NASCAR Nationwide Series Official Race Results from Texas

via press release

Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 68,500, Kevin Harvick won the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, his 39th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: #75 (driver change).

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 31

8TH ANNUAL O'REILLY AUTO PARTS CHALLENGE
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Fort Worth, TX - November 3, 2012
1.5-Mile Oval
200 Laps - 300 Miles Purse: $1,116,776

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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)	OneMain Financial Chevrolet	200	0	0	149.3	$66,175	Running	6	127
2	19	22	Ryan Blaney (i)	Discount Tire Dodge	200	0	0	107.1	52,168	Running
3	1	54	Kyle Busch (i)	Monster Energy Toyota	200	0	0	128.9	40,750	Running	3	65
4	5	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	NOS Ford	200	40	0	105.5	37,568	Running
5	9	18	Denny Hamlin (i)	Z-Line Designs Toyota	200	0	0	99.3	24,725	Running	1	6
6	4	3	Austin Dillon #	Advocare Chevrolet	200	39	1	94.5	29,893	Running	1	1
7	14	12	Sam Hornish Jr	Alliance Truck Parts Dodge	200	37	0	110.0	25,803	Running
8	17	31	Justin Allgaier	Brandt Chevrolet	200	36	0	88.4	24,763	Running
9	20	98	Kevin Swindell	Carroll Shelby Motors Ford	200	35	0	82.5	17,200	Running
10	7	20	Joey Logano (i)	GameStop/NASCAR The Game Toyota	200	0	0	111.6	17,025	Running
11	2	2	Elliott Sadler	OneMain Financial Chevrolet	200	34	1	110.7	22,118	Running	1	1
12	6	88	Cole Whitt #	NASCAR Bashers Chevrolet	200	32	0	103.1	21,368	Running
13	15	38	Brad Sweet #	Great Clips Chevrolet	200	31	0	78.3	20,843	Running
14	8	7	Danica Patrick	SEGA Sonic the Hedgehog/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	200	30	0	95.2	20,418	Running
15	10	99	Kenny Wallace	Toyota Toyota	200	29	0	84.4	21,368	Running
16	13	51	Jeremy Clements	Kelly-Moore Paints/stjude.org Chevrolet	200	28	0	77.7	22,668	Running
17	18	43	Michael Annett	Pilot/Flying J Ford	200	27	0	80.1	19,943	Running
18	16	10	Mike Bliss	Bandit Chippers/Radisson Toyota	200	26	0	65.0	13,350	Running
19	12	30	Ryan Newman (i)	Great Clips Chevrolet	199	0	0	81.2	13,225	Running
20	23	87	Joe Nemechek	SWM Toyota	199	24	0	70.5	20,243	Running
21	22	14	Eric McClure	Hefty/Reynolds Wrap/Radisson Toyota	199	23	0	65.1	19,443	Running
22	11	11	Brian Scott	Dollar General Toyota	198	22	0	83.2	19,318	Running
23	24	24	David Starr (i)	Chasco Toyota	198	0	0	64.9	19,168	Running
24	27	01	Mike Wallace	G&K Services Chevrolet	198	20	0	57.6	19,043	Running
25	39	40	Erik Darnell	Chevrolet	198	19	0	59.5	19,043	Running
26	26	44	John Blankenship	Coal Save the Country Chevrolet	197	18	0	56.4	19,093	Running
27	40	23	Robert Richardson	Tia Rosa Chevrolet	197	17	0	53.2	12,175	Running
28	42	4	Danny Efland	Tradebank/Shaug Construction Chevrolet	194	16	0	43.4	18,518	Running
29	41	41	Juan Carlos Blum	VMP Nutrition/Momentis/34 Technologies Chevrolet	194	15	0	43.0	18,443	Running
30	34	19	Hal Martin	American Custom Yachts/US Forensics/Radisson Toyota	192	14	0	38.1	18,693	Running
31	33	52	Joey Gase #	www.BBB.org Chevrolet	191	13	0	38.7	11,870	Running
32	36	08	Scott Saunders	Broo Premium Australian Beer Ford	191	12	0	35.3	11,810	Running
33	30	81	Jason Bowles #	Undauntedmovie.com Toyota	175	11	0	46.4	18,243	Running
34	32	03	Scott Riggs (i)	Wollbros Chevrolet	154	0	0	57.2	11,740	Rear Gear
35	38	39	Tim Andrews	United Supermarkets Ford	105	9	0	39.7	18,153	Electrical
36	21	70	Johanna Long #	Foretravel Chevrolet	56	8	0	58.3	18,118	Transmission
37	31	91	Jeff Green	Tri Star Motorsports/Radisson Toyota	30	7	0	45.1	11,615	Vibration
38	25	00	Blake Koch	Toyota	23	6	0	32.4	11,561	Rear Gear
39	35	75	Timmy Hill	RWR Ford	22	5	0	33.4	11,445	Vibration
40	37	86	Kevin Lepage	Qello Ford	20	4	0	36.2	11,405	Transmission
41	29	47	J.J. Yeley (i)	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	7	0	0	31.7	11,335	Brakes
42	28	42	Josh Wise (i)	Chevrolet	6	0	0	31.0	11,290	Electrical
43	43	50	T.J. Bell	Gulf Coast Loss Prevention Chevrolet	1	1	0	27.8	11,218	Engine

# 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) #46 Chase Miller; #15 ; #13 Jennifer Jo Cobb; #89 Morgan Shepherd

TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 6 minutes, 50 seconds     AVERAGE SPEED: 141.919 mph     MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.628 second(s)

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (183.051 mph. 29.500 secs.)
3M LAP LEADER: Kevin Harvick (127 Laps )
FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER: Jeremy Clements (19 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: 5 cautions for 22 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 14-17 (Car #19 Accident Turn 2 [75]); 46-49 (Debris [40]); 84-89 (Car #81 Accident Backstretch [24]); 156-159 (Car #52 Spin Turn 4 [99]); 178-181 (Car #87 Accident Turn 4 [10]).

Lap Leaders: 11 lead changes among 5 drivers. K. Busch 1-63, Harvick 64-89, K. Busch 90, Harvick 91, Sadler 92, Harvick 93-143, Dillon 144, Harvick 145-156, Hamlin 157-162, Harvick 163-181, K. Busch 182, Harvick 183-200.

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10
Driver	Points	Wins
1 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr	1170	(6)
2 - Elliott Sadler	1170	(4)
3 - Austin Dillon	1149	(2)
4 - Sam Hornish Jr	1075	(0)
5 - Michael Annett	1013	(0)
6 - Justin Allgaier	1010	(1)
7 - Cole Whitt	945	(0)
8 - Mike Bliss	846	(0)
9 - Brian Scott	780	(0)
10 - Danica Patrick	772	(0)

NEXT EVENT: November 10, 2012 - 14th Annual Great Clips 200, Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ (200 Miles) (200 Laps)

NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (11/5/2012)