NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 8 21ST ANNUAL AARON'S 312 TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY Talladega, AL - May 5, 2012 2.66-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 117 Laps - 311.22 Miles Purse: $1,189,238 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 22 minutes, 54 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 136.258 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.034 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 4 18 Joey Logano (i) GameStop/Max Payne 3 Toyota 122 0 117.9 $42,645 Running 6 17 2 12 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 122 0 125.5 40,100 Running 3 36 3 2 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Cargill/Blackwell Angus Ford 122 42 1 92.0 39,193 Running 1 1 4 11 88 Cole Whitt # TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 122 41 1 100.0 34,318 Running 1 3 5 33 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr(i) Hellmann's Chevrolet 122 0 124.2 23,100 Running 7 25 6 31 1 Kurt Busch (i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 122 0 97.8 20,525 Running 1 1 7 7 30 James Buescher (i) Accudoc Chevrolet 122 0 95.8 27,793 Running 2 9 8 13 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 122 36 85.4 25,143 Running 9 20 99 Kenny Wallace American Ethanol Toyota 122 36 1 93.5 24,918 Running 1 1 10 1 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 122 35 1 100.0 25,568 Running 3 8 11 18 20 Ryan Truex Grime Boss Toyota 122 34 1 89.5 24,268 Running 1 1 12 8 12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Dodge 122 33 1 67.7 24,143 Running 1 2 13 17 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 122 32 1 90.8 23,968 Running 1 1 14 27 40 Erik Darnell TheMotorsportsGroup.com Chevrolet 122 30 63.2 23,818 Running 15 26 24 John Wes Townley (i) Toyota Save in May Sales Event Toyota 122 0 71.0 24,868 Running 16 23 4 Danny Efland JDMotorsports.com Chevrolet 122 28 54.1 23,568 Running 17 5 3 Austin Dillon # Advocare Chevrolet 122 28 1 93.4 23,443 Running 2 4 18 15 44 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota 122 27 1 67.5 23,293 Running 1 2 19 16 87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 122 26 1 100.8 23,168 Running 1 1 20 9 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Discount Tire Dodge 121 0 61.0 17,075 Running 21 28 41 Timmy Hill Poynt.com/Shania Kidscan Ford 117 23 45.5 23,043 Running 22 3 33 Kevin Harvick (i) Armour Chevrolet 116 0 98.9 16,250 Accident 4 8 23 10 43 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Ford 116 21 91.3 22,568 Accident 24 14 19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil Toyota 116 20 69.1 22,418 Accident 25 43 15 Jeffrey Earnhardt Fastwax.com Ford 116 19 61.2 16,075 Accident 26 34 23 Robert Richardson North TX Pipe Chevrolet 116 18 63.2 15,850 Accident 27 29 14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 116 17 62.7 21,993 Accident 28 19 01 Mike Wallace Restaurant.com Chevrolet 113 17 1 73.8 21,868 Accident 1 1 29 21 51 Jeremy Clements Clements Automotive Chevrolet 113 15 53.0 21,718 Running 30 36 39 Josh Richards JOY Ford 85 14 62.0 15,325 Fuel Pump 31 35 50 T.J. Bell Gulfcoast Loss Prevention Chevrolet 82 13 36.6 14,975 Running 32 30 08 Tim Andrews Randy Hill Racing Ford 64 13 1 35.6 14,900 Overheating 1 1 33 6 38 Brad Sweet # Great Clips Chevrolet 62 11 65.5 21,333 Accident 34 25 81 Jason Bowles # American Majority Toyota 32 10 59.7 21,298 Accident 35 38 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 29 9 48.3 14,790 Accident 36 22 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 29 8 62.9 21,198 Accident 37 24 70 Johanna Long # Foretravel Chevrolet 18 7 41.0 21,163 Overheating 38 42 74 Mike Harmon Koma Unwind Chevrolet 12 6 30.9 14,661 Vibration 39 32 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 9 5 33.7 14,525 Vibration 40 40 42 Josh Wise (i) Key Motorsports Chevrolet 9 0 30.5 14,425 Electrical 41 39 46 Chase Miller Key Motorsports Chevrolet 8 3 28.5 14,380 Vibration 42 41 47 Scott Speed (i) Key Motorsports Chevrolet 2 0 28.8 14,345 Ignition 43 37 52 Kevin Lepage TTTR Racing Engines Chevrolet 1 1 27.4 14,284 Clutch # 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: (1) #75 Blake Koch Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 66,000, Joey Logano won the Aaron's 312, his 11th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following car dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #50 (adjustments outside impound). Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 27 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 22-25 (Oil On Track [None]); 30-34 (Car #1, 11, 39, 81, 89 Accident Frontstretch [None]); 64-67 (Car #14, 24, 38 Accident Frontstretch [39]); 83-87 (Car #39 Spin Turn 2 [24]); 110-113 (Car #44 Spin Turn 3 [1]); 115-116 (Car #01, 4 Accident Turn 4 [1]); 118-120 (Car #3, 7, 14, 15, 18, 23, 33, 43, 19, 22 Accident Backstretch [Red Flag: Lap 118, 19:00] [41]). Lap Leaders: 37 lead changes among 18 drivers. Sadler 1-4, Harvick 5, Dillon 6-7, Buescher 8-13, Ku. Busch 14, Logano 15, Sadler 16-17, Ky. Busch 18, Buescher 19-21, Stenhouse Jr 22, Andrews 23, Ky. Busch 24-25, Earnhardt Jr 26, Logano 27-30, Earnhardt Jr 31-34, Logano 35-41, Bliss 42-43, Logano 44-46, Earnhardt Jr 47-51, Nemechek 52, Wallace 53, Earnhardt Jr 54-63, Harvick 64-65, Dillon 66-67, Whitt 68-70, Wallace 71, Earnhardt Jr 72, Sadler 73-74, Truex 75, Earnhardt Jr 76-77, Patrick 78, Earnhardt Jr 79-80, Harvick 81-82, Hornish Jr 83-84, Harvick 85-87, Logano 88, Ky. Busch 89-121, Logano 122. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: None - due to inclement weather 3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Busch (36 Laps ) FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: Cole Whitt (15 Places) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Toyota Racing Development (TRD) (#54) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: James Buescher SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Cole Whitt NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr 325 (2) Brian Scott (#11) 3 Joey Logano 2 2 - Elliott Sadler 320 (2) Cole Whitt (#88) 1 Elliott Sadler 1 3 - Austin Dillon 290 (0) Danica Patrick (#7) 1 Danica Patrick 1 4 - Sam Hornish Jr 265 (0) Denny Hamlin 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 5 - Cole Whitt 248 (0) Paul Menard 1 6 - Michael Annett 241 (0) JGE (#18) 120 Kevin Harvick 1 7 - Justin Allgaier 228 (0) Roush/Yates (#6) 102 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 8 - Tayler Malsam 202 (0) ECR (#33) 96 Austin Dillon 116 9 - Mike Bliss 201 (0) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE Cole Whitt 99 10 - Joe Nemechek 189 (0) Elliott Sadler (#2) 4 Jason Bowles 64 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Austin Dillon (#3) 2 Johanna Long 49 Pts Wins James Buescher (#30) 2 Joey Gase 35 Chevrolet 50 (3) Benny Gordon 32 Toyota 48 (3) Casey Roderick 24 Ford 44 (2) Brad Sweet 9 Dodge 34 (0) 3M LAP LEADER Kevin Harvick (#33) 2 Joey Logano (#18) 2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#6) 1 NEXT EVENT: May 11, 2012 - 30th Annual VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC (200.8 Miles) (147 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 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #8: 21ST ANNUAL AARON'S "312" Race Date: 5/5/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 325 8 2 6 7 $454,284 2 ELLIOTT SADLER 320 8 2 4 7 359,994 3 AUSTIN DILLON 290 8 0 4 6 257,740 4 SAM HORNISH JR. 265 8 0 1 3 226,079 5 COLE WHITT 248 8 0 2 3 249,409 6 MICHAEL ANNETT 241 8 0 0 3 218,074 7 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 228 8 0 0 4 219,934 8 TAYLER MALSAM 202 8 0 0 1 216,409 9 MIKE BLISS 201 8 0 0 0 177,479 10 JOE NEMECHEK 189 8 0 0 0 206,624 11 DANICA PATRICK 187 8 0 0 1 215,183 12 TREVOR BAYNE 180 5 0 1 3 166,020 13 MIKE WALLACE 165 8 0 0 0 203,329 14 JEREMY CLEMENTS 153 8 0 0 0 203,654 15 JASON BOWLES 143 8 0 0 0 202,859 16 BRIAN SCOTT 142 8 0 1 1 221,144 17 ERIC MCCLURE 142 8 0 0 0 201,679 18 KENNY WALLACE 140 6 0 0 2 169,543 19 ERIK DARNELL 130 7 0 0 0 126,134 20 T J BELL 122 8 0 0 0 178,520 21 JOHANNA LONG 118 6 0 0 0 164,558 22 BENNY GORDON 116 6 0 0 0 131,428 23 BLAKE KOCH 104 7 0 0 0 164,551 24 RYAN TRUEX 93 4 0 0 1 115,969 25 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR.