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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 19 20TH ANNUAL LENOX INDUSTRIAL TOOLS 301 NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Loudon, NH - July 15, 2012 1.058-Mile Paved Oval 301 Laps - 318.46 Miles Purse: $5,313,845 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 44 minutes, 24 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 116.226 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.738 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 2 5 Farmers Insurance 301 47 4 131.5 $220,275 Running 1 66 2 3 11 FedEx Freight 301 44 2 141.2 233,751 Running 5 150 3 5 15 5-hour Energy Toyota 301 42 1 106.8 161,549 Running 1 1 4 9 88 Jr National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet 301 40 116.1 120,360 Running 5 22 2 Miller Lite 301 40 1 103.8 141,130 Running 2 3 6 8 24 DuPont Chevrolet 301 39 1 113.0 142,721 Running 2 5 7 7 48 Lowe's Chevrolet 301 38 1 112.8 135,771 Running 2 2 8 12 29 Rheem Chevrolet 301 36 102.0 136,721 Running 9 11 16 3M / WB Mason / Post-it Ford 301 35 91.7 97,735 Running 10 6 39 Ryan Newman ARMY ROTC Chevrolet 301 34 90.7 128,968 Running 11 4 56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 301 33 91.8 114,399 Running 12 10 14 MOBIL 1 / Office Depot Chevrolet 301 32 82.3 134,110 Running 13 27 17 NESN Ford 301 31 88.1 134,071 Running 14 16 20 The Home Depot Toyota 301 30 83.4 91,060 Running 15 15 55 MyClassicGarage.com / Aaron's Toyota 301 29 87.2 83,235 Running 16 1 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota 301 29 1 100.8 132,168 Running 3 72 17 13 27 / Duracell Chevrolet 301 27 76.1 89,635 Running 18 21 99 Fastenal / LENOX Ford 301 26 75.3 123,676 Running 19 20 9 DeWalt Ford 301 25 72.2 108,593 Running 20 28 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops / Allstate Chevrolet 300 24 68.4 112,593 Running 21 25 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet 300 23 68.5 118,510 Running 22 24 22 Sam Hornish Jr(i) Shell / AAA Dodge 300 0 65.5 120,760 Running 23 18 47 Luke & Associates Toyota 300 21 66.0 105,718 Running 24 14 51 Phoenix Construction Services Chevrolet 299 21 1 68.7 103,418 Running 1 2 25 31 42 Degree Chevrolet 299 19 55.6 109,476 Running 26 17 78 Furniture Row / Farm American Chevrolet 298 18 58.1 100,818 Running 27 39 38 Taco Bell Ford 298 17 49.5 89,993 Running 28 23 43 Medallion Financial Ford 298 16 59.6 114,971 Running 29 29 83 Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 297 15 47.9 104,005 Running 30 30 93 Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 297 14 50.5 96,457 Running 31 37 32 Federated Auto Parts Ford 294 13 38.2 84,710 Running 32 43 33 # LittleJoesAutos.com Chevrolet 293 12 34.9 83,435 Running 33 26 10 Mohawk Northeast Chevrolet 229 11 53.2 73,735 Engine 34 19 34 Ford 139 10 46.8 73,535 Engine 35 40 30 Inception Motorsports Toyota 101 9 34.8 73,335 Vibration 36 33 13 GEICO Ford 91 8 45.4 73,110 Vibration 37 32 26 # MDS Transport Ford 82 7 31.8 72,905 Brakes 38 34 87 (i) AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 71 0 30.0 72,678 Brakes 39 35 36 Chevrolet 68 5 37.0 69,850 Brakes 40 36 98 Michael McDowell Racing Ford 63 4 36.1 69,700 Vibration 41 41 23 North Texas Pipe Chevrolet 32 3 29.9 69,525 Vibration 42 42 79 Team Kyle / Bestway Disposal Ford 19 2 28.9 69,400 Brakes 43 38 49 J.J. Yeley Robinson-Blakely Racing Toyota 4 1 29.3 69,767 Engine # 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) #19 Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 95,000, Kasey Kahne won the LENOX Industrial Tools 301, his 14th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Caution Flags: 3 cautions for 15 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 90-93 (Debris [47]); 191-196 (Debris [27]); 235-239 (Oil On Track From #10 [48]). Lap Leaders: 16 lead changes among 8 drivers. Ky. Busch 1-66, Hamlin 67, J. Gordon 68, Johnson 69, Ku. Busch 70-71, Hamlin 72-89, J. Gordon 90-93, Hamlin 94-153, Johnson 154, Keselowski 155-156, Ky. Busch 157, Hamlin 158-190, Keselowski 191, Ky. Busch 192-196, Hamlin 197-234, Bowyer 235, Kahne 236-301. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (133.417 mph. 28.548 secs.) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Denny Hamlin 3M LAP LEADER: Denny Hamlin (150 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Clint AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kasey Kahne Bowyer (crew chief , 0.129 seconds) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Denny Hamlin (crew chief Darian Grubb) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $130,000 at next FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Denny Hamlin event++ MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Toyota Racing Development (TRD) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Stephen Leicht (#11) USG IMPROVING THE FINISH: Matt Kenseth (14 places) ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Matt Kenseth 707 (1) Matt Kenseth (#17) 28 3 2 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 691 (1) Tony Stewart (#14) 27 Greg Biffle 2 3 - Greg Biffle 667 (1) Denny Hamlin (#11) 25 Kasey Kahne 2 4 - Jimmie Johnson 656 (2) Marcos Ambrose 2 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 5 - Denny Hamlin 628 (2) Matt Kenseth 1 6 - Kevin Harvick 622 (0) Hendrick (#48) 197 Jimmie Johnson 1 7 - Tony Stewart 618 (3) Roush/Yates (#17) 182 Denny Hamlin 1 8 - Martin Truex Jr 617 (0) Roush/Yates (#16) 161 Martin Truex Jr 1 9 - Clint Bowyer 614 (1) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE Carl Edwards 1 10 - Brad Keselowski 613 (3) Denny Hamlin (#11) 7 Kyle Busch 1 11 - Carl Edwards 567 (0) Tony Stewart (#14) 4 Joey Logano 1 12 - Kasey Kahne 547 (2) Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Jeff Gordon 1 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM AJ Allmendinger 1 Pts Wins SOLVER OF THE RACE SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Chevrolet 135 (9) (#14) 3 Josh Wise 48 Toyota 110 (5) (#17) 2 Stephen Leicht 28 Ford 93 (2) Steve Letarte (#88) 2 Dodge 80 (3) USG IMPROVING THE FINISH 3M LAP LEADER Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 Denny Hamlin (#11) 2 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD Greg Biffle (#16) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Denny Hamlin (#11) 2 DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE (#16) 5 Darian Grubb (#11) 3 Dave Rogers (#18) 3

NEXT EVENT: July 29, 2012 - Crown Royal Presents The Your Hero's Name Here at The Brickyard 400 , Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN (400 Miles) (160 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (7/16/2012) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #19: 20TH ANNUAL LENOX INDUSTRIAL TOOLS "301" Race Date: 7/15/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 MATT KENSETH 707 19 1 9 13 $4,701,260 2 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 691 19 1 8 14 3,506,160 3 GREG BIFFLE 667 19 1 8 11 3,502,043 4 JIMMIE JOHNSON 656 19 2 9 14 4,745,552 5 DENNY HAMLIN 628 19 2 9 10 3,907,644 6 KEVIN HARVICK 622 19 0 3 9 3,275,114 7 TONY STEWART 618 19 3 8 9 3,999,420 8 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 617 19 0 4 9 2,968,529 9 CLINT BOWYER 614 19 1 4 10 2,932,994 10 BRAD KESELOWSKI 613 19 3 6 9 3,263,665 11 CARL EDWARDS 567 19 0 2 9 3,045,863 12 KASEY KAHNE 547 19 2 5 10 2,716,201 13 KYLE BUSCH 545 19 1 5 8 3,582,860 14 RYAN NEWMAN 536 19 1 3 5 2,971,925 15 PAUL MENARD 534 19 0 0 4 2,295,765 16 JOEY LOGANO 533 19 1 2 7 2,356,528 17 JEFF GORDON 524 19 0 2 7 3,000,442 18 MARCOS AMBROSE 495 19 0 0 4 2,611,597 19 JEFF BURTON 493 19 0 2 4 3,010,780 20 JAMIE MCMURRAY 486 19 0 0 3 2,568,652 21 JUAN PABLO MONTOYA 452 19 0 0 2 2,499,944 22 ARIC ALMIROLA 447 19 0 0 2 2,642,804 23 BOBBY LABONTE 408 19 0 0 1 2,319,302 24 A J ALLMENDINGER 400 17 0 1 3 2,577,395 25 KURT BUSCH 386 18 0 1 2 2,278,356 26 REGAN SMITH 377 19 0 0 0 2,281,679 27 CASEY MEARS 358 19 0 0 0 2,042,833 28 MARK MARTIN 341 12 0 2 5 1,594,103 29 DAVID RAGAN 322 19 0 0 1 2,005,434 30 DAVID GILLILAND 311 19 0 0 0 1,950,888 31 TRAVIS KVAPIL 298 18 0 0 0 1,811,458 32 LANDON CASSILL 273 19 0 0 0 2,284,225 33 DAVID REUTIMANN 263 16 0 0 0 1,602,828 34 DAVE BLANEY 255 19 0 0 0 1,715,108 35 BRIAN VICKERS 135 4 0 2 2 393,145 36 DAVID STREMME 125 15 0 0 0 1,411,525 37 J J YELEY 122 14 0 0 0 1,134,345 38 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 94 17 0 0 0 1,501,736 39 KEN SCHRADER 86 7 0 0 0 608,845 40 JOSH WISE 80 17 0 0 0 1,316,121 41 75 3 0 0 1 316,687 42 66 3 0 0 0 492,560 43 61 5 0 0 0 651,975 44 STEPHEN LEICHT 54 8 0 0 0 690,940 45 50 4 0 0 0 354,559 46 36 7 0 0 0 562,325 47 SCOTT RIGGS 31 11 0 0 0 794,672 48 15 1 0 0 0 88,455 49 14 2 0 0 0 196,098 50 III 13 1 0 0 0 80,610 51 11 3 0 0 0 405,300 52 6 1 0 0 0 76,242 53 5 1 0 0 0 64,225 54 DAVID MAYHEW 4 1 0 0 0 72,625 55 CHRIS COOK 2 1 0 0 0 72,355 56 KELLY BIRES 2 1 0 0 0 69,400 57 (i) 0 7 0 0 2 938,477 58 SAM HORNISH JR.(i) 0 3 0 0 0 330,625 59 RICKY STENHOUSE JR.(i) 0 1 0 0 0 304,275 60 MIKE BLISS(i) 0 9 0 0 0 690,998 61 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 88,285 62 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 305,788 63 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR.(i) 0 1 0 0 0 110,318 64 (i) 0 9 0 0 0 742,463 65 JOE NEMECHEK(i) 0 17 0 0 0 1,497,590 66 (i) 0 3 0 0 0 451,575 67 T J BELL(i) 0 1 0 0 0 96,730 68 (i) 0 3 0 0 0 225,807 69 MIKE SKINNER 0 1 0 0 0 71,875 70 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 79,780 71 MIKE WALLACE(i) 0 0 0 0 0 23,900 72 (i) 0 0 0 0 0 24,838 73 JEFF GREEN(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 (i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 BRIAN SIMO 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #19: 20TH ANNUAL LENOX INDUSTRIAL TOOLS "301" Race Date: 7/15/2012 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 17 JOHN HENRY 707 19 1 9 13 19 2 88 691 19 1 8 14 19 3 16 667 19 1 8 11 19 4 48 JEFF GORDON 656 19 2 9 14 19 5 11 J D GIBBS 628 19 2 9 10 19 6 29 622 19 0 3 9 19 7 14 MARGARET HAAS 618 19 3 8 9 19 8 56 MICHAEL WALTRIP 617 19 0 4 9 19 9 15 ROB KAUFFMAN 614 19 1 4 10 19 10 2 613 19 3 6 9 19 11 99 JACK ROUSH 567 19 0 2 9 19 12 55 BILL JENKINS 551 19 0 4 8 19 13 5 LINDA HENDRICK 547 19 2 5 10 19 14 18 545 19 1 5 8 19 15 39 TONY STEWART 536 19 1 3 5 19 16 27 RICHARD CHILDRESS 534 19 0 0 4 19 17 20 JOE GIBBS 533 19 1 2 7 19 18 24 RICK HENDRICK 524 19 0 2 7 19 19 9 495 19 0 0 4 19 20 31 RICHARD CHILDRESS 493 19 0 2 4 19 21 1 486 19 0 0 3 19 22 42 452 19 0 0 2 19 23 43 RICHARD PETTY 447 19 0 0 2 19 24 22 WALTER CZARNECKI 433 19 0 1 3 19 25 51 409 19 0 1 2 19 26 47 TAD GESCHICKTER 408 19 0 0 1 19 27 78 BARNEY VISSER 377 19 0 0 0 19 28 13 BOB GERMAIN 358 19 0 0 0 19 29 93 THOMAS UEBERALL 324 19 0 0 0 19 30 34 BOB JENKINS 322 19 0 0 1 19 31 38 BRAD JENKINS 311 19 0 0 0 19 32 10 TOMMY BALDWIN 280 19 0 0 0 19 33 83 THOMAS UEBERALL 273 19 0 0 0 19 34 32 JACK ROUSH 267 19 0 0 0 19 35 36 ALLAN HEINKE 248 19 0 0 0 19 36 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 170 17 0 0 0 19 37 21 134 7 0 0 2 7 38 30 KEVIN BUCKLER 125 15 0 0 0 19 39 249 JAY ROBINSON 122 14 0 0 0 19 40 26 JERRY FREEZE 105 18 0 0 0 19 41 98 MIKE CURB 98 18 0 0 0 19 42 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 78 17 0 0 0 19 43 23 ROBERT RICHARDSON SR. 48 12 0 0 0 18 44 119 RANDY HUMPHREY 35 9 0 0 0 13 45 195 BOB LEAVINE 33 5 0 0 0 5 46 132 JR. 27 1 0 0 0 1 47 12 ROGER PENSKE 26 1 0 0 0 1 48 74 VICKIE COMPTON 22 7 0 0 0 11 49 7 ROBBY GORDON 11 3 0 0 0 5 50 97 ANDREA NEMECHEK 7 1 0 0 0 2 51 50 STEVE TURNER 7 1 0 0 0 1 52 179 ARCHIE ST HILAIRE 5 3 0 0 0 4 53 52 KELLY OWEN 3 1 0 0 0 3 54 37 LARRY GUNSELMAN 2 1 0 0 0 6 55 173 SCOTT GUNDERSON 0 1 0 0 0 2 56 109 BRACK MAGGARD 0 0 0 0 0 1 57 140 MICHAEL HILLMAN 0 0 0 0 0 1