NASCAR Nationwide Series Official Race Results From Phoenix International Raceway

Kyle Busch won the Dollar General 200 presented by AmeriGas, his 52nd NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: None.

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 2
9TH ANNUAL PHOENIX "200" from PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

Avondale, AZ - March 2, 2013
1-Mile Oval
200 Laps - 200 Miles Purse: $1,051,789

Fin	Car			Series	Bonus		Leader
Pos	No	Driver	Laps	Points	Points	Status	Times	Laps
1	54	Kyle Busch	200	0	0	Running	3	142
2	22	Brad Keselowski	200	0	0	Running	1	10
3	31	Justin Allgaier	200	41	0	Running
4	6	Trevor Bayne	200	40	0	Running
5	11	Elliott Sadler	200	39	0	Running
6	3	Austin Dillon	200	38	0	Running
7	12	Sam Hornish Jr	200	37	0	Running
8	18	Matt Kenseth	200	0	0	Running	2	41
9	43	Aric Almirola	200	0	0	Running
10	2	Brian Scott	200	34	0	Running
11	7	Regan Smith	200	33	0	Running
12	5	Jimmie Johnson	200	0	0	Running
13	32	Kyle Larson #	200	31	0	Running
14	19	Mike Bliss	200	30	0	Running
15	30	Nelson Piquet Jr #	200	29	0	Running
16	24	Blake Koch	200	28	0	Running
17	20	Brian Vickers	199	28	1	Running	1	7
18	40	Reed Sorenson	198	26	0	Running
19	77	Parker Kligerman	198	25	0	Running
20	79	Jeffrey Earnhardt #	198	24	0	Running
21	51	Ryan Sieg	198	0	0	Running
22	0	Jason White	197	22	0	Running
23	44	Hal Martin #	197	21	0	Running
24	92	Dexter Stacey #	195	20	0	Running
25	23	Harrison Rhodes	194	0	0	Running
26	15	Juan Carlos Blum #	193	18	0	Running
27	74	Mike Harmon	192	17	0	Running
28	60	Travis Pastrana	189	16	0	Running
29	14	Eric McClure	187	15	0	Engine
30	52	Joey Gase	150	14	0	Transmission
31	99	Alex Bowman #	142	13	0	Running
32	1	Mike Wallace	139	12	0	Running
33	33	Kevin Harvick	101	0	0	Accident
34	4	Daryl Harr	95	10	0	Engine
35	55	Jamie Dick	59	9	0	Accident
36	87	Joe Nemechek	50	8	0	Accident
37	10	Jeff Green	17	7	0	Handling
38	42	Josh Wise	10	6	0	Brakes
39	46	Chase Miller	8	5	0	Vibration
40	70	Johanna Long	2	4	0	Accident

TIME OF RACE:  2 hours, 4 minutes, 45 seconds AVERAGE SPEED:  96.192 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY:  1.943 second(s)

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (133.057 mph. 27.056 secs.)

3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Busch (142 Laps )

Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 38 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets]
4-14 (Car #12,15,55,60,70,99 Accident Frontstretch [None]);
39-43 (Car #92 Spin Turn 4 [51]);
52-55 (Car #87 Accident Turn 3 [00]);
103-108 (Car #33 Accident Turn 2 [14]);
111-113 (Car #12 Spin Turn 2 [24]);
152-156 (Car #32 Accident Turn 4 [24]);
173-176 (Car #20,74 Spin Backstretch [14]).

Lap Leaders: 6 lead changes among 4 drivers.
K. Busch 1-40,
Kenseth 41-48,
Vickers 49-55,
Kenseth 56-88,
K. Busch 89-152,
Keselowski 153-162,
K. Busch 163-200.

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NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES TOP 10
Driver	Points	Wins
1 - Sam Hornish Jr	79	0
2 - Justin Allgaier	79	0
3 - Brian Scott	73	0
4 - Elliott Sadler	69	0
5 - Parker Kligerman	65	0
6 - Regan Smith	65	0
7 - Kyle Larson	63	0
8 - Nelson Piquet Jr	62	0
9 - Austin Dillon	61	0
10 - Alex Bowman	54	0

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SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Driver	Points
Alex Bowman	24
Kyle Larson	20
Nelson Piquet Jr	20
Jeffrey Earnhardt	17
Hal Martin	15
Juan Carlos Blum	12
Dexter Stacey	8

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NEXT EVENT: March 9, 2013 - 17th Annual Sam's Town 300, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV (300 Miles) (200 Laps)

NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (3/4/2013)