NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 26 12TH ANNUAL DOLLAR GENERAL 300 POWERED BY COCA-COLA CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY Joliet, IL - September 15, 2012 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 200 Laps - 300 Miles Purse: $1,288,772 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 10 minutes, 5 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 138.373 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.402 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 3 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Blue Bird Ford 200 47 4 132.5 $92,143 Running 2 22 2 6 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 200 0 131.9 54,750 Running 4 50 3 2 3 Austin Dillon # American Ethanol Chevrolet 200 42 1 127.1 55,093 Running 4 52 4 16 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Discount Tire Dodge 200 0 104.4 31,265 Running 5 7 33 Paul Menard (i) Menards/Rheem Chevrolet 200 0 103.0 27,790 Running 6 4 12 Sam Hornish Jr AVIS Dodge 200 39 1 105.9 31,408 Running 1 1 7 8 43 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Ford 200 38 1 101.7 29,608 Running 1 1 8 5 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 200 37 1 109.2 28,958 Running 1 3 9 1 18 Joey Logano (i) Dollar General Toyota 200 0 119.9 29,950 Running 3 67 10 42 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 200 34 90.9 31,083 Running 11 10 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 200 34 1 93.8 26,258 Running 1 3 12 12 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 200 32 88.0 25,508 Running 13 9 44 Mike Bliss BanditChippers.com Toyota 200 31 90.6 24,958 Running 14 13 88 Cole Whitt # Degree Men Chevrolet 200 30 85.4 24,448 Running 15 18 38 Brad Sweet # Great Clips Chevrolet 199 29 82.5 24,488 Running 16 25 87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 199 29 1 78.9 24,178 Running 1 1 17 20 30 Alex Bowman Allegiant Chevrolet 199 27 73.6 23,493 Running 18 19 19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil Toyota 198 26 71.6 23,233 Running 19 21 01 Mike Wallace G&K Services Chevrolet 198 25 71.5 23,223 Running 20 11 99 Kenny Wallace Family Farmers Toyota 196 24 73.9 23,488 Running 21 17 70 Johanna Long # Foretravel Chevrolet 196 23 59.0 22,703 Running 22 34 40 Erik Darnell Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 195 22 54.2 22,593 Running 23 22 23 Jamie Dick Viva Auto Group Chevrolet 195 21 59.9 15,990 Running 24 24 39 Dexter Stacey Maddies Place Ford 194 20 52.8 22,343 Running 25 30 14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 194 19 43.7 22,683 Running 26 37 41 Juan Carlos Blum VMP Nutrition/The New Miami Subs Chevrolet 193 18 47.6 22,098 Running 27 35 4 Danny Efland Tradebank Chevrolet 192 17 44.6 21,988 Running 28 15 81 Jason Bowles # 25Hill.com Now on DVD Toyota 153 16 53.9 21,868 Engine 29 14 24 Benny Gordon O.C.R. Gaz Bar/Affichage.CO Toyota 122 15 68.7 21,718 Suspension 30 31 51 Jeremy Clements USS James E Williams DDG 95 Chevrolet 68 14 53.2 21,908 Oil Leak 31 27 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 30 13 53.1 15,005 Vibration 32 39 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory In Jesus Chevrolet 30 12 45.2 14,895 Engine 33 36 15 Timmy Hill Carport Empire Ford 28 11 46.4 14,785 Vibration 34 38 28 Tony Raines (i) Robinson-Blakeney Racing Chevrolet 26 0 42.1 14,675 Electrical 35 40 52 Joey Gase # Competition Transmission Chevrolet 23 9 36.4 14,565 Handling 36 29 00 Blake Koch O.C.R. Gaz Bar Toyota 19 8 44.8 14,455 Vibration 37 33 71 Scott Riggs (i) Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 19 0 45.0 14,335 Ignition 38 32 75 Matt Carter Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 15 6 40.2 14,275 Rear Gear 39 41 74 Mike Harmon Koma Unwind Chevrolet 12 5 35.0 13,940 Overheating 40 28 47 J.J. Yeley (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 11 0 36.0 13,830 Vibration 41 23 42 Josh Wise (i) Key Motorsports Chevrolet 10 0 35.1 13,725 Electrical 42 26 46 Chase Miller The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 9 2 33.4 13,520 Overheating 43 43 08 Tim Andrews Randy Hill Racing Ford 9 1 31.8 13,413 Ignition # 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 attendance of 34,000, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Dollar General 300 powered by Coca-Cola, his seventh NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: 71 (missing driver's meeting) Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 20 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 5-7 (Car #39 Spin Turn 4 [None]); 40-44 (Car #38 Spin Turn 4 [70]); 48-50 (Car #88 Spin Frontstretch [40]); 125-129 (Car #24 Accident Turn 3 [7]); 168-171 (Car #81 Backstretch [88]). Lap Leaders: 17 lead changes among 9 drivers. Logano 1-7, Hornish Jr 8, Logano 9-59, Dillon 60, K. Busch 61-62, Dillon 63, K. Busch 64-69, Dillon 70-95, Stenhouse Jr 96, Annett 97, Allgaier 98-100, Nemechek 101, Dillon 102-125, Logano 126-134, K. Busch 135-168, Sadler 169-171, K. Busch 172-179, Stenhouse Jr 180-200. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Joey Logano (178.012 mph. 30.335 secs.) 3M LAP LEADER: Joey Logano (67 Laps ) FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: Brian Scott (18 Places) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Joe Gibbs Racing Engines - Mark Cronquist (#18) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr 982 (5) JGE (#18) 331 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 4 2 - Elliott Sadler 973 (4) Roush/Yates (#6) 308 Joey Logano 4 3 - Austin Dillon 948 (1) ECR (#33) 266 Elliott Sadler 3 4 - Sam Hornish Jr 925 (0) Austin Dillon # 2 MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Justin Allgaier 875 (1) Sam Hornish Jr 1 6 - Michael Annett 837 (0) Elliott Sadler (#2) 9 Danica Patrick 1 7 - Cole Whitt 767 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 9 Ryan Truex 1 8 - Mike Bliss 722 (0) Justin Allgaier (#31) 3 Trevor Bayne 1 9 - Joe Nemechek 634 (0) Alex Tagliani 1 10 - Brian Scott 633 (0) Brad Keselowski 1 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kevin Harvick 1 Pts Wins Nelson Piquet Jr 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Chevrolet 167 (10) Kyle Busch 1 Toyota 144 (7) Kasey Kahne 1 Ford 138 (6) Paul Menard 1 Dodge 123 (3) 3M LAP LEADER SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kevin Harvick (#33) 6 Austin Dillon 289 Joey Logano (#18) 4 Cole Whitt 218 Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#6) 3 Jason Bowles 156 Johanna Long 135 FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER Brad Sweet 106 Brian Scott (#11) 6 Joey Gase 96 Danica Patrick (#7) 4 Casey Roderick 63 Cole Whitt (#88) 2 NEXT EVENT: September 22, 2012 - Inaugural Kentucky 300, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY (300 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 © 2012 NASCAR NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #26: 12TH ANNUAL DOLLAR GENERAL "300" POWERED BY COCA-COLA Race Date: 9/15/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 982 26 5 16 20 $1,223,758 2 ELLIOTT SADLER 973 26 4 11 19 971,943 3 AUSTIN DILLON 948 26 1 13 20 856,214 4 SAM HORNISH JR. 925 26 0 8 18 745,863 5 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 875 26 1 6 16 776,208 6 MICHAEL ANNETT 837 26 0 5 12 680,923 7 COLE WHITT 767 26 0 3 10 651,873 8 MIKE BLISS 722 26 0 0 1 563,470 9 JOE NEMECHEK 634 25 0 0 1 557,627 10 BRIAN SCOTT 633 26 0 2 7 624,683 11 DANICA PATRICK 617 26 0 0 2 601,866 12 MIKE WALLACE 595 26 0 0 1 581,943 13 TAYLER MALSAM 588 25 0 0 1 568,400 14 JASON BOWLES 570 26 0 0 0 576,048 15 JEREMY CLEMENTS 560 26 0 0 2 575,040 16 ERIK DARNELL 440 24 0 0 0 451,382 17 ERIC MCCLURE 404 21 0 0 0 471,283 18 TIMMY HILL 378 22 0 0 2 453,311 19 JOHANNA LONG 365 17 0 0 0 386,560 20 BRAD SWEET 327 13 0 0 1 289,659 21 RYAN TRUEX 262 9 0 1 4 237,459 22 T J BELL 254 20 0 0 0 327,216 23 JOSH RICHARDS 233 13 0 0 0 183,701 24 DANNY EFLAND 232 12 0 0 0 261,183 25 KENNY WALLACE 226 11 0 1 3 286,040 26 JAMIE DICK 212 11 0 0 0 182,873 27 TREVOR BAYNE 208 6 0 1 3 186,925 28 MORGAN SHEPHERD 205 18 0 0 0 218,846 29 TRAVIS PASTRANA 204 9 0 0 0 174,869 30 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR.