MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 26 60TH ANNUAL FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 400 RICHMOND RACEWAY Richmond, VA - September 9, 2017 .75-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 404 Laps - 303.0 Miles TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 2 minutes, 52 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 99.417 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution Fin Str Car Stg 1 Stg 2 Lead Playoff Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pos Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Pts 1 4 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet 404 2 6 54 Running 3 53 5 2 12 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil/Red Cross Ford 404 6 4 47 Running 3 27 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 404 9 36 Running 1 4 4 3 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford 404 10 8 37 Running 5 2 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 404 32 Running 6 10 77 Erik Jones # SiriusXM Toyota 404 7 3 43 Running 7 16 19 Daniel Suarez # ARRIS Toyota 404 30 Running 8 20 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 404 29 Running 9 7 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Caramel Toyota 404 1 10 39 Running 3 38 1 10 9 24 Chase Elliott Mountain Dew Chevrolet 404 9 29 Running 11 15 2 Brad Keselowski Fitzgerald Glider Kits Ford 404 5 32 Running 2 9 12 17 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevrolet 404 25 Running 13 21 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr AXALTA Chevrolet 404 7 28 Running 1 13 14 11 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevrolet 404 23 Running 15 6 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Ford 404 8 25 Running 16 28 95 Michael McDowell FDNY Foundation Chevrolet 404 21 Running 17 23 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 404 20 Running 18 14 21 Ryan Blaney Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 404 19 Running 19 8 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Fastenal Ford 404 18 Running 20 5 78 Martin Truex Jr Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 403 5 1 33 Accident 3 198 1 21 31 3 Austin Dillon DOWFROST Chevrolet 403 16 Running 22 32 13 Ty Dillon # GEICO Chevrolet 403 15 Running 23 19 10 Danica Patrick Warrior by Danica Patrick/HSN.com Ford 403 14 Running 24 13 14 Clint Bowyer Rush Truck Centers Ford 403 3 21 Running 25 18 6 Trevor Bayne Performance Plus Motor Oil Ford 402 12 Running 26 22 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger ClickList Chevrolet 402 11 Running 27 29 38 David Ragan Camping World/Good Sam Ford 402 10 Running 28 26 27 Paul Menard Richmond/Menards Chevrolet 402 9 Running 29 33 83 Corey Lajoie # Safeway/LaBella Hair Design Toyota 400 8 Running 30 36 55 Reed Sorenson Low T Centers Chevrolet 400 7 Running 31 25 32 Matt DiBenedetto EJ Wade Construction Ford 400 6 Running 32 24 37 Chris Buescher Nature Valley Chevrolet 400 5 Running 33 35 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 396 4 Running 34 37 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt hulu Chevrolet 395 3 Running 35 34 23 Gray Gaulding # sweetfrog Toyota 393 2 Running 36 38 15 Derrike Cope StarCom Fiber Chevrolet 388 1 Running 37 39 51 BJ McLeod (i) Bubba Burger Chevrolet 318 0 Transmission 38 1 20 Matt Kenseth Hurricane Harvey Relief Toyota 257 4 2 17 Accident 1 89 39 30 34 Landon Cassill CSX Play It Safe Ford 33 1 Accident # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Stage 1 Top 10: 18, 42, 14, 20, 78, 22, 77, 4, 24, 41 Stage 2 Top 10: 78, 20, 77, 22, 2, 42, 88, 41, 31, 18 Race Comments: Kyle Larson won the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway, his fifth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, no cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty. Failed to Qualify: n/a Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 38 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 36-40 (Car #34 Incident In Turn 1 [23]); 88-92 (Smoke [95]); 102-109 (Stage 1 Conclusion [32]); 202-209 (Stage 2 Conclusion [17]); 257-262 (Car #3 And 10 Incident In Turn 2 [43]); 398-402 (Car #15 Incident In Turn 4 [5]); 404 ( [None]). Lead Changes: 13 lead changes among 7 drivers. Kenseth 1-89, Keselowski 90-92, Ky. Busch 93-104, Newman 105-108, Ky. Busch 109-110, Larson 111-129, Ky. Busch 130-153, Truex Jr 154-257, Larson 258-286, Truex Jr 287-334, Earnhardt Jr 335-347, Keselowski 348-353, Truex Jr 354-399, Larson 400-404. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Matt Kenseth (122.421 mph. 22.055 secs.) MOOG GO THE EXTRA MILE AWARD: Ryan Newman (crew chief Lucas Lambert, AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kyle Larson 0.072 seconds) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Ryan Newman (8 positions) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kyle Larson (lap 112, 121.365 mph) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#42) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Erik Jones MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Larson

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Kyle Busch 6 Pts Wins Kyle Larson (#42) 9 Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Kyle Larson 3 Chevrolet 918 (10) Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#17) 3 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford 909 (8) Matt Kenseth 2 Toyota 906 (8) Martin Truex Jr 1 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Ricky Stenhouse Jr 1 AWARD Ryan Blaney 1 Kyle Larson (#42) 7 Chase Elliott 1 Martin Truex Jr (#78) 6 Erik Jones # 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 6 Joey Logano 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr 1 INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE Ryan Newman (#31) 37 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Daniel Suarez (#19) 32 Erik Jones 245 Kasey Kahne (#5) 31 Daniel Suarez 231 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Ty Dillon 178 Corey Lajoie 152 TRD (#18) 293 Gray Gaulding 138 Hendrick (#42) 261 Roush/Yates (#4) 234 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Kyle Larson (#42) 10 Kyle Busch (#18) 4 Kevin Harvick (#4) 3 MOOG GO THE EXTRA MILE AWARD Tony Gibson (#41) 4 Mike Bugarewicz (#14) 3 Paul Wolfe (#2) 2

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1 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 2053 0 4 18 53 2 KYLE LARSON 2033 20 4 3 33 3 KYLE BUSCH 2029 24 2 11 29 4 BRAD KESELOWSKI 2019 34 2 4 19 5 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2017 36 3 1 17 6 KEVIN HARVICK 2015 38 1 3 15 7 DENNY HAMLIN 2013 40 2 2 13 8 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 2010 43 2 0 10 9 RYAN BLANEY 2008 45 1 3 8 10 CHASE ELLIOTT 2006 47 0 2 6 11 RYAN NEWMAN 2005 48 1 0 5 12 KURT BUSCH 2005 48 1 0 5 13 KASEY KAHNE 2005 48 1 0 5 14 AUSTIN DILLON 2005 48 1 0 5 15 MATT KENSETH 2005 48 0 3 5 16 JAMIE MCMURRAY 2003 50 0 0 3 17 CLINT BOWYER 664 1389 0 1 0 18 ERIK JONES 654 1399 0 0 0 19 JOEY LOGANO 652 1401 1 1 0 20 DANIEL SUAREZ 568 1485 0 1 0 21 TREVOR BAYNE 484 1569 0 0 0 22 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 459 1594 0 0 0 23 PAUL MENARD 438 1615 0 0 0 24 TY DILLON 434 1619 0 0 0 25 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 417 1636 0 0 0 26 CHRIS BUESCHER 412 1641 0 0 0 27 A J ALLMENDINGER 395 1658 0 0 0 28 DANICA PATRICK 377 1676 0 0 0 29 DAVID RAGAN 325 1728 0 0 0 30 ARIC ALMIROLA 305 1748 0 0 0 31 MATT DIBENEDETTO 280 1773 0 0 0 32 COLE WHITT 259 1794 0 0 0 33 LANDON CASSILL 258 1795 0 0 0 34 COREY LAJOIE 179 1874 0 0 0 35 GRAY GAULDING 114 1939 0 0 0 36 REED SORENSON 104 1949 0 0 0 37 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 103 1950 0 0 0 38 DERRIKE COPE 36 2017 0 0 0 39 MICHAEL WALTRIP 29 2024 0 0 0 40 BILLY JOHNSON 15 2038 0 0 0 41 BORIS SAID 15 2038 0 0 0 42 GARY KLUTT 6 2047 0 0 0 43 ALON DAY 5 2048 0 0 0 44 STEPHEN LEICHT 5 2048 0 0 0 45 CODY WARE 5 2048 0 0 0 46 KEVIN O'CONNELL 4 2049 0 0 0 47 TOMMY REGAN 3 2050 0 0 0 48 D J KENNINGTON 2 2051 0 0 0 49 BRENDAN GAUGHAN(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 50 DARRELL WALLACE JR.(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 51 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 52 ELLIOTT SADLER(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 53 ROSS CHASTAIN(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 54 JOEY GASE(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 55 REGAN SMITH(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 56 JJ YELEY(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 57 RYAN SIEG(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 58 CARL LONG(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 59 BJ MCLEOD(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 60 BRETT MOFFITT(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 61 JOSH BILICKI(i) 0 2053 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #26: 60TH ANNUAL FEDERATED AUTO PARTS "400" Race Date: 09/09/2017 Rank Car # OWNER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Qualifying Leader Wins Wins Points Attempts

1 78 Furniture Row Racing 2053 0 4 18 53 26 2 42 Chip Ganassi Racing 2033 20 4 3 33 26 3 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 2029 24 2 11 29 26 4 2 Team Penske 2019 34 2 4 19 26 5 48 Hendrick Motorsports 2017 36 3 1 17 26 6 4 Stewart-Haas Racing 2015 38 1 3 15 26 7 11 Joe Gibbs Racing 2013 40 2 2 13 26 8 17 Roush Fenway Racing 2010 43 2 0 10 26 9 21 Wood Brothers Racing 2008 45 1 3 8 26 10 24 Hendrick Motorsports 2006 47 0 2 6 26 11 31 Richard Childress Racing 2005 48 1 0 5 26 12 41 Stewart-Haas Racing 2005 48 1 0 5 26 13 5 Hendrick Motorsports 2005 48 1 0 5 26 14 3 Richard Childress Racing 2005 48 1 0 5 26 15 20 Joe Gibbs Racing 2005 48 0 3 5 26 16 1 Chip Ganassi Racing 2003 50 0 0 3 26 17 14 Stewart-Haas Racing 664 1389 0 1 0 26 18 77 Furniture Row Racing 654 1399 0 0 0 26 19 22 Team Penske 652 1401 1 1 0 26 20 19 Joe Gibbs Racing 568 1485 0 1 0 26 21 6 Roush Fenway Racing 484 1569 0 0 0 26 22 88 Hendrick Motorsports 459 1594 0 0 0 26 23 27 Richard Childress Racing 438 1615 0 0 0 26 24 13 Germain Racing 434 1619 0 0 0 26 25 43 Richard Petty Motorsports 417 1636 0 0 0 26 26 95 Leavine Family Racing 417 1636 0 0 0 26 27 37 JTG Daugherty Racing 412 1641 0 0 0 26 28 47 JTG Daugherty Racing 395 1658 0 0 0 26 29 10 Stewart-Haas Racing 377 1676 0 0 0 26 30 38 Front Row Motorsports 325 1728 0 0 0 26 31 32 GO FAS Racing 280 1773 0 0 0 26 32 72 TriStar Motorsports 259 1794 0 0 0 26 33 34 Front Row Motorsports 258 1795 0 0 0 26 34 15 Premium Motorsports 178 1875 0 0 0 26 35 23 BK Racing 175 1878 0 0 0 26 36 83 BK Racing 158 1895 0 0 0 24 37 33 Circle Sport / TMG 118 1935 0 0 0 26 38 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing 82 1971 0 0 0 7 39 55 Premium Motorsports 79 1974 0 0 0 21 40 175 Beard Motorsports 67 1986 0 0 0 3 41 51 Rick Ware Racing 58 1995 0 0 0 21 42 266 Motorsports Business Management 48 2005 0 0 0 6 43 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing 1 2052 0 0 0 2