NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 33 20TH ANNUAL FORD ECOBOOST 300 HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY Homestead, FL - November 15, 2014 1.5-Mile Paved Oval 206 Laps - 309.0 Miles Purse: $1,296,997 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 40 minutes, 36 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 115.442 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.713 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 3 20 Matt Kenseth (i) GameStop/Rock Candy Toyota 206 0 133.1 $77,375 Running 3 52 2 6 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 206 0 120.4 58,825 Running 2 5 3 2 42 Kyle Larson (i) Cartwheel by Target Chevrolet 206 0 141.9 53,725 Running 5 111 4 5 12 Ryan Blaney (i) Discount Tire Ford 206 0 117.5 37,700 Running 1 24 5 10 60 Chris Buescher # Humalog Ford 206 39 95.3 39,025 Running 6 15 7 Regan Smith TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 206 38 102.6 31,475 Running 7 21 3 Ty Dillon # WESCO Chevrolet 206 37 93.2 27,725 Running 8 1 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Hertz Ford 206 0 102.0 25,750 Running 1 5 9 4 11 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Toyota 206 35 106.6 27,160 Running 10 7 2 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Chevrolet 206 34 85.7 27,550 Running 11 13 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 206 34 1 100.0 25,425 Running 1 3 12 31 33 Paul Menard (i) Alert Today Florida/Boy Scouts of America 206 0 82.9 18,825 Running 1 3 13 20 51 Jeremy Clements AllChevrolet South Electric/Repairable Vehicles Chevrolet 206 32 1 75.1 24,675 Running 1 1 14 25 10 Ross Chastain (i) watermelon.org Toyota 206 0 59.8 24,565 Running 15 30 93 T.J. Bell (i) Dedicated to Electrical Linemen Dodge 206 0 58.7 25,055 Running 16 17 28 J.J. Yeley Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota 206 28 70.0 24,295 Running 17 14 9 Chase Elliott # NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 206 28 1 90.8 24,110 Running 1 1 18 24 99 James Buescher Rheem Toyota 206 26 59.0 24,175 Running 19 9 31 Dylan Kwasniewski # Rockstar/AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet 206 25 71.8 23,965 Running 20 19 43 Dakoda Armstrong # WinField Ford 206 24 59.5 24,405 Running 21 28 4 Jeffrey Earnhardt GCL/Polyglass Chevrolet 206 23 53.5 23,595 Running 22 22 44 Blake Koch Celsius Flo Fusion Toyota 206 23 1 61.7 23,481 Running 1 1 23 18 19 Mike Bliss Tweaker Energy Shot Toyota 206 21 62.1 23,345 Running 24 35 26 Jake Crum (i) MyFreedomSmokes.com Chevrolet 206 0 46.4 17,235 Running 25 12 5 Josh Berry Ragu Chevrolet 206 19 72.2 23,575 Running 26 27 14 Eric McClure Hefty Ultimate/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 206 18 44.7 22,965 Running 27 11 16 Ryan Reed # ADA Drive to Stop Diabetes/Lilly Diabetes Ford 206 17 74.6 22,855 Running 28 33 36 Ryan Preece Accell Construction/East West Marine Chevrolet 206 16 48.2 16,735 Running 29 8 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 205 15 74.4 22,785 Running 30 29 55 David Starr Niece Equipment Chevrolet 205 14 40.2 22,775 Running 31 40 17 Tanner Berryhill # New Gulf Resources Toyota 204 13 35.8 22,345 Running 32 37 23 Carlos Contreras Circle K Chevrolet 203 12 30.3 22,235 Running 33 26 25 John Wes Townley (i) Zaxby's Toyota 201 0 36.6 16,195 Running 34 39 87 Milka Duno CanTV Toyota 201 10 27.7 22,134 Running 35 23 01 Landon Cassill Flex Seal Chevrolet 190 9 64.7 22,084 Engine 36 32 39 Ryan Sieg # Huntinator Chevrolet 179 8 54.8 20,645 Suspension 37 16 98 Corey Lajoie (i) Medallion Financial/Smithfield Ford 116 0 54.6 20,575 Accident 38 36 40 Matt DiBenedetto Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 57 6 28.9 20,540 Transmission 39 38 52 Joey Gase FindDieselEngines.com Chevrolet 54 5 29.7 20,250 Engine 40 34 91 Jeff Green SupportMilitary.org Toyota 3 4 27.6 14,215 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: (5) #46 Ryan Ellis; #74 Kevin Lepage; #70 Derrike Cope; #72 John Jackson; #90 Martin Roy Race Comments: Matt Kenseth won the Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, his 29th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 3 (unapproved adjustments), No. 33 (missing drivers meeting). Caution Flags: 11 cautions for 48 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 35-39 (Car #31 Accident Turn 4 [10]); 73-78 (Car #40 Stopped On The Track [31]); 90-95 (Car #25 Spin Turn 2 [99]); 118-122 (Car #98 Accident Turn 2 [19]); 127-129 (Debris Turn 2 [10]); 144-147 (Car #25 Spin Turn 4 [36]); 155-157 (Car #39 Spin Turn 1 [93]); 173-176 (Car #6 Accident Turn 2 [43]); 187-189 (Debris Turn 1 [4]); 195-198 (Debris Turn 3 [26]); 200-204 (Car #5, 62, 93, 44 Accident Turn 4 [55]). Lap Leaders: 16 lead changes among 10 drivers. Keselowski 1-5, Larson 6-36, Clements 37, K. Busch 38-39, Larson 40-75, K. Busch 76-78, Larson 79-95, Blaney 96-119, Bayne 120-122, Larson 123-144, Koch 145, Elliott 146, Kenseth 147-172, Menard 173-175, Kenseth 176-198, Larson 199-203, Kenseth 204-206. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Brad Keselowski (166.384 mph. 32.455 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Larson 3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Larson (111 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Chris Buescher DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Kyle Larson MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#42) NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Chase Elliott 1,213 (3) AWARD Kyle Busch 7 2 - Regan Smith 1,171 (1) Brad Keselowski (#22) 7 Brad Keselowski 5 3 - Elliott Sadler 1,154 (1) Joey Logano (#22) 6 Brian Scott 3 4 - Brian Scott 1,154 (0) Kyle Larson (#42) 5 Ty Dillon # 3 5 - Ty Dillon 1,148 (1) Joey Logano 3 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 6 - Trevor Bayne 1,086 (0) Chase Elliott # 2 7 - Chris Buescher 1,014 (1) JGE (#54) 511 Sam Hornish Jr 2 8 - Brendan Gaughan 954 (2) Roush/Yates (#22) 485 Elliott Sadler 1 9 - Ryan Reed 889 (0) Hendrick (#9) 327 Trevor Bayne 1 10 - James Buescher 868 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Dylan Kwasniewski # 1 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kyle Larson (#42) 16 Alex Tagliani 1 Pts Wins Trevor Bayne (#6) 7 Kevin Harvick 1 Kyle Larson 1 Chevrolet 1,452 (15) Chris Buescher (#60) 4 Ryan Blaney 1 Toyota 1,426 (10) Ford 1,402 (8) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Dodge 829 (0) Chase Elliott 352 3M LAP LEADER Ty Dillon 305 Kyle Busch (#54) 14 Chris Buescher 271 Kevin Harvick (#5) 5 Dylan Kwasniewski 195 Sam Hornish Jr (#54) 3 Ryan Reed 188 Dakoda Armstrong 170 Ryan Sieg 161 Tanner Berryhill 111 Chad Boat 77 Tommy Joe Martins 64 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #33: 20TH ANNUAL FORD ECOBOOST "300" Race Date: 11/15/2014 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 CHASE ELLIOTT 1213 33 3 16 26 $1,104,575 2 REGAN SMITH 1171 33 1 7 26 1,019,089 3 ELLIOTT SADLER 1154 33 1 7 25 922,195 4 BRIAN SCOTT 1154 33 0 6 23 913,704 5 TY DILLON 1148 33 1 7 24 944,154 6 TREVOR BAYNE 1086 33 0 5 21 953,774 7 CHRIS BUESCHER 1014 32 1 5 14 835,844 8 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 954 33 2 2 7 858,499 9 RYAN REED 889 33 0 1 1 768,599 10 JAMES BUESCHER 868 33 0 0 2 754,684 11 DYLAN KWASNIEWSKI 867 33 0 0 3 770,934 12 LANDON CASSILL 800 33 0 0 3 744,350 13 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 788 33 0 0 3 749,166 14 MIKE BLISS 779 33 0 0 1 731,960 15 JEREMY CLEMENTS 757 33 0 0 2 738,119 16 RYAN SIEG 682 33 0 1 2 769,074 17 J J YELEY 651 30 0 1 2 637,809 18 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 586 33 0 0 0 715,758 19 ERIC MCCLURE 521 28 0 0 0 620,272 20 JOEY GASE 482 33 0 0 0 700,576 21 MATT DIBENEDETTO 369 29 0 0 0 500,963 22 TANNER BERRYHILL 365 29 0 0 0 537,314 23 DERRIKE COPE 364 28 0 0 0 534,339 24 BLAKE KOCH 317 28 0 0 0 485,426 25 JAMIE DICK 314 21 0 0 0 469,764 26 DAVID STARR 293 14 0 0 1 350,205 27 SAM HORNISH JR. 242 8 1 4 4 278,130 28 MIKE WALLACE 229 11 0 0 1 248,609 29 CHAD BOAT 227 14 0 0 0 265,480 30 CARLOS CONTRERAS 204 14 0 0 0 255,972 31 JEFF GREEN 172 20 0 0 0 315,399 32 KEVIN SWINDELL 157 10 0 0 0 204,170 33 MIKE HARMON 153 16 0 0 0 312,689 34 KEVIN LEPAGE 137 14 0 0 0 254,008 35 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 124 11 0 0 0 145,676 36 JOSH REAUME 116 11 0 0 0 202,501 37 RYAN ELLIS 104 12 0 0 0 174,392 38 CARL LONG 104 16 0 0 0 242,355 39 ALEX TAGLIANI 82 2 0 2 2 74,550 40 AUSTIN THERIAULT 78 3 0 0 0 58,945 41 WILL KIMMEL III 74 5 0 0 0 102,282 42 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR.