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The Chase 2012 - photo © Todd Warshaw -Getty Images2008-09-05_025Clint Bowyer wasn’t angry at the driver who spun him Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway. He was thankful.  ”Thank you, Juan Pablo!” the Michael Waltrip Racing driver boomed from Victory Lane. “If you’re still here, thank you Juan Pablo!” Assuming the lead on a late restart in Friday night’s Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway, Kevin Harvick ended a 30-race NASCAR Nationwide Series drought dating to the fall race at Richmond in 2010.

 

With good reason. Contact from Juan Montoya spun Bowyer and cut a tire on the No. 15 car, a game-changing moment that sent his Toyota to the pits and put it on a pit cycle that enabled it to win the race. Bowyer stretched his fuel and stayed out front for the final 88 laps, holding off a furious charge from runner-up Jeff Gordon to secure his second victory of the season.

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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 26
55TH ANNUAL FEDERATED AUTO PARTS “400″
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

Richmond, VA – September 8, 2012
.75-Mile Oval
400 Laps – 300 Miles Purse: $5,120,084


Fin Str Car      

Series

Bonus

Driver

   

Leader

 
Pos Pos No Driver Team

Laps

Points

Points

Rating

Winnings

Status

Times

Laps

1

4

15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota

400

47

4

126.3

$226,114

Running

1

88

2

2

24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet

400

43

1

102.2

203,546

Running

1

2

3

6

55 Mark Martin Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota

400

41

0

105.8

128,785

Running

   

4

28

14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet

400

41

1

104.3

179,685

Running

1

15

5

17

17 Matt Kenseth Best Buy Ford

400

39

0

96.5

152,221

Running

   

6

20

31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet

400

38

0

87.1

135,335

Running

   

7

10

2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge

400

37

0

87.7

125,530

Running

   

8

14

39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevrolet

400

37

1

85.6

126,218

Running

1

13

9

23

16 Greg Biffle 3M/Owens & Minor Ford

400

35

0

88.1

93,885

Running

   

10

13

29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet

400

34

0

102.8

135,096

Running

   

11

11

22 Sam Hornish Jr Shell Pennzoil Dodge

400

0

0

96.9

122,210

Running

   

12

21

5 Kasey Kahne Quaker State Chevrolet

399

33

1

106.7

89,035

Running

1

3

13

5

48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet

399

32

1

101.7

122,296

Running

1

2

14

1

88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet

399

31

1

109.5

92,435

Running

5

67

15

22

9 Marcos Ambrose MAC Tools Ford

399

29

0

73.5

106,593

Running

   

16

15

18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota

399

28

0

81.2

120,118

Running

   

17

16

99 Carl Edwards Kellogg’s Ford

399

27

0

78.0

119,301

Running

   

18

7

11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota

399

28

2

125.6

122,951

Running

5

202

19

12

83 Landon Cassill Burger King Toyota

399

25

0

60.5

102,880

Running

   

20

24

42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet

399

24

0

69.5

107,476

Running

   

21

9

56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts Toyota

399

24

1

99.2

103,174

Running

1

7

22

26

1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Allstate Chevrolet

398

22

0

68.6

106,693

Running

   

23

25

27 Paul Menard Menards/Moen Chevrolet

398

21

0

63.6

83,385

Running

   

24

3

78 Regan Smith Furniture Row/Farm American Chevrolet

398

20

0

69.9

101,293

Running

   

25

29

47 Bobby Labonte Bush’s Beans Toyota

397

19

0

59.3

99,568

Running

   

26

18

43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford

397

18

0

58.2

111,571

Running

   

27

32

93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr. Pepper Toyota

397

17

0

54.2

96,568

Running

   

28

30

51 Kurt Busch Phoenix Construction Chevrolet

396

16

0

55.6

93,843

Running

   

29

42

13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford

396

15

0

49.8

83,507

Running

   

30

8

20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota

396

14

0

60.2

83,335

Running

   

31

35

38 David Gilliland Mossy Oak/Pursuit Channel Ford

395

13

0

44.0

73,210

Running

   

32

27

34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford

395

12

0

44.9

70,560

Running

   

33

33

36 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet

395

11

0

48.2

70,435

Running

   

34

37

10 David Reutimann No.10 Inc. 5000-@TMone 6-peat Chevrolet

393

10

0

44.0

70,310

Running

   

35

39

32 Ken Schrader Federated Auto Parts Ford

393

9

0

36.6

78,160

Running

   

36

36

33 Stephen Leicht # Special Ops OPSEC Chevrolet

390

8

0

35.1

79,510

Running

   

37

31

30 David Stremme Inception Motorsports Chevrolet

127

7

0

31.2

69,880

Brakes

   

38

34

87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota

90

0

0

36.5

69,728

Brakes

   

39

38

23 Scott Riggs North Texas Pipe Chevrolet

78

5

0

32.5

66,900

Brakes

   

40

40

19 Mike Bliss Plinker Tactical Toyota

70

0

0

29.0

66,775

Wheel Bearing

   

41

19

98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford

63

4

1

35.2

66,625

Brakes

1

1

42

41

26 Josh Wise # MDS Transport Ford

57

2

0

24.9

66,500

Brakes

   

43

43

91 Reed Sorenson Plinker Tactical Chevrolet

57

0

0

24.9

66,860

Power Steering

   

# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender.
Bonus Points: includes winner, lap leader & most laps led points
(i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series

Failed to qualify: (2) #37 J.J. Yeley; #0 Mark Green
Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 89,000, Clint Bowyer won the Federated Auto Parts 400, his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.
TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 59 minutes, 58 seconds      AVERAGE SPEED: 100.019 mph       MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.198 second(s)
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr (127.023 mph. 21.256 secs.)
3M LAP LEADER: Denny Hamlin (202 Laps)
AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kevin Harvick
DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Clint Bowyer (crew chief Brian Pattie)
FREESCALE “WIDE OPEN”: Tony Stewart
MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#24)
MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Clint Bowyer
MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Tony Stewart (crew chief Steve Addington, 0.059 seconds)
NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $40,000 at next event++
SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Stephen Leicht
USG IMPROVING THE FINISH: Tony Stewart (24 places)
++Rollover money awarded at year’s end, amount not included in race winnings.
Caution Flags: 6 cautions for 41 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 1-6 (Competition [None]); 47-50 (Competition [87]); 53-56 (Car #34 Accident Frontstretch [38]); 139-155 (Precipitation [Red Flag: Lap 152; 51:45] [39]); 236-239 (Car #15 Spin Frontstretch [31]); 277-282 (Precipitation [24]).
Lap Leaders: 17 lead changes among 10 drivers. Earnhardt Jr 1-6, J. Gordon 7-8, Earnhardt Jr 9-47, McDowell 48, Earnhardt Jr 49-58, Hamlin 59-84, Earnhardt Jr 85-93, Hamlin 94-155, Earnhardt Jr 156-158, Hamlin 159-231, Johnson 232-233, Hamlin 234-241, Truex Jr 242-248, Hamlin 249-281, Kahne 282-284, Stewart 285-299, Newman 300-312, Bowyer 313-400.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12
Driver

Points

Wins

1 – Denny Hamlin

2012

(4)

2 – Jimmie Johnson

2009

(3)

3 – Tony Stewart

2009

(3)

4 – Brad Keselowski

2009

(3)

5 – Greg Biffle

2006

(2)

6 – Clint Bowyer

2006

(2)

7 – Dale Earnhardt Jr

2003

(1)

8 – Matt Kenseth

2003

(1)

9 – Kevin Harvick

2000

(0)

10 – Martin Truex Jr

2000

(0)

11 – Kasey Kahne

2000

(2)

12 – Jeff Gordon

2000

(1)

 

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD
Driver

Poles

 
Mark Martin

4

 
Denny Hamlin

2

 
Greg Biffle

2

 
Kasey Kahne

2

 
Marcos Ambrose

2

 
Juan Pablo Montoya

2

 
Jimmie Johnson

1

 
Tony Stewart

1

 
Dale Earnhardt Jr

1

 
Matt Kenseth

1

 
Martin Truex Jr

1

 
Jeff Gordon

1

 
Kyle Busch

1

 
Carl Edwards

1

 
Joey Logano

1

 
AJ Allmendinger

1

 

 

SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Driver

Points

 
Stephen Leicht

74

 
Josh Wise

65

 

 

MANUFACTURERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP
Manufacturer

Points

Wins

Chevrolet

179

11

Toyota

155

8

Ford

129

4

Dodge

109

3

 

3M LAP LEADER AWARD
 

Car#

Points

Jimmie Johnson

48

5

Denny Hamlin

11

4

Kyle Busch

18

3

 

AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD
 

Car#

Points

Denny Hamlin

11

3

Jimmie Johnson

48

3

Joey Logano

20

3

 

DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE YEAR AWARD
 

Car#

Points

Darian Grubb

11

6

Matt Puccia

16

5

Dave Rogers

18

3

 

FREESCALE “WIDE OPEN” AWARD
 

Car#

Points

Greg Biffle

16

5

Denny Hamlin

11

3

Tony Stewart

14

3

 

MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR AWARD
 

Car#

Points

Hendrick

48

257

TRD

11

220

Roush/Yates

16

213

 

MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE YEAR AWARD
 

Car#

Points

Denny Hamlin

11

9

Tony Stewart

14

4

Clint Bowyer

15

4

 

MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE YEAR AWARD
 

Car#

Points

Steve Addington

14

4

Steve Letarte

88

4

Chad Johnston

56

4

 

USG IMPROVING THE FINISH AWARD
 

Car#

Points

Tony Stewart

14

3

Jeff Gordon

24

3

Carl Edwards

99

3

NEXT EVENT: September 16, 2012 – 12th Annual GEICO 400, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL (400.5 Miles) (267 Laps)
NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (9/10/2012)

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS
Race #26: 55TH ANNUAL FEDERATED AUTO PARTS “400″ Race Date: 9/8/2012

POS

Driver

Points

Starts

Wins

Top 5

Top 10

Money Won

1

DENNY HAMLIN

2012

26

4

11

13

$5,316,971

2

JIMMIE JOHNSON

2009

26

3

12

17

6,097,514

3

TONY STEWART

2009

26

3

10

12

5,115,100

4

BRAD KESELOWSKI

2009

26

3

10

15

4,421,415

5

GREG BIFFLE

2006

26

2

10

15

4,534,958

6

CLINT BOWYER

2006

26

2

6

15

3,982,292

7

DALE EARNHARDT JR.

2003

26

1

10

17

4,372,845

8

MATT KENSETH

2003

26

1

10

16

5,708,897

11

KASEY KAHNE

2000

26

2

7

13

3,564,336

12

JEFF GORDON

2000

26

1

7

12

4,394,479

9

KEVIN HARVICK

2000

26

0

4

11

4,311,251

10

MARTIN TRUEX JR.

2000

26

0

6

14

3,990,537

13

KYLE BUSCH

774

26

1

6

12

4,773,611

14

CARL EDWARDS

747

26

0

2

11

4,017,025

15

MARCOS AMBROSE

735

26

1

3

8

3,674,053

16

RYAN NEWMAN

734

26

1

3

9

3,978,196

17

PAUL MENARD

731

26

0

0

7

3,060,685

18

JOEY LOGANO

678

26

1

2

8

3,071,313

19

JEFF BURTON

647

26

0

2

5

3,942,350

20

JAMIE MCMURRAY

640

26

0

0

3

3,427,123

21

JUAN PABLO MONTOYA

608

26

0

0

2

3,378,131

22

ARIC ALMIROLA

587

26

0

0

2

3,542,556

23

REGAN SMITH

566

26

0

0

2

3,129,749

24

BOBBY LABONTE

557

26

0

0

1

3,109,525

25

KURT BUSCH

499

25

0

1

2

2,995,117

26

MARK MARTIN

492

17

0

3

7

2,167,098

27

CASEY MEARS

462

26

0

0

0

2,690,205

28

DAVID GILLILAND

451

26

0

0

0

2,654,303

29

DAVID RAGAN

437

26

0

0

1

2,674,546

30

TRAVIS KVAPIL

434

25

0

0

0

2,586,970

31

LANDON CASSILL

421

26

0

0

0

3,110,315

32

A J ALLMENDINGER

400

17

0

1

3

2,577,395

33

DAVE BLANEY

338

25

0

0

0

2,262,241

34

DAVID REUTIMANN

316

19

0

0

0

1,826,883

35

DAVID STREMME

184

21

0

0

0

1,960,518

36

BRIAN VICKERS

177

6

0

3

3

594,290

37

J J YELEY

138

18

0

0

0

1,475,965

38

MICHAEL MCDOWELL

126

20

0

0

0

1,727,221

39

KEN SCHRADER

111

10

0

0

0

929,465

40

JOSH WISE

109

23

0

0

0

1,811,001

41

STEPHEN LEICHT

97

12

0

0

0

1,092,260

42

SCOTT SPEED

76

10

0

0

0

854,485

43

MICHAEL WALTRIP

75

3

0

0

1

316,687

44

TONY RAINES

67

6

0

0

0

719,028

45

TERRY LABONTE

66

3

0

0

0

492,560

46

BRENDAN GAUGHAN

50

4

0

0

0

354,559

47

SCOTT RIGGS

50

17

0

0

0

1,299,060

48

BORIS SAID

34

2

0

0

0

167,290

49

BILL ELLIOTT

14

2

0

0

0

196,098

50

HERMIE SADLER III

13

1

0

0

0

80,610

51

ROBBY GORDON

11

3

0

0

0

405,300

52

MIKE SKINNER

10

4

0

0

0

340,850

53

TOMY DRISSI

6

1

0

0

0

76,242

54

STACY COMPTON

5

1

0

0

0

64,225

55

DAVID MAYHEW

4

1

0

0

0

72,625

56

KELLY BIRES

2

1

0

0

0

69,400

57

PATRICK LONG

2

1

0

0

0

61,555

58

SAM HORNISH JR.(i)

0

10

0

1

1

1,319,585

59

TREVOR BAYNE(i)

0

10

0

0

2

1,274,317

60

RICKY STENHOUSE JR.(i)

0

1

0

0

0

304,275

61

MIKE BLISS(i)

0

13

0

0

0

1,041,314

62

AUSTIN DILLON(i)

0

1

0

0

0

88,285

63

ELLIOTT SADLER(i)

0

1

0

0

0

305,788

64

ROBERT RICHARDSON JR.(i)

0

1

0

0

0

110,318

65

JOE NEMECHEK(i)

0

23

0

0

0

1,944,774

66

REED SORENSON(i)

0

13

0

0

0

1,027,263

67

DANICA PATRICK(i)

0

5

0

0

0

629,770

68

T J BELL(i)

0

3

0

0

0

277,495

69

JASON LEFFLER(i)

0

4

0

0

0

313,877

70

JASON WHITE(i)

0

1

0

0

0

76,610

71

COLE WHITT(i)

0

3

0

0

0

225,807

72

CHRIS COOK(i)

0

2

0

0

0

134,035

73

TIMMY HILL(i)

0

1

0

0

0

79,780

74

KENNY WALLACE(i)

0

0

0

0

0

24,838

75

MIKE WALLACE(i)

0

0

0

0

0

23,900

76

JEFF GREEN(i)

0

0

0

0

0

0

77

TIM ANDREWS(i)

0

0

0

0

0

0

78

BRIAN SIMO

0

0

0

0

0

0

79

MARK GREEN

0

0

0

0

0

0

(i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS
Race #26: 55TH ANNUAL FEDERATED AUTO PARTS “400″ Race Date: 9/8/2012

POS

Car #

Owner

Points

Starts

Wins

Top5

Top10

Attempts

1

11

J D GIBBS

2012

26

4

11

13

26

2

48

JEFF GORDON

2009

26

3

12

17

26

3

14

MARGARET HAAS

2009

26

3

10

12

26

4

2

ROGER PENSKE

2009

26

3

10

15

26

5

16

JACK ROUSH

2006

26

2

10

15

26

6

15

ROB KAUFFMAN

2006

26

2

6

15

26

7

88

RICK HENDRICK

2003

26

1

10

17

26

8

17

JOHN HENRY

2003

26

1

10

16

26

9

29

RICHARD CHILDRESS

2000

26

0

4

11

26

10

56

MICHAEL WALTRIP

2000

26

0

6

14

26

11

5

LINDA HENDRICK

2000

26

2

7

13

26

12

24

RICK HENDRICK

2000

26

1

7

12

26

13

18

JOE GIBBS

774

26

1

6

12

26

14

99

JACK ROUSH

747

26

0

2

11

26

15

55

BILL JENKINS

744

26

0

6

11

26

16

9

RICHARD PETTY

735

26

1

3

8

26

17

39

TONY STEWART

734

26

1

3

9

26

18

27

RICHARD CHILDRESS

731

26

0

0

7

26

19

20

JOE GIBBS

678

26

1

2

8

26

20

31

RICHARD CHILDRESS

647

26

0

2

5

26

21

1

FELIX SABATES

640

26

0

0

3

26

22

22

WALTER CZARNECKI

634

26

0

2

4

26

23

42

CHIP GANASSI

608

26

0

0

2

26

24

43

RICHARD PETTY

587

26

0

0

2

26

25

78

BARNEY VISSER

566

26

0

0

2

26

26

47

TAD GESCHICKTER

557

26

0

0

1

26

27

51

JAMES FINCH

522

26

0

1

2

26

28

13

BOB GERMAIN

462

26

0

0

0

26

29

93

THOMAS UEBERALL

460

26

0

0

0

26

30

38

BRAD JENKINS

451

26

0

0

0

26

31

34

BOB JENKINS

437

26

0

0

1

26

32

83

THOMAS UEBERALL

421

26

0

0

0

26

33

10

TOMMY BALDWIN

372

26

0

0

0

26

34

32

JACK ROUSH

349

26

0

0

0

26

35

36

ALLAN HEINKE

337

26

0

0

0

26

36

33

RICHARD CHILDRESS

213

21

0

0

0

26

37

21

GLEN WOOD

209

10

0

0

2

10

38

30

KEVIN BUCKLER

186

22

0

0

0

26

39

249

JAY ROBINSON

150

17

0

0

0

22

40

98

MIKE CURB

138

23

0

0

0

26

41

26

JERRY FREEZE

134

24

0

0

0

26

42

87

ANDREA NEMECHEK

121

23

0

0

0

26

43

195

BOB LEAVINE

73

8

0

0

0

9

44

23

ROBERT RICHARDSON SR.

67

18

0

0

0

24

45

119

RANDY HUMPHREY

50

15

0

0

0

20

46

132

FRANK STODDARD JR.

27

1

0

0

0

1

47

12

ROGER PENSKE

26

1

0

0

0

1

48

74

VICKIE COMPTON

22

7

0

0

0

11

49

7

ROBBY GORDON

11

3

0

0

0

5

50

37

LARRY GUNSELMAN

9

3

0

0

0

11

53

179

ARCHIE ST HILAIRE

7

4

0

0

0

6

54

191

MARK SMITH

7

4

0

0

0

6

51

97

ANDREA NEMECHEK

7

1

0

0

0

2

52

50

STEVE TURNER

7

1

0

0

0

1

55

52

KELLY OWEN

3

1

0

0

0

3

56

173

SCOTT GUNDERSON

0

1

0

0

0

2

57

109

BRACK MAGGARD

0

0

0

0

0

1

58

140

MICHAEL HILLMAN

0

0

0

0

0

1

59

0

STEVEN SCHARR

0

0

0

0

0

1

 

 

 

 

Nationwide:  Harvick hammers home win

Assuming the lead on a late restart in Friday night’s Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway, Kevin Harvick ended a 30-race NASCAR Nationwide Series drought dating to the fall race at Richmond in 2010.

Harvick beat Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to the finish line by 1.944 seconds to win for the fifth time at the 0.75-mile short track and for the 38th time in the series, tying Carl Edwards for third on the all-time victory list.

Kurt Busch ran third, followed by Denny Hamlin and Michael Annett.

The complete article here at nationwide.nascar.com

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 25
32ND ANNUAL VIRGINIA 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS “250″
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

Richmond, VA – September 7, 2012
.75-Mile Oval
250 Laps – 187.5 Miles Purse: $1,049,766


Fin Str Car      

Series

Bonus

Driver

   

Leader

 
Pos Pos No Driver Team

Laps

Points

Points

Rating

Winnings

Status

Times

Laps

1

3

33 Kevin Harvick (i) Armour Chevrolet

250

0

0

148.5

$41,325

Running

2

141

2

1

6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford EcoBoost Ford

250

43

1

127.5

44,843

Running

2

65

3

17

54 Kurt Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota

250

0

0

118.4

21,200

Running

1

25

4

6

18 Denny Hamlin (i) SportClips Toyota

250

0

0

107.5

18,600

Running

   

5

13

43 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Ford

250

39

0

97.4

24,043

Running

   

6

2

3 Austin Dillon # Advocare Chevrolet

250

39

1

118.3

25,143

Running

1

14

7

11

51 Ty Dillon (i) Wesco Chevrolet

250

0

0

98.7

21,853

Running

   

8

14

87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota

250

36

0

82.8

21,613

Running

   

9

27

22 Ryan Blaney (i) Snap-On Dodge

250

0

0

94.3

21,393

Running

   

10

20

20 Darrell Wallace Jr Dollar General Toyota

250

34

0

85.6

22,168

Running

   

11

15

30 James Buescher (i) ABF Chevrolet

250

0

0

84.2

23,868

Running

1

3

12

12

2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet

250

32

0

104.9

20,993

Running

   

13

10

31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet

250

31

0

96.0

20,943

Running

   

14

19

88 Cole Whitt # Hellmann’s Chevrolet

250

30

0

78.5

20,893

Running

   

15

9

44 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota

250

29

0

85.0

21,818

Running

   

16

33

99 Ryan Truex Toyota Care Toyota

250

28

0

75.0

20,968

Running

   

17

5

60 Travis Pastrana Ford EcoBoost Ford

250

27

0

82.7

14,225

Running

   

18

28

40 Erik Darnell Key Motorsports Chevrolet

250

26

0

65.1

14,175

Running

   

19

30

19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil Toyota

250

25

0

62.2

20,593

Running

   

20

23

38 Brad Sweet # Great Clips Chevrolet

250

24

0

68.9

21,218

Running

   

21

31

01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet

250

24

1

62.7

20,493

Running

1

2

22

39

23 Robert Richardson North Texas Pipe Chevrolet

250

22

0

52.2

13,925

Running

   

23

21

81 Jason Bowles # @THERANDOMACTORG/ITEX.NET Dodge

250

21

0

62.1

20,308

Running

   

24

22

4 Jeremy Clements stjude.org Chevrolet

249

20

0

59.9

20,193

Running

   

25

26

08 Paulie Harraka (i) Randy Hill Racing Ford

249

0

0

57.1

14,150

Running

   

26

41

14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota

249

18

0

46.0

20,043

Running

   

27

40

39 Dexter Stacey MaddiesPlaceRocks.com Ford

248

17

0

41.0

13,525

Running

   

28

7

11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota

246

16

0

73.0

19,843

Running

   

29

24

7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet

218

15

0

65.0

19,793

Running

   

30

4

12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Truck Parts Dodge

162

14

0

92.9

19,993

Running

   

31

32

41 Timmy Hill Lilly Trucking CDL Driver Search Ford

153

13

0

43.1

19,638

Accident

   

32

8

70 Johanna Long # KeenParts.com Chevrolet

109

12

0

74.5

19,553

Accident

   

33

35

86 Kevin Lepage Qello Corp/Trivette Trucking Ford

51

11

0

49.3

13,025

Power Steering

   

34

42

24 Derek White OCR Gaz Bar Toyota

45

10

0

34.9

19,458

Battery

   

35

34

17 Tanner Berryhill Race City Steel/Nationalcashlenders.com Toyota

35

9

0

44.2

12,940

Accident

   

36

37

75 Scott Riggs (i) RWR Chevrolet

28

0

0

42.0

12,880

Overheating

   

37

43

00 Blake Koch Ruch Motorsports Chevrolet

18

0

0

32.9

12,820

Brakes

   

38

38

71 Carl Long Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet

15

6

0

38.1

12,741

Rear Gear

   

39

36

15 Matt Carter Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet

11

5

0

34.8

12,620

Clutch

   

40

29

42 Josh Wise (i) Key Motorsports Chevrolet

7

0

0

32.9

12,580

Brakes

   

41

25

47 J.J. Yeley (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet

7

0

0

29.0

12,515

Brakes

   

42

16

46 Chase Miller The Motorsports Group Chevrolet

6

2

0

29.7

12,470

Overheating

   

43

18

10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota

3

1

0

26.3

12,409

Vibration

   

# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender.
Bonus Points: includes winner, lap leader & most laps led points
(i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series

Failed to qualify: (4) #52 Joey Gase; #50 David Starr; #89 Morgan Shepherd; #74 Mike Harmon
Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 38,000, Kevin Harvick won the Virginia 529 College Savings 250, his 38th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory.
TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 2 minutes, 39 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 91.724 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.944 second(s)
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Ricky Stenhouse Jr (122.822 mph. 21.983 secs.)
3M LAP LEADER: Kevin Harvick (141 Laps )
FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: James Buescher (12 Places)
MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines (#33)
MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon
SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon

Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 45 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 38-44 (Car #17 Accident Turn 2 [08]); 111-117 (Car #70 Accident Frontstretch [99]); 144-150 (Car #7, 38 Accident Frontstretch [88]); 157-163 (Car #12, 20, 41 Accident Turn 2 [Red Flag: Lap 157, 4:06] [01]); 187-192 (Car #2, 6 Accident Turn 4 [40]); 196-201 (Car #11, 99 Accident Turn 4 [38]); 229-233 (Car #39, 54 Accident Frontstretch [2]).
Lap Leaders: 8 lead changes among 6 drivers. Stenhouse Jr-pole, Dillon 1-14, Stenhouse Jr 15-70, Harvick 71-187, Wallace 188-189, Buescher 190-192, Stenhouse Jr 193-201, K. Busch 202-226, Harvick 227-250.

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10
Driver

Points

Wins

1 – Elliott Sadler

936

(4)

2 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr

935

(4)

3 – Austin Dillon

906

(1)

4 – Sam Hornish Jr

886

(0)

5 – Justin Allgaier

841

(1)

6 – Michael Annett

799

(0)

7 – Cole Whitt

737

(0)

8 – Mike Bliss

691

(0)

9 – Joe Nemechek

605

(0)

10 – Brian Scott

599

(0)

 

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD
Driver

Poles

 
Ricky Stenhouse Jr

4

 
Elliott Sadler

3

 
Joey Logano

3

 
Austin Dillon #

2

 
Sam Hornish Jr

1

 
Danica Patrick

1

 
Ryan Truex

1

 
Trevor Bayne

1

 
Alex Tagliani

1

 
Brad Keselowski

1

 
Kevin Harvick

1

 
Nelson Piquet Jr

1

 
Denny Hamlin

1

 
Kyle Busch

1

 
Kasey Kahne

1

 
Paul Menard

1

 

 

SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Driver

Points

 
Austin Dillon

285

 
Cole Whitt

217

 
Jason Bowles

155

 
Johanna Long

132

 
Brad Sweet

97

 
Joey Gase

90

 
Casey Roderick

63

 

 

BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD
Manufacturer

Points

Wins

Chevrolet

163

10

Toyota

138

7

Ford

129

5

Dodge

120

3

 

3M LAP LEADER AWARD
 

Car#

Points

Kevin Harvick

33

6

Ricky Stenhouse Jr

6

3

Joey Logano

18

3

 

FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER AWARD
 

Car#

Points

Brian Scott

11

5

Danica Patrick

7

4

Cole Whitt

88

2

 

MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR AWARD
 

Car#

Points

JGE

18

314

Roush/Yates

6

292

ECR

33

255

 

MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE YEAR AWARD
 

Car#

Points

Elliott Sadler

2

9

Austin Dillon

3

8

Justin Allgaier

31

3

NEXT EVENT: September 15, 2012 – 12th Annual Dollar General 300 Powered by Coca-Cola , Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL (300 Miles) (200 Laps)
NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (9/10/2012)

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS
Race #25: 32ND ANNUAL VIRGINIA 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS “250″ Race Date: 9/7/2012

POS

Driver

Points

Starts

Wins

Top 5

Top 10

Money Won

1

ELLIOTT SADLER

936

25

4

11

18

$942,985

2

RICKY STENHOUSE JR.

935

25

4

15

19

1,131,615

3

AUSTIN DILLON

906

25

1

12

19

801,121

4

SAM HORNISH JR.

886

25

0

8

17

714,455

5

JUSTIN ALLGAIER

841

25

1

6

16

749,950

6

MICHAEL ANNETT

799

25

0

5

11

651,315

7

COLE WHITT

737

25

0

3

10

627,425

8

MIKE BLISS

691

25

0

0

1

538,512

9

JOE NEMECHEK

605

24

0

0

1

533,449

10

BRIAN SCOTT

599

25

0

2

6

593,600

11

DANICA PATRICK

585

25

0

0

2

576,358

12

MIKE WALLACE

570

25

0

0

1

558,720

13

TAYLER MALSAM

562

24

0

0

1

545,167

14

JASON BOWLES

554

25

0

0

0

554,180

15

JEREMY CLEMENTS

546

25

0

0

2

553,132

16

ERIK DARNELL

418

23

0

0

0

428,789

17

ERIC MCCLURE

385

20

0

0

0

448,600

18

TIMMY HILL

367

21

0

0

2

438,526

19

JOHANNA LONG

342

16

0

0

0

363,857

20

BRAD SWEET

298

12

0

0

1

265,171

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

215

11

0

0

0

239,195

25

TREVOR BAYNE

208

6

0

1

3

186,925

26

TRAVIS PASTRANA

204

9

0

0

0

174,869

27

KENNY WALLACE

202

10

0

1

3

262,552

28

MORGAN SHEPHERD

193

17

0

0

0

203,951

29

ROBERT RICHARDSON JR.

191

12

0

0

0

263,577

30

JAMIE DICK

191

10

0

0

0

166,883

31

BLAKE KOCH

176

17

0

0

0

293,151

32

BENNY GORDON

171

9

0

0

0

184,764

33

JOEY GASE

168

13

0

0

0

233,876

34

JEFF GREEN

152

25

0

0

0

376,406

35

CASEY RODERICK

136

8

0

0

0

155,497

36

KEVIN LEPAGE

122

15

0

0

0

212,869

37

RON FELLOWS

120

3

0

3

3

75,100

38

TIM SCHENDEL

113

11

0

0

0

151,825

39

DARRELL WALLACE JR.

107

3

0

0

3

74,889

40

KYLE FOWLER

107

6

0

0

0

104,536

41

DARYL HARR

107

7

0

0

0

137,213

42

REED SORENSON

92

5

0

0

0

103,388

43

JACQUES VILLENEUVE

82

2

0

1

2

69,986

44

MIKE HARMON

82

15

0

0

0

179,384

45

CHASE MILLER

81

22

0

0

0

284,476

46

TIM ANDREWS

75

8

0

0

0

113,841

47

JEFFREY EARNHARDT

74

4

0

0

0

75,418

48

STEVE ARPIN

62

2

0

0

1

48,901

49

KENNY HABUL

62

3

0

0

0

43,500

50

MATT FRAHM

59

5

0

0

0

57,962

51

TANNER BERRYHILL

58

4

0

0

0

57,288

52

ALEX KENNEDY

56

3

0

0

0

63,544

53

VICTOR GONZALEZ JR.

55

2

0

0

0

36,936

54

KYLE KELLEY

55

3

0

0

0

43,600

55

BRAD TEAGUE

49

3

0

0

0

67,149

56

MATTHEW CARTER

44

5

0

0

0

64,333

57

MAX PAPIS

41

1

0

1

1

27,943

58

DEXTER STACEY

38

3

0

0

0

50,318

59

BILLY JOHNSON

36

1

0

0

1

24,200

60

DEREK WHITE

36

2

0

0

0

40,533

61

BRETT MOFFITT

35

1

0

0

1

25,293

62

STEVE WALLACE

33

1

0

0

0

20,868

63

DERRIKE COPE

29

2

0

0

0

38,996

64

JOHN YOUNG

29

2

0

0

0

31,770

65

ANGELA COPE

24

2

0

0

0

28,768

66

CARL LONG

24

5

0

0

0

62,622

67

ALEX TAGLIANI

23

1

0

0

0

30,593

68

FAIN SKINNER

23

2

0

0

0

39,531

69

DAVID GREEN

22

2

0

0

0

38,101

70

JOHN BLANKENSHIP

21

1

0

0

0

20,193

71

TIM CONNOLLY

19

1

0

0

0

17,518

72

AMBER COPE

18

1

0

0

0

17,108

73

MATTHEW BELL

18

2

0

0

0

34,286

74

MATT DIBENEDETTO

18

6

0

0

0

74,845

75

BILL PRIETZEL

17

1

0

0

0

11,550

76

ERIC CURRAN

17

2

0

0

0

30,150

77

TIM BAINEY JR.

16

1

0

0

0

19,118

78

SCOTT SAUNDERS

16

1

0

0

0

13,075

79

JAMIE MOSLEY

15

1

0

0

0

17,688

80

PATRICK CARPENTIER

15

1

0

0

0

26,813

81

CHARLES LEWANDOSKI

15

2

0

0

0

26,698

82

ANDREW RANGER

12

1

0

0

0

20,215

83

BOBBY SANTOS III

11

1

0

0

0

13,950

84

JOHN JACKSON

10

2

0

0

0

26,065

85

MICHAEL GUERITY

9

2

0

0

0

22,905

86

ALEX POPOW

6

1

0

0

0

16,424

87

LOUIS-PHILIPPE DUMOULIN

6

1

0

0

0

19,981

88

CHRIS COOK

5

2

0

0

0

29,845

89

RYAN ELLIS

5

1

0

0

0

11,075

90

JOEY LOGANO(i)

0

15

6

8

11

483,075

91

BRAD KESELOWSKI(i)

0

18

3

10

12

539,775

92

KURT BUSCH(i)

0

14

2

7

11

414,935

93

KEVIN HARVICK(i)

0

11

1

7

8

290,690

94

JAMES BUESCHER(i)

0

17

1

2

7

488,446

95

NELSON PIQUET JR.(i)

0

2

1

1

1

79,136

96

CARL EDWARDS(i)

0

1

1

1

1

52,050

97

DENNY HAMLIN(i)

0

10

0

6

7

267,370

98

KYLE BUSCH(i)

0

15

0

3

7

328,040

99

MICHAEL MCDOWELL(i)

0

5

0

2

5

169,525

100

KASEY KAHNE(i)

0

13

0

2

7

270,505

101

PAUL MENARD(i)

0

4

0

1

4

109,020

102

MARK MARTIN(i)

0

1

0

1

1

55,650

103

TY DILLON(i)

0

3

0

1

3

92,984

104

DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i)

0

4

0

2

2

112,825

105

BRENDAN GAUGHAN(i)

0

7

0

1

3

172,591

106

DAVID RAGAN(i)

0

2

0

0

1

67,185

107

RYAN BLANEY(i)

0

7

0

0

4

124,419

108

PARKER KLIGERMAN(i)

0

3

0

0

2

73,809

109

TONY STEWART(i)

0

1

0

0

1

49,695

110

JASON LEFFLER(i)

0

1

0

0

1

26,388

111

JAMIE MCMURRAY(i)

0

1

0

0

1

12,350

112

JOEY COULTER(i)

0

1

0

0

1

15,825

113

MIGUEL PALUDO(i)

0

2

0

0

0

29,378

114

JOSH WISE(i)

0

20

0

0

0

285,939

115

JOHN WES TOWNLEY(i)

0

4

0

0

0

90,567

116

BRYAN SILAS(i)

0

1

0

0

0

16,350

117

KELLY BIRES(i)

0

1

0

0

0

16,900

118

TONY RAINES(i)

0

6

0

0

0

84,919

119

PAULIE HARRAKA(i)

0

1

0

0

0

14,150

120

CLINT BOWYER(i)

0

1

0

0

0

15,100

121

JUSTIN JENNINGS(i)

0

1

0

0

0

13,350

122

DAVID STARR(i)

0

2

0

0

0

26,705

123

J J YELEY(i)

0

8

0

0

0

133,633

124

SCOTT RIGGS(i)

0

10

0

0

0

132,422

125

JENNIFER JO COBB(i)

0

1

0

0

0

14,820

126

RICK CRAWFORD(i)

0

1

0

0

0

16,615

127

SCOTT SPEED(i)

0

11

0

0

0

138,949

128

DUSTY DAVIS(i)

0

1

0

0

0

11,630

129

STEPHEN LEICHT(i)

0

5

0

0

0

62,995

130

JOHNNY SAUTER(i)

0

1

0

0

0

40,810

177

DONNIE NEUENBERGER

0

0

0

0

0

0

178

DAVID REUTIMANN(i)

0

0

0

0

0

0

(i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OWNER LEADERS
Race #25: 32ND ANNUAL VIRGINIA 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS “250″ Race Date: 9/7/2012

POS

Car #

Owner

Points

Starts

Wins

Top5

Top10

Attempts

1

18

JOE GIBBS

949

25

5

16

21

25

2

2

DELANA HARVICK

936

25

4

11

18

25

3

6

JACK ROUSH

935

25

4

15

19

25

4

3

MORGAN SHEPHERD

906

25

1

12

19

25

5

12

ROGER PENSKE

886

25

0

8

17

25

6

33

DELANA HARVICK

880

25

1

10

18

25

7

22

ROGER PENSKE

869

25

3

11

18

25

8

31

SANDRA TURNER

841

25

1

6

16

25

9

54

KYLE BUSCH

818

25

1

9

15

25

10

43

SANDRA TURNER

799

25

0

5

11

25

11

30

HARRY SCOTT JR.

797

25

2

3

11

25

12

88

DALE EARNHARDT JR.

737

25

0

3

10

25

13

38

STEVE TURNER

709

25

0

2

8

25

14

44

MARK SMITH

688

25

0

0

1

25

15

87

ANDREA NEMECHEK

630

25

0

0

1

25

16

11

J D GIBBS

599

25

0

2

6

25

17

7

KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER

585

25

0

0

2

25

18

51

TONY CLEMENTS

570

25

0

1

3

25

19

01

JOHNNY DAVIS

570

25

0

0

1

25

20

199

ROBBY BENTON

569

25

0

0

3

25

21

19

MARK SMITH

568

25

0

0

1

25

22

81

GINA MACDONALD

554

25

0

0

0

25

23

20

JOE GIBBS

547

16

1

2

10

16

24

14

MARK SMITH

488

25

0

0

0

25

25

4

RUSTY WALLACE

468

25

0

0

1

25

26

70

MARY LOUISE MILLER

468

24

0

0

0

25

27

40

CURTIS KEY SR.

461

25

0

0

0

25

28

124

JASON SCIAVICCO

456

25

0

0

0

25

29

41

RICK WARE

451

25

0

0

1

25

30

39

ARCHIE ST HILAIRE

428

25

0

0

0

25

31

23

ROBERT RICHARDSON SR.

420

25

0

0

0

25

32

108

RANDY HILL

332

24

0

0

0

25

33

60

JACK ROUSH

318

9

1

2

5

9

34

50

RUSTY WALLACE

276

22

0

0

0

23

35

5

RICK HENDRICK

259

7

0

5

5

7

36

52

JIMMY MEANS

258

22

0

0

0

25

37

89

MORGAN SHEPHERD

193

17

0

0

0

23

38

15

RICK WARE

190

20

0

0

1

21

39

136

BETH BALDWIN

145

7

0

0

2

7

40

1

JAMES FINCH

133

4

1

1

3

4

41

42

CURTIS KEY SR.

100

24

0

0

0

25

42

174

MIKE HARMON

99

18

0

0

0

22

43

10

MARK SMITH

91

25

0

0

0

25

44

27

STEVE MEEHAN

88

6

0

0

1

6

45

46

CURTIS KEY SR.

86

24

0

0

0

25

46

198

FRED BIAGI

82

4

0

0

0

4

47

275

KENNY HABUL

62

3

0

0

0

3

48

47

CURTIS KEY SR.

60

23

0

0

0

25

49

175

RICK WARE

58

9

0

0

0

10

50

159

BOB KELLEY

55

3

0

0

0

3

51

171

RICK WARE

54

8

0

0

0

8

52

86

SCOTT DEWARE

50

4

0

0

0

4

53

117

ADRIAN BERRYHILL

50

4

0

0

0

4

54

28

JAY ROBINSON

49

5

0

0

0

5

55

21

RICHARD CHILDRESS

34

1

0

0

1

1

56

126

JOHN YOUNG

29

2

0

0

0

3

57

82

PAT MACDONALD

25

1

0

0

0

1

58

97

ANDREA NEMECHEK

19

2

0

0

0

2

59

153

ROBERT TORRIERE

17

2

0

0

0

2

61

100

MIKE RUCH

16

3

0

0

0

5

60

32

STEVE TURNER

16

1

0

0

0

1

62

172

JAMES CARTER

10

2

0

0

0

5

63

113

JENNIFER JO COBB

8

1

0

0

0

2

64

191

MARK SMITH

1

1

0

0

0

1

65

109

ROBBY BENTON

0

1

0

1

1

1

66

73

GARY KELLER

0

0

0

0

0

2

67

176

RAY HACKETT

0

0

0

0

0

1

 source: nascar.com


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