYNE 54 2 0 1 1 95,214 12 BRIAN VICKERS 54 2 0 0 0 60,970 13 ERIC MCCLURE 52 2 0 0 1 78,214 14 MIKE BLISS 52 2 0 0 0 74,164 15 TRAVIS PASTRANA 50 2 0 0 1 77,339 16 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 47 2 0 0 0 74,239 17 MIKE HARMON 45 2 0 0 0 73,314 18 JASON WHITE 42 2 0 0 0 72,639 19 REED SORENSON 40 2 0 0 0 72,789 20 HAL MARTIN 37 2 0 0 0 72,039 21 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 35 1 0 0 1 59,348 22 BLAKE KOCH 34 2 0 0 0 67,928 23 JOE NEMECHEK 34 2 0 0 0 71,789 24 JUAN CARLOS BLUM 25 2 0 0 0 66,414 25 JAMIE DICK 24 2 0 0 0 58,026 26 MIKE WALLACE 22 2 0 0 0 70,749 27 JOHANNA LONG 21 2 0 0 0 70,354 28 DEXTER STACEY 20 1 0 0 0 11,425 29 20 1 0 0 0 54,673 30 18 1 0 0 0 54,073 31 JOEY GASE 14 1 0 0 0 17,866 32 11 1 0 0 0 53,348 33 JEFF GREEN 11 2 0 0 0 50,850 34 DARYL HARR 10 1 0 0 0 17,376 35 JOSH WISE 6 1 0 0 0 9,886 36 JR. 5 1 0 0 0 47,388 37 CHASE MILLER 5 1 0 0 0 9,770 38 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 2 1 1 1 117,670 39 (i) 0 1 1 1 1 109,220 40 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 2 0 1 1 103,945 41 JR.(i) 0 1 0 1 1 68,635 42 MATT KENSETH(i) 0 2 0 0 1 66,565 43 ARIC ALMIROLA(i) 0 1 0 0 1 16,325 44 JIMMIE JOHNSON(i) 0 1 0 0 0 13,975 45 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 49,145 46 RYAN SIEG(i) 0 1 0 0 0 18,416 47 HARRISON RHODES(i) 0 1 0 0 0 18,241 48 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 1 0 0 0 10,745 49 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 46,702 50 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 42,185 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #2: 9TH ANNUAL PHOENIX "200" Race Date: 3/2/2013 4:30:00 PM POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 12 ROGER PENSKE 79 2 0 1 2 2 2 31 STEVE TURNER 79 2 0 1 2 2 3 22 ROGER PENSKE 76 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 73 2 0 0 2 2 5 11 J D GIBBS 69 2 0 1 1 2 6 18 66 2 0 0 1 2 7 77 KYLE BUSCH 65 2 0 1 1 2 8 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 65 2 0 0 0 2 9 32 HARRY SCOTT JR. 63 2 0 0 0 2 10 30 HARRY SCOTT JR. 62 2 0 0 0 2 11 54 J D GIBBS 61 2 1 1 1 2 12 3 RICHARD CHILDRESS 61 2 0 0 1 2 13 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 58 2 1 1 1 2 14 5 57 2 0 0 0 2 15 99 54 2 0 1 1 2 16 6 54 2 0 1 1 2 17 23 ROBERT RICHARDSON SR. 54 2 0 0 1 2 18 20 JOE GIBBS 54 2 0 0 0 2 19 43 53 2 0 0 1 2 20 14 MARK SMITH 52 2 0 0 1 2 21 19 MARK SMITH 52 2 0 0 0 2 22 60 JACK ROUSH 50 2 0 0 1 2 23 79 ARCHIE ST HILAIRE 47 2 0 0 0 2 24 74 MIKE HARMON 45 2 0 0 0 2 25 00 MELISSA SCIAVICCO 42 2 0 0 0 2 26 88 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 41 1 0 1 1 1 27 40 CURTIS KEY SR. 40 2 0 0 0 2 28 44 MARK SMITH 37 2 0 0 0 2 29 24 JASON SCIAVICCO 34 2 0 0 0 2 30 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 34 2 0 0 0 2 31 51 TONY CLEMENTS 34 2 0 0 0 2 32 4 GENE VESS 30 2 0 0 0 2 33 15 25 2 0 0 0 2 34 55 JIMMY DICK 24 2 0 0 0 2 35 01 JOHNNY DAVIS 22 2 0 0 0 2 36 70 MARY LOUISE MILLER 21 2 0 0 0 2 37 92 KRISTIN HAMELIN 20 2 0 0 0 2 38 52 14 1 0 0 0 2 39 10 MARK SMITH 11 2 0 0 0 2 40 1 9 1 0 0 0 1 41 134 HARRY SCOTT JR. 9 1 0 0 0 1 42 42 CURTIS KEY SR. 6 1 0 0 0 1 43 8 SCOTT LAGASSE 5 1 0 0 0 1 44 46 CURTIS KEY SR. 5 1 0 0 0 1 45 185 WILLIAM GERHART 0 1 0 0 0 1 46 89 MORGAN SHEPHERD 0 1 0 0 0 1