NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 30 44TH ANNUAL GOOD SAM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE 500 TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY Talladega, AL - October 7, 2012 2.66-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 188 Laps - 500 Miles Purse: $5,373,101 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 56 minutes, 12 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 171.194 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 15 17 Matt Kenseth Ford EcoBoost/Nat'l Breast Cancer Foun Ford 189 47 4 0.0 $307,036 Running 8 33 2 6 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 189 43 1 0.0 206,171 Running 1 7 3 13 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 189 42 1 0.0 186,168 Running 2 6 4 25 34 David Ragan MHP-8 hour Alert Ford 189 41 1 0.0 142,743 Running 1 1 5 28 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row / Farm American Chevrolet 189 39 0.0 136,243 Running 6 5 16 Greg Biffle 3M / National Breast Cancer Foundation Ford 189 39 1 0.0 124,260 Running 6 16 7 22 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 189 37 0.0 130,330 Running 8 36 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 189 37 1 0.0 119,518 Running 2 3 9 2 39 Ryan Newman U.S. Army Chevrolet 189 35 0.0 130,993 Running 10 26 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar / DriveCat.com Chevrolet 189 35 1 0.0 128,610 Running 2 3 11 21 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 189 34 1 0.0 132,621 Running 4 12 12 1 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet 189 33 1 0.0 101,610 Running 2 9 13 9 56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 189 31 0.0 112,399 Running 14 23 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 189 30 0.0 124,801 Running 15 32 38 David Gilliland Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts/M. Holmes Ford 189 29 0.0 96,118 Running 16 31 32 Terry Labonte C&J Energy Services Ford 189 28 0.0 90,435 Running 17 17 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 189 28 1 0.0 125,121 Running 2 11 18 40 47 Bobby Labonte Scott / Kingsford / Bush Beans Toyota 189 26 0.0 99,332 Running 19 18 43 Aric Almirola Gwaltney Ford 189 25 0.0 118,346 Running 20 12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Diet Mountain Dew Paint 88/Nat'l Guard Chev 189 25 1 0.0 89,485 Running 3 18 21 8 21 Trevor Bayne (i) Motorcraft / Quick Lane / Warriors in Pink Ford 189 0 0.0 81,235 Running 2 5 22 4 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1 / Office Depot Chevrolet 188 23 1 0.0 130,085 Accident 1 1 23 3 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy/Avon Foun for Women Toyota 188 22 1 0.0 107,549 Accident 3 8 24 10 22 Sam Hornish Jr(i) SKF Dodge 188 0 0.0 120,835 Accident 25 11 55 Michael Waltrip Charlie Loudermilk Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 188 19 0.0 79,785 Accident 26 19 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 188 19 1 0.0 79,010 Accident 4 10 27 20 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 188 18 1 0.0 106,618 Accident 1 2 28 16 27 Paul Menard Certain Teed Insulation / Menards Chevrolet 188 16 0.0 86,460 Accident 29 39 36 Dave Blaney Golden Corral Chevrolet 188 15 0.0 78,310 Accident 30 38 83 Landon Cassill Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 188 14 0.0 105,480 Running 31 34 98 Michael McDowell K-LOVE / Curb Records Ford 188 13 0.0 74,985 Running 32 14 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota 187 12 0.0 82,785 Running 33 30 30 David Stremme SwanEnergyInc.com Toyota 187 11 0.0 74,635 Running 34 24 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops / Allstate Chevrolet 184 12 2 0.0 110,868 Accident 9 38 35 43 23 Robert Richardson (i) North Texas Pipe Toyota 180 0 0.0 74,260 Accident 36 7 99 Carl Edwards Subway Ford 179 8 0.0 120,351 Running 37 41 10 David Reutimann [email protected] Chevrolet 162 7 0.0 73,980 Engine 38 27 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target / Gillette Chevrolet 156 6 0.0 103,819 Engine 39 29 51 Kurt Busch Phoenix Construction Chevrolet 98 6 1 0.0 79,000 Parked 2 6 40 42 33 Cole Whitt (i) LittleJoesAutos.com Chevrolet 16 0 0.0 78,860 Accident 41 37 87 Joe Nemechek (i) AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 12 0 0.0 70,710 Vibration 42 35 97 Timmy Hill (i) AM/FM Energy Wood Stoves/SWM Toyota 8 0 0.0 70,580 Electrical 43 33 26 Josh Wise # MDS Transport Ford 5 1 0.0 70,964 Overheating # 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 crowd of 88,000, Matt Kenseth won the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500, his 23rd NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following car dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #36 (unapproved adjustments during impound). Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 17 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 18-21 (Car #13, 20, 33, 99 Accident Turn 3 [None]); 100-103 (Car #1, 51 Accident Turn 2 [21]); 140-143 (Debris Backstretch [18]); 184-187 (Car #1 Spin Frontstretch [36]); 189 (Car #88, 29, 11, 47, 32, 48, 5, 43, 36, 78, 55, 13, 2, 15, 34, 27, 9, 56, 38, 18, 22, 31, 16, 93, 14 Accident Turn 4 [None]). Lap Leaders: 54 lead changes among 18 drivers. Kahne 1-7, Bowyer 8, Kahne 9-10, Bayne 11, Bowyer 12, Earnhardt Jr 13-14, Ky. Busch 15-17, Harvick 18, Kvapil 19, Ky. Busch 20-22, Kenseth 23-32, Earnhardt Jr 33-40, Kenseth 41, Earnhardt Jr 42-49, Mears 50, Burton 51-52, Bayne 53-56, Mears 57-61, Johnson 62-71, J. Gordon 72-78, McMurray 79-89, Ku. Busch 90-93, Kenseth 94-96, Ku. Busch 97-98, Burton 99, Johnson 100, Ragan 101, Ambrose 102-103, Kenseth 104-108, Harvick 109-116, McMurray 117-118, Kenseth 119-126, Biffle 127, Kenseth 128-131, McMurray 132-139, Kvapil 140-141, Mears 142-143, Biffle 144-145, Harvick 146-147, Biffle 148-151, McMurray 152, Biffle 153-155, McMurray 156-160, Biffle 161, McMurray 162, Biffle 163-167, McMurray 168, Harvick 169, McMurray 170, Kenseth 171, Mears 172-173, McMurray 174- 181, Bowyer 182-187, Stewart 188, Kenseth 189. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne (191.455 mph. 50.017 secs.) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Busch 3M LAP LEADER: Jamie McMurray (38 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Greg AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Matt Kenseth Biffle (crew chief Matt Puccia, 0.079 seconds) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Greg Biffle (crew chief Matt Puccia) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $20,000 at next FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Matt Kenseth event++ MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush Yates Engines (#17) USG IMPROVING THE FINISH: Travis Kvapil (28 places) ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Brad Keselowski 2,179 (5) Darian Grubb (#11) 6 Mark Martin 4 2 - Jimmie Johnson 2,165 (3) Matt Puccia (#16) 6 Denny Hamlin 3 3 - Denny Hamlin 2,156 (5) Dave Rogers (#18) 3 Kasey Kahne 3 4 - Kasey Kahne 2,143 (2) Jimmie Johnson 2 FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" 5 - Clint Bowyer 2,139 (2) Jeff Gordon 2 6 - Jeff Gordon 2,137 (1) Matt Kenseth (#17) 36 Greg Biffle 2 7 - Tony Stewart 2,133 (3) Tony Stewart (#14) 35 Marcos Ambrose 2 8 - Martin Truex Jr 2,131 (0) Denny Hamlin (#11) 30 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 9 - Greg Biffle 2,130 (2) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Tony Stewart 1 10 - Kevin Harvick 2,130 (0) Hendrick (#48) 308 Martin Truex Jr 1 11 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 2,128 (1) TRD (#11) 256 Dale Earnhardt Jr 1 12 - Matt Kenseth 2,117 (2) Penske (#2) 242 Matt Kenseth 1 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE Kyle Busch 1 Pts Wins Carl Edwards 1 Denny Hamlin (#11) 10 Joey Logano 1 Chevrolet 203 (11) Kyle Busch (#18) 6 AJ Allmendinger 1 Toyota 176 (9) Clint Bowyer (#15) 4 Ford 147 (5) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Dodge 134 (5) SOLVER OF THE RACE Stephen Leicht 85 3M LAP LEADER Josh Wise 69 Steve Addington (#14) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 6 Chad Johnston (#56) 4 Denny Hamlin (#11) 5 Steve Letarte (#88) 4 Kyle Busch (#18) 4 USG IMPROVING THE FINISH AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Tony Stewart (#14) 4 AWARD Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Denny Hamlin (#11) 4 Joey Logano (#20) 3

NEXT EVENT: October 13, 2012 - 53rd Annual Bank of America 500, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC (501 Miles) (334 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (10/8/2012) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #30: 44TH ANNUAL GOOD SAM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE "500" Race Date: 10/7/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 BRAD KESELOWSKI 2179 30 5 12 19 $5,216,790 2 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2165 30 3 15 20 6,864,703 3 DENNY HAMLIN 2156 30 5 12 15 5,990,335 4 KASEY KAHNE 2143 30 2 9 15 4,045,906 5 CLINT BOWYER 2139 30 2 7 18 4,483,143 6 JEFF GORDON 2137 30 1 10 15 5,119,058 7 TONY STEWART 2133 30 3 10 14 5,691,220 8 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 2131 30 0 6 16 4,477,163 9 GREG BIFFLE 2130 30 2 10 16 4,942,893 10 KEVIN HARVICK 2130 30 0 4 11 4,848,480 11 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 2128 30 1 10 18 4,763,465 12 MATT KENSETH 2117 30 2 11 17 6,403,416 13 KYLE BUSCH 912 30 1 8 15 5,426,488 14 RYAN NEWMAN 865 30 1 4 12 4,529,098 15 CARL EDWARDS 844 30 0 3 12 4,555,299 16 PAUL MENARD 830 30 0 0 7 3,431,295 17 MARCOS AMBROSE 816 30 1 3 8 4,109,870 18 JOEY LOGANO 797 30 1 2 11 3,472,258 19 JEFF BURTON 748 30 0 2 6 4,436,535 20 JAMIE MCMURRAY 714 30 0 0 3 3,878,715 21 ARIC ALMIROLA 686 30 0 0 2 4,023,960 22 JUAN PABLO MONTOYA 675 30 0 0 2 3,819,448 23 REGAN SMITH 670 30 0 1 3 3,567,658 24 BOBBY LABONTE 655 30 0 0 1 3,534,581 25 MARK MARTIN 563 19 0 4 8 2,405,488 26 KURT BUSCH 557 29 0 1 2 3,375,980 27 DAVID RAGAN 530 30 0 1 2 3,102,677 28 DAVID GILLILAND 520 30 0 0 0 2,997,854 29 TRAVIS KVAPIL 512 29 0 0 1 2,999,551 30 CASEY MEARS 511 30 0 0 0 2,999,690 31 LANDON CASSILL 475 30 0 0 0 3,531,780 32 A J ALLMENDINGER 400 17 0 1 3 2,577,395 33 DAVE BLANEY 367 28 0 0 0 2,491,606 34 DAVID REUTIMANN 337 21 0 0 0 1,979,773 35 BRIAN VICKERS 213 7 0 3 4 689,275 36 DAVID STREMME 209 24 0 0 0 2,187,813 37 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 153 24 0 0 0 2,024,371 38 J J YELEY 151 20 0 0 0 1,616,525 39 JOSH WISE 123 26 0 0 0 2,035,352 40 KEN SCHRADER 111 10 0 0 0 929,465 41 STEPHEN LEICHT 107 13 0 0 0 1,175,295 42 MICHAEL WALTRIP 94 4 0 0 1 396,472 43 TERRY LABONTE 94 4 0 0 0 582,995 44 SCOTT SPEED 89 13 0 0 0 1,073,293 45 TONY RAINES 71 7 0 0 0 788,728 46 SCOTT RIGGS 52 18 0 0 0 1,366,055 47 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 50 4 0 0 0 354,559 48 BORIS SAID 34 2 0 0 0 167,290 49 BILL ELLIOTT 14 2 0 0 0 196,098 50 HERMIE SADLER III 13 1 0 0 0 80,610 51 MIKE OLSEN 11 1 0 0 0 81,735 52 ROBBY GORDON 11 3 0 0 0 405,300 53 MIKE SKINNER 10 4 0 0 0 340,850 54 TOMY DRISSI 6 1 0 0 0 76,242 55 STACY COMPTON 5 1 0 0 0 64,225 56 DAVID MAYHEW 4 1 0 0 0 72,625 57 KELLY BIRES 3 2 0 0 0 139,167 58 PATRICK LONG 2 1 0 0 0 61,555 59 SAM HORNISH JR.(i) 0 14 0 1 1 1,821,645 60 TREVOR BAYNE(i) 0 12 0 0 2 1,450,257 61 RICKY STENHOUSE JR.(i) 0 2 0 0 0 383,210 62 MIKE BLISS(i) 0 14 0 0 0 1,119,949 63 AUSTIN DILLON(i) 0 1 0 0 0 88,285 64 DANICA PATRICK(i) 0 7 0 0 0 795,535 65 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR.(i) 0 2 0 0 0 184,578 66 ELLIOTT SADLER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 305,788 67 JOE NEMECHEK(i) 0 27 0 0 0 2,231,914 68 REED SORENSON(i) 0 15 0 0 0 1,163,992 69 T J BELL(i) 0 5 0 0 0 453,510 70 JASON LEFFLER(i) 0 4 0 0 0 313,877 71 JASON WHITE(i) 0 1 0 0 0 76,610 72 COLE WHITT(i) 0 5 0 0 0 395,747 73 CHRIS COOK(i) 0 2 0 0 0 134,035 74 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 2 0 0 0 150,360 75 KENNY WALLACE(i) 0 0 0 0 0 24,838 76 MIKE WALLACE(i) 0 0 0 0 0 23,900 77 JEFF GREEN(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 TIM ANDREWS(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 BRIAN SIMO 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 MARK GREEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #30: 44TH ANNUAL GOOD SAM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE "500" Race Date: 10/7/2012 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 2 ROGER PENSKE 2179 30 5 12 19 30 2 48 JEFF GORDON 2165 30 3 15 20 30 3 11 J D GIBBS 2156 30 5 12 15 30 4 5 LINDA HENDRICK 2143 30 2 9 15 30 5 15 ROB KAUFFMAN 2139 30 2 7 18 30 6 24 RICK HENDRICK 2137 30 1 10 15 30 7 14 MARGARET HAAS 2133 30 3 10 14 30 8 56 MICHAEL WALTRIP 2131 30 0 6 16 30 9 16 JACK ROUSH 2130 30 2 10 16 30 10 29 RICHARD CHILDRESS 2130 30 0 4 11 30 11 88 RICK HENDRICK 2128 30 1 10 18 30 12 17 JOHN HENRY 2117 30 2 11 17 30 13 18 JOE GIBBS 912 30 1 8 15 30 14 55 BILL JENKINS 870 30 0 7 13 30 15 39 TONY STEWART 865 30 1 4 12 30 16 99 JACK ROUSH 844 30 0 3 12 30 17 27 RICHARD CHILDRESS 830 30 0 0 7 30 18 9 RICHARD PETTY 816 30 1 3 8 30 19 20 JOE GIBBS 797 30 1 2 11 30 20 31 RICHARD CHILDRESS 748 30 0 2 6 30 21 22 WALTER CZARNECKI 729 30 0 2 4 30 22 1 FELIX SABATES 714 30 0 0 3 30 23 43 RICHARD PETTY 686 30 0 0 2 30 24 42 CHIP GANASSI 675 30 0 0 2 30 25 78 BARNEY VISSER 670 30 0 1 3 30 26 47 TAD GESCHICKTER 655 30 0 0 1 30 27 51 JAMES FINCH 580 30 0 1 2 30 28 93 THOMAS UEBERALL 538 30 0 0 1 30 29 34 BOB JENKINS 530 30 0 1 2 30 30 38 BRAD JENKINS 520 30 0 0 0 30 31 13 BOB GERMAIN 511 30 0 0 0 30 32 83 THOMAS UEBERALL 475 30 0 0 0 30 33 10 TOMMY BALDWIN 428 30 0 0 0 30 34 32 FRANK STODDARD JR. 413 30 0 0 0 30 35 36 ALLAN HEINKE 377 30 0 0 0 30 36 21 GLEN WOOD 257 12 0 0 2 12 37 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 234 24 0 0 0 30 38 30 KEVIN BUCKLER 211 25 0 0 0 30 39 98 MIKE CURB 165 27 0 0 0 30 40 249 JAY ROBINSON 150 17 0 0 0 25 41 26 JERRY FREEZE 148 27 0 0 0 30 42 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 138 27 0 0 0 30 43 195 BOB LEAVINE 86 11 0 0 0 12 44 23 ROBERT RICHARDSON SR. 78 20 0 0 0 28 45 119 RANDY HUMPHREY 52 16 0 0 0 23 46 6 JOHN HENRY 32 1 0 0 0 1 47 132 FRANK STODDARD JR. 27 1 0 0 0 1 48 12 ROGER PENSKE 26 1 0 0 0 1 49 74 VICKIE COMPTON 22 7 0 0 0 11 50 37 LARRY GUNSELMAN 15 5 0 0 0 14 51 7 ROBBY GORDON 11 3 0 0 0 5 52 191 MARK SMITH 10 6 0 0 0 9 53 97 ANDREA NEMECHEK 9 2 0 0 0 3 54 179 ARCHIE ST HILAIRE 8 5 0 0 0 8 55 50 STEVE TURNER 7 1 0 0 0 1 56 52 KELLY OWEN 3 1 0 0 0 3 57 173 SCOTT GUNDERSON 0 1 0 0 0 2 58 109 BRACK MAGGARD 0 0 0 0 0 1 59 140 MICHAEL HILLMAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 60 0 STEVEN SCHARR 0 0 0 0 0 1