NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 23 31ST ANNUAL FOOD CITY 250 BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY Bristol, TN - August 24, 2012 .533-Mile Concrete Oval 250 Laps - 133.25 Miles Purse: $1,226,983 TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 44 minutes, 26 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 76.556 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.503 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 2 18 Joey Logano (i) Dollar General Toyota 250 0 135.2 $43,675 Running 3 81 2 5 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr NOS Ford 250 43 1 130.4 48,218 Running 2 60 3 10 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 250 0 111.5 26,625 Running 4 4 3 Austin Dillon # American Ethanol Chevrolet 250 40 103.4 32,093 Running 5 7 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 250 40 1 117.0 27,718 Running 1 11 6 19 88 Cole Whitt # SPY Optic Chevrolet 250 38 95.5 29,018 Running 7 12 36 Ryan Blaney Seal Wrap Chevrolet 250 37 94.7 18,710 Running 8 18 43 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Ford 250 36 89.9 25,038 Running 9 34 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 250 35 84.1 24,818 Running 10 9 12 Sam Hornish Jr Detroit Genuine Parts Dodge 250 34 94.9 25,418 Running 11 16 87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves/AC Genral 250 33 79.9 24,643 Running 12 23 19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil/Noah'sToyota Light Foundation Toyota 250 32 77.0 24,218 Running 13 14 44 Mike Bliss Bandit Chippers Toyota 250 31 83.0 24,118 Running 14 15 38 Kasey Kahne (i) Great Clips Chevrolet 250 0 102.5 17,585 Running 15 13 33 Kevin Harvick (i) Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet 250 0 120.8 20,915 Running 1 98 16 1 60 Trevor Bayne Yourracecar.com Ford 250 28 97.7 20,905 Running 17 33 01 Mike Wallace Tradebank Chevrolet 247 27 70.2 23,928 Running 18 26 81 Jason Bowles # American Majority Dodge 247 26 66.6 23,883 Running 19 27 39 Josh Richards Joy Global Ford 247 25 63.7 23,848 Running 20 30 86 Kevin Lepage Qello Ford 247 24 66.9 18,015 Running 21 11 30 Nelson Piquet Jr(i) Autotrac/Qualcomm Chevrolet 246 0 81.8 23,743 Running 22 38 24 Benny Gordon Big Timber/Horizon Entertainment Toyota 246 22 61.8 23,698 Running 23 20 99 John Wes Townley (i) Zaxby's Toyota 246 0 76.3 23,638 Running 24 42 23 Robert Richardson North Texas Pipe Chevrolet 246 20 46.4 23,603 Running 25 28 15 Timmy Hill Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 245 19 49.8 17,350 Running 26 41 4 Brad Teague SCAG Commercial Mowers Chevrolet 245 18 40.5 23,678 Running 27 39 14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 244 17 47.2 23,418 Running 28 36 41 Fain Skinner Carport Empire Ford 244 16 51.0 23,348 Running 29 29 70 Johanna Long # Foretravel Chevrolet 244 15 43.6 23,313 Running 30 6 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 242 14 45.5 23,568 Running 31 32 52 Joey Gase # Jimco Windows Chevrolet 239 13 44.0 16,760 Running 32 8 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Discount Tire Dodge 226 0 49.2 16,690 Running 33 21 51 Jeremy Clements stjude.org Chevrolet 213 11 40.6 23,138 Running 34 3 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 198 10 79.0 23,118 Clutch 35 22 40 Erik Darnell The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 173 9 66.6 23,103 Electrical 36 40 74 Rick Crawford (i) Koma Unwind Chevrolet 55 0 44.0 16,615 Overheating 37 43 71 Carl Long Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 27 7 40.1 16,595 Oil Pressure 38 25 75 Scott Riggs (i) Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 20 0 35.7 16,556 Electrical 39 37 50 David Starr (i) Make Motorsports Chevrolet 19 0 37.1 16,455 Engine 40 24 42 Josh Wise (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 14 0 37.4 16,430 Electrical 41 35 08 Tim Andrews Randy Hill Racing Ford 11 3 33.9 16,405 Brakes 42 17 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 6 2 31.4 16,375 Vibration 43 31 46 Chase Miller The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 2 1 30.3 16,330 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: (3) #89 Morgan Shepherd; #47 Stephen Leicht; #00 Blake Koch Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 85,000, Joey Logano won the Food City 250, his 15th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #87 (missed drivers meeting). Caution Flags: 9 cautions for 59 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 6-10 (Car #31, 3 Accident Turn 3 [None]); 27-31 (Car #22, 4 Accident Turn 2 [23]); 34-39 (Debris Backstretch [4]); 46-53 (Car #81, 01 Accident Frontstretch [31]); 63-68 (Car #11, 54 Accident Backstretch [24]); 115-121 (Car #41 Spin Turn 2 [86]); 173-180 (Car #24 Accident Turn 4 [19]); 227-235 (Car #99 Accident Turn 2 [19]); 244-248 (Car #3, 60, 38 Accident Turns 1 & 2 [33]). Lap Leaders: 7 lead changes among 4 drivers. Bayne-pole, Logano 1-35, Sadler 36-46, Stenhouse Jr 47-105, Logano 106-116, Stenhouse Jr 117, Harvick 118-215, Logano 216-250. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Trevor Bayne (121.19 mph. 15.833 secs.) 3M LAP LEADER: Kevin Harvick (98 Laps ) FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: Cole Whitt (27 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 - Elliott Sadler 864 (4) JGE (#18) 298 Elliott Sadler 3 2 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr 845 (3) Roush/Yates (#6) 255 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 3 3 - Sam Hornish Jr 836 (0) ECR (#2) 224 Joey Logano 3 4 - Austin Dillon 829 (1) Austin Dillon # 2 MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Justin Allgaier 770 (1) Sam Hornish Jr 1 6 - Michael Annett 726 (0) Elliott Sadler (#2) 8 Danica Patrick 1 7 - Cole Whitt 671 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 7 Ryan Truex 1 8 - Mike Bliss 640 (0) Justin Allgaier (#31) 3 Trevor Bayne 1 9 - Brian Scott 550 (0) Alex Tagliani 1 10 - Danica Patrick 539 (0) Brad Keselowski 1 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Nelson Piquet Jr 1 Pts Wins Denny Hamlin 1 Kevin Harvick 1 Chevrolet 150 (9) Kasey Kahne 1 Toyota 131 (7) Paul Menard 1 Ford 114 (4) Dodge 111 (3) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 3M LAP LEADER Austin Dillon 278 Kevin Harvick (#33) 4 Cole Whitt 211 Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#6) 3 Jason Bowles 152 Joey Logano (#18) 3 Johanna Long 125 Brad Sweet 88 FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER Joey Gase 81 Brian Scott (#11) 5 Casey Roderick 63 Danica Patrick (#7) 4 Cole Whitt (#88) 2 NEXT EVENT: September 1, 2012 - 21st Annual NRA American Warrior 300, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA (300.3 Miles) (195 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 #23: 31ST ANNUAL FOOD CITY "250" Race Date: 8/24/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 864 23 4 10 17 $894,249 2 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 845 23 3 13 17 1,022,979 3 SAM HORNISH JR. 836 23 0 8 16 673,644 4 AUSTIN DILLON 829 23 1 12 17 752,610 5 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 770 23 1 5 15 701,239 6 MICHAEL ANNETT 726 23 0 4 9 606,104 7 COLE WHITT 671 23 0 3 9 585,294 8 MIKE BLISS 640 23 0 0 1 499,676 9 BRIAN SCOTT 550 23 0 2 6 554,364 10 DANICA PATRICK 539 23 0 0 2 538,247 11 JOE NEMECHEK 539 22 0 0 0 494,068 12 MIKE WALLACE 519 23 0 0 1 520,784 13 TAYLER MALSAM 511 22 0 0 1 507,231 14 JASON BOWLES 505 23 0 0 0 516,354 15 JEREMY CLEMENTS 497 23 0 0 2 514,171 16 ERIK DARNELL 368 21 0 0 0 396,946 17 ERIC MCCLURE 344 18 0 0 0 411,289 18 TIMMY HILL 343 19 0 0 2 409,013 19 JOHANNA LONG 330 15 0 0 0 344,304 20 BRAD SWEET 274 11 0 0 1 243,953 21 T J BELL 254 20 0 0 0 327,216 22 RYAN TRUEX 234 8 0 1 4 216,491 23 JOSH RICHARDS 233 13 0 0 0 183,701 24 TREVOR BAYNE 208 6 0 1 3 186,925 25 KENNY WALLACE 202 10 0 1 3 262,552 26 JAMIE DICK 191 10 0 0 0 166,883 27 DANNY EFLAND 190 10 0 0 0 221,927 28 MORGAN SHEPHERD 183 16 0 0 0 194,111 29 BLAKE KOCH 168 15 0 0 0 270,581 30 JOEY GASE 167 12 0 0 0 224,590 31 TRAVIS PASTRANA 158 7 0 0 0 143,876 32 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR.