NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 26 12TH ANNUAL DOLLAR GENERAL 300 POWERED BY COCA-COLA CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY Joliet, IL - September 15, 2012 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 200 Laps - 300 Miles Purse: $1,288,772 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 10 minutes, 5 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 138.373 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.402 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 3 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Blue Bird Ford 200 47 4 132.5 $92,143 Running 2 22 2 6 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 200 0 131.9 54,750 Running 4 50 3 2 3 Austin Dillon # American Ethanol Chevrolet 200 42 1 127.1 55,093 Running 4 52 4 16 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Discount Tire Dodge 200 0 104.4 31,265 Running 5 7 33 Paul Menard (i) Menards/Rheem Chevrolet 200 0 103.0 27,790 Running 6 4 12 Sam Hornish Jr AVIS Dodge 200 39 1 105.9 31,408 Running 1 1 7 8 43 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Ford 200 38 1 101.7 29,608 Running 1 1 8 5 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 200 37 1 109.2 28,958 Running 1 3 9 1 18 Joey Logano (i) Dollar General Toyota 200 0 119.9 29,950 Running 3 67 10 42 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 200 34 90.9 31,083 Running 11 10 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 200 34 1 93.8 26,258 Running 1 3 12 12 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 200 32 88.0 25,508 Running 13 9 44 Mike Bliss BanditChippers.com Toyota 200 31 90.6 24,958 Running 14 13 88 Cole Whitt # Degree Men Chevrolet 200 30 85.4 24,448 Running 15 18 38 Brad Sweet # Great Clips Chevrolet 199 29 82.5 24,488 Running 16 25 87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 199 29 1 78.9 24,178 Running 1 1 17 20 30 Alex Bowman Allegiant Chevrolet 199 27 73.6 23,493 Running 18 19 19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil Toyota 198 26 71.6 23,233 Running 19 21 01 Mike Wallace G&K Services Chevrolet 198 25 71.5 23,223 Running 20 11 99 Kenny Wallace Family Farmers Toyota 196 24 73.9 23,488 Running 21 17 70 Johanna Long # Foretravel Chevrolet 196 23 59.0 22,703 Running 22 34 40 Erik Darnell Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 195 22 54.2 22,593 Running 23 22 23 Jamie Dick Viva Auto Group Chevrolet 195 21 59.9 15,990 Running 24 24 39 Dexter Stacey Maddies Place Ford 194 20 52.8 22,343 Running 25 30 14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 194 19 43.7 22,683 Running 26 37 41 Juan Carlos Blum VMP Nutrition/The New Miami Subs Chevrolet 193 18 47.6 22,098 Running 27 35 4 Danny Efland Tradebank Chevrolet 192 17 44.6 21,988 Running 28 15 81 Jason Bowles # 25Hill.com Now on DVD Toyota 153 16 53.9 21,868 Engine 29 14 24 Benny Gordon O.C.R. Gaz Bar/Affichage.CO Toyota 122 15 68.7 21,718 Suspension 30 31 51 Jeremy Clements USS James E Williams DDG 95 Chevrolet 68 14 53.2 21,908 Oil Leak 31 27 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 30 13 53.1 15,005 Vibration 32 39 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory In Jesus Chevrolet 30 12 45.2 14,895 Engine 33 36 15 Timmy Hill Carport Empire Ford 28 11 46.4 14,785 Vibration 34 38 28 Tony Raines (i) Robinson-Blakeney Racing Chevrolet 26 0 42.1 14,675 Electrical 35 40 52 Joey Gase # Competition Transmission Chevrolet 23 9 36.4 14,565 Handling 36 29 00 Blake Koch O.C.R. Gaz Bar Toyota 19 8 44.8 14,455 Vibration 37 33 71 Scott Riggs (i) Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 19 0 45.0 14,335 Ignition 38 32 75 Matt Carter Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 15 6 40.2 14,275 Rear Gear 39 41 74 Mike Harmon Koma Unwind Chevrolet 12 5 35.0 13,940 Overheating 40 28 47 J.J. Yeley (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 11 0 36.0 13,830 Vibration 41 23 42 Josh Wise (i) Key Motorsports Chevrolet 10 0 35.1 13,725 Electrical 42 26 46 Chase Miller The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 9 2 33.4 13,520 Overheating 43 43 08 Tim Andrews Randy Hill Racing Ford 9 1 31.8 13,413 Ignition # 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: n/a Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 34,000, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Dollar General 300 powered by Coca-Cola, his seventh NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: 71 (missing driver's meeting) Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 20 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 5-7 (Car #39 Spin Turn 4 [None]); 40-44 (Car #38 Spin Turn 4 [70]); 48-50 (Car #88 Spin Frontstretch [40]); 125-129 (Car #24 Accident Turn 3 [7]); 168-171 (Car #81 Backstretch [88]). Lap Leaders: 17 lead changes among 9 drivers. Logano 1-7, Hornish Jr 8, Logano 9-59, Dillon 60, K. Busch 61-62, Dillon 63, K. Busch 64-69, Dillon 70-95, Stenhouse Jr 96, Annett 97, Allgaier 98-100, Nemechek 101, Dillon 102-125, Logano 126-134, K. Busch 135-168, Sadler 169-171, K. Busch 172-179, Stenhouse Jr 180-200.
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Joey Logano (178.012 mph. 30.335 secs.) 3M LAP LEADER: Joey Logano (67 Laps ) FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: Brian Scott (18 Places) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Joe Gibbs Racing Engines - Mark Cronquist (#18) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon
NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr 982 (5) JGE (#18) 331 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 4 2 - Elliott Sadler 973 (4) Roush/Yates (#6) 308 Joey Logano 4 3 - Austin Dillon 948 (1) ECR (#33) 266 Elliott Sadler 3 4 - Sam Hornish Jr 925 (0) Austin Dillon # 2 MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Justin Allgaier 875 (1) Sam Hornish Jr 1 6 - Michael Annett 837 (0) Elliott Sadler (#2) 9 Danica Patrick 1 7 - Cole Whitt 767 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 9 Ryan Truex 1 8 - Mike Bliss 722 (0) Justin Allgaier (#31) 3 Trevor Bayne 1 9 - Joe Nemechek 634 (0) Alex Tagliani 1 10 - Brian Scott 633 (0) Brad Keselowski 1 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kevin Harvick 1 Pts Wins Nelson Piquet Jr 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Chevrolet 167 (10) Kyle Busch 1 Toyota 144 (7) Kasey Kahne 1 Ford 138 (6) Paul Menard 1 Dodge 123 (3) 3M LAP LEADER SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kevin Harvick (#33) 6 Austin Dillon 289 Joey Logano (#18) 4 Cole Whitt 218 Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#6) 3 Jason Bowles 156 Johanna Long 135 FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER Brad Sweet 106 Brian Scott (#11) 6 Joey Gase 96 Danica Patrick (#7) 4 Casey Roderick 63 Cole Whitt (#88) 2
NEXT EVENT: September 22, 2012 - Inaugural Kentucky 300, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY (300 Miles) (200 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (9/17/2012) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #26: 12TH ANNUAL DOLLAR GENERAL "300" POWERED BY COCA-COLA Race Date: 9/15/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 982 26 5 16 20 $1,223,758 2 ELLIOTT SADLER 973 26 4 11 19 971,943 3 AUSTIN DILLON 948 26 1 13 20 856,214 4 SAM HORNISH JR. 925 26 0 8 18 745,863 5 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 875 26 1 6 16 776,208 6 MICHAEL ANNETT 837 26 0 5 12 680,923 7 COLE WHITT 767 26 0 3 10 651,873 8 MIKE BLISS 722 26 0 0 1 563,470 9 JOE NEMECHEK 634 25 0 0 1 557,627 10 BRIAN SCOTT 633 26 0 2 7 624,683 11 DANICA PATRICK 617 26 0 0 2 601,866 12 MIKE WALLACE 595 26 0 0 1 581,943 13 TAYLER MALSAM 588 25 0 0 1 568,400 14 JASON BOWLES 570 26 0 0 0 576,048 15 JEREMY CLEMENTS 560 26 0 0 2 575,040 16 ERIK DARNELL 440 24 0 0 0 451,382 17 ERIC MCCLURE 404 21 0 0 0 471,283 18 TIMMY HILL 378 22 0 0 2 453,311 19 JOHANNA LONG 365 17 0 0 0 386,560 20 BRAD SWEET 327 13 0 0 1 289,659 21 RYAN TRUEX 262 9 0 1 4 237,459 22 T J BELL 254 20 0 0 0 327,216 23 JOSH RICHARDS 233 13 0 0 0 183,701 24 DANNY EFLAND 232 12 0 0 0 261,183 25 KENNY WALLACE 226 11 0 1 3 286,040 26 JAMIE DICK 212 11 0 0 0 182,873 27 TREVOR BAYNE 208 6 0 1 3 186,925 28 MORGAN SHEPHERD 205 18 0 0 0 218,846 29 TRAVIS PASTRANA 204 9 0 0 0 174,869 30 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 191 12 0 0 0 263,577 31 BENNY GORDON 186 10 0 0 0 206,482 32 BLAKE KOCH 184 18 0 0 0 307,606 33 JOEY GASE 177 14 0 0 0 248,441 34 JEFF GREEN 165 26 0 0 0 391,411 35 CASEY RODERICK 136 8 0 0 0 155,497 36 KEVIN LEPAGE 122 15 0 0 0 212,869 37 RON FELLOWS 120 3 0 3 3 75,100 38 TIM SCHENDEL 113 11 0 0 0 151,825 39 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 107 3 0 0 3 74,889 40 KYLE FOWLER 107 6 0 0 0 104,536 41 DARYL HARR 107 7 0 0 0 137,213 42 REED SORENSON 92 5 0 0 0 103,388 43 MIKE HARMON 87 16 0 0 0 193,324 44 CHASE MILLER 83 23 0 0 0 297,996 45 JACQUES VILLENEUVE 82 2 0 1 2 69,986 46 TIM ANDREWS 76 9 0 0 0 127,254 47 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 74 4 0 0 0 75,418 48 STEVE ARPIN 62 2 0 0 1 48,901 49 KENNY HABUL 62 3 0 0 0 43,500 50 MATT FRAHM 59 5 0 0 0 57,962 51 DEXTER STACEY 58 4 0 0 0 72,661 52 TANNER BERRYHILL 58 4 0 0 0 57,288 53 ALEX KENNEDY 56 3 0 0 0 63,544 54 VICTOR GONZALEZ JR. 55 2 0 0 0 36,936 55 KYLE KELLEY 55 3 0 0 0 43,600 56 MATTHEW CARTER 50 6 0 0 0 78,608 57 BRAD TEAGUE 49 3 0 0 0 67,149 58 MAX PAPIS 41 1 0 1 1 27,943 59 BILLY JOHNSON 36 1 0 0 1 24,200 60 DEREK WHITE 36 2 0 0 0 40,533 61 BRETT MOFFITT 35 1 0 0 1 25,293 62 STEVE WALLACE 33 1 0 0 0 20,868 63 DERRIKE COPE 29 2 0 0 0 38,996 64 JOHN YOUNG 29 2 0 0 0 31,770 65 ALEX BOWMAN 27 1 0 0 0 23,493 66 ANGELA COPE 24 2 0 0 0 28,768 67 CARL LONG 24 5 0 0 0 62,622 68 ALEX TAGLIANI 23 1 0 0 0 30,593 69 FAIN SKINNER 23 2 0 0 0 39,531 70 DAVID GREEN 22 2 0 0 0 38,101 71 JOHN BLANKENSHIP 21 1 0 0 0 20,193 72 TIM CONNOLLY 19 1 0 0 0 17,518 73 AMBER COPE 18 1 0 0 0 17,108 74 JUAN CARLOS BLUM 18 1 0 0 0 22,098 75 MATTHEW BELL 18 2 0 0 0 34,286 76 MATT DIBENEDETTO 18 6 0 0 0 74,845 77 BILL PRIETZEL 17 1 0 0 0 11,550 78 ERIC CURRAN 17 2 0 0 0 30,150 79 TIM BAINEY JR. 16 1 0 0 0 19,118 80 SCOTT SAUNDERS 16 1 0 0 0 13,075 81 JAMIE MOSLEY 15 1 0 0 0 17,688 82 PATRICK CARPENTIER 15 1 0 0 0 26,813 83 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 15 2 0 0 0 26,698 84 ANDREW RANGER 12 1 0 0 0 20,215 85 BOBBY SANTOS III 11 1 0 0 0 13,950 86 JOHN JACKSON 10 2 0 0 0 26,065 87 MICHAEL GUERITY 9 2 0 0 0 22,905 88 LOUIS-PHILIPPE DUMOULIN 6 1 0 0 0 19,981 89 ALEX POPOW 6 1 0 0 0 16,424 90 CHRIS COOK 5 2 0 0 0 29,845 91 RYAN ELLIS 5 1 0 0 0 11,075 92 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 16 6 8 12 513,025 93 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 19 3 11 13 571,040 94 KURT BUSCH(i) 0 14 2 7 11 414,935 95 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 11 1 7 8 290,690 96 JAMES BUESCHER(i) 0 17 1 2 7 488,446 97 NELSON PIQUET JR.(i) 0 2 1 1 1 79,136 98 CARL EDWARDS(i) 0 1 1 1 1 52,050 99 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 10 0 6 7 267,370 100 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 16 0 4 8 382,790 101 MICHAEL MCDOWELL(i) 0 5 0 2 5 169,525 102 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 13 0 2 7 270,505 103 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 5 0 2 5 136,810 104 MARK MARTIN(i) 0 1 0 1 1 55,650 105 TY DILLON(i) 0 3 0 1 3 92,984 106 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 4 0 2 2 112,825 107 BRENDAN GAUGHAN(i) 0 7 0 1 3 172,591 108 DAVID RAGAN(i) 0 2 0 0 1 67,185 109 RYAN BLANEY(i) 0 7 0 0 4 124,419 110 PARKER KLIGERMAN(i) 0 3 0 0 2 73,809 111 TONY STEWART(i) 0 1 0 0 1 49,695 112 JASON LEFFLER(i) 0 1 0 0 1 26,388 113 JAMIE MCMURRAY(i) 0 1 0 0 1 12,350 114 JOEY COULTER(i) 0 1 0 0 1 15,825 115 MIGUEL PALUDO(i) 0 2 0 0 0 29,378 116 JOSH WISE(i) 0 21 0 0 0 299,664 117 JOHN WES TOWNLEY(i) 0 4 0 0 0 90,567 118 BRYAN SILAS(i) 0 1 0 0 0 16,350 119 KELLY BIRES(i) 0 1 0 0 0 16,900 120 TONY RAINES(i) 0 7 0 0 0 99,594 121 PAULIE HARRAKA(i) 0 1 0 0 0 14,150 122 CLINT BOWYER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 15,100 123 JUSTIN JENNINGS(i) 0 1 0 0 0 13,350 124 DAVID STARR(i) 0 2 0 0 0 26,705 125 J J YELEY(i) 0 9 0 0 0 147,463 126 SCOTT RIGGS(i) 0 11 0 0 0 146,757 127 JENNIFER JO COBB(i) 0 1 0 0 0 14,820 128 RICK CRAWFORD(i) 0 1 0 0 0 16,615 129 SCOTT SPEED(i) 0 11 0 0 0 138,949 130 DUSTY DAVIS(i) 0 1 0 0 0 11,630 131 STEPHEN LEICHT(i) 0 5 0 0 0 62,995 132 JOHNNY SAUTER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 40,810 133 DAVID REUTIMANN(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 DONNIE NEUENBERGER 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #26: 12TH ANNUAL DOLLAR GENERAL "300" POWERED BY COCA-COLA Race Date: 9/15/2012 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 18 JOE GIBBS 986 26 5 16 22 26 2 6 JACK ROUSH 982 26 5 16 20 26 3 2 DELANA HARVICK 973 26 4 11 19 26 4 3 MORGAN SHEPHERD 948 26 1 13 20 26 5 12 ROGER PENSKE 925 26 0 8 18 26 6 33 DELANA HARVICK 919 26 1 11 19 26 7 22 ROGER PENSKE 909 26 3 12 19 26 8 31 SANDRA TURNER 875 26 1 6 16 26 9 54 KYLE BUSCH 861 26 1 10 16 26 10 43 SANDRA TURNER 837 26 0 5 12 26 11 30 HARRY SCOTT JR. 824 26 2 3 11 26 12 88 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 767 26 0 3 10 26 13 38 STEVE TURNER 738 26 0 2 8 26 14 44 MARK SMITH 719 26 0 0 1 26 15 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 659 26 0 0 1 26 16 11 J D GIBBS 633 26 0 2 7 26 17 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 617 26 0 0 2 26 18 01 JOHNNY DAVIS 595 26 0 0 1 26 19 19 MARK SMITH 594 26 0 0 1 26 20 199 ROBBY BENTON 593 26 0 0 3 26 21 51 TONY CLEMENTS 584 26 0 1 3 26 22 81 GINA MACDONALD 570 26 0 0 0 26 23 20 JOE GIBBS 547 16 1 2 10 16 24 14 MARK SMITH 507 26 0 0 0 26 25 70 MARY LOUISE MILLER 491 25 0 0 0 26 26 4 RUSTY WALLACE 485 26 0 0 1 26 27 40 CURTIS KEY SR. 483 26 0 0 0 26 28 124 JASON SCIAVICCO 471 26 0 0 0 26 29 41 RICK WARE 469 26 0 0 1 26 30 39 ARCHIE ST HILAIRE 448 26 0 0 0 26 31 23 ROBERT RICHARDSON SR. 441 26 0 0 0 26 32 108 RANDY HILL 333 25 0 0 0 26 33 60 JACK ROUSH 318 9 1 2 5 9 34 50 RUSTY WALLACE 276 22 0 0 0 23 35 52 JIMMY MEANS 267 23 0 0 0 26 36 5 RICK HENDRICK 259 7 0 5 5 7 37 89 MORGAN SHEPHERD 205 18 0 0 0 24 38 15 RICK WARE 201 21 0 0 1 22 39 136 BETH BALDWIN 145 7 0 0 2 7 40 1 JAMES FINCH 133 4 1 1 3 4 41 10 MARK SMITH 104 26 0 0 0 26 42 174 MIKE HARMON 104 19 0 0 0 23 43 42 CURTIS KEY SR. 103 25 0 0 0 26 44 27 STEVE MEEHAN 88 6 0 0 1 6 45 46 CURTIS KEY SR. 88 25 0 0 0 26 46 198 FRED BIAGI 82 4 0 0 0 4 47 175 RICK WARE 64 10 0 0 0 11 48 47 CURTIS KEY SR. 64 24 0 0 0 26 49 275 KENNY HABUL 62 3 0 0 0 3 50 171 RICK WARE 61 9 0 0 0 9 51 28 JAY ROBINSON 59 6 0 0 0 6 52 159 BOB KELLEY 55 3 0 0 0 3 53 86 SCOTT DEWARE 50 4 0 0 0 4 54 117 ADRIAN BERRYHILL 50 4 0 0 0 4 55 21 RICHARD CHILDRESS 34 1 0 0 1 1 56 126 JOHN YOUNG 29 2 0 0 0 3 57 82 PAT MACDONALD 25 1 0 0 0 1 58 100 MIKE RUCH 24 4 0 0 0 6 59 97 ANDREA NEMECHEK 19 2 0 0 0 2 60 153 ROBERT TORRIERE 17 2 0 0 0 2 61 32 STEVE TURNER 16 1 0 0 0 1 62 172 JAMES CARTER 10 2 0 0 0 5 63 113 JENNIFER JO COBB 8 1 0 0 0 2 64 191 MARK SMITH 1 1 0 0 0 1 65 109 ROBBY BENTON 0 1 0 1 1 1 66 73 GARY KELLER 0 0 0 0 0 2 67 176 RAY HACKETT 0 0 0 0 0 1