NASCAR Nationwide Series Official Race Results from Chicagoland

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 18
3RD ANNUAL STP "300"
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY

Joliet, IL - July 21, 2013
1.5-Mile Oval
200 Laps - 300 Miles Purse: $1,203,347 
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Joey Logano won the STP 300, his 20th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag, no cars dropped to the rear of the field. 
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TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 23 minutes, 13 seconds   AVERAGE SPEED: 125.684 mph   MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.291 second(s)
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Sam Hornish Jr (178.341 mph. 30.279 secs.)
3M LAP LEADER: Elliott Sadler (81 Laps )
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Caution Flags: 6 cautions for 32 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets]
2-8 (Fluid On The Track [None]);
49-53 (Fluid On The Track. [70]);
115-119 (Car #60 Accident Turn 1 [19]);
130-133 (Car #7 Spin Frontstretch [33]);
172-176 (Car #19 Accident Frontstretch [21]);
180-185 (Fluid On The Track [30]).
Lap Leaders: 12 lead changes among 5 drivers. -

Fin	Car			Series	Bonus		Laps
Pos	No	Driver	Laps	Points	Points	Status	Led
1	22	Joey Logano	200	0	0	Running	35
2	12	Sam Hornish Jr	200	43	1	Running	56
3	3	Austin Dillon	200	42	1	Running	24
4	11	Elliott Sadler	200	42	2	Running	81
5	20	Brian Vickers	200	39	0	Running
6	77	Parker Kligerman	200	38	0	Running
7	6	Trevor Bayne	200	37	0	Running
8	31	Justin Allgaier	200	36	0	Running
9	5	Brad Sweet	200	35	0	Running
10	33	Matt Crafton	200	0	0	Running
11	2	Brian Scott	200	33	0	Running
12	32	Kyle Larson #	200	33	1	Running	4
13	7	Regan Smith	200	31	0	Running
14	54	Joey Coulter	200	0	0	Running
15	21	Dakoda Armstrong	200	0	0	Running
16	43	Michael Annett	200	28	0	Running
17	30	Nelson Piquet Jr #	200	27	0	Running
18	60	Travis Pastrana	199	26	0	Running
19	19	Mike Bliss	199	25	0	Running
20	70	Johanna Long	199	24	0	Running
21	4	Landon Cassill	198	23	0	Running
22	44	Chad Hackenbracht	197	0	0	Running
23	87	Joe Nemechek	196	21	0	Running
24	1	Mike Wallace	196	20	0	Running
25	51	Jeremy Clements	196	19	0	Running
26	79	Kyle Fowler	196	18	0	Running
27	24	Blake Koch	195	17	0	Running
28	14	Eric McClure	195	16	0	Running
29	92	Dexter Stacey #	195	15	0	Running
30	40	Reed Sorenson	175	14	0	Engine
31	99	Alex Bowman #	172	13	0	Running
32	23	Harrison Rhodes	45	12	0	Engine
33	74	Kevin Lepage	36	11	0	Electrical
34	17	Tanner Berryhill	20	10	0	Track Bar
35	15	Carl Long	14	9	0	Handling
36	42	T.J. Bell	13	8	0	Vibration
37	10	Jeff Green	11	7	0	Vibration
38	0	Ken Butler	10	6	0	Wheel Bearing
39	37	Matt DiBenedetto	6	5	0	Electrical
40	52	Joey Gase	1	4	0	Engine

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Driver Standings After the LifeLock.com 400

These are preliminary stats until it becomes official:

The top 6 spots stayed put, with Kyle Busch extending his lead over 2nd place driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. to 262 points.

Greg Biffle moved up 4 spots with his 4th place finish to 7th, now 35 points in front of the Cup Bubble.

Denny Hamlin dropped to 12th after his 40th place finish from mechanical difficulties.

Clint Bowyer dropped 3 spots to 13th, outside the top 12 by 27 points from his 22nd place finish.

The contention for the Cup is closing in on the drivers and there's only a 155 point difference between 7th and 13th places. There's only 7 races to go until the chase erupts on us.

RANK	+/-	DRIVER	POINTS	BEHIND	+/- Bubble
1	--	Kyle Busch	2881	Leader	598
2	--	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2619	-262	336
3	--	Jeff Burton	2590	-291	307
4	--	Carl Edwards	2509	-372	226
5	--	Jimmie Johnson	2494	-387	211
6	--	Jeff Gordon	2384	-497	101
7	4	Greg Biffle	2318	-563	35
8	1	Matt Kenseth	2317	-564	34
9	4	Kevin Harvick	2308	-573	25
10	2	Tony Stewart	2305	-576	22
11	-3	Kasey Kahne	2295	-586	12
12	-5	Denny Hamlin	2283	-598	0
		CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP BUBBLE
13	-3	Clint Bowyer	2256	-625	-27
14	1	Brian Vickers	2188	-693	-95
15	-1	David Ragan	2185	-696	-98

Complete Driver Standings
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Chicagoland Night Races in 2008

Chicagoland Speedway officials today announced plans to install lights for the 2008 season and will host two night NASCAR races next season.

The 1.5-mile, D-shaped oval will become the 10th NASCAR Nextel Cup facility capable of holding night races.

The NASCAR race weekend at Chicagoland Speedway in 2008 will feature two night races - the Busch Series race on Friday, July 11, followed by the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday, July 12.

See more at .... scenedaily.com