NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 26 13TH ANNUAL DOLLAR GENERAL 300 POWERED BY COCA-COLA CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY Joliet, IL - September 14, 2013 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 200 Laps - 300 Miles Purse: $1,301,465 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 16 minutes, 34 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 131.804 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.615 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 1 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 200 0 150.0 $82,650 Running 2 195 2 3 22 Joey Logano (i) Discount Tire Ford 200 0 119.1 60,050 Running 1 2 3 4 12 Sam Hornish Jr Wurth Ford 200 41 121.0 53,525 Running 4 2 3 Austin Dillon AdvoCare Chevrolet 200 40 114.1 47,475 Running 5 6 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr(i) Great Clips Chevrolet 200 0 102.3 31,975 Running 1 2 6 10 20 Brian Vickers Dollar General Toyota 200 38 109.2 31,375 Running 7 18 18 Matt Kenseth (i) GameStop Toyota 200 0 92.9 24,325 Running 8 5 77 Parker Kligerman Bandit Chippers Toyota 200 36 101.0 29,675 Running 9 13 33 Kevin Harvick (i) Rheem / Menards Chevrolet 200 0 100.4 22,135 Running 10 9 30 Nelson Piquet Jr # Hooters Chevrolet 200 34 82.8 29,500 Running 11 8 99 Alex Bowman # ToyotaCare Toyota 200 33 82.8 26,750 Running 12 20 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 200 32 87.7 26,200 Running 13 16 7 Regan Smith Clean Coal Chevrolet 200 31 87.5 25,650 Running 14 19 2 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Chevrolet 200 30 76.2 25,140 Running 15 14 6 Trevor Bayne Ford EcoBoost Ford 200 29 77.3 25,780 Running 16 17 98 Kevin Swindell # Carroll Shelby Engine Co. Ford 200 28 67.3 24,470 Running 17 11 29 Kenny Wallace ToyotaCare Toyota 200 27 71.2 18,185 Running 18 15 43 Michael Annett Pilot Travel Centers Ford 200 26 67.4 23,925 Running 19 7 11 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Toyota 199 25 82.1 24,715 Running 20 12 5 Brad Sweet CorvetteParts.net Chevrolet 198 24 76.6 24,180 Running 21 27 44 Chad Hackenbracht (i) Ingersoll Rand Toyota 198 0 54.6 23,395 Running 22 29 4 Landon Cassill Line-X Chevrolet 198 22 61.1 23,285 Running 23 35 19 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota 198 21 56.2 23,150 Running 24 21 51 Jeremy Clements Repairable Vehicles.com / US Petroleum Chevrolet 198 21 1 58.1 23,040 Running 1 1 25 25 14 Eric McClure Hefty Ultimate with Arm & Hammer Toyota 198 19 55.0 23,380 Running 26 22 70 Johanna Long ForeTravel Motorcoach Chevrolet 197 18 47.9 22,795 Running 27 24 60 Travis Pastrana Roush Fenway Racing Ford 196 17 63.3 22,685 Running 28 26 01 Mike Wallace G&K Services Chevrolet 193 16 46.3 22,565 Running 29 37 23 Juan Carlos Blum # VMP Nutrition / Oleofinos Ford 189 15 33.5 22,415 Running 30 23 87 Joe Nemechek pelletgrillsusa.com Toyota 186 14 43.8 22,605 Electrical 31 36 79 Maryeve Dufault SKHandtool.com Ford 183 13 35.3 22,150 Running 32 39 32 Kyle Larson # Snickers Chevrolet 175 12 83.6 22,040 Accident 33 38 40 Reed Sorenson Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 172 11 39.3 21,925 Running 34 32 24 Brett Butler Five Star Lodge & Stables / ReMax Toyota 146 10 33.2 21,814 Accident 35 31 52 Joey Gase DonateLifeIllinois.org Toyota 46 9 36.5 21,689 Engine 36 30 74 Kevin Lepage Dodge 30 8 38.2 20,445 Fuel Pump 37 33 37 Tanner Berryhill NationalCashLenders.com Dodge 21 7 31.5 14,325 Electrical 38 28 00 Blake Koch Kappa Sigma Military Heroes Campaign Toyota 7 6 32.2 14,265 Transmission 39 34 46 J.J. Yeley (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 4 PE 30.8 13,940 Rear Gear 40 40 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 3 4 29.7 13,830 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: (3) #42 Josh Wise; #15 Carl Long; #89 Morgan Shepherd Race Comments: Kyle Busch won the Dollar General 300 Powered by Coca-Cola, his 61st NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag to start the event, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: No. 44, No. 99 (unapproved adjustments). Caution Flags: 6 cautions for 27 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 25-28 (Car #87 Stall In Turn 3 [40]); 108-112 (Debris [30]); 159-163 (Car #11, 24 Accident Turn 4 [77]); 166- 169 (Debris [43]); 176-181 (Car #32 Accident Turn 2 [98]); 184-186 (Car #7, 31 Accident Backstretch [29]). Lap Leaders: 4 lead changes among 4 drivers. K. Busch 1-25, Clements 26, Earnhardt Jr 27-28, Logano 29-30, K. Busch 31-200. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (178.968 mph. 30.173 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon 3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Busch (195 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Nelson Piquet Jr DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Austin Dillon MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Joe Gibbs Racing Engines (#54) NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Sam Hornish Jr 921 (1) AWARD Kyle Busch 8 2 - Austin Dillon 904 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 10 Austin Dillon 6 3 - Regan Smith 885 (2) Justin Allgaier (#31) 4 Sam Hornish Jr 2 4 - Elliott Sadler 877 (0) Brian Scott (#2) 4 Justin Allgaier 1 5 - Brian Vickers 865 (0) Brian Scott 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 6 - Justin Allgaier 860 (0) Trevor Bayne 1 7 - Brian Scott 849 (0) JGE (#54) 393 Alex Bowman # 1 8 - Trevor Bayne 839 (1) Roush/Yates (#22) 316 Travis Pastrana 1 9 - Kyle Larson 811 (0) Roush/Yates (#12) 272 Drew Herring 1 10 - Parker Kligerman 768 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Brad Keselowski 1 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Austin Dillon (#3) 9 AJ Allmendinger 1 Pts Wins Kyle Larson (#32) 6 Michael McDowell 1 Ford 175 (11) Justin Allgaier (#31) 3 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Toyota 175 (11) Kyle Larson 262 Chevrolet 144 (4) Alex Bowman 190 Dodge 36 (0) Nelson Piquet Jr 179 3M LAP LEADER Jeffrey Earnhardt 112 Kyle Busch (#54) 12 Dexter Stacey 111 Austin Dillon (#3) 3 Kevin Swindell 94 Kevin Harvick (#33) 2 Hal Martin 79 Juan Carlos Blum 61 NEXT EVENT: September 21, 2013 - 2nd Annual 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. 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Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2013 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #26: 13TH ANNUAL DOLLAR GENERAL "300" POWERED BY COCA-COLA Race Date: 09/14/2013 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 SAM HORNISH JR. 921 26 1 12 20 $954,067 2 AUSTIN DILLON 904 26 0 9 16 871,809 3 REGAN SMITH 885 26 2 6 16 723,338 4 ELLIOTT SADLER 877 26 0 8 16 790,977 5 BRIAN VICKERS 865 26 0 12 16 766,657 6 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 860 26 0 4 13 710,035 7 BRIAN SCOTT 849 26 0 3 12 709,428 8 TREVOR BAYNE 839 26 1 6 16 746,312 9 KYLE LARSON 811 26 0 7 14 725,133 10 PARKER KLIGERMAN 768 26 0 3 9 672,086 11 ALEX BOWMAN 700 26 0 1 5 649,502 12 NELSON PIQUET JR. 692 26 0 0 4 611,522 13 MIKE BLISS 646 26 0 0 1 590,807 14 TRAVIS PASTRANA 607 26 0 0 4 599,542 15 JEREMY CLEMENTS 503 24 0 0 2 536,962 16 REED SORENSON 494 26 0 0 1 574,297 17 MICHAEL ANNETT 479 18 0 1 2 419,119 18 MIKE WALLACE 474 26 0 0 1 560,256 19 ERIC MCCLURE 399 22 0 0 1 494,222 20 JOE NEMECHEK 388 21 0 0 0 474,782 21 JOHANNA LONG 309 15 0 0 0 350,552 22 COLE WHITT 303 11 0 0 2 230,958 23 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 282 14 0 0 0 326,759 24 BLAKE KOCH 270 21 0 0 0 396,882 25 LANDON CASSILL 269 18 0 0 0 355,308 26 KEVIN SWINDELL 266 10 0 0 2 201,743 27 BRAD SWEET 258 10 0 0 2 229,855 28 DEXTER STACEY 240 15 0 0 0 271,732 29 JAMIE DICK 211 13 0 0 0 273,874 30 JEFF GREEN 208 25 0 0 0 385,560 31 JOSH WISE 190 17 0 0 0 277,495 32 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 189 12 0 0 1 301,476 33 JOEY GASE 185 16 0 0 0 264,345 34 HAL MARTIN 177 11 0 0 0 262,549 35 CHRIS BUESCHER 170 6 0 0 2 103,086 36 KENNY WALLACE 155 7 0 0 0 108,190 37 JUAN CARLOS BLUM 140 10 0 0 0 232,966 38 JASON WHITE 138 9 0 0 1 224,408 39 KYLE FOWLER 119 7 0 0 0 145,223 40 KEVIN LEPAGE 113 8 0 0 0 149,824 41 MIKE HARMON 106 7 0 0 0 174,179 42 KEN BUTLER 82 6 0 0 0 112,969 43 MAX PAPIS 81 3 0 1 1 69,375 44 RYAN REED 81 3 0 0 1 61,335 45 DREW HERRING 80 3 0 0 1 79,590 46 DARYL HARR 78 5 0 0 0 97,941 47 TONY RAINES 76 6 0 0 0 99,601 48 CARL LONG 75 7 0 0 0 107,451 49 DANNY EFLAND 73 5 0 0 0 115,486 50 HARRISON RHODES 66 6 0 0 0 113,531 51 OWEN KELLY 62 2 0 1 1 47,225 52 BILLY JOHNSON 59 2 0 0 0 37,950 53 KENNY HABUL 54 3 0 0 0 42,440 54 SCOTT LAGASSE JR.