NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 22 28TH ANNUAL CHEEZ-IT 355 AT THE GLEN WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL Watkins Glen, NY - August 11, 2013 2.45-Mile Paved Road Course 90 Laps - 220 Miles Purse: $4,946,167 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 32 minutes, 4 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 87.001 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.486 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 5 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 90 47 4 138.2 $236,658 Running 1 29 2 8 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 90 42 105.9 204,876 Running 3 3 56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 90 41 117.6 161,735 Running 4 16 99 Carl Edwards Kellogg's/Cheez-It Ford 90 40 99.2 149,360 Running 5 11 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 90 40 1 110.6 137,524 Running 1 1 6 2 15 Clint Bowyer PEAK/Duck Dynasty Toyota 90 38 109.5 135,818 Running 7 9 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 90 37 94.8 118,743 Running 8 18 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 90 36 89.6 131,296 Running 9 13 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevrolet 90 35 100.3 111,330 Running 10 4 47 AJ Allmendinger Scott Products Toyota 90 34 103.8 116,018 Running 11 6 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's/Monopoly Chevrolet 90 34 1 96.0 109,505 Running 1 1 12 30 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 90 32 68.5 105,843 Running 13 26 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 90 32 1 85.1 123,946 Running 1 8 14 14 39 Ryan Newman Haas Automation 30th Anniversary Chevrolet 90 30 77.2 113,318 Running 15 29 14 Max Papis (i) Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 90 0 68.9 122,210 Running 16 17 16 Greg Biffle 3M/811 Ford 90 28 74.5 92,085 Running 17 7 27 Paul Menard Menards/Splash Chevrolet 90 27 79.6 107,201 Running 18 33 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr # Best Buy Ford 90 26 52.3 123,146 Running 19 20 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 90 25 68.7 92,835 Running 20 35 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy Chevrolet 90 24 54.1 77,635 Running 21 31 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 90 23 49.2 98,243 Running 22 27 32 Boris Said U.S. Chrome Ford 90 22 55.9 87,393 Running 23 10 20 Matt Kenseth Home Depot Husky Toyota 90 21 82.4 110,401 Running 24 23 51 Owen Kelly (i) Phoenix Construction Chevrolet 90 0 62.0 92,682 Running 25 21 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 90 19 53.0 75,460 Running 26 22 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet 90 18 64.8 82,660 Running 27 40 7 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 90 17 42.5 74,435 Running 28 41 40 Landon Cassill (i) Interstate Moving Services Chevrolet 90 0 36.2 71,285 Running 29 37 19 Alex Kennedy Media Master Toyota 90 15 38.4 71,110 Running 30 25 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr National Guard Chevrolet 85 14 71.6 89,460 Running 31 1 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley/CTC Jumpstart Ford 84 15 2 120.0 117,024 Accident 2 51 32 15 55 Brian Vickers (i) Toyota Camry 30th Anniversary Toyota 84 0 60.3 78,585 Accident 33 39 30 David Stremme Genny Light Toyota 83 11 35.7 71,435 Running 34 19 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 82 10 69.4 88,310 Running 35 24 33 Ron Fellows Canadian Tire Chevrolet 74 9 53.0 70,160 Running 36 28 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 65 8 31.5 116,916 Running 37 32 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 58 7 49.9 106,785 Accident 38 12 35 Michael McDowell Dockside Logistics Ford 58 6 68.1 64,850 Suspension 39 43 52 Brian Keselowski Star Coach Race Tours Toyota 47 5 26.8 60,850 Brakes 40 38 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 41 4 40.2 64,850 Accident 41 34 36 Victor Gonzalez Jr Mobil 1/IMCA Chevrolet 39 3 39.0 52,850 Accident 42 42 87 Tomy Drissi The Counselor Toyota 39 2 28.4 48,850 Accident 43 36 83 David Reutimann Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 4 1 30.0 45,350 Engine # 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: Kyle Busch won the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, his 27th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Caution Flags: 8 cautions for 21 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 8 (Car #83 Stalled Turn 6 [None]); 15-18 (Car #24 Accident Turn 4 [None]); 36-38 (Car #35 Slow [19]); 41-42 (Car #33, 36, 87, 93 Accident Backstretch (Red Flag: Lap 41, 22.11) [52]); 61-63 (Car #43 Accident Turn 5 [38]); 79-80 (Car #38 Accident Turn 4 [32]); 82-84 (Car #5, 7, 20, 31, 24, 88 Accident Turn 4 [40]); 86-88 (Car #9, 14, 55 Accident Turn 3 [40]). Lap Leaders: 5 lead changes among 5 drivers. Ambrose 1-28, Montoya 29, McMurray 30, Harvick 31-38, Ambrose 39-61, Ky. Busch 62-90. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Marcos Ambrose (128.241 mph. 68.777 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Busch 3M LAP LEADER: Marcos Ambrose (51 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Brad AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kyle Busch Keselowski (crew chief Paul Wolfe, 0.266 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: AJ Allmendinger NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $50,000 at next FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Juan Pablo Montoya event++ MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Toyota Racing Development (#18) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Marcos Ambrose SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Ricky Stenhouse Jr ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Jimmie Johnson 808 (4) Carl Edwards (#99) 25 Kyle Busch 3 2 - Clint Bowyer 733 (0) Clint Bowyer (#15) 24 Denny Hamlin 3 3 - Carl Edwards 728 (1) Kevin Harvick (#29) 23 Jimmie Johnson 2 4 - Kevin Harvick 707 (2) Matt Kenseth 2 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 5 - Kyle Busch 693 (3) Carl Edwards 1 6 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 670 (0) Hendrick (#48) 238 Dale Earnhardt Jr 1 7 - Matt Kenseth 659 (4) TRD (#18) 215 Brad Keselowski 1 8 - Brad Keselowski 634 (0) TRD (#20) 168 Ryan Newman 1 9 - Greg Biffle 627 (1) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Jamie McMurray 1 10 - Martin Truex Jr 625 (1) Kyle Busch (#18) 6 Marcos Ambrose 1 11 - Kurt Busch 623 (0) Matt Kenseth (#20) 4 Danica Patrick # 1 12 - Kasey Kahne 622 (2) Kevin Harvick (#29) 3 Mark Martin 1 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Pts Wins SOLVER OF THE RACE Ricky Stenhouse Jr 192 Chevrolet 156 (10) Matt Borland (#39) 3 Danica Patrick 182 Toyota 144 (9) Todd Gordon (#22) 3 Timmy Hill 94 Ford 111 (3) Steve Letarte (#88) 2 3M LAP LEADER SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Carl Edwards (#99) 2 Kyle Busch (#18) 4 Martin Truex Jr (#56) 2 Matt Kenseth (#20) 4 Denny Hamlin (#11) 2 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD Kyle Busch (#18) 6 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Matt Kenseth (#20) 4 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD Kasey Kahne (#5) 8 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Carl Edwards (#99) 2 NEXT EVENT: August 18, 2013 - 44th Annual Pure Michigan 400 , Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI (400 Miles) (200 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (8/12/2013) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2013 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #22: 28TH ANNUAL CHEEZ-IT 355 AT THE GLEN Race Date: 08/11/2013 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 JIMMIE JOHNSON 808 22 4 9 15 $6,449,976 2 CLINT BOWYER 733 22 0 7 12 3,606,119 3 CARL EDWARDS 728 22 1 7 11 3,867,654 4 KEVIN HARVICK 707 22 2 5 11 4,133,794 5 KYLE BUSCH 693 22 3 10 14 4,519,623 6 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 670 22 0 5 12 3,842,793 7 MATT KENSETH 659 22 4 5 11 4,266,687 8 BRAD KESELOWSKI 634 22 0 7 11 4,193,151 9 GREG BIFFLE 627 22 1 3 8 3,289,084 10 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 625 22 1 5 9 3,597,399 11 KURT BUSCH 623 22 0 5 10 3,250,958 12 KASEY KAHNE 622 22 2 7 9 3,539,893 13 JEFF GORDON 610 22 0 5 9 3,726,260 14 RYAN NEWMAN 605 22 1 4 10 3,704,709 15 JAMIE MCMURRAY 600 22 0 1 5 3,132,148 16 JOEY LOGANO 598 22 0 5 11 3,501,310 17 TONY STEWART 594 21 1 5 8 3,710,624 18 ARIC ALMIROLA 561 22 0 1 5 3,257,277 19 PAUL MENARD 559 22 0 0 4 3,011,395 20 RICKY STENHOUSE JR.