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NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 31 8TH ANNUAL O'REILLY AUTO PARTS CHALLENGE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Fort Worth, TX - November 3, 2012 1.5-mile Paved Tri-oval 200 Laps - 300 Miles Purse: $1,116,776 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 6 minutes, 50 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 141.919 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.628 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 3 33 Kevin Harvick (i) OneMain Financial Chevrolet 200 0 149.3 $66,175 Running 6 127 2 19 22 Ryan Blaney (i) Discount Tire Dodge 200 0 107.1 52,168 Running 3 1 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 200 0 128.9 40,750 Running 3 65 4 5 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr NOS Ford 200 40 105.5 37,568 Running 5 9 18 Denny Hamlin (i) Z-Line Designs Toyota 200 0 99.3 24,725 Running 1 6 6 4 3 Austin Dillon # Advocare Chevrolet 200 39 1 94.5 29,893 Running 1 1 7 14 12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Truck Parts Dodge 200 37 110.0 25,803 Running 8 17 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 200 36 88.4 24,763 Running 9 20 98 Kevin Swindell Carroll Shelby Motors Ford 200 35 82.5 17,200 Running 10 7 20 Joey Logano (i) GameStop/NASCAR The Game Toyota 200 0 111.6 17,025 Running 11 2 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 200 34 1 110.7 22,118 Running 1 1 12 6 88 Cole Whitt # NASCAR Bashers Chevrolet 200 32 103.1 21,368 Running 13 15 38 Brad Sweet # Great Clips Chevrolet 200 31 78.3 20,843 Running 14 8 7 Danica Patrick SEGA Sonic the Hedgehog/GoDaddy.com 200 30 95.2 20,418 Running 15 10 99 Kenny Wallace ToyotaChevrolet Toyota 200 29 84.4 21,368 Running 16 13 51 Jeremy Clements Kelly-Moore Paints/stjude.org Chevrolet 200 28 77.7 22,668 Running 17 18 43 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Ford 200 27 80.1 19,943 Running 18 16 10 Mike Bliss Bandit Chippers/Radisson Toyota 200 26 65.0 13,350 Running 19 12 30 Ryan Newman (i) Great Clips Chevrolet 199 0 81.2 13,225 Running 20 23 87 Joe Nemechek SWM Toyota 199 24 70.5 20,243 Running 21 22 14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap/Radisson Toyota 199 23 65.1 19,443 Running 22 11 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 198 22 83.2 19,318 Running 23 24 24 David Starr (i) Chasco Toyota 198 0 64.9 19,168 Running 24 27 01 Mike Wallace G&K Services Chevrolet 198 20 57.6 19,043 Running 25 39 40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet 198 19 59.5 19,043 Running 26 26 44 John Blankenship Coal Save the Country Chevrolet 197 18 56.4 19,093 Running 27 40 23 Robert Richardson Tia Rosa Chevrolet 197 17 53.2 12,175 Running 28 42 4 Danny Efland Tradebank/Shaug Construction Chevrolet 194 16 43.4 18,518 Running 29 41 41 Juan Carlos Blum VMP Nutrition/Momentis/34 Technologies 194 15 43.0 18,443 Running 30 34 19 Hal Martin AmericanChevrolet Custom Yachts/US Forensics/Radisson 192 14 38.1 18,693 Running 31 33 52 Joey Gase # www.BBB.orgToyota Chevrolet 191 13 38.7 11,870 Running 32 36 08 Scott Saunders Broo Premium Australian Beer Ford 191 12 35.3 11,810 Running 33 30 81 Jason Bowles # Undauntedmovie.com Toyota 175 11 46.4 18,243 Running 34 32 03 Scott Riggs (i) Wollbros Chevrolet 154 0 57.2 11,740 Rear Gear 35 38 39 Tim Andrews United Supermarkets Ford 105 9 39.7 18,153 Electrical 36 21 70 Johanna Long # Foretravel Chevrolet 56 8 58.3 18,118 Transmission 37 31 91 Jeff Green Tri Star Motorsports/Radisson Toyota 30 7 45.1 11,615 Vibration 38 25 00 Blake Koch Toyota 23 6 32.4 11,561 Rear Gear 39 35 75 Timmy Hill RWR Ford 22 5 33.4 11,445 Vibration 40 37 86 Kevin Lepage Qello Ford 20 4 36.2 11,405 Transmission 41 29 47 J.J. Yeley (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 7 0 31.7 11,335 Brakes 42 28 42 Josh Wise (i) Chevrolet 6 0 31.0 11,290 Electrical 43 43 50 T.J. Bell Gulf Coast Loss Prevention Chevrolet 1 1 27.8 11,218 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: (4) #46 Chase Miller; #15 ; #13 Jennifer Jo Cobb; #89 Morgan Shepherd Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 68,500, Kevin Harvick won the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, his 39th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: #75 (driver change). Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 22 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 14-17 (Car #19 Accident Turn 2 [75]); 46-49 (Debris [40]); 84-89 (Car #81 Accident Backstretch [24]); 156- 159 (Car #52 Spin Turn 4 [99]); 178-181 (Car #87 Accident Turn 4 [10]). Lap Leaders: 11 lead changes among 5 drivers. K. Busch 1-63, Harvick 64-89, K. Busch 90, Harvick 91, Sadler 92, Harvick 93-143, Dillon 144, Harvick 145-156, Hamlin 157-162, Harvick 163-181, K. Busch 182, Harvick 183-200. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (183.051 mph. 29.500 secs.) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon 3M LAP LEADER: Kevin Harvick (127 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: Jeremy Clements (19 Places) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines (#33) NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr 1,170 (6) JGE (#18) 404 Joey Logano 5 2 - Elliott Sadler 1,170 (4) Roush/Yates (#6) 355 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 4 3 - Austin Dillon 1,149 (2) ECR (#33) 333 Elliott Sadler 4 4 - Sam Hornish Jr 1,075 (0) Austin Dillon # 3 MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Michael Annett 1,013 (0) Kyle Busch 2 6 - Justin Allgaier 1,010 (1) Austin Dillon (#3) 12 Sam Hornish Jr 1 7 - Cole Whitt 945 (0) Elliott Sadler (#2) 11 Danica Patrick 1 8 - Mike Bliss 846 (0) Justin Allgaier (#31) 3 Ryan Truex 1 9 - Brian Scott 780 (0) Trevor Bayne 1 10 - Danica Patrick 772 (0) Darrell Wallace Jr 1 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Alex Tagliani 1 Pts Wins Brad Keselowski 1 Kevin Harvick 1 Chevrolet 203 (12) Nelson Piquet Jr 1 Toyota 174 (9) Denny Hamlin 1 Ford 161 (7) Paul Menard 1 Dodge 144 (3) Kasey Kahne 1 3M LAP LEADER Kevin Harvick (#33) 7 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Joey Logano (#20) 6 Austin Dillon 303 Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#6) 3 Cole Whitt 240 Jason Bowles 162 FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER Brad Sweet 141 Brian Scott (#11) 6 Johanna Long 139 Danica Patrick (#7) 4 Joey Gase 116 Jeremy Clements (#51) 4 Casey Roderick 63 NEXT EVENT: November 10, 2012 - 14th Annual Great Clips 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. (11/5/2012) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #31: 8TH ANNUAL O'REILLY AUTO PARTS CHALLENGE Race Date: 11/3/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 1170 31 6 18 24 $1,420,608 2 ELLIOTT SADLER 1170 31 4 15 23 1,142,473 3 AUSTIN DILLON 1149 31 2 15 25 1,094,879 4 SAM HORNISH JR. 1075 31 0 9 21 890,723 5 MICHAEL ANNETT 1013 31 0 6 16 806,703 6 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 1010 31 1 6 19 892,023 7 COLE WHITT 945 31 0 4 13 778,403 8 MIKE BLISS 846 31 0 0 1 657,182 9 BRIAN SCOTT 780 31 0 2 9 733,883 10 DANICA PATRICK 772 31 0 0 3 709,646 11 JOE NEMECHEK 762 30 0 0 1 661,382 12 MIKE WALLACE 706 31 0 0 1 679,643 13 JASON BOWLES 673 31 0 0 0 673,808 14 JEREMY CLEMENTS 668 31 0 0 2 681,270 15 TAYLER MALSAM 609 26 0 0 1 586,893 16 ERIK DARNELL 542 29 0 0 0 548,217 17 ERIC MCCLURE 518 26 0 0 0 570,418 18 BRAD SWEET 442 17 0 0 2 374,821 19 TIMMY HILL 435 27 0 0 2 525,612 20 JOHANNA LONG 418 20 0 0 0 447,094 21 DANNY EFLAND 314 17 0 0 0 350,475 22 RYAN TRUEX 292 10 0 1 4 257,452 23 KENNY WALLACE 281 13 0 1 3 331,391 24 T J BELL 258 22 0 0 0 350,424 25 JOSH RICHARDS 256 14 0 0 0 196,001 26 JAMIE DICK 256 13 0 0 0 208,723 27 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 237 15 0 0 0 301,067 28 JEFF GREEN 231 30 0 0 0 455,732 29 MORGAN SHEPHERD 230 20 0 0 0 244,741 30 JOEY GASE 224 17 0 0 0 287,426 31 BLAKE KOCH 220 21 0 0 0 353,090 32 TREVOR BAYNE 208 6 0 1 3 186,925 33 TRAVIS PASTRANA 204 9 0 0 0 174,869 34 BENNY GORDON 198 11 0 0 0 217,372 35 KEVIN LEPAGE 165 19 0 0 0 257,339 36 DARRELL WALLACE JR.