Mason Mingus; Win-Tron Racing Reach Halfway Point In ARCA Competition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Mason Mingus; Win-Tron Racing Reach Halfway Point In ARCA Competition

 

JOILET, Illinois (July 18, 2013) - - After a welcomed two-week break from ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards competition, the 61-year old tour resumes competition Sunday afternoon from Chicagoland Speedway for the running of the Ansell ActivArmr® 150.

 

The 11^th Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) race on the calendar signifies the halfway point for Win-Tron Racing and freshman driver Mason Mingus. After 10 races this year, Mingus has delivered some astounding runs, which has included two runner-up performances and nine top-10 finishes. In fact, the team's worst finish of the year occurred at the most recent race at Winchester (Ind.) Speedway, where the Brentwood, Tennessee native scored 12^th after being swept into a multi-car incident while leading.

 

Obviously, the outcome of the Herr's Chase The Taste 200 left the team wondering "what if", but as the Win-Tron Racing team has shown time and time again, they are able to pick themselves up from misfortune and bounce back quickly.

 

Rebounding is exactly what the team, led by former ARCA championship crew chief Mark Rette have, on their docket for Sunday afternoon with their No. 32 Diamond Equipment / Call 811 Before You Dig Toyota Camry.

 

But, before the 18-year old Mingus and his team can turn their concentration towards the "Windy City", they'll take a brief detour to Kentucky Speedway, just outside of Cincinnati on Thursday, July 18 to partake in an open-test session at the 1.5-mile oval in preparation for a race their later this fall.

 

Ironically, the intermediate tracks of Chicagoland Speedway and Kentucky Speedway are two venues that Mingus has yet to compete at. This weekend, thanks to a test and a 100-lap race, he'll inhale all the intermediate experience he can dream of.

 

"Chicago is a very important race for myself and the entire team," offered Mingus, who currently occupies second in the ARCA Racing Series championship standings behind nine-time champion Frank Kimmel. "It (Chicagoland) marks the halfway point in the season, meaning we can still get the points lead, if we stay on our "A" game. Having the opportunity to test at Kentucky, before we steer to Chicagoland, will help a lot. It gives me a chance to test at a bumpy mile and a half track similar to Chicago."

 

He added, "Realistically, we should have a shot at a top-five if not a win on Sunday. "We've been working in the shop during the break. My guys don't seem to miss a beat. Even though I've never been to a track like Chicagoland before, I know we'll have a car capable of running near the front."

 

With 11 races left, Mingus has a 175-point deficit to Kimmel for the race to the coveted title as an ARCA champion. While the margin isn't impossible to close, Mingus realizes that their typical race-weekend strategy may need to be tweaked a little.

 

"The championship is still our focus," sounded Mingus, who recently relocated to Mooresville, North Carolina to work alongside his team. "We have the same number of races to get the lead (back) as Frank had to build it. With that being said though, we're going to have to start having to be a little more aggressive and win races – all while trying to be consistent. It's going to be hard, but not impossible. Hopefully, Chicagoland will provide us with the right footing to keep our chances realistic."

 

Entering The Prairie State, the Tennessean has 23 ARCA Racing Series races to his credit. During that tenure, he has acquired three top-fives and 16 top-10 finishes, including second-place runs at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway and at Toledo Speedway in May 2013. Additionally, a pole run at Mobile (Ala.) International Speedway in March, is his best time trials effort to date.

 

The Ansell ActivArmr® 150 (100 laps / 150 miles) is the 11^th of 21 events on the 2013 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards schedule. The 13^th ARCA race at Chicagoland is a two-day show. Practice begins Saturday, July 21 with an hour and fifty minute session planned from 4:10 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Menards pole qualifying presented by Ansell is set for the next afternoon slated to begin at 12:00 p.m. The event will take the green flag later in the day at 5:00 p.m. The race will be televised live on SPEED with additional coverage including timing and scoring will be available through the ARCA Racing Network (ARN) online at arcaracing.com. All times are local (Central).

 

Learn about Call 811 Before You Dig and what it can do for you by connecting to call811.com.

 

For more on Mason Mingus, please visit MasonMingusRacing.com.

 

Mingus tweets too. Follow him on Twitter @Mason_Mingus.

 

About Win-Tron Racing:

 

Located in Mooresville, North Carolina, Win-Tron Racing is the home of one the most potent ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards single-car operations. Owned by former racers Kevin Cywinski and Nate Thiesse, the team since has acquired the assets of County Joe Racing, becoming a favorable fixture on the circuit. Since Win-Tron Racing's inception in 2007, the team has hosted a variety of drivers including leading drivers James Buescher, Blake Bjorklund, Justin Marks, Matt Merrell and Brandon McReynolds to their first career ARCA victories. In 2013, the team will begin its seventh year of competition with a presence in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series (East) and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

 

 

 

Kyle Busch saves fuel, wins 58th career Nationwide race at Loudon

 

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
 
LOUDON, N.H.--Despite a snafu in the pits that cost him six positions--temporarily--Kyle Busch steamrolled the field in Saturday’s CNBC Prime The Profit 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
 
Never mind that it took the maximum three attempts at green-white-checkered-flag finishes before the issue was decided, and never mind that the extra laps left the gas tanks of most competitors either empty or very close to dry at the conclusion.
 
Busch, the pole sitter, led 141 laps in collecting his seventh NASCAR Nationwide Series victory in 14 starts this season, his fourth at the Magic Mile and the 58th of his career, extending his own series record.
 
The driver of the No. 54 Toyota crossed the stripe at the end of the third green-white-checker, .466 seconds ahead of runner-up Brian Vickers, as Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Busch, Vickers and Matt Kenseth led all 213 laps of a race that went 13 laps beyond its scheduled distance.
 
Austin Dillon ran third and collected the $100,000 bonus as the highest-finishing series regular eligible for the Dash 4 Cash. Brian Scott came home fourth and Michael Annett fifth, as many contenders, including last week’s Dash 4 Cash winner Elliott Sadler, ran out of fuel in the overtime.
Amazingly, Busch, who last pitted on Lap 119 had enough fuel left to do a lengthy burnout" and then some.
 
"We pitted two laps after Brian, so I think that was part of it," Busch said. "I think the other part of it, too, was Brian and the 3 (Dillon) were running really, really hard trying to beat each other, obviously, and race really hard there.
 
"(But) when I got out front with the two-second lead or whatever, I started rolling out of the gas early getting into the corners, not using a whole lot of brake and just kind of saving my tires, saving my brakes, saving the fuel and doing what I could to just be ready, like (crew chief) Adam (Stevens) kept saying on the radio, in case there was a green-white-checker, to have something left to go race at the end.
 
"I think that all just compounded. I bet you there’s still probably a couple gallons left."
 
A slow pit stop on Lap 43, resulting from difficulties in changing the right front tire, shuffled Busch back to seventh for a restart on Lap 47. Vickers grabbed the lead on the restart lap and held it for 54 straight circuits, but Busch charged through the field and regained the top spot on Lap 107 with a dive to the inside in Turn 1.
 
Busch maintained his advantage until a spate of late-race cautions necessitated the three overtimes.
 
A crash involving Joey Logano, Parker Kligerman and Paul Menard, triggered when Trevor Bayne went to the apron to create a four-wide knot of potential trouble, slowed the field during the second green-white-checker. NASCAR then red-flagged the race for 2 minutes 46 seconds, and that proved the saving grace for Vickers, who ran out of fuel as he approached the finish line.
 
"We’ve got to thank NASCAR for giving us the red flag," Vickers said. "Had they not given us the red flag, I’m sure a lot of guys would have (run out of gas). I know we would have. I think that was smart on their part knowing the circumstances…
 
"We weren’t sure we were going to make it to the end of the race, period, much less three green-white-checkers. The cautions helped, saving fuel helped, and just getting every ounce of fuel in .it we could."
 
Sam Hornish Jr., who came to pit road for fuel under after the first green-white-checker attempt would have preferred the race to continue under yellow. But Hornish charged forward after each of the final two restarts and salvaged a seventh-place finish, trimming the advantage of eighth-place finisher and series leader Regan Smith to five points.
 
Notes: As the four series regulars with the highest finishes, Vickers, Dillon, Scott and Annett are eligible for the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus next Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway… Busch’s fourth win from the pole this year tied Sam Ard’s Nationwide Series record… Busch has led a series-best 1,114 laps this year and 12,085 laps in Nationwide competition, far and away a series record.


 

Jimmie Johnson completes season sweep in wild race at Daytona

 

July 6, 2013 (EDITORS: Updates with quotes and results.)

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It's hard to have a hands-down, class-of-the field car in a restrictor-plate race, but don't tell Jimmie Johnson, who dominated Daytona Saturday night in uncharacteristically decisive fashion -- and reached another milestone at the Birthplace of Speed.

In a wild race that featured two massive wrecks on the last lap alone, Johnson beat Tony Stewart to the finish line in the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway to record the first season sweep of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at the 2.5-mile tri-oval since Bobby Allison accomplished the feat in 1982.

As Johnson crossed the line at the end of a green-white-checkered-flag finish, the second of the two multicar accidents erupted behind him. Kevin Harvick stayed in front of the melee to run third, followed by Clint Bowyer and Michael Waltrip.

"Glad I was ahead of all the chaos," said a relieved Stewart, who rode in the back for much of the evening before making his move to the front in the closing laps.

Johnson was ahead of the chaos, too, and above the fray -- head-and-shoulders above it. Driving a No. 48 Chevrolet SS nicknamed "White Lightning" for its blue-on-white Lowe's paint scheme, Johnson led 94 of 161 laps and executed key restarts flawlessly as the leader late in the race.

The victory was Johnson's fourth of the season -- tying Matt Kenseth for most in the series -- and the 64th of his career. He leads second-place Bowyer by 49 points in the series standings with eight races left before the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field is set at Richmond.

"Had a great horse to ride; got White Lightning in Victory Lane," Johnson said after climbing from the car. "It's tough to [dominate] at a plate track. Especially with how tight the rules are. I think I showed strength early, and a lot of guys were willing to work with me and help me through situations.

"I don't know if I really made a bad move tonight, so I'm pretty proud of that."

Johnson was doubly proud to join Allison, Fireball Roberts, Cale Yarborough and LeeRoy Yarbrough as the only drivers to sweep both Sprint Cup races at Daytona in a single season.

"Gosh, growing up in Southern California and watching Bobby Allison, and I remember where I was the day [Bobby's son] Davey passed away (after a 1993 helicopter crash at Talladega)," Johnson said. "That's how much the Allison family meant to me.
 
"I always thought it was great to watch Bobby and Davey race, and to do anything Bobby has done is pretty special."

The five-time champion led the field to the restart on Lap 133 and stayed in the top spot until a wild six-car crash near the entry to the tri-oval on Lap 149 stacked two-thirds of the field and wrecked the cars of Denny Hamlin (who slammed nose-first into the frontstretch wall), Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, AJ Allmendinger, Dave Blaney and David Reutimann.

The accident stopped the race for eight minutes, 53 seconds while track workers picked up the debris. Johnson led the field to another restart on Lap 154 and two laps later, Ambrose, running third, pinballed off Johnson's No. 48 car and knocked the No. 5 Chevrolet of Kasey Kahne into the inside backstretch wall to cause the race's sixth caution.

That set up the green-white-checkered finish that took the race one lap past its scheduled distance of 160 laps.

Harvick, who thought he was in excellent position for the final restart, was clearly disappointed with his third-place run.

"Yeah, we didn't win," said Harvick, who restarted from the inside lane, beside Johnson and with Bowyer behind him, for the two-lap dash to the finish. "That was our expectation coming here, and that's the expectation going to the superspeedway tracks … I'm kind of disappointed just for the fact that I felt like we were in the right position.

"I felt like the 15 (Bowyer) was going to be a really good pusher, based on the restart before… I'm a little disappointed because I really felt like we were in the right spot, but it's hard to complain."

Johnson had the dominant car, but attrition also helped him, starting with a collision that hobbled four strong cars on Lap 98. The No. 56 Toyota of Martin Truex Jr. got loose off Turn 4 and turned sideways, triggering a wreck that collected the cars of Denny Hamlin, Juan Pablo Montoya and Kyle Busch. The crash ended the winning chances of all but Busch, whose team effected quick repairs to the nose of the No. 18 Camry on pit road.

Busch rallied to finish 12th despite being a victim of the last-lap crash, but Truex, who cracked the top 10 in points after winning at Sonoma to break a 218-race drought, fell out of the race in 41st place and dropped back out of the top 10.

So did Joey Logano, who blew a tire in Turn 2 on Lap 70 and slammed into the outside wall. A week after working his way into the 10th spot in the standings, Logano was out again after being credited with a 40th-place result.

Notes: Carl Edwards was a victim of the first wreck on the last lap, finishing 29th and dropping to third in the standings, 71 points behind Johnson … Kurt Busch ran sixth and cracked the top 10 in points for the first time this season. He's currently ninth, 157 points behind Johnson … Danica Patrick ran as high as second after the 100-lap mark but was part of the crash near the finish line on the last lap. She finished 14th … Stewart regained the six positions in the standings he lost over the past two weeks. He's now 10th in points, the last position that guarantees a spot in the Chase.


NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race - Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida
Saturday, July 06, 2013

       1. (8) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 161, $327961.
       2. (13) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 161, $254490.
       3. (26) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 161, $219101.
       4. (3) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 161, $182073.
       5. (7) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 161, $141365.
       6. (22) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 161, $150485.
       7. (27) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 161, $148185.
       8. (16) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 161, $130715.
       9. (19) Casey Mears, Ford, 161, $140373.
       10. (21) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 161, $147198.
       11. (9) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #, Ford, 161, $158191.
       12. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 161, $160488.
       13. (32) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 161, $109555.
       14. (11) Danica Patrick #, Chevrolet, 161, $108655.
       15. (28) David Gilliland, Ford, 161, $125813.
       16. (17) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 161, $115180.
       17. (10) Greg Biffle, Ford, 161, $125630.
       18. (40) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 161, $132413.
       19. (39) Terry Labonte, Ford, 161, $116063.
       20. (20) Trevor Bayne(i), Ford, 161, $104755.
       21. (15) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 161, $152746.
       22. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 161, $119627.
       23. (34) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 161, $109305.
       24. (43) Landon Cassill(i), Chevrolet, 161, $100580.
       25. (37) Josh Wise(i), Ford, 161, $100380.
       26. (25) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 161, $126294.
       27. (42) Joe Nemechek(i), Toyota, 161, $95430.
       28. (36) Scott Speed, Ford, 161, $94805.
       29. (12) Carl Edwards, Ford, 161, $132155.
       30. (41) David Reutimann, Toyota, 159, $98405.
       31. (29) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 157, $94230.
       32. (4) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, Accident, 155, $117105.
       33. (2) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 154, $129996.
       34. (23) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, Accident, 151, $140766.
       35. (33) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, Accident, 149, $101655.
       36. (24) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, Accident, 149, $113305.
       37. (35) David Stremme, Toyota, Accident, 127, $93317.
       38. (30) Aric Almirola, Ford, Accident, 127, $124571.
       39. (14) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 126, $110849.
       40. (18) Joey Logano, Ford, 105, $107543.
       41. (5) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Accident, 97, $107710.
       42. (31) Michael McDowell, Ford, Vibration, 33, $72135.
       43. (6) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, Engine, 23, $97626.

Average Speed of Race Winner:  154.313 mph.
Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 36 Mins, 30 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.107 Seconds.
Caution Flags:  6 for 27 laps.
Lead Changes:  18 among 11 drivers.
Lap Leaders:   Kyle Busch 0; M. Kenseth 1; Kyle Busch 2-25; J. Yeley 26; Kyle Busch 27-30; J. Johnson 31; Kyle Busch 32; J. Johnson 33-70; D. Gilliland 71; D. Ragan 72; D. Hamlin 73-92; J. McMurray 93-100; T. Kvapil 101; J. Wise(i) 102; J. McMurray 103-104; J. Johnson 105-128; J. Yeley 129; J. Burton 130; J. Johnson 131-161.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  J. Johnson 4 times for 94 laps; Kyle Busch 3 times for 29 laps; D. Hamlin 1 time for 20 laps; J. McMurray 2 times for 10 laps; J. Yeley 2 times for 2 laps; D. Gilliland 1 time for 1 lap; M. Kenseth 1 time for 1 lap; J. Burton 1 time for 1 lap; D. Ragan 1 time for 1 lap; J. Wise(i) 1 time for 1 lap; T. Kvapil 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 12 in Points: J. Johnson - 658; C. Bowyer - 609; C. Edwards - 587; K. Harvick - 585; D. Earnhardt Jr. - 548; M. Kenseth - 540; Kyle Busch - 533; G. Biffle - 516; Kurt Busch - 501; T. Stewart - 499; M. Truex Jr. - 493; K. Kahne - 490.

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Late surge gives Kenseth NASCAR Nationwide Series victory at Daytona

 

Late surge gives Kenseth NASCAR Nationwide Series victory at Daytona

July 5, 2013

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- With two laps remaining in Friday night's Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway, Matt Kenseth had a choice to make.

He could go with the lane he preferred -- the outside -- or the driver who had pushed him for the previous 20 laps, James Buescher.

Kenseth chose Buescher, and the decision paid off with the 27th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory of his career.

Thanks to the boost from Buescher, Kenseth's No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota streaked away from the field after the final restart and earned the win in a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the event one lap past its scheduled distance of 100 laps.

"With the 34 (Buescher's car) pushing me, we had a lot of speed, so it was important to keep him with me," Kenseth said in Victory Lane. "I wanted to make sure we stuck with him. He did a great job, a really, really good job pushing there.

"It's fun to be back in the Nationwide Series. It's been a while, and it's always special to win at Daytona."

Buescher came home second, followed by Elliott Sadler, Kurt Busch and polesitter Austin Dillon. After dominating the majority of the event, Sam Hornish Jr. finished a disappointing seventh.

Sadler won the $100,000 Nationwide Dash 4 Cash bonus as the highest finisher among four eligible drivers.

The victory was Kenseth's first in the Nationwide Series since May 2011 at Charlotte. Then again, it was only his seventh start in the series since then. Kenseth didn't run any NNS events in 2012, his last season with Roush Fenway Racing.

Even though Kenseth and Buescher distanced themselves from their pursuers coming to the checkered flag, Buescher was unable to make a move for the win.

"It wasn't because I lifted," Buescher said. "The engine was pretty cooked by then, but it got us to the finish line in second."

Joey Logano spent the first three-quarters of the race pushing Hornish and seemed to have no difficulty with overheating, despite the sustained shoving. As a consequence, Hornish had led 56 laps by the time the field came to pit road on Lap 74 under the second caution of the night.

But Logano was first off pit road, and after the restart on Lap 78, Hornish was left without a partner and fell back through the field. Shortly thereafter, Logano dropped back to help his teammate, and together they began a steady climb toward the front.

On Lap 83, the Hornish-Logano tandem regained the top spot, only to lose it a lap later to Kenseth, who got a strong sustained push from Buescher. Hornish and Kenseth were battling side-by-side for the lead through Turn 2 when Mike Wallace stalled on the backstretch to cause the third caution of the race.

Three laps after a restart on Lap 94, a wild six-car wreck in Turn 4 -- started by contact mid-pack between the cars of Travis Pastrana and Cole Whitt -- stopped the race for track clean-up and set up the decisive green-white-checkered finish.

Notes: Eighth-place finisher Regan Smith retained a six-point lead over Hornish in the series standings. … The four Dash 4 Cash qualifiers for next Saturday's race at Iowa Speedway are Sadler, Dillon, Kyle Larson and Hornish.

NASCAR Nationwide Series Race - Subway Firecracker 250 Powered by Coca-Cola
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida
Friday, July 05, 2013

       1. (19) Matt Kenseth(i), Toyota, 101, $83290.
       2. (17) James Buescher(i), Chevrolet, 101, $58475.
       3. (9) Elliott Sadler, Toyota, 101, $46600.
       4. (7) Kurt Busch(i), Chevrolet, 101, $33075.
       5. (1) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 101, $38800.
       6. (13) Kyle Larson #, Chevrolet, 101, $30850.
       7. (5) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 101, $28710.
       8. (11) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 101, $27670.
       9. (14) Joey Logano(i), Ford, 101, $20550.
       10. (8) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 101, $27100.
       11. (15) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 101, $19325.
       12. (6) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 101, $24775.
       13. (18) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 101, $24250.
       14. (21) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 101, $23725.
       15. (16) Michael Annett, Ford, 101, $24075.
       16. (23) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 101, $23650.
       17. (4) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 101, $23325.
       18. (27) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, 101, $23000.
       19. (30) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 101, $22875.
       20. (12) Alex Bowman #, Toyota, 101, $23250.
       21. (20) Nelson Piquet Jr. #, Chevrolet, 101, $22775.
       22. (36) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 101, $22475.
       23. (39) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 101, $22325.
       24. (24) Eric McClure, Toyota, 101, $22200.
       25. (25) Jamie Dick, Chevrolet, 101, $16550.
       26. (26) Kevin Swindell #, Ford, 101, $15950.
       27. (3) Ty Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 101, $21800.
       28. (10) Brad Sweet, Chevrolet, 101, $21625.
       29. (22) Bobby Gerhart, Chevrolet, 101, $15500.
       30. (38) Jeff Green, Toyota, 99, $21675.
       31. (29) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 99, $21250.
       32. (28) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet, Accident, 96, $21130.
       33. (34) Jeffrey Earnhardt #, Ford, Accident, 96, $21010.
       34. (2) Travis Pastrana, Ford, Accident, 95, $21390.
       35. (32) Jason White, Toyota, Accident, 95, $20764.
       36. (33) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 90, $13700.
       37. (35) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, Engine, 87, $19665.
       38. (40) Dexter Stacey #, Ford, Axle, 76, $19611.
       39. (37) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, Engine, 70, $19495.
       40. (31) Morgan Shepherd, Dodge, Rear Gear, 21, $13430.

Average Speed of Race Winner:  145.767 mph.
Time of Race:  1 Hrs, 43 Mins, 56 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.189 Seconds.
Caution Flags:  4 for 16 laps.
Lead Changes:  31 among 14 drivers.
Lap Leaders:   A. Dillon 0; T. Pastrana 1; B. Scott 2; A. Dillon 3; Kurt Busch(i) 4; A. Dillon 5-8; S. Hornish Jr. 9-22; M. Kenseth(i) 23; S. Hornish Jr. 24-31; R. Smith 32; S. Hornish Jr. 33-36; B. Vickers 37-38; S. Hornish Jr. 39-42; B. Vickers 43; S. Hornish Jr. 44-52; E. Sadler 53-54; S. Hornish Jr. 55-60; J. Allgaier 61; S. Hornish Jr. 62-64; J. Buescher(i) 65; Kurt Busch(i) 66; S. Hornish Jr. 67-74; T. Bayne 75; J. Logano(i) 76-77; B. Vickers 78; J. Logano(i) 79; K. Larson # 80-81; M. Kenseth(i) 82; S. Hornish Jr. 83; M. Kenseth(i) 84-89; S. Hornish Jr. 90-93; M. Kenseth(i) 94-101.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  S. Hornish Jr. 10 times for 61 laps; M. Kenseth(i) 4 times for 16 laps; A. Dillon 2 times for 5 laps; B. Vickers 3 times for 4 laps; J. Logano(i) 2 times for 3 laps; Kurt Busch(i) 2 times for 2 laps; E. Sadler 1 time for 2 laps; K. Larson # 1 time for 2 laps; J. Buescher(i) 1 time for 1 lap; T. Bayne 1 time for 1 lap; T. Pastrana 1 time for 1 lap; R. Smith 1 time for 1 lap; B. Scott 1 time for 1 lap; J. Allgaier 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 10 in Points: R. Smith - 558; S. Hornish Jr. - 552; E. Sadler - 544; J. Allgaier - 543; A. Dillon - 541; K. Larson # - 516; B. Vickers - 505; P. Kligerman - 501; B. Scott - 494; T. Bayne - 488.