1 20 Darrell Wallace Jr. Freightliner Toyota 23.091 155.905
2 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 23.220 155.039
3 18 Joey Logano(i) SportClips Toyota 23.230 154.972
4 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 23.260 154.772
5 38 Kasey Kahne(i) Great Clips Chevrolet 23.287 154.593
6 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Cargill/Rancher’s Reserve Ford 23.301 154.500
7 54 Kyle Busch(i) Monster Energy Toyota 23.307 154.460
8 22 Ryan Blaney(i) Discount Tire Dodge 23.309 154.447

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9 3 Austin Dillon # Advocare Chevrolet 23.328 154.321
10 33 Paul Menard(i) Menards/Rheem Chevrolet 23.370 154.044

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Sept. 22, 2012

By Jerry Bonkowski
Special for NASCAR Wire Service

SPARTA, Ky. — In the first NASCAR Nationwide Series race to be held during the day at Kentucky Speedway, Austin Dillon returned to the site of his first career NNS victory earlier this year to double up with what is now his second series win, capturing Saturday’s Kentucky 300.

Dillon, who started the race from the pole, regained the lead on Lap 151, slingshotting around Elliott Sadler to eventually build a three-second advantage before finishing with a 1.059-second margin of victory over runner-up Sam Hornish Jr.

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins at Chicagoland, assumes Nationwide points lead

Sept. 15, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

JOLIET, Ill. — It was a statement victory for defending NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who won Saturday’s Dollar General 300 Powered by Coca-Cola at Chicagoland Speedway and simultaneously wrested the series lead from Elliott Sadler.

The victory was Stenhouse’s fifth of the season and the seventh of his career. He crossed the finish line 2.402 seconds ahead of Kyle Busch, who fell one spot short of posting his first victory in the Nationwide car he owns.

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Kevin Harvick asserts superiority in Nationwide win at Richmond

Sept. 7, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

RICHMOND, Va. — 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 .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.

“It’s been a great year in this Nationwide car,” said Harvick, who led a race-high 141 laps. “I know we haven’t won the races that we needed to, but, man, we’ve led a ton of laps and been in contention to win just about every race I’ve been in this car this year.

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