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NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 25 32ND ANNUAL VIRGINIA 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS 250 RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Richmond, VA - September 7, 2012 .75-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 250 Laps - 187.5 Miles Purse: $1,049,766 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 2 minutes, 39 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 91.724 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.944 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 3 33 (i) Armour 250 0 148.5 $41,325 Running 2 141 2 1 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford EcoBoost Ford 250 43 1 127.5 44,843 Running 2 65 3 17 54 (i) Monster Energy 250 0 118.4 21,200 Running 1 25 4 6 18 (i) SportClips Toyota 250 0 107.5 18,600 Running 5 13 43 Pilot/Flying J Ford 250 39 97.4 24,043 Running 6 2 3 # Advocare Chevrolet 250 39 1 118.3 25,143 Running 1 14 7 11 51 (i) Wesco Chevrolet 250 0 98.7 21,853 Running 8 14 87 AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 250 36 82.8 21,613 Running 9 27 22 (i) Snap-On Dodge 250 0 94.3 21,393 Running 10 20 20 Darrell Wallace Jr Dollar General Toyota 250 34 85.6 22,168 Running 11 15 30 (i) ABF Chevrolet 250 0 84.2 23,868 Running 1 3 12 12 2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet 250 32 104.9 20,993 Running 13 10 31 Brandt Chevrolet 250 31 96.0 20,943 Running 14 19 88 # Hellmann's Chevrolet 250 30 78.5 20,893 Running 15 9 44 TriStar Motorsports Toyota 250 29 85.0 21,818 Running 16 33 99 Toyota Care Toyota 250 28 75.0 20,968 Running 17 5 60 Ford EcoBoost Ford 250 27 82.7 14,225 Running 18 28 40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet 250 26 65.1 14,175 Running 19 30 19 G-Oil Toyota 250 25 62.2 20,593 Running 20 23 38 # Great Clips Chevrolet 250 24 68.9 21,218 Running 21 31 01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 250 24 1 62.7 20,493 Running 1 2 22 39 23 Robert Richardson North Pipe Chevrolet 250 22 52.2 13,925 Running 23 21 81 # @THERANDOMACTORG/ITEX.NET Dodge 250 21 62.1 20,308 Running 24 22 4 stjude.org Chevrolet 249 20 59.9 20,193 Running 25 26 08 (i) Racing Ford 249 0 57.1 14,150 Running 26 41 14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 249 18 46.0 20,043 Running 27 40 39 MaddiesPlaceRocks.com Ford 248 17 41.0 13,525 Running 28 7 11 Dollar General Toyota 246 16 73.0 19,843 Running 29 24 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 218 15 65.0 19,793 Running 30 4 12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Truck Parts Dodge 162 14 92.9 19,993 Running 31 32 41 Lilly Trucking CDL Driver Search Ford 153 13 43.1 19,638 Accident 32 8 70 Johanna Long # KeenParts.com Chevrolet 109 12 74.5 19,553 Accident 33 35 86 Qello Corp/Trivette Trucking Ford 51 11 49.3 13,025 Power Steering 34 42 24 Derek White OCR Gaz Bar Toyota 45 10 34.9 19,458 Battery 35 34 17 Race City Steel/Nationalcashlenders.com Toyota 35 9 44.2 12,940 Accident 36 37 75 (i) RWR Chevrolet 28 0 42.0 12,880 Overheating 37 43 00 Ruch Motorsports Chevrolet 18 PE 32.9 12,820 Brakes 38 38 71 Racing Chevrolet 15 6 38.1 12,741 Rear Gear 39 36 15 Matt Carter Chevrolet 11 5 34.8 12,620 Clutch 40 29 42 (i) Key Motorsports Chevrolet 7 0 32.9 12,580 Brakes 41 25 47 J.J. Yeley (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 7 0 29.0 12,515 Brakes 42 16 46 Chevrolet 6 2 29.7 12,470 Overheating 43 18 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 3 1 26.3 12,409 Vibration # 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) #52 ; #50 David Starr; #89 ; #74 Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 38,000, Kevin Harvick won the Virginia 529 College Savings 250, his 38th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 45 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 38-44 (Car #17 Accident Turn 2 [08]); 111-117 (Car #70 Accident Frontstretch [99]); 144-150 (Car #7, 38 Accident Frontstretch [88]); 157-163 (Car #12, 20, 41 Accident Turn 2 [Red Flag: Lap 157, 4:06] [01]); 187-192 (Car #2, 6 Accident Turn 4 [40]); 196-201 (Car #11, 99 Accident Turn 4 [38]); 229-233 (Car #39, 54 Accident Frontstretch [2]). Lap Leaders: 8 lead changes among 6 drivers. Stenhouse Jr-pole, Dillon 1-14, Stenhouse Jr 15-70, Harvick 71-187, Wallace 188-189, Buescher 190-192, Stenhouse Jr 193 -201, K. Busch 202-226, Harvick 227-250.

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Ricky Stenhouse Jr (122.822 mph. 21.983 secs.) 3M LAP LEADER: Kevin Harvick (141 Laps ) FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: James Buescher (12 Places) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines (#33) 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 - Elliott Sadler 936 (4) JGE (#18) 314 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 4 2 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr 935 (4) Roush/Yates (#6) 292 Elliott Sadler 3 3 - Austin Dillon 906 (1) ECR (#33) 255 3 4 - Sam Hornish Jr 886 (0) Austin Dillon # 2 MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Justin Allgaier 841 (1) Sam Hornish Jr 1 6 - Michael Annett 799 (0) Elliott Sadler (#2) 9 Danica Patrick 1 7 - Cole Whitt 737 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 8 Ryan Truex 1 8 - Mike Bliss 691 (0) Justin Allgaier (#31) 3 1 9 - Joe Nemechek 605 (0) Alex Tagliani 1 10 - Brian Scott 599 (0) 1 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kevin Harvick 1 Pts Wins Nelson Piquet Jr 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Chevrolet 163 (10) 1 Toyota 138 (7) 1 Ford 129 (5) 1 Dodge 120 (3) 3M LAP LEADER SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kevin Harvick (#33) 6 Austin Dillon 285 Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#6) 3 Cole Whitt 217 Joey Logano (#18) 3 Jason Bowles 155 Johanna Long 132 FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER Brad Sweet 97 Brian Scott (#11) 5 Joey Gase 90 Danica Patrick (#7) 4 63 Cole Whitt (#88) 2

NEXT EVENT: September 15, 2012 - 12th Annual Dollar General 300 Powered by Coca-Cola , , Joliet, IL (300 Miles) (200 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (9/10/2012) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #25: 32ND ANNUAL VIRGINIA 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS "250" Race Date: 9/7/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 936 25 4 11 18 $942,985 2 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 935 25 4 15 19 1,131,615 3 AUSTIN DILLON 906 25 1 12 19 801,121 4 SAM HORNISH JR. 886 25 0 8 17 714,455 5 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 841 25 1 6 16 749,950 6 MICHAEL ANNETT 799 25 0 5 11 651,315 7 COLE WHITT 737 25 0 3 10 627,425 8 MIKE BLISS 691 25 0 0 1 538,512 9 JOE NEMECHEK 605 24 0 0 1 533,449 10 BRIAN SCOTT 599 25 0 2 6 593,600 11 DANICA PATRICK 585 25 0 0 2 576,358 12 MIKE WALLACE 570 25 0 0 1 558,720 13 TAYLER MALSAM 562 24 0 0 1 545,167 14 JASON BOWLES 554 25 0 0 0 554,180 15 JEREMY CLEMENTS 546 25 0 0 2 553,132 16 ERIK DARNELL 418 23 0 0 0 428,789 17 ERIC MCCLURE 385 20 0 0 0 448,600 18 TIMMY HILL 367 21 0 0 2 438,526 19 JOHANNA LONG 342 16 0 0 0 363,857 20 BRAD SWEET 298 12 0 0 1 265,171 21 RYAN TRUEX 262 9 0 1 4 237,459 22 T J BELL 254 20 0 0 0 327,216 23 233 13 0 0 0 183,701 24 215 11 0 0 0 239,195 25 TREVOR BAYNE 208 6 0 1 3 186,925 26 TRAVIS PASTRANA 204 9 0 0 0 174,869 27 202 10 0 1 3 262,552 28 MORGAN SHEPHERD 193 17 0 0 0 203,951 29 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 191 12 0 0 0 263,577 30 JAMIE DICK 191 10 0 0 0 166,883 31 BLAKE KOCH 176 17 0 0 0 293,151 32 171 9 0 0 0 184,764 33 JOEY GASE 168 13 0 0 0 233,876 34 JEFF GREEN 152 25 0 0 0 376,406 35 CASEY RODERICK 136 8 0 0 0 155,497 36 KEVIN LEPAGE 122 15 0 0 0 212,869 37 120 3 0 3 3 75,100 38 113 11 0 0 0 151,825 39 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 107 3 0 0 3 74,889 40 107 6 0 0 0 104,536 41 107 7 0 0 0 137,213 42 92 5 0 0 0 103,388 43 82 2 0 1 2 69,986 44 MIKE HARMON 82 15 0 0 0 179,384 45 CHASE MILLER 81 22 0 0 0 284,476 46 75 8 0 0 0 113,841 47 74 4 0 0 0 75,418 48 62 2 0 0 1 48,901 49 62 3 0 0 0 43,500 50 59 5 0 0 0 57,962 51 TANNER BERRYHILL 58 4 0 0 0 57,288 52 ALEX KENNEDY 56 3 0 0 0 63,544 53 VICTOR GONZALEZ JR. 55 2 0 0 0 36,936 54 55 3 0 0 0 43,600 55 49 3 0 0 0 67,149 56 MATTHEW CARTER 44 5 0 0 0 64,333 57 MAX PAPIS 41 1 0 1 1 27,943 58 DEXTER STACEY 38 3 0 0 0 50,318 59 BILLY JOHNSON 36 1 0 0 1 24,200 60 DEREK WHITE 36 2 0 0 0 40,533 61 35 1 0 0 1 25,293 62 STEVE WALLACE 33 1 0 0 0 20,868 63 29 2 0 0 0 38,996 64 JOHN YOUNG 29 2 0 0 0 31,770 65 ANGELA COPE 24 2 0 0 0 28,768 66 CARL LONG 24 5 0 0 0 62,622 67 ALEX TAGLIANI 23 1 0 0 0 30,593 68 23 2 0 0 0 39,531 69 DAVID GREEN 22 2 0 0 0 38,101 70 JOHN BLANKENSHIP 21 1 0 0 0 20,193 71 TIM CONNOLLY 19 1 0 0 0 17,518 72 18 1 0 0 0 17,108 73 MATTHEW BELL 18 2 0 0 0 34,286 74 MATT DIBENEDETTO 18 6 0 0 0 74,845 75 BILL PRIETZEL 17 1 0 0 0 11,550 76 17 2 0 0 0 30,150 77 TIM BAINEY JR. 16 1 0 0 0 19,118 78 SCOTT SAUNDERS 16 1 0 0 0 13,075 79 15 1 0 0 0 17,688 80 15 1 0 0 0 26,813 81 15 2 0 0 0 26,698 82 ANDREW RANGER 12 1 0 0 0 20,215 83 BOBBY SANTOS III 11 1 0 0 0 13,950 84 JOHN JACKSON 10 2 0 0 0 26,065 85 MICHAEL GUERITY 9 2 0 0 0 22,905 86 LOUIS-PHILIPPE DUMOULIN 6 1 0 0 0 19,981 87 6 1 0 0 0 16,424 88 CHRIS COOK 5 2 0 0 0 29,845 89 RYAN ELLIS 5 1 0 0 0 11,075 90 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 15 6 8 11 483,075 91 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 18 3 10 12 539,775 92 KURT BUSCH(i) 0 14 2 7 11 414,935 93 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 11 1 7 8 290,690 94 JAMES BUESCHER(i) 0 17 1 2 7 488,446 95 NELSON PIQUET JR.(i) 0 2 1 1 1 79,136 96 (i) 0 1 1 1 1 52,050 97 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 10 0 6 7 267,370 98 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 15 0 3 7 328,040 99 MICHAEL MCDOWELL(i) 0 5 0 2 5 169,525 100 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 13 0 2 7 270,505 101 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 4 0 1 4 109,020 102 (i) 0 1 0 1 1 55,650 103 TY DILLON(i) 0 3 0 1 3 92,984 104 JR.(i) 0 4 0 2 2 112,825 105 (i) 0 7 0 1 3 172,591 106 (i) 0 2 0 0 1 67,185 107 RYAN BLANEY(i) 0 7 0 0 4 124,419 108 (i) 0 3 0 0 2 73,809 109 (i) 0 1 0 0 1 49,695 110 (i) 0 1 0 0 1 26,388 111 JAMIE MCMURRAY(i) 0 1 0 0 1 12,350 112 (i) 0 1 0 0 1 15,825 113 (i) 0 2 0 0 0 29,378 114 JOSH WISE(i) 0 20 0 0 0 285,939 115 (i) 0 4 0 0 0 90,567 116 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 16,350 117 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 16,900 118 (i) 0 6 0 0 0 84,919 119 PAULIE HARRAKA(i) 0 1 0 0 0 14,150 120 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 15,100 121 JUSTIN JENNINGS(i) 0 1 0 0 0 13,350 122 DAVID STARR(i) 0 2 0 0 0 26,705 123 J J YELEY(i) 0 8 0 0 0 133,633 124 SCOTT RIGGS(i) 0 10 0 0 0 132,422 125 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 14,820 126 RICK CRAWFORD(i) 0 1 0 0 0 16,615 127 (i) 0 11 0 0 0 138,949 128 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 11,630 129 (i) 0 5 0 0 0 62,995 130 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 40,810 131 (i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #25: 32ND ANNUAL VIRGINIA 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS "250" Race Date: 9/7/2012 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 18 949 25 5 16 21 25 2 2 DELANA HARVICK 936 25 4 11 18 25 3 6 935 25 4 15 19 25 4 3 MORGAN SHEPHERD 906 25 1 12 19 25 5 12 ROGER PENSKE 886 25 0 8 17 25 6 33 DELANA HARVICK 880 25 1 10 18 25 7 22 ROGER PENSKE 869 25 3 11 18 25 8 31 SANDRA TURNER 841 25 1 6 16 25 9 54 KYLE BUSCH 818 25 1 9 15 25 10 43 SANDRA TURNER 799 25 0 5 11 25 11 30 HARRY SCOTT JR. 797 25 2 3 11 25 12 88 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 737 25 0 3 10 25 13 38 STEVE TURNER 709 25 0 2 8 25 14 44 MARK SMITH 688 25 0 0 1 25 15 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 630 25 0 0 1 25 16 11 J D GIBBS 599 25 0 2 6 25 17 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 585 25 0 0 2 25 18 51 TONY CLEMENTS 570 25 0 1 3 25 19 01 JOHNNY DAVIS 570 25 0 0 1 25 20 199 569 25 0 0 3 25 21 19 MARK SMITH 568 25 0 0 1 25 22 81 GINA MACDONALD 554 25 0 0 0 25 23 20 JOE GIBBS 547 16 1 2 10 16 24 14 MARK SMITH 488 25 0 0 0 25 25 4 468 25 0 0 1 25 26 70 MARY LOUISE MILLER 468 24 0 0 0 25 27 40 CURTIS KEY SR. 461 25 0 0 0 25 28 124 JASON SCIAVICCO 456 25 0 0 0 25 29 41 RICK WARE 451 25 0 0 1 25 30 39 ARCHIE ST HILAIRE 428 25 0 0 0 25 31 23 ROBERT RICHARDSON SR. 420 25 0 0 0 25 32 108 RANDY HILL 332 24 0 0 0 25 33 60 JACK ROUSH 318 9 1 2 5 9 34 50 RUSTY WALLACE 276 22 0 0 0 23 35 5 259 7 0 5 5 7 36 52 258 22 0 0 0 25 37 89 MORGAN SHEPHERD 193 17 0 0 0 23 38 15 RICK WARE 190 20 0 0 1 21 39 136 BETH BALDWIN 145 7 0 0 2 7 40 1 133 4 1 1 3 4 41 42 CURTIS KEY SR. 100 24 0 0 0 25 42 174 MIKE HARMON 99 18 0 0 0 22 43 10 MARK SMITH 91 25 0 0 0 25 44 27 STEVE MEEHAN 88 6 0 0 1 6 45 46 CURTIS KEY SR. 86 24 0 0 0 25 46 198 FRED BIAGI 82 4 0 0 0 4 47 275 KENNY HABUL 62 3 0 0 0 3 48 47 CURTIS KEY SR. 60 23 0 0 0 25 49 175 RICK WARE 58 9 0 0 0 10 50 159 BOB KELLEY 55 3 0 0 0 3 51 171 RICK WARE 54 8 0 0 0 8 52 86 SCOTT DEWARE 50 4 0 0 0 4 53 117 ADRIAN BERRYHILL 50 4 0 0 0 4 54 28 JAY ROBINSON 49 5 0 0 0 5 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 97 ANDREA NEMECHEK 19 2 0 0 0 2 59 153 ROBERT TORRIERE 17 2 0 0 0 2 60 32 STEVE TURNER 16 1 0 0 0 1 61 100 MIKE RUCH 16 3 0 0 0 5 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