NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 8 22ND ANNUAL AARON'S 312 TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY Talladega, AL - May 4, 2013 2.66-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 117 Laps - 311.22 Miles Purse: $1,200,772 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 11 minutes, 44 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 133.269 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 20 7 Regan Smith TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 110 47 4 112.6 $53,445 Running 6 7 2 12 22 Joey Logano (i) Discount Tire Ford 110 0 132.9 39,725 Running 9 35 3 11 5 Kasey Kahne (i) Great Clips Chevrolet 110 0 121.9 30,500 Running 9 16 4 9 1 Kurt Busch (i) Phoenix Construction Chevrolet 110 0 103.2 29,275 Running 5 19 5 5 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 110 40 1 99.5 34,550 Running 2 4 6 18 77 Parker Kligerman Camp Horsin' Around/Bandit Chippers Toyota 110 39 1 94.7 28,100 Running 3 4 7 38 01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 110 37 70.3 26,500 Running 8 31 24 Jason White JW Demolition Toyota 110 36 61.7 25,850 Running 9 37 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com Chevrolet 110 35 69.0 25,225 Running 10 2 3 Austin Dillon AdvoCare Chevrolet 110 35 1 72.2 26,825 Running 1 5 11 7 11 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Toyota 110 34 1 97.5 25,975 Running 3 5 12 29 55 Jamie Dick Viva Auto Group Chevrolet 110 32 59.3 18,850 Running 13 14 99 Alex Bowman # SchoolTipline.com Toyota 110 31 88.1 25,675 Running 14 24 19 Mike Bliss Dixie Chopper Toyota 110 30 73.7 24,500 Running 15 21 20 Brian Vickers Dollar General Toyota 110 30 1 105.5 25,050 Running 1 1 16 27 79 Jeffrey Earnhardt # Fast Wax/Oath Keepers Ford 110 28 48.9 24,350 Running 17 22 4 Landon Cassill (i) FlexSeal Chevrolet 109 0 70.0 18,525 Accident 1 1 18 39 40 Josh Wise Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 109 26 53.3 23,975 Accident 19 36 52 Donnie Neuenberger Eagle Chevrolet 108 25 37.5 17,850 Running 20 33 23 Robert Richardson Stalk it Chevrolet 107 24 49.6 24,400 Running 21 10 54 Joey Coulter (i) Monster Energy Toyota 104 0 72.9 23,550 Accident 1 3 22 15 43 Reed Sorenson Pilot Travel Centers Ford 103 23 1 84.6 23,400 Running 1 1 23 23 14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds/Gadsden Inn & Suites Toyota 94 21 62.5 23,250 Accident 24 17 33 Ty Dillon (i) Wesco Chevrolet 93 0 74.4 23,100 Accident 1 1 25 6 12 Sam Hornish Jr Wurth Ford 93 19 99.9 23,275 Running 26 25 70 Johanna Long Foretravel Chevrolet 92 18 52.7 23,000 Accident 27 8 2 Brian Scott Armour Chevrolet 92 18 1 79.7 22,800 Accident 2 2 28 3 6 Trevor Bayne Cargill/Blackwell Angus Ford 92 17 1 95.3 22,900 Accident 2 2 29 16 30 Nelson Piquet Jr # Worx Chevrolet 92 15 71.9 22,400 Accident 30 40 92 Tim Andrews Maddie's Place Ford 91 14 37.6 22,475 Accident 31 26 85 Bobby Gerhart Lucas Oil Chevrolet 91 13 33.1 16,125 Accident 32 28 74 Mike Harmon Stone Bridge Construction Dodge 91 12 29.7 22,050 Accident 33 34 00 Blake Koch Toyota 87 11 53.7 22,015 Accident 34 32 44 Hal Martin # American Custom Yachts/Gadsden Inn & Suites 84 10 31.4 21,980 Running 35 35 89 Morgan Shepherd VictoryToyota In Jesus Dodge 72 9 38.4 15,940 Fuel Pressure 36 1 60 Travis Pastrana Roush Fenway Racing Ford 71 9 1 74.7 24,580 Accident 1 4 37 30 87 Joe Nemechek MaddiesPlaceRocks.com Toyota 64 7 53.1 20,695 Running 38 19 32 Kyle Larson # Cessna Chevrolet 52 6 53.6 20,661 Accident 39 4 34 Danica Patrick (i) AccuDoc Solutions/GoDaddy Chevrolet 16 0 40.4 14,775 Accident 40 13 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports/Gadsden Inn & Suites Toyota 3 4 25.4 14,425 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: (2) #15 Stanton Barrett; #25 John Wes Townley Race Comments: Regan Smith won the Aaron's 312, his second NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: #24 (Unapproved Adjustments) Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 28 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 15-17 (Car #34 Accident Turn 3 / Competition [None]); 36-40 (Car #32, 79 Accident Turn 3 [01]); 73-78 (Car #2, 43, 60 Accident Backstretch [89]); 89-91 (Car #00, 31 Accident Backstretch [3]); 94-100 (Car #70, 2, 6, 23, 12, 85, 92, 33, 14, 32, 30 Accident Turn 3 [None]); 106-108 (Car #54, 31 Accident Tri-Oval [79]); 110 (Car #11, 20, 99, 4, 01, 55 40 Accident Frontstretch [None]). Lap Leaders: 47 lead changes among 16 drivers. Pastrana 1-4, Bayne 5, Dillon 6, K. Busch 7, Kahne 8-12, Sadler 13, Kahne 14, Cassill 15, Logano 16-18, Allgaier 19, Logano 20-21, Allgaier 22-24, Logano 25, Vickers 26, Logano 27-33, Kahne 34, Logano 35-36, Scott 37, Logano 38-41, Sadler 42-43, Logano 44-54, Sadler 55-56, Scott 57, Sorenson 58, Bayne 59, Kahne 60-62, Smith 63, Kahne 64, Smith 65, Kahne 66-67, Smith 68, Kahne 69, Smith 70-71, Kahne 72, Logano 73-75, Coulter 76-78, Logano 79- 80, Kligerman 81, K. Busch 82, Kligerman 83, K. Busch 84, Kligerman 85-86, Kahne 87, K. Busch 88-100, Smith 101, K. Busch 102-104, Dillon 105-109, Smith 110. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Travis Pastrana (176.5 mph. 54.255 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Justin Allgaier 3M LAP LEADER: Kurt Busch (19 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Alex Bowman DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Justin Allgaier MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Penske Engines (#22) NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) 3M LAP LEADER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Regan Smith 305 (1) Kyle Busch (#54) 4 Kyle Busch 2 2 - Sam Hornish Jr 278 (1) Regan Smith (#7) 1 Justin Allgaier 1 3 - Justin Allgaier 265 (0) Brian Vickers (#20) 1 Alex Bowman # 1 4 - Parker Kligerman 258 (0) Trevor Bayne 1 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" 5 - Elliott Sadler 258 (0) Travis Pastrana 1 AWARD 6 - Austin Dillon 257 (0) Brad Keselowski 1 7 - Brian Scott 254 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 3 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 8 - Brian Vickers 252 (0) Justin Allgaier (#31) 2 Kyle Larson 87 9 - Alex Bowman 231 (0) Parker Kligerman (#77) 1 Alex Bowman 85 10 - Trevor Bayne 230 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Nelson Piquet Jr 72 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD JGE (#54) 123 Jeffrey Earnhardt 58 Pts Wins Roush/Yates (#12) 83 Hal Martin 57 Toyota 54 (4) Hendrick (#7) 79 Dexter Stacey 43 Ford 52 (2) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Juan Carlos Blum 34 Chevrolet 46 (2) Justin Allgaier (#31) 2 Kevin Swindell 30 Dodge 6 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 2 Kyle Larson (#32) 2 NEXT EVENT: May 10, 2013 - 31st 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 © 2013 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #8: 22ND ANNUAL AARON'S "312" Race Date: 5/4/2013 3:00:00 PM POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 REGAN SMITH 305 8 1 3 6 $277,365 2 SAM HORNISH JR. 278 8 1 4 6 385,199 3 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 265 8 0 2 5 272,862 4 PARKER KLIGERMAN 258 8 0 2 4 257,869 5 ELLIOTT SADLER 258 8 0 2 4 253,614 6 AUSTIN DILLON 257 8 0 2 5 278,051 7 BRIAN SCOTT 254 8 0 0 5 240,374 8 BRIAN VICKERS 252 8 0 3 4 243,944 9 ALEX BOWMAN 231 8 0 1 2 260,439 10 TREVOR BAYNE 230 8 0 2 3 255,519 11 MIKE BLISS 221 8 0 0 0 219,729 12 KYLE LARSON 210 8 0 1 3 245,475 13 REED SORENSON 207 8 0 0 1 219,874 14 NELSON PIQUET JR. 202 8 0 0 0 220,069 15 TRAVIS PASTRANA 198 8 0 0 3 226,444 16 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 156 7 0 0 0 191,629 17 JOE NEMECHEK 155 8 0 0 0 210,724 18 ERIC MCCLURE 149 8 0 0 1 214,259 19 MIKE WALLACE 146 8 0 0 1 200,698 20 BLAKE KOCH 139 8 0 0 0 206,793 21 HAL MARTIN 126 8 0 0 0 206,784 22 JAMIE DICK 125 7 0 0 0 166,851 23 JOSH WISE 117 7 0 0 0 148,376 24 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 116 6 0 0 1 174,923 25 JASON WHITE 112 6 0 0 1 167,894 26 JOHANNA LONG 110 6 0 0 0 163,354 27 DEXTER STACEY 104 6 0 0 0 120,231 28 JEREMY CLEMENTS 98 6 0 0 1 168,000 29 KEVIN SWINDELL 88 3 0 0 1 54,945 30 MIKE HARMON 86 5 0 0 0 143,214 31 JUAN CARLOS BLUM 86 6 0 0 0 155,109 32 BRAD SWEET 76 3 0 0 0 75,435 33 CHRIS BUESCHER 64 2 0 0 1 40,770 34 SCOTT LAGASSE JR.