NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 1 32ND ANNUAL DRIVE4COPD 300 DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Daytona Beach, FL - February 23, 2013 2.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 120 Laps - 300 Miles Purse: $2,567,134 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 8 minutes, 37 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 139.951 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 10 33 Tony Stewart (i) Oreo/Ritz Chevrolet 120 0 88.8 $109,220 Running 2 3 2 2 12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Truck Parts Ford 120 42 82.6 99,354 Running 3 8 99 Alex Bowman # Florida Lottery Toyota 120 41 89.8 85,563 Running 4 13 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr(i) TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 120 0 98.0 68,635 Running 2 3 5 3 77 Parker Kligerman Bandit Chippers Toyota 120 40 1 85.6 69,798 Running 1 10 6 29 2 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Chevrolet 120 39 1 74.4 63,973 Running 3 5 7 14 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 120 38 1 100.1 61,673 Running 1 1 8 28 14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 120 37 1 75.3 60,598 Running 1 1 9 30 23 Robert Richardson Stalk It/World Ventures Chevrolet 120 35 63.4 59,348 Running 10 4 60 Travis Pastrana Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 120 34 65.9 59,673 Running 11 17 30 Nelson Piquet Jr # Worx Chevrolet 120 33 62.5 57,298 Running 12 11 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Discount Tire Ford 120 0 85.2 50,495 Running 2 5 13 21 32 Kyle Larson # Clorox Chevrolet 120 32 1 83.0 56,448 Running 1 1 14 15 7 Regan Smith Clean Coal Chevrolet 120 32 2 93.8 51,995 Running 3 23 15 6 11 Elliott Sadler OneMain Toyota 120 30 1 112.0 57,498 Running 3 13 16 9 18 Matt Kenseth (i) GameStop/Turtle Beach Toyota 120 0 104.4 49,095 Running 4 13 17 27 74 Mike Harmon Dodge 120 28 1 41.4 55,373 Running 1 1 18 33 87 Joe Nemechek Florida DOT Toyota 120 26 86.9 55,148 Running 19 20 20 Brian Vickers Dollar General Toyota 118 26 1 79.2 48,595 Running 1 5 20 19 5 Kasey Kahne (i) Great Clips Chevrolet 118 0 95.0 49,145 Running 1 3 21 5 3 Austin Dillon AdvoCare Chevrolet 117 23 64.7 56,773 Running 22 31 79 Jeffrey Earnhardt # Uponor Ford 116 23 1 52.7 55,048 Accident 1 1 23 26 19 Mike Bliss G-Oil Toyota 116 22 1 45.1 54,473 Accident 1 1 24 35 00 Jason White JW Demolition Toyota 116 20 56.1 54,348 Accident 25 38 4 Danny Efland Flex Seal Chevrolet 116 20 1 49.7 54,673 Accident 1 1 26 22 43 Michael Annett Pilot Ford 115 18 76.7 54,073 Accident 27 25 70 Johanna Long Foretravel Chevrolet 115 17 68.6 53,973 Accident 28 32 44 Hal Martin # American Custom Yachts Toyota 115 16 38.8 53,873 Accident 29 18 55 Jamie Dick Viva Motorsports Chevrolet 115 15 48.3 47,345 Accident 30 39 40 Reed Sorenson e-Swisher Chevrolet 102 14 58.0 53,948 Engine 31 1 6 Trevor Bayne Cargill Ford 101 14 1 82.0 57,373 Running 1 3 32 7 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Toyota 100 0 106.7 46,970 Engine 4 22 33 37 51 Jeremy Clements USS James E. Williams DDG 95/ASE, Inc. 88 11 38.7 53,348 Oil Line 34 23 01 Mike Wallace G&KChevrolet Services/Flex Seal Chevrolet 87 10 70.2 53,298 Running 35 40 1 Kurt Busch (i) Guy Roofing Chevrolet 65 0 80.6 46,702 Accident 36 12 34 Danica Patrick (i) GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 31 0 71.1 42,185 Engine 1 5 37 36 15 Juan Carlos Blum # VMP Ford 30 7 26.6 48,548 Accident 38 34 24 Blake Koch I Am Second/Salt Life Toyota 14 6 29.1 48,487 Overheating 39 24 8 Scott Lagasse Jr Hybrid Light/Boy Scouts of America Chevrolet 7 5 28.7 47,388 Accident 40 16 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 4 4 25.4 40,910 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: (1) #52 Joey Gase Race Comments: Tony Stewart won the DRIVE4COPD 300, his 11th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: #24 (unapproved adjustments) and #23, 74 (missing drivers meeting). Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 26 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 9-11 (Car #8 Spin Frontstretch [None]); 32-35 (Car #15, 7 Accident Frontstretch [51]); 65-70 (Car #01, 1, 40, 87 Accident Frontstretch [None]); 86-89 (Fluid On The Track [31]); 101-106 (Fluid On The Track [40]); 117-118 (Car #11, 3, 4, 5, 43, 44, 19, 70, 55, 00, 79, 18, 87 Accident Turn 2 Red Flag 19 Mins. 52 Secs. [74]); 120 (Car #7, 37, 88, 87, 23, 6, 01, 60, 2, 22, 31, 99 Accident Frontstretch [None]). Lap Leaders: 34 lead changes among 20 drivers. Bayne 1-3, Ky. Busch 4-5, Stewart 6, Patrick 7-11, Sadler 12-17, Vickers 18-22, Sadler 23-27, Keselowski 28-29, Ky. Busch 30-45, Kenseth 46-49, Allgaier 50, Kenseth 51-57, Earnhardt Jr 58-59, Ky. Busch 60-62, Kahne 63-65, Efland 66, Earnhardt 67, Harmon 68, Smith 69-70, Earnhardt Jr 71, Smith 72-85, Ky. Busch 86, Bliss 87, Keselowski 88-90, Kenseth 91, Scott 92-93, Kenseth 94, Scott 95-96, Larson 97, Scott 98, McClure 99, Kligerman 100-109, Sadler 110-111, Smith 112-118, Stewart 119-120.
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Trevor Bayne (177.162 mph. 50.801 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Alex Bowman 3M LAP LEADER: Regan Smith (23 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Alex Bowman DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Austin Dillon MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush Yates Engines (#12)
NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Sam Hornish Jr 42 (0) AWARD Trevor Bayne 1 2 - Alex Bowman 41 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 1 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 3 - Parker Kligerman 40 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Alex Bowman 19 4 - Brian Scott 39 (0) Nelson Piquet Jr 10 5 - Justin Allgaier 38 (0) Roush/Yates (#12) 17 Kyle Larson 9 6 - Eric McClure 37 (0) ECR (#33) 15 Jeffrey Earnhardt 8 7 - Robert Richardson 35 (0) JGE (#99) 13 Hal Martin 7 8 - Travis Pastrana 34 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Juan Carlos Blum 6 9 - Nelson Piquet Jr 33 (0) Alex Bowman (#99) 1 Dexter Stacey 1 10 - Kyle Larson 32 (0) BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Pts Wins Chevrolet 9 (1) Ford 6 (0) Toyota 4 (0) Dodge 3 (0) 3M LAP LEADER Regan Smith (#7) 1
NEXT EVENT: March 2, 2013 - 9th Annual Phoenix 200, Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ (200 Miles) (200 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (2/25/2013) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2013 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #1: 32ND ANNUAL DRIVE4COPD "300" Race Date: 2/23/2013 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 SAM HORNISH JR. 42 1 0 1 1 $99,354 2 ALEX BOWMAN 41 1 0 1 1 85,563 3 PARKER KLIGERMAN 40 1 0 1 1 69,798 4 BRIAN SCOTT 39 1 0 0 1 63,973 5 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 38 1 0 0 1 61,673 6 ERIC MCCLURE 37 1 0 0 1 60,598 7 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 35 1 0 0 1 59,348 8 TRAVIS PASTRANA 34 1 0 0 1 59,673 9 NELSON PIQUET JR. 33 1 0 0 0 57,298 10 KYLE LARSON 32 1 0 0 0 56,448 11 REGAN SMITH 32 1 0 0 0 51,995 12 ELLIOTT SADLER 30 1 0 0 0 57,498 13 MIKE HARMON 28 1 0 0 0 55,373 14 JOE NEMECHEK 26 1 0 0 0 55,148 15 BRIAN VICKERS 26 1 0 0 0 48,595 16 AUSTIN DILLON 23 1 0 0 0 56,773 17 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 23 1 0 0 0 55,048 18 MIKE BLISS 22 1 0 0 0 54,473 19 JASON WHITE 20 1 0 0 0 54,348 20 DANNY EFLAND 20 1 0 0 0 54,673 21 MICHAEL ANNETT 18 1 0 0 0 54,073 22 JOHANNA LONG 17 1 0 0 0 53,973 23 HAL MARTIN 16 1 0 0 0 53,873 24 JAMIE DICK 15 1 0 0 0 47,345 25 REED SORENSON 14 1 0 0 0 53,948 26 TREVOR BAYNE 14 1 0 0 0 57,373 27 JEREMY CLEMENTS 11 1 0 0 0 53,348 28 MIKE WALLACE 10 1 0 0 0 53,298 29 JUAN CARLOS BLUM 7 1 0 0 0 48,548 30 BLAKE KOCH 6 1 0 0 0 48,487 31 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 5 1 0 0 0 47,388 32 JEFF GREEN 4 1 0 0 0 40,910 33 TONY STEWART(i) 0 1 1 1 1 109,220 34 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 1 0 1 1 68,635 35 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 1 0 0 0 50,495 36 MATT KENSETH(i) 0 1 0 0 0 49,095 37 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 1 0 0 0 49,145 38 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 1 0 0 0 46,970 39 KURT BUSCH(i) 0 1 0 0 0 46,702 40 DANICA PATRICK(i) 0 1 0 0 0 42,185 41 BOBBY GERHART 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 MORGAN SHEPHERD 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 DEXTER STACEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 JOEY GASE 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #1: 32ND ANNUAL DRIVE4COPD "300" Race Date: 2/23/2013 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 47 1 1 1 1 1 2 12 ROGER PENSKE 42 1 0 1 1 1 3 99 ROBBY BENTON 41 1 0 1 1 1 4 88 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 41 1 0 1 1 1 5 77 KYLE BUSCH 40 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 RICHARD CHILDRESS 39 1 0 0 1 1 7 31 STEVE TURNER 38 1 0 0 1 1 8 14 MARK SMITH 37 1 0 0 1 1 9 23 ROBERT RICHARDSON SR. 35 1 0 0 1 1 10 60 JACK ROUSH 34 1 0 0 1 1 11 30 HARRY SCOTT JR. 33 1 0 0 0 1 12 22 ROGER PENSKE 33 1 0 0 0 1 13 32 HARRY SCOTT JR. 32 1 0 0 0 1 14 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 32 1 0 0 0 1 15 11 J D GIBBS 30 1 0 0 0 1 16 18 JOE GIBBS 29 1 0 0 0 1 17 74 MIKE HARMON 28 1 0 0 0 1 18 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 26 1 0 0 0 1 19 20 JOE GIBBS 26 1 0 0 0 1 20 5 RICK HENDRICK 25 1 0 0 0 1 21 3 RICHARD CHILDRESS 23 1 0 0 0 1 22 79 ARCHIE ST HILAIRE 23 1 0 0 0 1 23 19 MARK SMITH 22 1 0 0 0 1 24 00 MELISSA SCIAVICCO 20 1 0 0 0 1 25 4 GENE VESS 20 1 0 0 0 1 26 43 RICHARD PETTY 18 1 0 0 0 1 27 70 MARY LOUISE MILLER 17 1 0 0 0 1 28 44 MARK SMITH 16 1 0 0 0 1 29 55 JIMMY DICK 15 1 0 0 0 1 30 40 CURTIS KEY SR. 14 1 0 0 0 1 31 6 JACK ROUSH 14 1 0 0 0 1 32 54 J D GIBBS 13 1 0 0 0 1 33 51 TONY CLEMENTS 11 1 0 0 0 1 34 01 JOHNNY DAVIS 10 1 0 0 0 1 35 1 JAMES FINCH 9 1 0 0 0 1 36 134 HARRY SCOTT JR. 9 1 0 0 0 1 37 15 RICK WARE 7 1 0 0 0 1 38 24 JASON SCIAVICCO 6 1 0 0 0 1 39 8 SCOTT LAGASSE 5 1 0 0 0 1 40 10 MARK SMITH 4 1 0 0 0 1 41 185 WILLIAM GERHART 0 1 0 0 0 1 42 89 MORGAN SHEPHERD 0 1 0 0 0 1 43 92 KRISTIN HAMELIN 0 1 0 0 0 1 44 52 JIMMY MEANS 0 0 0 0 0 1