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 Kevin Harvick (i) Armour Chevrolet 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 Kurt Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 250 0 118.4 21,200 Running 1 25 4 6 18 Denny Hamlin (i) SportClips Toyota 250 0 107.5 18,600 Running 5 13 43 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Ford 250 39 97.4 24,043 Running 6 2 3 Austin Dillon # Advocare Chevrolet 250 39 1 118.3 25,143 Running 1 14 7 11 51 Ty Dillon (i) Wesco Chevrolet 250 0 98.7 21,853 Running 8 14 87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 250 36 82.8 21,613 Running 9 27 22 Ryan Blaney (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 James Buescher (i) ABF Chevrolet 250 0 84.2 23,868 Running 1 3 12 12 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 250 32 104.9 20,993 Running 13 10 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 250 31 96.0 20,943 Running 14 19 88 Cole Whitt # Hellmann's Chevrolet 250 30 78.5 20,893 Running 15 9 44 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota 250 29 85.0 21,818 Running 16 33 99 Ryan Truex Toyota Care Toyota 250 28 75.0 20,968 Running 17 5 60 Travis Pastrana Ford EcoBoost Ford 250 27 82.7 14,225 Running 18 28 40 Erik Darnell Key Motorsports Chevrolet 250 26 65.1 14,175 Running 19 30 19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil Toyota 250 25 62.2 20,593 Running 20 23 38 Brad Sweet # 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 Texas Pipe Chevrolet 250 22 52.2 13,925 Running 23 21 81 Jason Bowles # @THERANDOMACTORG/ITEX.NET Dodge 250 21 62.1 20,308 Running 24 22 4 Jeremy Clements stjude.org Chevrolet 249 20 59.9 20,193 Running 25 26 08 Paulie Harraka (i) Randy Hill 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 Dexter Stacey MaddiesPlaceRocks.com Ford 248 17 41.0 13,525 Running 28 7 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 246 16 73.0 19,843 Running 29 24 7 Danica Patrick 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 Timmy Hill 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 Kevin Lepage 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 Tanner Berryhill Race City Steel/Nationalcashlenders.com Toyota 35 9 44.2 12,940 Accident 36 37 75 Scott Riggs (i) RWR Chevrolet 28 0 42.0 12,880 Overheating 37 43 00 Blake Koch Ruch Motorsports Chevrolet 18 PE 32.9 12,820 Brakes 38 38 71 Carl Long Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 15 6 38.1 12,741 Rear Gear 39 36 15 Matt Carter Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 11 5 34.8 12,620 Clutch 40 29 42 Josh Wise (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 Chase Miller The Motorsports Group 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 Joey Gase; #50 David Starr; #89 Morgan Shepherd; #74 Mike Harmon 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 Joey Logano 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 Trevor Bayne 1 9 - Joe Nemechek 605 (0) Alex Tagliani 1 10 - Brian Scott 599 (0) Brad Keselowski 1 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kevin Harvick 1 Pts Wins Nelson Piquet Jr 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Chevrolet 163 (10) Kyle Busch 1 Toyota 138 (7) Kasey Kahne 1 Ford 129 (5) Paul Menard 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 Casey Roderick 63 Cole Whitt (#88) 2
NEXT EVENT: September 15, 2012 - 12th Annual Dollar General 300 Powered by Coca-Cola , Chicagoland Speedway, 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 JOSH RICHARDS 233 13 0 0 0 183,701 24 DANNY EFLAND 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 KENNY WALLACE 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 BENNY GORDON 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 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 JACQUES VILLENEUVE 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 TIM ANDREWS 75 8 0 0 0 113,841 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 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 KYLE KELLEY 55 3 0 0 0 43,600 55 BRAD TEAGUE 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 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 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 FAIN SKINNER 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 AMBER COPE 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 ERIC CURRAN 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 JAMIE MOSLEY 15 1 0 0 0 17,688 80 PATRICK CARPENTIER 15 1 0 0 0 26,813 81 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 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 ALEX POPOW 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 CARL EDWARDS(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 MARK MARTIN(i) 0 1 0 1 1 55,650 103 TY DILLON(i) 0 3 0 1 3 92,984 104 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 4 0 2 2 112,825 105 BRENDAN GAUGHAN(i) 0 7 0 1 3 172,591 106 DAVID RAGAN(i) 0 2 0 0 1 67,185 107 RYAN BLANEY(i) 0 7 0 0 4 124,419 108 PARKER KLIGERMAN(i) 0 3 0 0 2 73,809 109 TONY STEWART(i) 0 1 0 0 1 49,695 110 JASON LEFFLER(i) 0 1 0 0 1 26,388 111 JAMIE MCMURRAY(i) 0 1 0 0 1 12,350 112 JOEY COULTER(i) 0 1 0 0 1 15,825 113 MIGUEL PALUDO(i) 0 2 0 0 0 29,378 114 JOSH WISE(i) 0 20 0 0 0 285,939 115 JOHN WES TOWNLEY(i) 0 4 0 0 0 90,567 116 BRYAN SILAS(i) 0 1 0 0 0 16,350 117 KELLY BIRES(i) 0 1 0 0 0 16,900 118 TONY RAINES(i) 0 6 0 0 0 84,919 119 PAULIE HARRAKA(i) 0 1 0 0 0 14,150 120 CLINT BOWYER(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 JENNIFER JO COBB(i) 0 1 0 0 0 14,820 126 RICK CRAWFORD(i) 0 1 0 0 0 16,615 127 SCOTT SPEED(i) 0 11 0 0 0 138,949 128 DUSTY DAVIS(i) 0 1 0 0 0 11,630 129 STEPHEN LEICHT(i) 0 5 0 0 0 62,995 130 JOHNNY SAUTER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 40,810 131 DAVID REUTIMANN(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 DONNIE NEUENBERGER 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 JOE GIBBS 949 25 5 16 21 25 2 2 DELANA HARVICK 936 25 4 11 18 25 3 6 JACK ROUSH 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 ROBBY BENTON 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 RUSTY WALLACE 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 RICK HENDRICK 259 7 0 5 5 7 36 52 JIMMY MEANS 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 JAMES FINCH 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