NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 27 2ND ANNUAL KENTUCKY 300 KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY Sparta, KY - September 21, 2013 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 200 Laps - 300 Miles Purse: $1,022,012 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 28 minutes, 36 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 121.131 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.017 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 2 22 Ryan Blaney (i) Discount Tire Ford 200 0 147.7 $80,800 Running 2 96 2 3 3 Austin Dillon AdvoCare Chevrolet 200 43 1 126.6 57,475 Running 1 32 3 5 33 Matt Crafton (i) Rheem/Menards Chevrolet 200 0 105.9 38,995 Running 4 1 12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Truck Parts Ford 200 41 1 124.6 31,290 Running 1 65 5 20 99 Alex Bowman # ToyotaCare Toyota 200 39 93.2 27,590 Running 6 7 54 Drew Herring Monster Energy Toyota 200 38 108.6 24,915 Running 7 10 20 Brian Vickers Dollar General Toyota 200 37 101.7 23,265 Running 8 13 34 Jeb Burton (i) Arrowhead Chevrolet 200 0 80.9 15,265 Running 9 18 44 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Toyota 200 35 81.1 21,040 Running 10 15 43 Michael Annett Flying J Travel Plaza Ford 200 34 87.7 21,790 Running 11 4 2 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Chevrolet 200 34 1 107.8 22,170 Running 1 1 12 14 7 Regan Smith TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 200 32 93.1 19,745 Running 13 21 21 Dakoda Armstrong (i) WinField Chevrolet 200 0 72.9 13,295 Running 14 12 11 Elliott Sadler SportClips Toyota 200 31 1 98.8 19,840 Running 1 4 15 22 6 Trevor Bayne Ford EcoBoost Ford 200 29 75.5 19,830 Running 16 36 70 Johanna Long ForeTravel Motorcoach Chevrolet 200 28 62.4 18,520 Running 17 9 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 200 27 79.9 18,415 Running 18 6 18 Joey Coulter (i) Freightliner Toyota 200 0 72.2 18,285 Running 19 28 4 Kevin Lepage teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 199 25 62.5 18,172 Running 20 24 51 Jeremy Clements Value Lighting/AllSouthElectric.com Chevrolet 198 25 1 55.0 18,725 Running 1 2 21 29 40 Reed Sorenson Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 198 23 55.3 17,945 Running 22 31 01 Mike Wallace Disaster Services of Environmental Specialists 198 22 49.5 17,840 Running 23 34 87 Joe Nemechek LesterChevrolet Buildings Toyota 197 21 49.6 17,715 Running 24 25 14 Eric McClure Hefty Ultimate/Reynolds Toyota 197 20 48.9 17,585 Running 25 26 79 Jeffrey Earnhardt # Keen's Parts Ford 197 19 42.4 17,955 Running 26 23 19 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota 196 18 60.5 17,375 Running 27 16 30 Nelson Piquet Jr # Worx Chevrolet 194 17 43.7 17,270 Running 28 32 55 Jamie Dick Viva Auto Group Chevrolet 194 16 43.3 11,165 Running 29 11 77 Parker Kligerman Camp Horsin' Around Toyota 187 15 79.2 17,040 Accident 30 17 5 Brad Sweet Great Clips Chevrolet 161 14 66.2 17,235 Accident 31 35 52 Joey Gase Chevrolet 113 13 36.5 10,830 Suspension 32 39 23 Harrison Rhodes Precistion Fabrication, Inc. Ford 100 12 33.1 16,725 Engine 33 19 32 Kyle Larson # Clear Men Chevrolet 98 11 68.5 16,635 Brakes 34 8 60 Travis Pastrana Roush Fenway Racing Ford 59 10 68.9 16,545 Accident 35 38 24 Ryan Ellis Superlite.com Toyota 31 9 34.1 10,450 Vibration 36 40 46 Matt DiBenedetto Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 8 8 35.8 9,895 Overheating 37 30 74 Carl Long Dodge 8 7 34.8 9,865 Suspension 38 37 42 T.J. Bell Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 6 6 33.7 9,836 Transmission 39 33 00 Blake Koch SupportMilitary.org Toyota 4 5 32.9 9,705 Rear Gear 40 27 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 3 4 31.3 9,610 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: (1) #50 Danny Efland Race Comments: Ryan Blaney won the Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway, his first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field: Nos. 18, 31, 33 (Unapproved Adjustments). Caution Flags: 9 cautions for 44 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 27-30 (Competition [01]); 38-41 (Car #3, 60 Accident Fronstretch [70]); 62-68 (Car #60 Accidentturn 4 [87]); 107-111 (Fluid On Track From #23 [40]); 113-117 (Car #5 Spin Turn 4 [70]); 164-172 (Car #5 Accident Backstretch [34]); 175-177 (Car #79 Spin Turn 2 [70]); 183-186 (Car #7 Spin Turn 4 [2]); 189-191 (Car #77, 44 Accident Frontstretch [4]). Lap Leaders: 6 lead changes among 6 drivers. Hornish Jr 1-65, Clements 66-67, Scott 68, Dillon 69-100, Blaney 101-107, Sadler 108-111, Blaney 112-200. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Sam Hornish Jr (179.235 mph. 30.128 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon 3M LAP LEADER: Austin Dillon (32 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Alex Bowman DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Brian Scott MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush-Yates Engines (#22) NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Sam Hornish Jr 962 (1) AWARD Kyle Busch 8 2 - Austin Dillon 947 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 10 Austin Dillon 6 3 - Regan Smith 917 (2) Brian Scott (#2) 5 Sam Hornish Jr 3 4 - Elliott Sadler 908 (0) Justin Allgaier (#31) 4 Justin Allgaier 1 5 - Brian Vickers 902 (0) Brian Scott 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 6 - Justin Allgaier 887 (0) Trevor Bayne 1 7 - Brian Scott 883 (0) JGE (#54) 403 Alex Bowman # 1 8 - Trevor Bayne 868 (1) Roush/Yates (#22) 339 Travis Pastrana 1 9 - Kyle Larson 822 (0) Roush/Yates (#12) 289 Drew Herring 1 10 - Parker Kligerman 783 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Brad Keselowski 1 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Austin Dillon (#3) 10 AJ Allmendinger 1 Pts Wins Kyle Larson (#32) 6 Michael McDowell 1 Ford 184 (12) Justin Allgaier (#31) 3 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Toyota 179 (11) Kyle Larson 263 Chevrolet 150 (4) Alex Bowman 199 Dodge 39 (0) Nelson Piquet Jr 180 3M LAP LEADER Jeffrey Earnhardt 122 Kyle Busch (#54) 12 Dexter Stacey 111 Austin Dillon (#3) 4 Kevin Swindell 94 Kevin Harvick (#33) 2 Hal Martin 79 Juan Carlos Blum 61 NEXT EVENT: September 28, 2013 - 28th Annual 5-hour ENERGY 200 benefiting Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE (200 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 #27: 2ND ANNUAL KENTUCKY "300" Race Date: 09/21/2013 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 SAM HORNISH JR. 962 27 1 13 21 $985,357 2 AUSTIN DILLON 947 27 0 10 17 929,284 3 REGAN SMITH 917 27 2 6 16 743,083 4 ELLIOTT SADLER 908 27 0 8 16 810,817 5 BRIAN VICKERS 902 27 0 12 17 789,922 6 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 887 27 0 4 13 728,450 7 BRIAN SCOTT 883 27 0 3 12 731,598 8 TREVOR BAYNE 868 27 1 6 16 766,142 9 KYLE LARSON 822 27 0 7 14 741,768 10 PARKER KLIGERMAN 783 27 0 3 9 689,126 11 ALEX BOWMAN 739 27 0 2 6 677,092 12 NELSON PIQUET JR. 709 27 0 0 4 628,792 13 MIKE BLISS 664 27 0 0 1 608,182 14 TRAVIS PASTRANA 617 27 0 0 4 616,087 15 JEREMY CLEMENTS 528 25 0 0 2 555,687 16 REED SORENSON 517 27 0 0 1 592,242 17 MICHAEL ANNETT 513 19 0 1 3 440,909 18 MIKE WALLACE 496 27 0 0 1 578,096 19 ERIC MCCLURE 419 23 0 0 1 511,807 20 JOE NEMECHEK 409 22 0 0 0 492,497 21 COLE WHITT 338 12 0 0 3 251,998 22 JOHANNA LONG 337 16 0 0 0 369,072 23 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 301 15 0 0 0 344,714 24 BLAKE KOCH 275 22 0 0 0 406,587 25 BRAD SWEET 272 11 0 0 2 247,090 26 LANDON CASSILL 269 18 0 0 0 355,308 27 KEVIN SWINDELL 266 10 0 0 2 201,743 28 DEXTER STACEY 240 15 0 0 0 271,732 29 JAMIE DICK 227 14 0 0 0 285,039 30 JEFF GREEN 212 26 0 0 0 395,170 31 JOEY GASE 198 17 0 0 0 275,175 32 JOSH WISE 190 17 0 0 0 277,495 33 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 189 12 0 0 1 301,476 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 KEVIN LEPAGE 138 9 0 0 0 167,996 40 KYLE FOWLER 119 7 0 0 0 145,223 41 DREW HERRING 118 4 0 0 2 104,505 42 MIKE HARMON 106 7 0 0 0 174,179 43 KEN BUTLER 82 6 0 0 0 112,969 44 CARL LONG 82 8 0 0 0 117,316 45 MAX PAPIS 81 3 0 1 1 69,375 46 RYAN REED 81 3 0 0 1 61,335 47 HARRISON RHODES 78 7 0 0 0 130,256 48 DARYL HARR 78 5 0 0 0 97,941 49 TONY RAINES 76 6 0 0 0 99,601 50 DANNY EFLAND 73 5 0 0 0 115,486 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.