NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 2 8TH ANNUAL BASHAS' SUPERMARKETS 200 PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Avondale, AZ - March 3, 2012 1-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 200 Laps - 200 Miles Purse: $1,041,789 TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 43 minutes, 10 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 116.317 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.259 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 8 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 200 47 4 120.4 $71,043 Running 1 26 2 7 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Discount Tire Dodge 200 0 119.9 47,150 Running 1 7 3 2 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Roush Fenway Racing / 25 Years Ford 200 41 114.3 49,518 Running 4 9 3 Austin Dillon # Advocare Chevrolet 200 40 106.0 34,818 Running 5 12 33 Kevin Harvick (i) South Point Casino & Hotel Chevrolet 200 0 140.2 24,600 Running 2 107 6 6 12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Truck Parts Dodge 200 38 98.5 25,568 Running 7 5 60 Trevor Bayne Ford EcoBoost Ford 200 38 1 103.0 25,203 Running 1 4 8 10 20 Joey Logano (i) Dollar General Toyota 200 0 101.3 16,745 Running 9 1 18 Denny Hamlin (i) GameStop / MASS3 Effect Toyota 200 0 117.5 19,025 Running 4 56 10 21 43 Michael Annett Pilot / Flying J Ford 200 34 86.0 22,318 Running 11 14 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 200 0 91.0 13,875 Running 12 25 30 James Buescher (i) ABF U-Pack Moving Chevrolet 200 0 82.7 19,743 Running 13 17 88 Cole Whitt # TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 200 31 88.1 19,168 Running 14 11 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 200 30 85.2 21,393 Running 15 13 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 200 29 89.9 19,118 Running 16 19 44 Mike Bliss Tri-Star Motorsports Toyota 200 28 77.7 12,275 Running 17 22 08 Casey Roderick # RandyHillRacing.com Ford 200 27 72.8 11,675 Running 18 4 38 Kasey Kahne (i) Great Clips Chevrolet 198 0 97.7 11,475 Running 19 18 81 Jason Bowles # American Majority Dodge 197 25 71.7 17,968 Running 20 24 19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil Toyota 197 24 64.9 18,293 Running 21 30 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 197 23 62.1 17,518 Running 22 28 51 Jeremy Clements Clements Automotive Chevrolet 197 22 65.2 17,393 Running 23 32 23 Jamie Dick VIVA Auto Group Chevrolet 196 21 58.7 17,268 Running 24 15 87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 195 20 68.0 17,193 Throttle 25 31 39 Joey Gase # Go Green Racing / JoeyGase.com Ford 195 19 51.5 17,543 Running 26 36 40 Erik Darnell Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 194 18 61.9 10,500 Running 27 39 24 Benny Gordon VSI Racing Chevrolet 194 17 47.6 10,400 Running 28 37 14 Eric McClure Hefty Reynolds Wrap Toyota 193 16 47.1 16,793 Running 29 41 50 T.J. Bell TPT/GulfcoastLossPrevention/Liberty Chevrolet 189 15 43.4 16,743 Running 30 38 52 Tim Schendel Mathews Solocam Archery Chevrolet 189 14 37.2 10,525 Running 31 34 41 Blake Koch RiseUpandRegister.com Ford 166 13 49.4 16,638 Running 32 23 01 Mike Wallace G&K Services Chevrolet 162 12 50.6 16,578 Wheel Bearing 33 40 4 Daryl Harr Danny Efland Racing Chevrolet 149 11 40.7 16,543 Running 34 42 70 Charles Lewandoski ML Motorsports Chevrolet 115 10 33.2 16,508 Brakes 35 35 28 David Green Robinson-Blakeney Racing Dodge 109 9 35.1 16,478 Vibration 36 3 09 Kenny Wallace RAB Racing with Brack Maggard Toyota 102 8 69.6 16,443 Accident 37 16 27 J.J. Yeley (i) GCMI Ford 25 0 41.4 9,940 Vibration 38 29 89 Morgan Shepherd goodinfo.com / Hyland's Chevrolet 17 6 41.3 9,886 Fuel Pressure 39 43 74 Mike Harmon Coma Unwind / American Heros Chevrolet 8 5 34.4 9,770 Flywheel 40 33 42 Josh Wise (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 7 0 34.1 9,715 Electrical 41 26 46 Chase Miller Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 6 3 33.0 9,665 Electrical 42 20 47 Scott Speed (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 3 0 33.4 9,620 Electrical 43 27 10 Jeff Green Tri-Star Motorsports Toyota 3 1 31.8 9,568 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) #13 Jennifer Jo Cobb Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 36,000, Elliott Sadler won the Bashas'Supermarket 200, his sixth 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: #74(adjustments outside impound). Caution Flags: 3 cautions for 15 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 44-48 (Debris On Track [87]); 105-110 (Car #09 Accident Turn 4 [08]); 164-167 (Debris On Track [08]). Lap Leaders: 8 lead changes among 5 drivers. Hamlin 1-4, Bayne 5-8, Hamlin 9-52, Harvick 53-105, Hamlin 106-110, Harvick 111-164, Hamlin 165-167, Keselowski 168- 174, Sadler 175-200. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Denny Hamlin (132.979 mph. 27.072 secs.) 3M LAP LEADER: Kevin Harvick (107 Laps ) FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: Brian Scott (23 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: Austin Dillon NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Elliott Sadler 89 (1) Elliott Sadler (#2) 1 Danica Patrick 1 2 - Austin Dillon 79 (0) James Buescher (#30) 1 Denny Hamlin 1 3 - Trevor Bayne 72 (0) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 4 - Cole Whitt 71 (0) Austin Dillon 34 5 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr 66 (0) Cole Whitt 28 6 - Sam Hornish Jr 63 (0) Casey Roderick 16 7 - Tayler Malsam 62 (0) Joey Gase 15 8 - Michael Annett 51 (0) Jason Bowles 14 9 - Benny Gordon 49 (0) Johanna Long 9 10 - Joe Nemechek 42 (0) BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Pts Wins Chevrolet 18 (2) Dodge 12 (0) Ford 7 (0) Toyota 7 (0) 3M LAP LEADER Kurt Busch (#1) 1 Kevin Harvick (#33) 1 FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER Brian Scott (#11) 1 James Buescher (#30) 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER ECR (#2) 29 Penske (#22) 28 ECR (#33) 25 NEXT EVENT: March 10, 2012 - 16th Annual Sam's Town 300, Las Vegas Motor Speedway , Las Vegas, NV (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 #2: 8TH ANNUAL BASHAS' SUPERMARKETS "200" Race Date: 3/3/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 89 2 1 2 2 $150,271 2 AUSTIN DILLON 79 2 0 2 2 100,206 3 TREVOR BAYNE 72 2 0 0 1 78,316 4 COLE WHITT 71 2 0 1 1 91,071 5 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 66 2 0 1 1 101,106 6 SAM HORNISH JR. 63 2 0 0 1 76,531 7 TAYLER MALSAM 62 2 0 0 1 77,806 8 MICHAEL ANNETT 51 2 0 0 1 71,856 9 BENNY GORDON 49 2 0 0 0 56,420 10 JOE NEMECHEK 42 2 0 0 0 67,231 11 JEREMY CLEMENTS 41 2 0 0 0 67,631 12 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 40 2 0 0 0 68,056 13 BLAKE KOCH 40 2 0 0 0 67,476 14 ERIC MCCLURE 38 2 0 0 0 67,006 15 BRIAN SCOTT 37 2 0 0 0 69,981 16 CASEY RODERICK 35 2 0 0 0 53,860 17 T J BELL 35 2 0 0 0 66,656 18 MIKE BLISS 34 2 0 0 0 53,235 19 JOEY GASE 34 2 0 0 0 66,906 20 DANNY EFLAND 31 1 0 0 0 52,013 21 DANICA PATRICK 30 2 0 0 0 69,945 22 JASON BOWLES 28 2 0 0 0 65,301 23 MIKE WALLACE 28 2 0 0 0 66,041 24 JOHANNA LONG 23 1 0 0 0 50,513 25 KENNY WALLACE 23 2 0 0 0 65,981 26 JAMIE DICK 21 1 0 0 0 17,268 27 ERIK DARNELL 18 1 0 0 0 10,500 28 TIM SCHENDEL 14 1 0 0 0 10,525 29 RYAN TRUEX 13 1 0 0 0 42,595 30 DARYL HARR 11 1 0 0 0 16,543 31 REED SORENSON 10 1 0 0 0 48,888 32 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 10 1 0 0 0 16,508 33 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 10 1 0 0 0 48,728 34 DAVID GREEN 9 1 0 0 0 16,478 35 MORGAN SHEPHERD 6 1 0 0 0 9,886 36 MIKE HARMON 5 1 0 0 0 9,770 37 CHASE MILLER 3 1 0 0 0 9,665 38 JEFF GREEN 2 2 0 0 0 50,289 39 JAMES BUESCHER(i) 0 2 1 1 1 134,031 40 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 2 0 2 2 128,535 41 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 1 0 1 1 24,600 42 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 1 0 0 1 50,770 43 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 2 0 0 1 61,590 44 TONY STEWART(i) 0 1 0 0 1 49,695 45 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 2 0 0 1 59,920 46 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 2 0 0 1 61,545 47 KURT BUSCH(i) 0 1 0 0 1 51,770 48 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 2 0 0 0 58,320 49 JOSH WISE(i) 0 2 0 0 0 54,935 50 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 1 0 0 0 45,770 51 DAVID RAGAN(i) 0 1 0 0 0 43,170 52 J J YELEY(i) 0 2 0 0 0 50,850 53 SCOTT SPEED(i) 0 1 0 0 0 9,620 54 JOHNNY SAUTER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 40,810 55 JENNIFER JO COBB(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 DERRIKE COPE 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 DONNIE NEUENBERGER 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #2: 8TH ANNUAL BASHAS' SUPERMARKETS "200" Race Date: 3/3/2012 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 2 DELANA HARVICK 89 2 1 2 2 2 2 22 ROGER PENSKE 85 2 0 2 2 2 3 30 HARRY SCOTT JR.