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Date: Friday, May 10
Start Time: 7:30 p.m. (ET)
Site: Darlington Speedway -- Darlington, S.C.
Track: 1.366-mile oval
Laps: 147
Miles: 200.8
Capacity: 60,000 (Grandstand Seating)
Total purse:
Payouts:
Year: 31st
On TV: ESPN 2
Announcers:
On Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio
Race record: Michael Waltrip, 1992 (138.140 mph)
Qualifying record: Carl Edwards, 2008 (176.994 mph)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: Joey Logano
Runner up: Denny Hamlin
Pole winner: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (173.546 mph)
Top 10:
1. Joey Logano (Start: 5)
2. Denny Hamlin (2)
3. Brad Keselowski (13)
4. Sam Hornish Jr. (8)
5. Austin Dillon (3)
6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (1)
7. Brian Scott (7)
8. Kurt Busch (4)
9. James Buescher (14)
10. Cole Whitt (40)
Average speed: 112.017 mph
Time of race: 1 hr., 50 mins., 29 secs.
Margin of victory: 0.255 secs.
Caution flags: 6 for 32 laps
Lead changes: 13 among 7 drivers
Past winners
2012 Joey Logano, Toyota, 112.017 mph
2011 Kyle Busch, Toyota, 119.364 mph
2010 Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 103.122 mph.
2009 Matt Kenseth, Ford, 116.596 mph
2008 Tony Stewart, Toyota, 107.139 mph
2007 Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet, 92.370 mph
2006 Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet, 106.999 mph
2005 Matt Kenseth, Ford, 116.238 mph
2004 Greg Biffle, Ford, 120.141 mph
2003 Todd Bodine, Chevrolet, 124.550 mph
2002 Jeff Burton, Ford, 124.153 mph
2001 Jeff Green, Ford, 128.742 mph
2000 Mark Martin, Ford, 113.519 mph
1999 Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet, 121.945 mph
1998 Bobby Labonte, Pontiac, 100.443 mph
1997 Randy LaJoie, Chevrolet, 115.569 mph
1996 Mark Martin, Ford, 120.763 mph
1995 Larry Pearson, Chevrolet, 108.087 mph
1994 Mark Martin, Ford, 117.965 mph
1993 Robert Pressley, Chevrolet, 109.197 mph
1992 Robert Pressley, Chevrolet, 130.982 mph
1991 Dale Jarrett, Pontiac, 115.551 mph
1990 Harry Gant, Buick, 129.689 mph
1989 Geoffrey Bodine, Chevrolet, 118.681 mph
1988 Geoffrey Bodine, Chevrolet, 115.514 mph
1987 Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 137.850 mph
1986 Darrell Waltrip, Pontiac, 123.423 mph
1985 Jack Ingram, Pontiac, 108.460 mph
1984 Ron Bouchard, Pontiac, 97.992 mph.
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1982 Geoffrey Bodine, Pontiac, 129.018 mph
Last race
Race: Aaron's 312 (May 5th)
Site: Talladega Superspeedway -- Talladega, Ala.
Miles: 292.6 (shortened due to darkness)
Laps: 110
Finish line order: Regan Smith, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch, Justin Allgaier
Time of Race: 2 hrs., 11 mins., 44 secs.
Average speed: 133.269 mph
Margin of victory: Under Caution
Caution flags: 7 for 28 laps
Lead changes: 47 among 16 drivers
Lap leaders: Pastrana 1-4, Bayne 5, Dillon 6, K. Busch 7, Kahne 8-12, Sadler Pastrana 1-4, Bayne 5, Dillon 6, K. Busch 7, Kahne 8-12, Sadler 13, Kahne 14, Cassill 15, Logano 16-18, Allgaier 19, Logano 20-21, Allgaier 22-24, Logano 25, Vickers 26, Logano 27-33, Kahne 34, Logano 35-36, Scott 37, Logano 38-41, Sadler 42-43, Logano 44-54, Sadler 55-56, Scott 57, Sorenson 58, Bayne 59, Kahne 60-62, Smith 63, Kahne 64, Smith 65, Kahne 66-67, Smith 68, Kahne 69, Smith 70-71, Kahne 72, Logano 73-75, Coulter 76-78, Logano 79-80, Kligerman 81, K. Busch 82, Kligerman 83, K. Busch 84, Kligerman 85-86, Kahne 87, K. Busch 88-100, Smith 101, K. Busch 102-104, Dillon 105-109, Smith 110.
Entry list
#00 Michael McDowell (Glendale, AZ) Toyota/TBA
#01 Mike Wallace (St. Louis, MO) ChevroletTBA
#2 Brian Scott (Boise, ID) Chevrolet/Shore Lodge
#3 Austin Dillon (Welcome, NC) Chevrolet/AdvoCare
#4 Landon Cassill (Fairfax, IA) Chevrolet/TBA
#5 Kasey Kahne (Enumclaw, WA) Chevrolet/Great Clips
#6 Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN) Ford/Cargill/Blackwell Angus
#7 Regan Smith (Cato, NY) Chevrolet/Hellmann's
#10 Jeff Green (Owensboro, KY) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#11 Elliott Sadler (Emporia, VA) Toyota/Sports Clips
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. (Defiance, OH) Ford/Alliance Truck Parts
#14 Eric McClure (Chilhowie, VA) Toyota/Hefty/Reynolds Wrap
#15 Stanton Barrett (Bishop, CA) Ford/fairgirls.org
#16 Chris Buescher (Prosper, TX) Ford/Roush Fenway Racing
#17 Tanner Berryhill (Bixby, OK) Chevrolet/Keller Williams Realty
#18 Matt Kenseth (Cambridge, WI) Toyota/Game Stop
#19 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#20 Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) Toyota/Dollar General
#22 * Joey Logano (Middletown, CT) Ford/Penske Truck Rental
#23 Harrison Rhodes (High Point, NC) Chevrolet/Rick Ware Racing
#24 Jason White (Richmond, VA) Toyota/JW Demolition
#30 Nelson Piquet Jr. (Brasilia, Brazil) Chevrolet/Worx
#31 Justin Allgaier (Riverton, IL) Chevrolet/Wolfpack Energy
#32 Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA) Chevrolet/Cessna
#33 Ty Dillon (Welcome, NC) Chevrolet/Armour
#40 Josh Wise (Riverside, CA) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#42 J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#43 Reed Sorenson (Peachtree City, GA) Ford/Pilot Travel Centers/Flying J
#44 Hal Martin (Galliano, LA) Toyota/American Custom Yachts
#46 Chase Miller (Canton, GA) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#47 Scott Riggs (Bahama, NC) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#51 Jeremy Clements (Spartanburg, SC) Chevrolet/TBA
#52 Joey Gase (Cedar Rapids, IA) Chevrolet/TBA
#54 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/Monster Energy
#60 Travis Pastrana (Annapolis, MD) Ford/Roush Fenway Racing
#70 Johanna Long (Pensacola, FL) Chevrolet/Foretravel
#73 Derrike Cope (Spanaway, WA) Chevrolet/TBA
#74 Mike Harmon (Birmingport, AL) Chevrolet/Dave Novak Racing
#77 Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) Toyota/Kyle Busch Motorsports
#79 Kyle Fowler (Smyrna, GA) Ford/TBA
#87 Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL) Toyota/AM FM Energy Wood & Pellet
#92 Dexter Stacey (Kahnawake, Canada) Ford/Maddie's Place
#99 Alex Bowman (Tucson, AZ) Toyota/TBA
Leading contenders
| Name | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Logano | 12 | Won | |||||||
| Sam Hornish Jr. | 11 | 4 | |||||||
| Austin Dillon | 5 | ||||||||
| Brian Scott | 20 | 25 | 29 | 7 | |||||
| Justin Allgaier | 5 | 17 | 4 | 13 | |||||
| Kasey Kahne | 11 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 18 | |||
| Elliott Sadler | 3 | 24 | |||||||
| Kyle Busch | 33 | 6 | 31 | 16 | 2 | Won | |||
| Matt Kenseth | 5 | Won | 2 | 37 | 28 | Won | 30 | ||
| Brian Vickers | 43 | 12 | 10 | 9 | |||||
| Regan Smith | 19 | 12 | |||||||
| Trevor Bayne | 16 |
Notes
The have been 52 Nationwide races at Darlington. The series competed at this track once each season from 1982-83 and then twice each year from 1984-2004 before returning to one event there per season in 2005.
Mark Martin holds the record for most Nationwide wins at Darlington with eight. Martin is not entered in this year's race. Matt Kenseth's three victories there is the most among those driver on the entry list for this event.
Joey Logano won at Darlington last year. Logano wrecked Elliott Sadler after a restart in the closing laps and then grabbed the lead from his then Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin, during a green-white-checkered finish to win the race. Logano is now driving for Penske Racing in both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series.
The Nationwide race winner at Darlington has started from the pole 12 times, which is more than any other starting position there. Kyle Busch last did it in 2011.
Jack Roush has the most Nationwide car owner wins at Darlington with 15, followed by Joe Gibbs with seven.
Since NASCAR began using electronic timing and scoring in 1993, the closest margin of victory in a Nationwide race at Darlington occurred on March 21, 1998 when Bobby Labonte beat Jeff Burton to the finish line by just 0.066 seconds.
Kyle Busch scored his first career Nationwide pole at Darlington on March 20, 2004. Jimmie Johnson's first pole in the series came at this track on May 6, 2005. Johnson is not on the entry list for this year's race there.
No active driver has won his or hers first Nationwide race at Darlington.
The next race is the May 25 History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Brad Keselowski won last year's event there.
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