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NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 4 30TH ANNUAL FORD ECOBOOST 300 BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY Bristol, TN - March 17, 2012 .533-Mile Concrete Oval 300 Laps - 159.9 Miles Purse: $1,279,091 TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 41 minutes, 16 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 94.74 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.159 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 4 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 300 47 4 128.4 $54,518 Running 1 36 2 12 38 Kasey Kahne (i) Great Clips Chevrolet 300 0 102.4 32,275 Running 3 7 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Discount Tire Dodge 300 0 115.8 26,225 Running 4 1 18 Joey Logano (i) GameStop / Turtle Beach Toyota 300 0 128.5 32,700 Running 2 119 5 16 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr(i) TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 300 0 102.8 25,375 Running 6 3 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Cargill / Blackwell Angus Ford 300 39 1 118.3 29,268 Running 1 41 7 10 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 300 37 101.0 26,603 Running 8 2 60 Trevor Bayne yourracecar.com / Crawdads Classics Ford 300 37 1 120.7 26,463 Running 1 64 9 6 33 Kevin Harvick (i) ARMOUR Chevrolet 300 0 107.5 19,800 Running 10 15 20 Ryan Truex Grime Boss Toyota 300 34 90.1 26,993 Running 11 21 43 Michael Annett Pilot / Flying J Ford 300 33 82.6 25,918 Running 12 9 3 Austin Dillon # Advocare Chevrolet 300 32 90.2 20,150 Running 13 23 12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Truck Parts Dodge 300 31 80.8 25,518 Running 14 11 30 James Buescher (i) Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 299 0 82.8 25,468 Running 15 13 44 Mike Bliss BanditChippers.com Toyota 299 29 77.4 19,900 Running 16 14 88 Cole Whitt # Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet 299 28 78.4 25,343 Running 17 8 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 299 0 98.1 19,025 Running 1 40 18 18 19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil Toyota 298 26 69.5 25,243 Running 19 27 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 298 25 67.6 25,168 Running 20 25 51 Jeremy Clements goodinfo.com / MAHLE Chevrolet 297 24 67.6 25,793 Running 21 29 40 Erik Darnell Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 297 23 63.2 18,575 Running 22 36 23 Jamie Dick VIVA Auto Group Chevrolet 296 22 57.1 24,993 Running 23 37 01 Mike Wallace G&K Services Chevrolet 296 21 55.9 24,943 Running 24 31 24 Benny Gordon # Kentucky Antler Co. / VSI / eye79.com Chevrolet 294 20 57.5 21,025 Running 25 34 81 Jason Bowles # American Majority Dodge 293 19 53.7 25,318 Running 26 32 15 Jeffrey Earnhardt Sam's Club Ford 293 18 52.1 18,300 Running 27 40 14 Eric McClure Hefty / Reynolds Wrap Toyota 292 17 41.4 24,718 Running 28 20 08 Kyle Fowler RandyHillRacing.com Ford 292 16 48.6 18,175 Running 29 24 70 Johanna Long # Foretravel Motorcoach Chevrolet 291 15 42.7 24,593 Running 30 30 87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 291 14 53.8 24,343 Running 31 42 28 Kevin Lepage JPO Absorbents Chevrolet 291 13 35.4 23,838 Running 32 41 4 Brad Teague Food Country USA Chevrolet 284 12 33.5 23,703 Running 33 17 09 Kenny Wallace MAC Tools Toyota 201 11 73.0 23,593 Engine 34 33 50 T.J. Bell TPT Chevrolet 186 10 42.3 23,558 Accident 35 5 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 183 9 76.0 23,528 Clutch 36 38 39 Joey Gase # GoGreen Racing / JoeyGase.com Ford 123 8 39.1 23,493 Handling 37 39 52 Tim Schendel Metro Ministries Chevrolet 119 7 36.2 16,990 Suspension 38 19 41 Blake Koch RiseUpandRegister.com Ford 117 6 60.9 23,399 Engine 39 43 27 J.J. Yeley (i) GCMI Ford 15 0 38.9 16,830 Brakes 40 26 46 Chase Miller Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 7 4 34.0 16,805 Brakes 41 22 47 Scott Speed (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 6 0 33.1 16,775 Vibration 42 28 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 3 2 30.4 16,725 Vibration 43 35 42 Josh Wise (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 3 0 28.8 16,668 Electrical # 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: (3) #74 David Reutimann; #89 Morgan Shepherd; #73 Derrike Cope Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 55,000, Elliott Sadler won the Ford EcoBoost 300, his seventh NASCAR Nationwide Series victory and second at Bristol Motor Speedway. To start the race, prior to the green flag the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: 14 (missed driver introductions). Caution Flags: 4 cautions for 30 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 106-112 (Car #39 Accident Turn 4 [30]); 157-163 (Car #12 Spin Turn 2 [30]); 167-173 (Car #50 Accident Turn 1 [12]); 264-272 (Car #54 Accident Turn 4 [12]). Lap Leaders: 5 lead changes among 5 drivers. Logano 1-66, K. Busch 67-106, Logano 107-159, Bayne 160-223, Stenhouse Jr 224-264, Sadler 265-300. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Joey Logano (124.21 mph. 15.448 secs.) 3M LAP LEADER: Joey Logano (119 Laps ) FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: Benny Gordon (6 Places) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Joe Gibbs Racing Engines - Mark Cronquist (#18) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Elliott Sadler SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Elliott Sadler 178 (2) ECR (#2) 62 Elliott Sadler 1 2 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr 153 (1) JGR (#18) 48 Danica Patrick 1 3 - Trevor Bayne 149 (0) Roush/Yates (#6) 47 Joey Logano 1 4 - Austin Dillon 148 (0) Denny Hamlin 1 MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Cole Whitt 137 (0) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 6 - Sam Hornish Jr 129 (0) Elliott Sadler (#2) 3 Austin Dillon 59 7 - Tayler Malsam 116 (0) James Buescher (#30) 1 Cole Whitt 54 8 - Michael Annett 115 (0) Jason Bowles 30 9 - Justin Allgaier 113 (0) Joey Gase 27 10 - Mike Bliss 92 (0) Johanna Long 25 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Benny Gordon 16 Pts Wins Casey Roderick 16 Chevrolet 31 (3) Dodge 21 (0) Ford 19 (1) Toyota 17 (0) 3M LAP LEADER Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#6) 1 Kurt Busch (#1) 1 Kevin Harvick (#33) 1 FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER Benny Gordon (#24) 1 Kenny Wallace (#09) 1 Brian Scott (#11) 1 NEXT EVENT: March 24, 2012 - 14th Annual Royal Purple 300, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA (300 Miles) (150 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. 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Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #4: 30TH ANNUAL FORD ECOBOOST "300" Race Date: 3/17/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 178 4 2 4 4 $258,457 2 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 153 4 1 2 3 238,237 3 TREVOR BAYNE 149 4 0 1 3 142,072 4 AUSTIN DILLON 148 4 0 2 3 142,981 5 COLE WHITT 137 4 0 1 2 147,557 6 SAM HORNISH JR. 129 4 0 0 2 128,977 7 TAYLER MALSAM 116 4 0 0 1 126,787 8 MICHAEL ANNETT 115 4 0 0 1 122,492 9 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 113 4 0 0 2 122,677 10 MIKE BLISS 92 4 0 0 0 91,590 11 JEREMY CLEMENTS 88 4 0 0 0 116,512 12 DANICA PATRICK 87 4 0 0 0 120,381 13 BENNY GORDON 83 4 0 0 0 93,150 14 JOE NEMECHEK 80 4 0 0 0 115,447 15 MIKE WALLACE 77 4 0 0 0 114,737 16 ERIC MCCLURE 74 4 0 0 0 114,757 17 BLAKE KOCH 72 4 0 0 0 114,293 18 KENNY WALLACE 67 4 0 0 0 117,992 19 JASON BOWLES 64 4 0 0 0 112,922 20 JOHANNA LONG 63 3 0 0 0 98,414 21 T J BELL 58 4 0 0 0 111,977 22 BRIAN SCOTT 57 4 0 0 0 114,942 23 ERIK DARNELL 50 3 0 0 0 43,930 24 JOEY GASE 49 4 0 0 0 111,642 25 RYAN TRUEX 47 2 0 0 1 69,588 26 JAMIE DICK 43 2 0 0 0 42,261 27 TIM SCHENDEL 36 3 0 0 0 43,055 28 CASEY RODERICK 35 2 0 0 0 53,860 29 KYLE FOWLER 32 2 0 0 0 33,865 30 DANNY EFLAND 31 1 0 0 0 52,013 31 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 30 2 0 0 0 71,436 32 DARYL HARR 29 2 0 0 0 38,981 33 MORGAN SHEPHERD 28 2 0 0 0 26,371 34 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 18 1 0 0 0 18,300 35 KEVIN LEPAGE 13 1 0 0 0 23,838 36 DERRIKE COPE 12 1 0 0 0 21,653 37 BRAD TEAGUE 12 1 0 0 0 23,703 38 CHASE MILLER 12 3 0 0 0 40,960 39 REED SORENSON 10 1 0 0 0 48,888 40 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 10 1 0 0 0 16,508 41 DAVID GREEN 9 1 0 0 0 16,478 42 JEFF GREEN 8 4 0 0 0 81,469 43 MIKE HARMON 5 2 0 0 0 24,081 44 JAMES BUESCHER(i) 0 4 1 1 1 183,707 45 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 4 0 3 3 171,110 46 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 4 0 1 3 113,270 47 MARK MARTIN(i) 0 1 0 1 1 55,650 48 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 3 0 1 2 94,290 49 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 2 0 1 2 44,400 50 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 2 0 1 1 71,145 51 BRENDAN GAUGHAN(i) 0 1 0 1 1 32,993 52 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 1 0 0 1 50,770 53 TONY STEWART(i) 0 1 0 0 1 49,695 54 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 2 0 0 1 61,545 55 KURT BUSCH(i) 0 1 0 0 1 51,770 56 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 4 0 0 0 92,420 57 JOSH WISE(i) 0 4 0 0 0 86,003 58 DAVID RAGAN(i) 0 1 0 0 0 43,170 59 JENNIFER JO COBB(i) 0 1 0 0 0 14,820 60 J J YELEY(i) 0 4 0 0 0 82,420 61 SCOTT SPEED(i) 0 3 0 0 0 40,750 62 JOHNNY SAUTER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 40,810 63 DAVID REUTIMANN(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 DONNIE NEUENBERGER 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #4: 30TH ANNUAL FORD ECOBOOST "300" Race Date: 3/17/2012 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 2 DELANA HARVICK 178 4 2 4 4 4 2 6 JACK ROUSH 153 4 1 2 3 4 3 33 DELANA HARVICK 152 4 0 2 4 4 4 60 JACK ROUSH 149 4 0 1 3 4 5 22 ROGER PENSKE 148 4 0 3 3 4 6 3 MORGAN SHEPHERD 148 4 0 2 3 4 7 30 HARRY SCOTT JR.