2012 NNS Kentucky 300 Race Results

Austin Dillon driver of the #3 Advocare Chevrolet celebrates after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway on September 22, 2012 in Sparta, Kentucky. - Photo Credit: Andy Lyons/Getty Images for NASCAR

The NNS Kentucky 300 pole-sitter and series Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, Austin Dillon, made it a clean sweep of Kentucky Speedway Saturday (with now winning both races this season) as he kept second-place finisher, Sam Hornish, Jr., 1.059 seconds behind him at the drop of the checkered flag.

This was Dillon’s second series win of the 2012 season, his second series career win and his second series win at Kentucky Speedway.

Following Dillon and Hornish were Brendan Gaughan finishing in third, Drew Herring fourth and reassuming the points lead, Elliott Sadler (who led the most laps – 93 of 200, and leads Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., – who finished 17th – by 4-points in the standings) finished in fifth.

Series rookie contender, Cole Whitt finished in the sixth position, while Michael Annett finished seventh, Justin Allgaier eighth, last week’s event winner, Ryan Blaney ninth and rookie contender Brad Sweet rounding out the top-ten finishing positions.

RACE NOTES:

Average Speed: 137.492 MPH
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 10 Mins, 55 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.059 Seconds
Lead Changes: 11 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 26 laps
Attendance: 23,000

Unofficial Top-Ten in the Points Standings: 1. Elliott Sadler – 1014 (Leader) 2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 1010 (-4 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Austin Dillon # – 995 (-19) 4. Sam Hornish Jr. – 968 (-46) 5. Justin Allgaier – 911 (-103) 6. Michael Annett – 875 (-139) 7. Cole Whitt # – 805 (-209) 8. Mike Bliss – 748 (-266) 9. Brian Scott – 666 (-348) 10. Joe Nemechek – 651 (-363).

Next Up: The 27th annual OneMain Financial 200 at Dover International Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 29th, with an approximate starting time of 3:50 PM (ET) and ESPN2 will provide television coverage beginning with their 3:00 PM (ET) pre-race show.

2012 NNS Kentucky 300 Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	1	3	Austin Dillon #	Advocare Chevrolet	200	47	4	Running	3	65
2	3	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Alliance Truck Parts Dodge	200	43	1	Running	2	5
3	6	33	Brendan Gaughan(i)	South Point Chevrolet	200	0		Running
4	4	18	Drew Herring	SportClips Toyota	200	41	1	Running	1	2
5	8	2	Elliott Sadler	OneMain Financial Chevrolet	200	41	2	Running	2	93
6	15	88	Cole Whitt #	Clean Coal Chevrolet	200	38		Running
7	5	43	Michael Annett	Pilot/Flying J Ford	200	38	1	Running	1	2
8	10	31	Justin Allgaier	Brandt Chevrolet	200	36		Running
9	20	22	Ryan Blaney(i)	Discount Tire Dodge	200	0		Running
10	13	38	Brad Sweet #	Great Clips Chevrolet	200	34		Running
11	7	11	Brian Scott	Dollar General Toyota	199	33		Running
12	12	70	Johanna Long #	Keen Parts Chevrolet	199	32		Running
13	19	30	James Buescher(i)	Fraternal Order of Eagles Chevrolet	199	0		Running
14	11	7	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	198	30		Running
15	18	51	Jeremy Clements	All South Electrical Constructors, Inc. Chevrolet	198	29		Running
16	23	81	Jason Bowles #	Thrush and Son/HI Technologies Toyota	197	28		Running
17	2	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford EcoBoost Ford	197	28	1	Running	1	32
18	17	44	Mike Bliss	BANDITChippers.com Toyota	197	26		Running
19	16	23	Jamie Dick	Viva Auto Group Chevrolet	196	25		Running
20	22	1	Mike Wallace	G&K Services Chevrolet	196	24		Running
21	27	39	Josh Richards	JOY Ford	196	23		Running
22	24	14	Eric McClure	Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota	196	22		Running
23	33	19	Tayler Malsam	G-Oil Toyota	195	21		Running
24	30	40	Erik Darnell	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	194	20		Running
25	9	99	Alex Bowman	Penserra Securities/Allegiant Air Toyota	194	19		Running
26	21	8	Scott Lagasse Jr.	HybridLight/BSA Chevrolet	187	18		Running
27	32	87	Joe Nemechek	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota	143	17		Engine
28	14	54	Kurt Busch(i)	Monster Energy Toyota	128	0		Rear Gear
29	40	41	Timmy Hill	RWR Ford	104	15		Handling
30	25	4	Danny Efland	Tradebank Chevrolet	81	14		Engine
31	42	89	Morgan Shepherd	Victory In Jesus Chevrolet	55	13		Handling
32	29	24	Benny Gordon	O.C.R. Gaz Bar/Snappy Tomato Pizza Toyota	52	12		Vibration
33	36	50	David Starr(i)	Gulf Coast Loss Prevention Chevrolet	47	0		Rear Gear
34	34	86	Kevin Lepage	DT Trivette Trucking Ford	46	11	1	Vibration	1	1
35	37	52	Joey Gase #	Metro Ministries Chevrolet	38	9		Clutch
36	43	8	Mike Harmon	Randy Hill Racing Ford	22	8		Vibration
37	41	15	Carl Long	Lilly Trucking Chevrolet	16	7		Overheating
38	38	0	Tanner Berryhill	O.C.R. Gaz Bar Toyota	15	6		Rear Gear
39	26	46	Chase Miller	The Motorsports Group Chevrolet	13	5		Vibration
40	39	75	Matt Carter	Lilly Trucking Chevrolet	13	4		Transmission
41	31	47	Matt DiBenedetto	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	10	3		Vibration
42	35	42	Matt Frahm	Key Motorsports Chevrolet	6	2		Brakes
43	28	10	Charles Lewandoski	TriStar Motorsports Toyota	4	1		Vibration

(i) Ineligible for Driver Points in this Series
# Denotes Rookie

Source: Timing and Scoring provided by NASCARMedia

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