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Date: Saturday, May 25
Start Time: 2:45 p.m. ET
Site: Charlotte Motor Speedway -- Concord, N.C.
Track: 1.5-mile oval
Laps: 200
Miles: 300
Capacity: 135,000 (Grandstand Seating)
Total purse:
Payouts:
Year: 32nd
On TV: ABC
Announcers:
On Radio: Performance Radio Network (PRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio
Race record: Mark Martin, 1996 (155.799 mph)
Qualifying record: Jimmie Johnson, 2005 (187.735 mph)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: Brad Keselowski (not defending)
Runner up: Denny Hamlin
Pole winner: Joey Logano (179.063 mph)
Top 10:
1. Brad Keselowski (Start: 10)
2. Denny Hamlin (13)
3. Kyle Busch (12)
4. Kevin Harvick (7)
5. Elliott Sadler (6)
6. Joey Logano (1)
7. James Buescher (8)
8. Justin Allgaier (16)
9. Sam Hornish Jr. (5)
10. Joey Logano (21)
Average speed: 123.414 mph
Time of race: 2 hrs., 25 mins., 51 secs.
Margin of victory: 0.838 secs.
Caution flags: 7 for 38 laps
Lead changes: 12 among 7 drivers
Past winners
2012 Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 123.414 mph
2011 Matt Kenseth, Ford, 136.640 mph
2010 Kyle Busch, Toyota, 132.216 mph
2009 Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 129.096 mph
2008 Kyle Busch, Toyota, 120.331 mph
2007 Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 132.240 mph
2006 Carl Edwards, Ford, 110.735 mph
2005 Kyle Busch, Ford, 117.968 mph
2004 Kyle Busch, Ford, 114.274 mph
2003 Matt Kenseth, Ford, 138.302 mph
2002 Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 120.684 mph
2001 Jeff Green, Ford, 128.205 mph
2000 Jeff Burton, Ford, 121.759 mph
1999 Mark Martin, Ford, 119.377 mph
1998 Mark Martin, Ford, 133.449 mph
1997 Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 126.954 mph
1996 Mark Martin, Ford, 155.799 mph
1995 Chad Little, Ford, 131.707 mph
1994 Phil Parsons, Chevrolet, 127.704 mph
1993 Michael Waltrip, Pontiac, 127.539 mph
1992 Jeff Gordon, Ford, 127.208 mph
1991 Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 133.235 mph
1990 Dale Jarrett, Pontiac, 132.337 mph
1989 Rob Moroso, Oldsmobile, 136.450 mph
1988 Dale Jarrett, Pontiac, 139.969 mph
1987 Harry Gant, Buick, 139.643 mph
1986 Tim Richmond, Pontiac, 139.715 mph
1985 Tim Richmond, Pontiac, 119.284 mph
1984 Bobby Allison, Oldsmobile, 126.198 mph
1983 Dale Earnhardt, Pontiac, 117.724 mph
1982 Harry Gant, Pontiac, 126.731 mph
Last race
Race: VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200 (May 10)
Site: Darlington Raceway -- Darlington, S.C.
Miles: 200.8
Laps: 147
Finish line order: Kyle Busch, Elliott Sadler, Brian Vickers, Joey Logano, Matt Kenseth
Time of Race: 1 hr., 32 mins., 6 secs.
Average speed: 130.816 mph
Margin of victory: 0.935 secs.
Caution flags: 4 for 17 laps
Lead changes: 10 among 8 drivers
Lap leaders: K. Busch 1-24; L. Cassill 25; J. Clements 26; K. Busch 27-51; H. K. Busch 1-24; L. Cassill 25; J. Clements 26; K. Busch 27-51; H. Martin 52; T. Raines 53; K. Kahne 54; M. Kenseth 55-81; K. Busch 82-121; J. Logano 122-129; K. Busch 130-147.
Entry list
#00 Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) Toyota/Compassion International
#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/Flex Seal
#5 Kasey Kahne (Enumclaw, WA) Chevrolet/Great Clips
#6 Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN) Ford/Pillow Pets
#7 Regan Smith (Cato, NY) Chevrolet/taxslayer.com
#10 Jeff Green (Owensboro, KY) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#11 Elliott Sadler (Emporia, VA) Toyota/One Main Financial
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. (Defiance, OH) Ford/Snap-On
#14 Eric McClure (Chilhowie, VA) Toyota/Hefty/Reynolds Wrap
#16 Chris Buescher (Prosper, TX) Ford/Roush Fenway Racing
#17 Tanner Berryhill (Bixby, OK) Toyota/Keller Williams Realty
#18 Matt Kenseth (Cambridge, WI) Toyota/Resers
#19 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#20 Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) Toyota/Dollar General
#21 Dakoda Armstrong (New Castle, IN) Chevrolet/Win Field
#22 Joey Logano (Middletown, CT) Ford/Discount Tire
#23 Robert Richardson Jr. (McKinney, TX) Chevrolet/North Texas Pipe
#24 Jason White (Richmond, VA) Toyota/JW Demolition
#25 John Wes Townley (Watkinsville, GA) Toyota/Zaxby's
#29 Kenny Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Toyota/Toyota Care
#30 Nelson Piquet Jr. (Brasilia, Brazil) Chevrolet/Worx
#31 Justin Allgaier (Riverton, IL) Chevrolet/Brandt
#32 Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA) Chevrolet/Vizio-Hulu
#33 Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield, CA) Chevrolet/Hunt Brothers
#37 Matt DiBenedetto (Grass Valley, CA) Dodge/nationalcashlenders.com
#40 Josh Wise (Riverside, CA) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#42 J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#43 To Be Announced Ford/EFS
#44 Hal Martin (Galliano, LA) Toyota/American Custom Yachts
#51 Jeremy Clements (Spartanburg, SC) Chevrolet/TBA
#54 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/Monster Energy
#55 Jamie Dick (Albuquerque, NM) Chevrolet/Viva Auto Group
#60 Travis Pastrana (Annapolis, MD) Ford/Roush Fenway Racing
#66 Steve Wallace (Greensboro, NC) Ford/homewithrichard.com
#70 Johanna Long (Pensacola, FL) Chevrolet/Foretravel
#74 Juan Carlos Blum (Guadalajara, Mex.) Chevrolet/Oleofino's
#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
#98 Kevin Swindell (Germantown, TN) Ford/Carroll Shelby Motors
#99 Alex Bowman (Tucson, AZ) Toyota/schooltipline.com
Leading contenders
| Name | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Busch | Won | Won | 23 | 8 | Won | 3 | Won | 3 | 3 |
| Kevin Harvick | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 4 |
| Elliott Sadler | 36 | 19 | 10 | 5 | |||||
| Joey Logano | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | |||||
| Justin Allgaier | 14 | 4 | 13 | 8 | |||||
| Sam Hornish Jr. | 39 | 12 | 9 | ||||||
| Austin Dillon | 11 | ||||||||
| Kasey Kahne | 25 | 41 | 16 | Won | 16 | 26 | 22 | 17 | |
| Brian Scott | 33 | 8 | 31 | ||||||
| Matt Kenseth | 38 | 7 | Won | ||||||
| Regan Smith | 10 | 5 | |||||||
| Brian Vickers | 13 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Trevor Bayne | 17 | ||||||||
| Parker Kligerman |
Notes
There have been 62 Nationwide races at Charlotte. The series has competed at this track twice each year since 1982.
Harry Gant won the inaugural Nationwide race at Charlotte, the Mello Yello 300, on May 29, 1982.
Kyle Busch and Mark Martin share the record for most Nationwide wins at Charlotte with six each. Busch is entered in this year's race. Martin is not.
Brad Keselowski won last year's spring event at Charlotte. Keselowski is not scheduled to compete in this year's race.
Roush Fenway Racing has the most car owner wins in Nationwide races at Charlotte with 12, followed by Joe Gibbs Racing with five.
The Nationwide race winner at Charlotte has started from the pole eight times, but that feat has not been accomplished since Matt Kenseth did it in October 2000.
Since NASCAR began using electronic timing and scoring in 1993, the closest margin of victory in a Nationwide race at Charlotte occurred on May 26, 2001 when Jeff Green beat Matt Kenseth to the finish line by just 0.055 seconds.
Mike Bliss is the only driver on the entry list for this weekend's race that scored his first career Nationwide victory at Charlotte. Bliss won the 2004 fall race there when he drove Joe Gibbs Racing. He is now with TriStar Motorsports.
Three drivers entered in this race made their Nationwide debuts at Charlotte: Kenseth (May 1996), Busch (May 2003) and Justin Allgaier (May 2008).
The next race is the 5-Hour Energy 200 on June 1 at Dover International Speedway. Joey Logano won last year's race there.
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