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NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 3 18TH ANNUAL BOYD GAMING 300 LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Las Vegas, NV - March 8, 2014 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 200 Laps - 300 Miles Purse: $1,317,291 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 16 minutes, 22 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 131.997 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .348 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 2 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Discount Tire Ford 200 0 150.0 $95,195 Running 4 144 2 7 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 200 0 122.7 63,450 Running 3 33 3 4 42 Kyle Larson (i) Cartwheel Chevrolet 200 0 106.5 51,782 Running 1 9 4 3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr(i) TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 200 0 118.4 33,700 Running 5 9 9 Chase Elliott # NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet 200 39 110.3 35,981 Running 6 6 20 Matt Kenseth (i) GameStop/Nyko Toyota 200 0 115.6 25,775 Running 2 7 7 5 2 Brian Scott Whitetail Chevrolet 200 37 104.6 30,331 Running 8 17 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 200 36 96.8 29,256 Running 9 12 60 Chris Buescher # Ford EcoBoost Ford 200 35 86.8 28,166 Running 10 10 7 Regan Smith NAPA Synthetic Oil Chevrolet 199 34 90.4 29,856 Running 11 1 3 Ty Dillon # VF/Jiffy Lube Chevrolet 198 34 1 96.9 30,456 Running 2 7 12 11 33 Matt Crafton (i) Menards/Tarkett Chevrolet 198 0 87.8 20,300 Running 13 13 11 Elliott Sadler Interstate Batteries Toyota 198 31 88.3 25,956 Running 14 20 19 Mike Bliss Toyota 198 30 78.4 25,446 Running 15 15 16 Ryan Reed # AmericanDiabetesAssoc/DrivetoStopDiabetes Ford 197 29 72.6 26,036 Running 16 16 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 197 28 72.3 24,976 Running 17 19 98 David Ragan (i) Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Ford 197 0 73.2 18,585 Running 18 14 99 James Buescher Rheem Toyota 197 26 75.4 24,656 Running 19 24 01 Landon Cassill G&K Services Chevrolet 196 25 63.7 24,546 Running 20 18 44 Blake Koch Toyota 195 24 67.1 25,136 Running 21 25 93 J.J. Yeley (i) Dodge 195 0 62.7 18,120 Running 22 22 39 Ryan Sieg (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 195 0 69.2 24,186 Running 23 21 43 Dakoda Armstrong # WinField Ford 194 21 54.6 24,051 Running 24 8 31 Dylan Kwasniewski # Rockstar Chevrolet 193 20 73.2 23,941 Running 25 27 17 Tanner Berryhill # BWP Bats Dodge 193 19 55.4 24,291 Running 26 28 28 Mike Wallace Dodge 192 18 52.3 17,440 Running 27 30 14 Eric McClure Hefty Ultimate/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 192 17 43.0 23,511 Running 28 38 24 Ryan Ellis SuperliteCars.com-Be/More Toyota 191 16 44.0 23,366 Running 29 26 55 Jamie Dick Viva Auto Group Chevrolet 190 15 37.7 23,216 Running 30 37 87 Daryl Harr iWorld Chevrolet 190 14 44.1 23,381 Running 31 39 23 Robert Richardson Cornboard Chevrolet 190 13 38.0 22,951 Running 32 29 51 Jeremy Clements Pawn Stars Chevrolet 190 12 48.1 22,841 Running 33 31 4 Jeffrey Earnhardt teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 189 11 35.9 22,726 Running 34 33 74 Kevin Lepage WCIParts.com Dodge 188 10 35.7 22,615 Running 35 35 70 Derrike Cope CharlieSoap.com Chevrolet 178 9 33.1 22,495 Running 36 36 52 Joey Gase Toyota 133 8 29.2 21,026 Engine 37 23 40 Josh Wise (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 82 0 50.8 20,981 Suspension 38 40 46 Matt DiBenedetto Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 8 6 32.5 14,740 Electrical 39 34 76 Tommy Joe Martins # Cross Concrete Construction Ford 8 5 30.2 14,490 Rear Gear 40 32 10 Jeff Green Supportmilitary.org Toyota 3 4 29.9 14,455 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: Brad Keselowski won the Boyd Gaming 300, his 28th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag to start the event, the following car(s) will drop to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #54 (unapproved adjustments) and #4 (missing drivers meeting). Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 27 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 57-69 (Debris Turn 3 [9]); 71-74 (Car #31, 60 Accident Turn 3 [7]); 149-152 (Debris Turn 2 [6]); 160-162 (Car #20 Spin Turn 4 [7]); 165-167 (Car #39 Spin Turn 2 [60]). Lap Leaders: 11 lead changes among 5 drivers. Dillon 1-6, Keselowski 7, Dillon 8, Keselowski 9-68, Kenseth 69-74, Keselowski 75-119, K. Busch 120-121, Larson 122- 130, K. Busch 131-157, Kenseth 158, K. Busch 159-162, Keselowski 163-200. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Ty Dillon (182.278 mph. 29.625 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Larson 3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Busch (33 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Chase Elliott DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Brad Keselowski MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush-Yates Engines (#22) NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Regan Smith 117 (1) Roush/Yates (#22) 55 Ty Dillon # 1 2 - Trevor Bayne 114 (0) JGE (#54) 52 Dylan Kwasniewski # 1 3 - Elliott Sadler 108 (0) Hendrick (#42) 34 Brad Keselowski 1 4 - Ty Dillon 105 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 5 - Chase Elliott 103 (0) Chase Elliott 39 6 - Brian Scott 97 (0) Kyle Larson (#42) 2 Ty Dillon 35 7 - Brendan Gaughan 94 (0) Trevor Bayne (#6) 1 Dylan Kwasniewski 28 8 - Dylan Kwasniewski 87 (0) Ryan Reed 22 9 - James Buescher 86 (0) Dakoda Armstrong 21 10 - Mike Bliss 81 (0) Chris Buescher 21 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Tanner Berryhill 11 Pts Wins Tommy Joe Martins 8 Toyota 133 (1) Chad Boat 6 Ford 133 (1) Chevrolet 132 (1) Dodge 78 (0) 3M LAP LEADER Kyle Busch (#54) 3 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD Brad Keselowski (#22) 2 David Starr (#10) 1 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #3: 18TH ANNUAL BOYD GAMING "300" Race Date: 03/08/2014 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 REGAN SMITH 117 3 1 1 3 $176,552 2 TREVOR BAYNE 114 3 0 1 3 140,982 3 ELLIOTT SADLER 108 3 0 1 2 122,132 4 TY DILLON 105 3 0 0 2 116,957 5 CHASE ELLIOTT 103 3 0 1 2 116,982 6 BRIAN SCOTT 97 3 0 0 1 107,382 7 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 94 3 0 0 1 108,927 8 DYLAN KWASNIEWSKI 87 3 0 0 1 109,042 9 JAMES BUESCHER 86 3 0 0 0 101,557 10 MIKE BLISS 81 3 0 0 0 100,622 11 RYAN REED 77 3 0 0 0 100,007 12 MIKE WALLACE 73 3 0 0 0 81,435 13 LANDON CASSILL 73 3 0 0 0 98,522 14 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 68 3 0 0 0 97,897 15 CHRIS BUESCHER 64 2 0 0 1 48,097 16 BLAKE KOCH 51 3 0 0 0 90,446 17 JEREMY CLEMENTS 50 3 0 0 0 95,562 18 ERIC MCCLURE 47 3 0 0 0 95,310 19 JAMIE DICK 45 3 0 0 0 95,142 20 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 42 3 0 0 0 94,917 21 JOEY GASE 40 3 0 0 0 92,997 22 TANNER BERRYHILL 35 2 0 0 0 41,567 23 DERRIKE COPE 26 3 0 0 0 87,601 24 MIKE HARMON 23 2 0 0 0 71,286 25 DARYL HARR 22 2 0 0 0 39,562 26 CHAD BOAT 20 1 0 0 0 49,240 27 DAVID STARR 19 1 0 0 0 57,790 28 RUBEN GARCIA MATEOS 19 1 0 0 0 18,076 29 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 19 2 0 0 0 71,010 30 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 18 1 0 0 0 54,965 31 RYAN ELLIS 16 1 0 0 0 23,366 32 CARLOS CONTRERAS 15 1 0 0 0 17,226 33 MARTIN ROY 14 1 0 0 0 11,270 34 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 14 2 0 0 0 25,230 35 JASON WHITE 13 1 0 0 0 54,365 36 MATT DIBENEDETTO 12 2 0 0 0 24,626 37 BOBBY GERHART 11 1 0 0 0 48,220 38 WILL KIMMEL III 11 1 0 0 0 17,021 39 KEVIN LEPAGE 10 1 0 0 0 22,615 40 JEFF GREEN 8 2 0 0 0 55,365 41 CARL LONG 7 1 0 0 0 9,940 42 HARRISON RHODES 5 1 0 0 0 46,960 43 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 3 1 3 3 230,780 44 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 3 1 3 3 206,110 45 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 1 0 1 1 51,200 46 KYLE LARSON(i) 0 3 0 2 3 149,309 47 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 2 0 1 1 85,895 48 MATT KENSETH(i) 0 3 0 1 2 101,170 49 RYAN SIEG(i) 0 3 0 0 1 104,162 50 JOE NEMECHEK(i) 0 1 0 0 0 57,820 51 MATT CRAFTON(i) 0 1 0 0 0 20,300 52 DAVID RAGAN(i) 0 1 0 0 0 18,585 53 DANICA PATRICK(i) 0 1 0 0 0 50,070 54 J J YELEY(i) 0 1 0 0 0 18,120 55 JOSH WISE(i) 0 3 0 0 0 86,642 56 JOHNNY SAUTER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 48,765 57 WILLIE ALLEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 MATTHEW CARTER 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 CLAY GREENFIELD 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #3: 18TH ANNUAL BOYD GAMING "300" Race Date: 03/08/2014 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 22 ROGER PENSKE 133 3 1 3 3 3 2 54 J D GIBBS 133 3 1 3 3 3 3 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 117 3 1 1 3 3 4 88 DALE EARNHARDT JR.