NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 19 INAUGURAL INDIANA 250 INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Indianapolis, IN - July 28, 2012 2.5-Mile Paved Oval 100 Laps - 250 Miles Purse: $1,416,348 TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 59 minutes, 0 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 126.05 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 3.304 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 8 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Discount Tire Dodge 100 0 135.9 $58,225 Running 2 33 2 13 12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Truck Parts Dodge 100 43 1 115.2 51,293 Running 1 7 3 3 51 Ty Dillon (i) Wesco Chevrolet 100 0 114.0 49,743 Running 4 4 18 Denny Hamlin (i) SportClips Toyota 100 0 119.2 34,125 Running 1 4 5 7 3 Austin Dillon # Advocare Chevrolet 100 39 100.6 38,343 Running 6 21 43 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J/M&M's Snack Mix Ford 100 38 93.4 32,868 Running 7 6 20 Joey Logano (i) GameStop/Damage Inc. Toyota 100 0 103.2 24,975 Running 8 9 33 Paul Menard (i) Menards/Rheem Chevrolet 100 0 97.6 24,100 Running 9 10 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Sam's Club/Cargill Ford 100 35 96.0 31,968 Running 10 16 4 Jeremy Clements TradeBank Chevrolet 100 34 84.9 32,643 Running 11 12 44 Mike Bliss Bandit Chippers Toyota 100 33 88.4 28,393 Running 12 14 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt/PT&E Chevrolet 100 32 85.8 28,143 Running 13 19 99 Travis Pastrana Boost Mobile Toyota 100 31 77.6 27,868 Running 14 15 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 100 30 83.6 27,543 Running 15 5 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 100 29 100.6 28,518 Running 16 24 81 Jason Bowles # American Majority Toyota 100 28 68.7 27,193 Running 17 40 88 Cole Whitt # TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 100 27 65.6 27,043 Running 18 28 87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 100 26 62.5 26,893 Running 19 26 24 Kenny Wallace Family Farmers Toyota 100 25 58.8 26,693 Running 20 23 01 Mike Wallace G&K Services Chevrolet 100 24 64.3 27,243 Running 21 39 39 Jeffrey Earnhardt FastWax.com Chevrolet 100 23 49.8 26,418 Running 22 2 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 100 0 118.2 22,025 Running 3 51 23 37 41 Timmy Hill RWR Ford 100 21 48.7 26,143 Running 24 34 14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota 100 20 46.6 26,018 Running 25 1 38 Kasey Kahne (i) Great Clips Chevrolet 99 0 96.6 23,375 Running 1 4 26 25 30 James Buescher (i) ABF Chevrolet 99 0 59.7 25,893 Running 27 11 36 Ryan Blaney SealWrap Chevrolet 99 17 70.7 19,275 Running 28 41 52 Tim Schendel Better Business Bureau Chevrolet 99 16 40.2 19,200 Running 29 22 19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil/Noah's Light Foundation Toyota 99 15 53.6 25,568 Running 30 17 70 Johanna Long # KeenParts.com/Riley Chevrolet 90 14 63.3 25,793 Running 31 42 23 Robert Richardson North Texas Pipe Chevrolet 79 13 36.2 25,393 Running 32 29 08 Kyle Fowler Randy Hill Racing Ford 72 12 42.0 18,800 Engine 33 27 98 Reed Sorenson Shelby Engine Co. Ford 49 11 60.1 18,740 Accident 34 18 1 Kurt Busch (i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 41 0 68.5 18,705 Electrical 35 20 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 38 9 61.9 25,108 Accident 36 35 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 23 9 1 39.1 18,580 Vibration 1 1 37 38 15 Scott Riggs (i) RWR Ford 18 0 35.2 18,545 Rear Gear 38 33 40 Erik Darnell Key Motorsports Chevrolet 17 6 38.4 24,929 Engine 39 43 50 T.J. Bell Beaver Bail Bonds Chevrolet 10 5 31.4 18,300 Overheating 40 36 86 Kevin Lepage Deware Racing Group Ford 8 4 33.5 18,190 Drive Shaft 41 30 46 Chase Miller The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 6 3 33.1 18,130 Vibration 42 31 42 Josh Wise (i) Key Motorsports Chevrolet 4 0 30.9 18,100 Electrical 43 32 47 Stephen Leicht (i) Key Motorsports Chevrolet 0 0 30.3 18,035 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: (2) #74 Mike Harmon; #89 Morgan Shepherd Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 40,000, Brad Keselowski won the Indiana 250, his 20th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. To start the race, prior to the green flag no cars dropped to the rear of the field. Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 24 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 17-21 (Competition [52]); 40-47 (Car #7, 98 Accident Turn 2 [30]); 64-67 (Debris Frontstretch [30]); 75-78 (Car #11, 51, 33 Accident Turn 4 [14]); 80-82 (Car #12, 54 Accident Turn 2 [39]). Lap Leaders: 9 lead changes among 6 drivers. Kahne-pole, Ky. Busch 1-17, Green 18, Hamlin 19-22, Keselowski 23-26, Ky. Busch 27-36, Kahne 37-40, Ky. Busch 41-64, Hornish Jr 65-71, Keselowski 72-100. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne (176.284 mph. 51.054 secs.) 3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Busch (51 Laps ) FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: Jeremy Clements (12 Places) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Penske Engines (#22) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Ty 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 704 (3) JGE (#18) 260 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 3 2 - Austin Dillon 703 (1) Roush/Yates (#6) 213 Joey Logano 3 3 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr 691 (3) RCR (#3) 199 Elliott Sadler 2 4 - Sam Hornish Jr 676 (0) Austin Dillon # 2 MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Justin Allgaier 629 (0) Danica Patrick 1 6 - Michael Annett 607 (0) Elliott Sadler (#2) 7 Ryan Truex 1 7 - Cole Whitt 577 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 6 Brad Keselowski 1 8 - Mike Bliss 524 (0) James Buescher (#30) 3 Nelson Piquet Jr 1 9 - Brian Scott 460 (0) Denny Hamlin 1 10 - Danica Patrick 452 (0) Kevin Harvick 1 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Kasey Kahne 1 Pts Wins Paul Menard 1 Chevrolet 124 (7) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Toyota 112 (6) Austin Dillon 267 Ford 92 (3) Cole Whitt 201 Dodge 90 (3) Jason Bowles 141 3M LAP LEADER Johanna Long 107 Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#6) 3 Joey Gase 68 Kevin Harvick (#33) 3 Brad Sweet 67 Joey Logano (#18) 3 Casey Roderick 63 Benny Gordon 38 FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER Brian Scott (#11) 5 Danica Patrick (#7) 2 Elliott Sadler (#2) 1 NEXT EVENT: August 4, 2012 - 4th Annual U.S. Cellular 250 Presented By Enlist Weed Control System, Iowa Speedway, Newton, IA (218.75 Miles) (250 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 #19: INAUGURAL INDIANA "250" Race Date: 7/28/2012 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 ELLIOTT SADLER 704 19 3 7 14 $723,302 2 AUSTIN DILLON 703 19 1 11 15 649,088 3 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 691 19 3 10 14 883,232 4 SAM HORNISH JR. 676 19 0 5 12 512,872 5 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 629 19 0 3 12 503,692 6 MICHAEL ANNETT 607 19 0 3 7 498,982 7 COLE WHITT 577 19 0 3 8 491,687 8 MIKE BLISS 524 19 0 0 1 414,772 9 BRIAN SCOTT 460 19 0 2 5 463,717 10 DANICA PATRICK 452 19 0 0 1 439,016 11 JOE NEMECHEK 447 18 0 0 0 410,354 12 TAYLER MALSAM 427 19 0 0 1 434,602 13 JASON BOWLES 419 19 0 0 0 424,912 14 JEREMY CLEMENTS 418 19 0 0 2 425,654 15 MIKE WALLACE 410 19 0 0 0 427,027 16 ERIK DARNELL 314 18 0 0 0 339,268 17 TIMMY HILL 293 15 0 0 2 335,442 18 JOHANNA LONG 284 13 0 0 0 298,273 19 ERIC MCCLURE 271 14 0 0 0 324,317 20 T J BELL 246 19 0 0 0 315,091 21 BRAD SWEET 218 9 0 0 1 191,742 22 RYAN TRUEX 204 7 0 1 4 198,323 23 KENNY WALLACE 202 10 0 1 3 262,552 24 JOSH RICHARDS 198 11 0 0 0 147,513 25 DANNY EFLAND 190 10 0 0 0 221,927 26 TREVOR BAYNE 180 5 0 1 3 166,020 27 JAMIE DICK 171 9 0 0 0 153,283 28 BLAKE KOCH 165 14 0 0 0 250,956 29 MORGAN SHEPHERD 163 14 0 0 0 171,691 30 TRAVIS PASTRANA 158 7 0 0 0 143,876 31 JOEY GASE 142 10 0 0 0 195,270 32 CASEY RODERICK 136 8 0 0 0 155,497 33 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR.