NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 3 16TH ANNUAL SAM'S TOWN 300 LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Las Vegas, NV - March 10, 2012 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 200 Laps - 300 Miles Purse: $1,300,825 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 21 minutes, 46 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 129.969 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 5.904 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 6 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford EcoBoost Ford 200 48 5 141.7 $107,863 Running 1 55 2 7 18 Mark Martin (i) Interstate Batteries Toyota 200 0 123.9 55,650 Running 1 44 3 1 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 200 42 1 113.3 53,668 Running 1 26 4 14 60 Trevor Bayne Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 200 40 105.8 37,293 Running 5 9 33 Brendan Gaughan (i) South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 200 0 100.9 32,993 Running 6 22 88 Cole Whitt # TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 200 38 96.6 31,143 Running 7 3 3 Austin Dillon # American Ethanol Chevrolet 200 37 106.5 22,625 Running 8 8 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 200 36 98.9 28,018 Running 9 13 12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Truck Parts Dodge 200 35 92.8 26,928 Running 10 2 38 Kasey Kahne (i) Great Clips Chevrolet 200 0 109.4 21,075 Running 2 40 11 18 09 Kenny Wallace RAB Racing with Brack Maggard Toyota 200 33 88.4 28,418 Running 12 12 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 200 32 87.5 25,268 Running 13 21 43 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Ford 200 31 83.7 24,718 Running 14 11 30 James Buescher (i) Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 81.8 24,208 Running 15 19 44 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota 200 29 81.9 18,455 Running 16 17 19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil Toyota 200 28 76.5 23,738 Running 17 24 01 Mike Wallace The Gun Store/G&K Services Chevrolet 198 28 1 73.5 23,753 Running 1 1 18 32 41 Blake Koch Poynt.com Ford 198 26 67.9 23,418 Running 19 15 70 Johanna Long # Foretravel/Race Fuel Energy Chevrolet 198 25 68.9 23,308 Running 20 31 87 Joe Nemechek AM FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 198 24 63.5 23,873 Running 21 25 51 Jeremy Clements Clements Automotive Chevrolet 197 23 66.7 23,088 Running 22 43 89 Morgan Shepherd goodinfo.com/Hyland's Chevrolet 197 22 54.1 16,485 Running 23 5 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Discount Tire Dodge 196 0 109.1 16,350 Running 1 27 24 40 23 Robert Richardson NTX Pipe/Riviera Hotel Chevrolet 196 20 49.9 22,708 Running 25 27 14 Eric McClure Hefty Black Out/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 196 19 46.9 23,033 Running 26 42 4 Daryl Harr iWorld Chevrolet 194 18 39.2 22,438 Running 27 10 81 Jason Bowles # American Majority Toyota 188 17 57.6 22,303 Running 28 16 08 Kyle Fowler RandyHillRacing.com Ford 165 16 54.3 15,690 Oil Cooler 29 35 52 Tim Schendel All Sports Tailgating Chevrolet 164 15 39.5 15,540 Running 30 29 24 Benny Gordon # Revita Anti-Aging/VSI Chevrolet 146 14 35.6 15,705 Running 31 38 50 T.J. Bell Turbine Powered Technology Chevrolet 140 13 43.2 21,763 Engine 32 36 28 Derrike Cope JPO Abosorbents Dodge 137 12 39.9 21,653 Electrical 33 20 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 127 0 58.2 15,075 Running 34 4 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 94 11 1 92.5 21,433 Accident 1 5 35 34 40 Erik Darnell Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 91 9 55.0 14,855 Fly Wheel 36 37 13 Jennifer Jo Cobb (i) Glen Lerner Dodge 72 0 36.5 14,820 Steering 37 30 39 Joey Gase # Go Green Racing Ford 41 7 41.6 21,243 Accident 38 23 27 J.J. Yeley (i) GCMI Ford 39 0 57.9 14,740 Oil Pump 1 2 39 33 46 Chase Miller Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 6 5 36.6 14,490 Electrical 40 28 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 4 4 32.9 14,455 Vibration 41 39 42 Josh Wise (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 4 0 31.0 14,400 Electrical 42 26 47 Scott Speed (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 3 0 30.9 14,355 Vibration 43 41 74 Mike Harmon Koma Unwind Relaxation Drink Chevrolet 3 PE 29.8 14,311 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: n/a Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 70,000, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Sam's Town 300, his third NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. To start the race, prior to the green flag the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: None. Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 32 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 12-15 (Car #08,24 Spin Turn 4 [None]); 27-30 (Car #54 Accident Backstretch [08]); 43-47 (Car #39 Accident Turn 1 [None]); 70-73 (Car #13,44 Accident Turn 1 [14]); 97-103 (Car #11 Accident Turn 4 [87]); 146-149 (Car #50 Stall Turn 2 [30]); 158-161 (Car #19,51 Accident Turn 4 [44]). Lap Leaders: 8 lead changes among 8 drivers. Sadler 1-26, Yeley 27-28, Kahne 29-47, Scott 48-52, Kahne 53-73, Keselowski 74-100, Wallace 101, Martin 102-145, Stenhouse Jr 146-200. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Elliott Sadler (181.366 mph. 29.774 secs.) 3M LAP LEADER: Ricky Stenhouse Jr (55 Laps ) FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: Kenny Wallace (25 Places) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush Yates Engines (#6) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Elliott Sadler SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Cole Whitt NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Elliott Sadler 131 (1) ECR (#2) 47 Elliott Sadler 1 2 - Austin Dillon 116 (0) Roush/Yates (#6) 36 Danica Patrick 1 3 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr 114 (1) ECR (#33) 36 Denny Hamlin 1 4 - Trevor Bayne 112 (0) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 5 - Cole Whitt 109 (0) Austin Dillon 48 6 - Sam Hornish Jr 98 (0) Elliott Sadler (#2) 2 Cole Whitt 44 7 - Tayler Malsam 90 (0) James Buescher (#30) 1 Jason Bowles 22 8 - Michael Annett 82 (0) Joey Gase 21 9 - Justin Allgaier 76 (0) Johanna Long 18 10 - Blake Koch 66 (0) Casey Roderick 16 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Benny Gordon 7 Pts Wins Chevrolet 22 (2) Ford 16 (1) Dodge 15 (0) Toyota 13 (0) 3M LAP LEADER Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#6) 1 Kurt Busch (#1) 1 Kevin Harvick (#33) 1 FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER Kenny Wallace (#09) 1 Brian Scott (#11) 1 James Buescher (#30) 1 NEXT EVENT: March 17, 2012 - 30th Annual FORD EcoBoost 300, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN (159.9 Miles) (300 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 #3: 16TH ANNUAL SAM'S TOWN "300" Race Date: 3/10/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 131 3 1 3 3 $203,939 2 AUSTIN DILLON 116 3 0 2 3 122,831 3 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 114 3 1 2 2 208,969 4 TREVOR BAYNE 112 3 0 1 2 115,609 5 COLE WHITT 109 3 0 1 2 122,214 6 SAM HORNISH JR. 98 3 0 0 2 103,459 7 TAYLER MALSAM 90 3 0 0 1 101,544 8 MICHAEL ANNETT 82 3 0 0 1 96,574 9 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 76 3 0 0 1 96,074 10 BLAKE KOCH 66 3 0 0 0 90,894 11 JOE NEMECHEK 66 3 0 0 0 91,104 12 JEREMY CLEMENTS 64 3 0 0 0 90,719 13 BENNY GORDON 63 3 0 0 0 72,125 14 MIKE BLISS 63 3 0 0 0 71,690 15 DANICA PATRICK 62 3 0 0 0 95,213 16 ERIC MCCLURE 57 3 0 0 0 90,039 17 KENNY WALLACE 56 3 0 0 0 94,399 18 MIKE WALLACE 56 3 0 0 0 89,794 19 BRIAN SCOTT 48 3 0 0 0 91,414 20 JOHANNA LONG 48 2 0 0 0 73,821 21 T J BELL 48 3 0 0 0 88,419 22 JASON BOWLES 45 3 0 0 0 87,604 23 JOEY GASE 41 3 0 0 0 88,149 24 CASEY RODERICK 35 2 0 0 0 53,860 25 DANNY EFLAND 31 1 0 0 0 52,013 26 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 30 2 0 0 0 71,436 27 DARYL HARR 29 2 0 0 0 38,981 28 TIM SCHENDEL 29 2 0 0 0 26,065 29 MORGAN SHEPHERD 28 2 0 0 0 26,371 30 ERIK DARNELL 27 2 0 0 0 25,355 31 JAMIE DICK 21 1 0 0 0 17,268 32 KYLE FOWLER 16 1 0 0 0 15,690 33 RYAN TRUEX 13 1 0 0 0 42,595 34 DERRIKE COPE 12 1 0 0 0 21,653 35 REED SORENSON 10 1 0 0 0 48,888 36 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 10 1 0 0 0 16,508 37 DAVID GREEN 9 1 0 0 0 16,478 38 CHASE MILLER 8 2 0 0 0 24,155 39 JEFF GREEN 6 3 0 0 0 64,744 40 MIKE HARMON 5 2 0 0 0 24,081 41 JAMES BUESCHER(i) 0 3 1 1 1 158,239 42 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 3 0 2 2 144,885 43 MARK MARTIN(i) 0 1 0 1 1 55,650 44 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 1 0 1 1 24,600 45 BRENDAN GAUGHAN(i) 0 1 0 1 1 32,993 46 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 1 0 0 1 50,770 47 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 2 0 0 1 61,590 48 TONY STEWART(i) 0 1 0 0 1 49,695 49 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 3 0 0 2 80,995 50 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 2 0 0 1 61,545 51 KURT BUSCH(i) 0 1 0 0 1 51,770 52 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 3 0 0 0 73,395 53 JOSH WISE(i) 0 3 0 0 0 69,335 54 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 1 0 0 0 45,770 55 DAVID RAGAN(i) 0 1 0 0 0 43,170 56 JENNIFER JO COBB(i) 0 1 0 0 0 14,820 57 J J YELEY(i) 0 3 0 0 0 65,590 58 SCOTT SPEED(i) 0 2 0 0 0 23,975 59 JOHNNY SAUTER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 40,810 60 DONNIE NEUENBERGER 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #3: 16TH ANNUAL SAM'S TOWN "300" Race Date: 3/10/2012 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 2 DELANA HARVICK 131 3 1 3 3 3 2 33 DELANA HARVICK 117 3 0 2 3 3 3 3 MORGAN SHEPHERD 116 3 0 2 3 3 4 6 JACK ROUSH 114 3 1 2 2 3 5 60 JACK ROUSH 112 3 0 1 2 3 6 30 HARRY SCOTT JR.