NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 19 INAUGURAL INDIANA 250 INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Indianapolis, IN - July 28, 2012 2.5-Mile Paved Oval 100 Laps - 250 Miles Purse: $1,416,348 TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 59 minutes, 0 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 126.05 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 3.304 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 8 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Discount Tire Dodge 100 0 135.9 $58,225 Running 2 33 2 13 12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Truck Parts Dodge 100 43 1 115.2 51,293 Running 1 7 3 3 51 Ty Dillon (i) Wesco Chevrolet 100 0 114.0 49,743 Running 4 4 18 Denny Hamlin (i) SportClips Toyota 100 0 119.2 34,125 Running 1 4 5 7 3 Austin Dillon # Advocare Chevrolet 100 39 100.6 38,343 Running 6 21 43 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J/M&M's Snack Mix Ford 100 38 93.4 32,868 Running 7 6 20 Joey Logano (i) GameStop/Damage Inc. Toyota 100 0 103.2 24,975 Running 8 9 33 Paul Menard (i) Menards/Rheem Chevrolet 100 0 97.6 24,100 Running 9 10 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Sam's Club/Cargill Ford 100 35 96.0 31,968 Running 10 16 4 Jeremy Clements TradeBank Chevrolet 100 34 84.9 32,643 Running 11 12 44 Mike Bliss Bandit Chippers Toyota 100 33 88.4 28,393 Running 12 14 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt/PT&E Chevrolet 100 32 85.8 28,143 Running 13 19 99 Travis Pastrana Boost Mobile Toyota 100 31 77.6 27,868 Running 14 15 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 100 30 83.6 27,543 Running 15 5 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 100 29 100.6 28,518 Running 16 24 81 Jason Bowles # American Majority Toyota 100 28 68.7 27,193 Running 17 40 88 Cole Whitt # TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 100 27 65.6 27,043 Running 18 28 87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 100 26 62.5 26,893 Running 19 26 24 Kenny Wallace Family Farmers Toyota 100 25 58.8 26,693 Running 20 23 01 Mike Wallace G&K Services Chevrolet 100 24 64.3 27,243 Running 21 39 39 Jeffrey Earnhardt FastWax.com Chevrolet 100 23 49.8 26,418 Running 22 2 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 100 0 118.2 22,025 Running 3 51 23 37 41 Timmy Hill RWR Ford 100 21 48.7 26,143 Running 24 34 14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 100 20 46.6 26,018 Running 25 1 38 Kasey Kahne (i) Great Clips Chevrolet 99 0 96.6 23,375 Running 1 4 26 25 30 James Buescher (i) ABF Chevrolet 99 0 59.7 25,893 Running 27 11 36 Ryan Blaney SealWrap Chevrolet 99 17 70.7 19,275 Running 28 41 52 Tim Schendel Better Business Bureau Chevrolet 99 16 40.2 19,200 Running 29 22 19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil/Noah's Light Foundation Toyota 99 15 53.6 25,568 Running 30 17 70 Johanna Long # KeenParts.com/Riley Chevrolet 90 14 63.3 25,793 Running 31 42 23 Robert Richardson North Texas Pipe Chevrolet 79 13 36.2 25,393 Running 32 29 08 Kyle Fowler Randy Hill Racing Ford 72 12 42.0 18,800 Engine 33 27 98 Reed Sorenson Shelby Engine Co. Ford 49 11 60.1 18,740 Accident 34 18 1 Kurt Busch (i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 41 0 68.5 18,705 Electrical 35 20 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 38 9 61.9 25,108 Accident 36 35 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 23 9 1 39.1 18,580 Vibration 1 1 37 38 15 Scott Riggs (i) RWR Ford 18 0 35.2 18,545 Rear Gear 38 33 40 Erik Darnell Key Motorsports Chevrolet 17 6 38.4 24,929 Engine 39 43 50 T.J. Bell Beaver Bail Bonds Chevrolet 10 5 31.4 18,300 Overheating 40 36 86 Kevin Lepage Deware Racing Group Ford 8 4 33.5 18,190 Drive Shaft 41 30 46 Chase Miller The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 6 3 33.1 18,130 Vibration 42 31 42 Josh Wise (i) Key Motorsports Chevrolet 4 0 30.9 18,100 Electrical 43 32 47 Stephen Leicht (i) Key Motorsports Chevrolet 0 0 30.3 18,035 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: (2) #74 Mike Harmon; #89 Morgan Shepherd Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 40,000, Brad Keselowski won the Indiana 250, his 20th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. To start the race, prior to the green flag no cars dropped to the rear of the field. Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 24 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 17-21 (Competition [52]); 40-47 (Car #7, 98 Accident Turn 2 [30]); 64-67 (Debris Frontstretch [30]); 75-78 (Car #11, 51, 33 Accident Turn 4 [14]); 80-82 (Car #12, 54 Accident Turn 2 [39]). Lap Leaders: 9 lead changes among 6 drivers. Kahne-pole, Ky. Busch 1-17, Green 18, Hamlin 19-22, Keselowski 23-26, Ky. Busch 27-36, Kahne 37-40, Ky. Busch 41-64, Hornish Jr 65-71, Keselowski 72-100.
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne (176.284 mph. 51.054 secs.) 3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Busch (51 Laps ) FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: Jeremy Clements (12 Places) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Penske Engines (#22) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Ty 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 704 (3) JGE (#18) 260 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 3 2 - Austin Dillon 703 (1) Roush/Yates (#6) 213 Joey Logano 3 3 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr 691 (3) RCR (#3) 199 Elliott Sadler 2 4 - Sam Hornish Jr 676 (0) Austin Dillon # 2 MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Justin Allgaier 629 (0) Danica Patrick 1 6 - Michael Annett 607 (0) Elliott Sadler (#2) 7 Ryan Truex 1 7 - Cole Whitt 577 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 6 Brad Keselowski 1 8 - Mike Bliss 524 (0) James Buescher (#30) 3 Nelson Piquet Jr 1 9 - Brian Scott 460 (0) Denny Hamlin 1 10 - Danica Patrick 452 (0) Kevin Harvick 1 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kasey Kahne 1 Pts Wins Paul Menard 1 Chevrolet 124 (7) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Toyota 112 (6) Austin Dillon 267 Ford 92 (3) Cole Whitt 201 Dodge 90 (3) Jason Bowles 141 3M LAP LEADER Johanna Long 107 Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#6) 3 Joey Gase 68 Kevin Harvick (#33) 3 Brad Sweet 67 Joey Logano (#18) 3 Casey Roderick 63 Benny Gordon 38 FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER Brian Scott (#11) 5 Danica Patrick (#7) 2 Elliott Sadler (#2) 1
NEXT EVENT: August 4, 2012 - 4th Annual U.S. Cellular 250 Presented By Enlist Weed Control System, Iowa Speedway, Newton, IA (218.75 Miles) (250 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (7/30/2012) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #19: INAUGURAL INDIANA "250" Race Date: 7/28/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 704 19 3 7 14 $723,302 2 AUSTIN DILLON 703 19 1 11 15 649,088 3 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 691 19 3 10 14 883,232 4 SAM HORNISH JR. 676 19 0 5 12 512,872 5 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 629 19 0 3 12 503,692 6 MICHAEL ANNETT 607 19 0 3 7 498,982 7 COLE WHITT 577 19 0 3 8 491,687 8 MIKE BLISS 524 19 0 0 1 414,772 9 BRIAN SCOTT 460 19 0 2 5 463,717 10 DANICA PATRICK 452 19 0 0 1 439,016 11 JOE NEMECHEK 447 18 0 0 0 410,354 12 TAYLER MALSAM 427 19 0 0 1 434,602 13 JASON BOWLES 419 19 0 0 0 424,912 14 JEREMY CLEMENTS 418 19 0 0 2 425,654 15 MIKE WALLACE 410 19 0 0 0 427,027 16 ERIK DARNELL 314 18 0 0 0 339,268 17 TIMMY HILL 293 15 0 0 2 335,442 18 JOHANNA LONG 284 13 0 0 0 298,273 19 ERIC MCCLURE 271 14 0 0 0 324,317 20 T J BELL 246 19 0 0 0 315,091 21 BRAD SWEET 218 9 0 0 1 191,742 22 RYAN TRUEX 204 7 0 1 4 198,323 23 KENNY WALLACE 202 10 0 1 3 262,552 24 JOSH RICHARDS 198 11 0 0 0 147,513 25 DANNY EFLAND 190 10 0 0 0 221,927 26 TREVOR BAYNE 180 5 0 1 3 166,020 27 JAMIE DICK 171 9 0 0 0 153,283 28 BLAKE KOCH 165 14 0 0 0 250,956 29 MORGAN SHEPHERD 163 14 0 0 0 171,691 30 TRAVIS PASTRANA 158 7 0 0 0 143,876 31 JOEY GASE 142 10 0 0 0 195,270 32 CASEY RODERICK 136 8 0 0 0 155,497 33 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 136 9 0 0 0 209,611 34 JEFF GREEN 134 19 0 0 0 297,497 35 BENNY GORDON 129 7 0 0 0 144,198 36 TIM SCHENDEL 108 10 0 0 0 140,080 37 KYLE FOWLER 88 5 0 0 0 93,711 38 KEVIN LEPAGE 87 13 0 0 0 181,829 39 RYAN BLANEY 84 4 0 0 1 59,073 40 REED SORENSON 80 4 0 0 0 93,478 41 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 74 4 0 0 0 75,418 42 MIKE HARMON 70 13 0 0 0 157,824 43 CHASE MILLER 68 17 0 0 0 215,100 44 STEVE ARPIN 62 2 0 0 1 48,901 45 DARYL HARR 61 4 0 0 0 80,517 46 MATT FRAHM 59 5 0 0 0 57,962 47 TANNER BERRYHILL 49 3 0 0 0 44,348 48 TIM ANDREWS 45 6 0 0 0 76,211 49 RON FELLOWS 42 1 0 1 1 25,300 50 MAX PAPIS 41 1 0 1 1 27,943 51 JACQUES VILLENEUVE 39 1 0 0 1 22,093 52 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 35 1 0 0 1 25,293 53 STEVE WALLACE 33 1 0 0 0 20,868 54 BRAD TEAGUE 31 2 0 0 0 43,471 55 DERRIKE COPE 29 2 0 0 0 38,996 56 KENNY HABUL 28 1 0 0 0 12,225 57 VICTOR GONZALEZ JR. 27 1 0 0 0 18,593 58 MATTHEW CARTER 25 3 0 0 0 34,920 59 ANGELA COPE 24 2 0 0 0 28,768 60 DAVID GREEN 22 2 0 0 0 38,101 61 AMBER COPE 18 1 0 0 0 17,108 62 BILL PRIETZEL 17 1 0 0 0 11,550 63 TIM BAINEY JR. 16 1 0 0 0 19,118 64 JOHN YOUNG 16 1 0 0 0 11,520 65 JAMIE MOSLEY 15 1 0 0 0 17,688 66 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 15 2 0 0 0 26,698 67 ALEX KENNEDY 11 1 0 0 0 17,788 68 BOBBY SANTOS III 11 1 0 0 0 13,950 69 MATTHEW BELL 10 1 0 0 0 17,768 70 JOHN JACKSON 10 2 0 0 0 26,065 71 KYLE KELLEY 9 1 0 0 0 11,275 72 MICHAEL GUERITY 9 2 0 0 0 22,905 73 MATT DIBENEDETTO 8 3 0 0 0 34,015 74 RYAN ELLIS 5 1 0 0 0 11,075 75 CARL LONG 2 1 0 0 0 11,935 76 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 13 5 7 10 428,575 77 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 15 3 8 10 466,960 78 KURT BUSCH(i) 0 12 2 6 10 378,910 79 JAMES BUESCHER(i) 0 15 1 2 7 447,635 80 NELSON PIQUET JR.(i) 0 1 1 1 1 55,393 81 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 8 0 5 6 235,895 82 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 8 0 5 6 199,875 83 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 10 0 2 6 229,770 84 MICHAEL MCDOWELL(i) 0 3 0 2 3 106,864 85 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 11 0 2 3 244,680 86 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 3 0 1 3 96,670 87 MARK MARTIN(i) 0 1 0 1 1 55,650 88 TY DILLON(i) 0 2 0 1 2 71,131 89 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 4 0 2 2 112,825 90 BRENDAN GAUGHAN(i) 0 5 0 1 3 121,580 91 DAVID RAGAN(i) 0 2 0 0 1 67,185 92 PARKER KLIGERMAN(i) 0 3 0 0 2 73,809 93 TONY STEWART(i) 0 1 0 0 1 49,695 94 JAMIE MCMURRAY(i) 0 1 0 0 1 12,350 95 JOEY COULTER(i) 0 1 0 0 1 15,825 96 JOSH WISE(i) 0 16 0 0 0 237,629 97 JOHN WES TOWNLEY(i) 0 3 0 0 0 66,929 98 BRYAN SILAS(i) 0 1 0 0 0 16,350 99 KELLY BIRES(i) 0 1 0 0 0 16,900 100 TONY RAINES(i) 0 4 0 0 0 51,453 101 CLINT BOWYER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 15,100 102 MIGUEL PALUDO(i) 0 1 0 0 0 11,485 103 SCOTT RIGGS(i) 0 8 0 0 0 102,986 104 JENNIFER JO COBB(i) 0 1 0 0 0 14,820 105 J J YELEY(i) 0 5 0 0 0 95,010 106 SCOTT SPEED(i) 0 11 0 0 0 138,949 107 STEPHEN LEICHT(i) 0 4 0 0 0 53,380 108 JOHNNY SAUTER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 40,810 109 DAVID REUTIMANN(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 DONNIE NEUENBERGER 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #19: INAUGURAL INDIANA "250" Race Date: 7/28/2012 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 18 JOE GIBBS 732 19 4 14 17 19 2 2 DELANA HARVICK 704 19 3 7 14 19 3 3 MORGAN SHEPHERD 703 19 1 11 15 19 4 6 JACK ROUSH 691 19 3 10 14 19 5 12 ROGER PENSKE 676 19 0 5 12 19 6 22 ROGER PENSKE 659 19 3 8 13 19 7 33 DELANA HARVICK 659 19 0 8 15 19 8 31 SANDRA TURNER 629 19 0 3 12 19 9 30 HARRY SCOTT JR. 628 19 2 3 10 19 10 43 SANDRA TURNER 607 19 0 3 7 19 11 54 KYLE BUSCH 597 19 1 7 10 19 12 88 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 577 19 0 3 8 19 13 38 STEVE TURNER 546 19 0 2 7 19 14 44 MARK SMITH 524 19 0 0 1 19 15 11 J D GIBBS 460 19 0 2 5 19 16 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 458 19 0 0 0 19 17 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 452 19 0 0 1 19 18 20 JOE GIBBS 445 13 1 2 8 13 19 19 MARK SMITH 427 19 0 0 1 19 20 51 TONY CLEMENTS 425 19 0 1 2 19 21 199 ROBBY BENTON 423 19 0 0 2 19 22 81 GINA MACDONALD 419 19 0 0 0 19 23 01 JOHNNY DAVIS 410 19 0 0 0 19 24 41 RICK WARE 384 19 0 0 1 19 25 14 MARK SMITH 374 19 0 0 0 19 26 70 MARY LOUISE MILLER 365 18 0 0 0 19 27 4 RUSTY WALLACE 359 19 0 0 1 19 28 40 CURTIS KEY SR. 344 19 0 0 0 19 29 124 JASON SCIAVICCO 343 19 0 0 0 19 30 39 ARCHIE ST HILAIRE 325 19 0 0 0 19 31 23 ROBERT RICHARDSON SR. 324 19 0 0 0 19 32 108 RANDY HILL 275 19 0 0 0 19 33 50 RUSTY WALLACE 246 19 0 0 0 19 34 52 JIMMY MEANS 226 19 0 0 0 19 35 5 RICK HENDRICK 181 5 0 3 3 5 36 60 JACK ROUSH 180 5 0 1 3 5 37 89 MORGAN SHEPHERD 163 14 0 0 0 18 38 15 RICK WARE 139 14 0 0 1 15 39 1 JAMES FINCH 133 4 1 1 3 4 40 136 BETH BALDWIN 108 6 0 0 1 6 41 174 MIKE HARMON 79 15 0 0 0 18 42 27 STEVE MEEHAN 76 5 0 0 1 5 43 42 CURTIS KEY SR. 75 18 0 0 0 19 44 198 FRED BIAGI 70 3 0 0 0 3 45 46 CURTIS KEY SR. 70 18 0 0 0 19 46 10 MARK SMITH 50 19 0 0 0 19 47 28 JAY ROBINSON 49 5 0 0 0 5 48 47 CURTIS KEY SR. 46 18 0 0 0 19 49 175 RICK WARE 44 7 0 0 0 8 50 117 ADRIAN BERRYHILL 41 3 0 0 0 3 51 21 RICHARD CHILDRESS 34 1 0 0 1 1 52 171 RICK WARE 32 4 0 0 0 4 53 275 KENNY HABUL 28 1 0 0 0 1 54 82 PAT MACDONALD 25 1 0 0 0 1 55 126 JOHN YOUNG 16 1 0 0 0 1 56 32 STEVE TURNER 16 1 0 0 0 1 57 86 SCOTT DEWARE 15 2 0 0 0 2 58 172 JAMES CARTER 10 2 0 0 0 4 59 159 BOB KELLEY 9 1 0 0 0 1 60 113 JENNIFER JO COBB 8 1 0 0 0 2 61 100 MIKE RUCH 8 1 0 0 0 1 62 97 ANDREA NEMECHEK 2 1 0 0 0 1 63 109 ROBBY BENTON 0 1 0 1 1 1 64 176 RAY HACKETT 0 0 0 0 0 1 65 73 GARY KELLER 0 0 0 0 0 2