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Date: Saturday, June 15
Start Time: 2:15 p.m. ET
Site: Michigan International Speedway -- Brooklyn, Mich.
Track: 2-mile oval
Laps: 125
Miles: 250
Capacity: 85,000 (Grandstand Seating)
Total purse:
Payouts:
Year: 22nd
On TV: ABC
Announcers:
On Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio
Race record:
Qualifying record: Austin Dillon, 2012 (190.375 mph)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: Joey Logano
Runner up: James Buescher
Pole winner: Austin Dillon (190.375 mph)
Top 10:
1. Joey Logano (Start: 3)
2. James Buescher (4)
3. Kurt Busch (15)
4. Cole Whitt (2)
5. Austin Dillon (1)
6. Sam Hornish Jr. (11)
7. Michael McDowell (13)
8. Paul Menard (7)
9. Brian Scott (17)
10. Brad Keselowski (9)
Average speed: 132.979 mph
Time of race: 1 hr., 52 mins., 48 secs.
Margin of victory: 0.208 secs.
Caution flags: 7 for 26 laps
Lead changes: 14 among 10 drivers
Past winners
2012 Joey Logano, Toyota, 132.979 mph
2011 Carl Edwards, Ford, 144.834 mph
2010 Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 150.678 mph
2009 Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, 133.077 mph
2008 Carl Edwards, Ford, 136.571 mph
2007 Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet, 156.467 mph
2006 Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 124.524 mph
2005 Ryan Newman, Dodge, 136.986 mph
2004 Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 122.166 mph
2003 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 140.850 mph
2002 Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet, 135.644 mph
2001 Ryan Newman, Ford, 139.557 mph
2000 Todd Bodine, Chevrolet, 162.749 mph
1999 Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 158.975 mph
1998 Jeff Burton, Ford, 167.910 mph
1997 Steve Park, Chevrolet, 159.681 mph
1996 Jeff Purvis, Chevrolet, 161.038 mph
1995 Mark Martin, Ford, 169.571 mph
1994 Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 142.461 mph
1993 Mark Martin, Ford, 124.611 mph
1992 Todd Bodine, Chevrolet, 125.414 mph
Last race
Race: DuPont Pioneer 250 (June 9)
Site: Iowa Speedway -- Newton, Iowa
Miles: 218.75
Laps: 250
Finish line order: Trevor Bayne, Austin Dillon, Elliott Sadler, Sam Hornish Jr., Kyle Larson
Time of Race: 2 hrs., 8 mins., 5 secs.
Average speed: 102.472 mph
Margin of victory: 2.023 secs.
Caution flags: 5 for 31 laps
Lead changes: 12 among 4 drivers
Lap leaders: A. Dillon - pole; S. Hornish Jr. 1; A. Dillon 2-8; S. Hornish Jr. A. Dillon - pole; S. Hornish Jr. 1; A. Dillon 2-8; S. Hornish Jr. 9-24; A. Dillon 25-53; S. Hornish Jr. 54-58; A. Dillon 59-135; T. Bayne 136-138; M. Annett 139-140; A. Dillon 141-151; T. Bayne 152-155; A. Dillon 156-238; T. Bayne 239-250.
Entry list
#00 Jason White (Richmond, VA) 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 Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, CA) Chevrolet/Great Clips
#6 Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN) Ford/Roush Clean Tech
#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/Alliance Truck Parts
#14 Eric McClure (Chilhowie, VA) Toyota/Hefty/Reynolds Wrap
#15 Carl Long (Roxboro, NC) Ford/Rick Ware Racing
#16 Chris Buescher (Prosper, TX) Ford/Roush Fenway Racing
#19 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#20 Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) Toyota/Dollar General
#22 * Joey Logano (Middletown, CT) Ford/Discount Tire
#23 To Be Announced Ford/Rick Ware Racing
#24 Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) Toyota/TBA
#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 Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI) Chevrolet/Menards
#34 James Buescher (Plano, TX) Chevrolet/TBA
#40 Reed Sorenson (Peachtree City, GA) Chevrolet/E-Swisher.com
#42 J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#43 Michael Annett (Des Moines, IA) Ford/Flying J Travel Plaza
#44 Cole Whitt (Alpine, CA) Toyota/Takagi Tankless Water Heaters
#51 Jeremy Clements (Spartanburg, SC) Chevrolet/TBA
#52 Joey Gase (Cedar Rapids, IA) Chevrolet/Donate Life
#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
#74 Juan Carlos Blum (Guadalajara, Mex.) Chevrolet/Oleofino's
#77 Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) Toyota/Bandit Chippers
#79 Jeffrey Earnhardt (Mooresville, NC) Ford/Uponor
#87 Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL) Toyota/TBA
#92 Dexter Stacey (Kahnawake, Canada) Ford/Maddie's Place
#99 Alex Bowman (Tucson, AZ) Toyota/schooltipline.com
Leading contenders
| Name | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Logano | 7 | 6 | 6 | Won | |||||
| James Buescher | 2 | ||||||||
| Austin Dillon | 19 | 5 | |||||||
| Sam Hornish Jr | 25 | 24 | 6 | ||||||
| Paul Menard | 6 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Brian Scott | 15 | 17 | 9 | ||||||
| Elliott Sadler | 9th | 7 | 8 | 11 | |||||
| Justin Allgaier | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||||
| Kyle Busch | Won | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Regan Smith | 20 | 31 | |||||||
| Brian Vickers | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Trevor Bayne | 30 | 11 | 5 |
Notes
There have been 21 Nationwide races at Michigan. The series has competed there once each year since 1992. Todd Bodine won the inaugural event at this track.
Bodine, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski, Mark Martin and Ryan Newman share the record for most Nationwide victories at Michigan with two each. None of them are on the entry list for this weekend's race there.
Jack Roush has the most car owner wins in Nationwide races at Michigan with five.
The race winner at Michigan has started from the pole three times. Brad Keselowski most recently did it in 2010.
Since NASCAR began using electronic timing and scoring in 1993, the closest margin of victory in a Nationwide race at Michigan occurred on Aug. 19, 2000 when Bodine beat Michael Waltrip to the finish line by just 0.192 seconds.
Ryan Newman holds the track record for most laps led by a Nationwide race winner. Newman scored his first career victory in the series after leading a total of 119 laps in the August 2001 race at Michigan.
The next Nationwide race is the June 22 Johnsonville Sausage 200 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI. Nelson Piquet Jr. is the defending race winner.
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