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Date: Friday, June 28
Start Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Site: Kentucky Speedway -- Sparta, Ky.
Track: 1.5-mile oval
Laps: 200
Miles: 300
Capacity: 107,000 (Grandstand seating)
Total purse:
Payouts:
Year: 13th
On TV: ESPN
Announcers:
On Radio: Performance Racing Network (PRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio
Race record: Austin Dillon, 2012 (151.643 mph)
Qualifying record: Carl Edwards, 2005 (181.287 mph)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: Austin Dillon
Runner up: Kurt Busch
Pole winner: Austin Dillon (172.199 mph)
Top 10:
1. Austin Dillon (Start: 1)
2. Kurt Busch (8)
3. Kevin Harvick (2)
4. Michael Annett (9)
5. Justin Allgaier (7)
6. Sam Hornish Jr. (4)
7. Brad Keselowski (3)
8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (5)
9. Elliott Sadler (12)
10. James Buescher (13)
Average speed: 151.643 mph
Time of race: 1 hr., 58 mins., 42 secs.
Margin of victory: 9.828 secs.
Caution flags: 2 for 12 laps
Lead changes: 7 among 4 drivers
Past winners
2012 Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 151.643 mph
2011 Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 138.408 mph
2010 Joey Logano, Toyota, 115.286 mph
2009 Joey Logano, Toyota, 127.796 mph
2008 Joey Logano, Toyota, 135.508 mph
2007 Stephen Leicht, Ford, 117.698 mph
2006 David Gilliland, , Chevrolet - 116.004 mph
2005 Carl Edwards, Ford, 117.111 mph
2004 Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 126.642 mph
2003 Bobby Hamilton Jr, Ford, 136.123 mph
2002 Todd Bodine, Chevrolet, 127.164 mph
2001 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 118.590 mph
Last race
Race: Johnsonville Sausage 200 (June 22)
Site: Road America -- Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Miles: 222.64
Laps: 55
Finish line order: A.J. Allmendinger, Justin Allgaier, Parker Kligerman, Owen Kelly, Sam Hornish Jr
Time of Race: 2 hrs., 58 mins., 50 secs.
Average speed: 74.697 mph
Margin of victory: 1.372 secs.
Caution flags: 8 for 16 laps
Lead changes: 11 among 7 drivers
Lap leaders: A. Allmendinger 1-6; B. Johnson 7-13; O. Kelly 14; P. Kligerman A. Allmendinger 1-6; B. Johnson 7-13; O. Kelly 14; P. Kligerman 15-18; O. Kelly 19-25; A. Allmendinger 26-30; S. Hornish Jr. 31-32; J. Buescher 33; A. Allmendinger 34-39; B. Johnson 40-42; J. Allgaier 43; A. Allmendinger 44-55.
Entry list
#00 Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) Toyota/TBA
#01 Mike Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Chevrolet/Brooklyn Products
#2 Brian Scott (Boise, ID) Chevrolet/Shore Lodge
#3 * Austin Dillon (Welcome, NC) Chevrolet/AdvoCare
#4 Landon Cassill (Fairfax, IA) Chevrolet/Flex Seal
#5 Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, CA) Chevrolet/Great Clips
#6 Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN) Ford/Cargill/helpahero.com
#7 Regan Smith (Cato, NY) Chevrolet/Hellmann's
#10 Jeff Green (Owensboro, KY) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#11 Elliott Sadler (Emporia, VA) Toyota/One Main Financial
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. (Defiance, OH) Ford/Penske Truck Rental
#14 Eric McClure (Chilhowie, VA) Toyota/Hefty/Reynolds Wrap
#15 Scott Riggs (Bahama, NC) Ford/Rick Ware Racing
#19 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#20 Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) Toyota/Dollar General
#22 Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hills, MI Ford/Discount Tire
#23 Harrison Rhodes (High Point, NC) Chevrolet/Rick Ware Racing
#24 Ken Butler (Lilburn, GA) Toyota/5-Star
#30 Nelson Piquet Jr. (Brasilia, Brazil) Chevrolet/Worx
#31 Justin Allgaier (Riverton, IL) Chevrolet/Brandt
#32 Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA) Chevrolet/Clear Men
#33 Matt Crafton (Tulare, CA) Chevrolet/Menards/Rheem
#40 Reed Sorenson (Peachtree City, GA) Chevrolet/E-Swisher.com
#42 Josh Wise (Riverside, CA) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#43 Michael Annett (Des Moines, IA) Ford/Flying J Travel Plaza
#44 Cole Whitt (Alpine, CA) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#51 Jeremy Clements (Spartanburg, SC) Chevrolet/TBA
#52 Joey Gase (Cedar Rapids, IA) Chevrolet/TBA
#54 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/Monster Energy
#55 Jamie Dick (El Paso, TX) Chevrolet/Viva Auto Group
#60 Travis Pastrana (Annapolis, MD) Ford/Roush Fenway Racing
#70 Johanna Long (Pensacola, FL) Chevrolet/Foretravel
#73 Derrike Cope (Spanaway, WA) Chevrolet/TBA
#74 To Be Announced Chevrolet/TBA
#77 Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) Toyota/Kyle Busch Motorsports
#79 Bryan Silas (Stuart, FL) Ford/Go Green Racing
#87 Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL) Toyota/TBA
#89 Morgan Shepherd (Ferguson, NC) Chevrolet/TBA
#92 Dexter Stacey (Kahnawake, Canada) Ford/Maddie's Place
#98 Kevin Swindell (Germantown, TN) Ford/Carroll Shelby Motors
#99 Alex Bowman (Tucson, AZ) Toyota/TBA
Leading contenders
| Name | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Dillon | Won | ||||||||
| Justin Allgaier | 5 | 8 | 19 | 5 | |||||
| Sam Hornish Jr | 6 | ||||||||
| Brad Keselowski | 4 | 3 | 3 | Won | 7 | ||||
| Elliott Sadler | 5 | 9 | |||||||
| Brian Scott | 31 | 15 | 30 | ||||||
| Kyle Busch | Won | 13 | 30 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Trevor Bayne | 12 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| Regan Smith | 32 | 41 | 16 | 19 | |||||
| Brian Vickers | |||||||||
| Parker Kligerman | |||||||||
| Kyle Larson |
Notes
There have been 13 Nationwide races held at Kentucky. The series has competed at this 1.5-mile racetrack each year since 2001. There were two Nationwide events run at Kentucky in 2012, with Austin Dillon winning both of them.
Joey Logano holds the record for most Nationwide victories at Kentucky with three. Logano, whose wins there came consecutively from 2008-10, is not entered in this year's race. Dillon is the only other driver with multiple wins at this track.
Kevin Harvick won the inaugural Nationwide race at Kentucky, the Outback Steakhouse 300, on June 16, 2001.
Richard Childress and Joe Gibbs share the record for most car owner wins in Nationwide races at Kentucky with three each.
Six of the 12 previous Nationwide races at Kentucky have been won from the pole position. In fact, five of the last six events there have been won from the top starting spot.
The closest margin of victory in a Nationwide race at Kentucky occurred on June 16, 2002 when Todd Bodine beat Greg Biffle to the finish line by just 0.036 seconds.
One year ago, Dillon led 192 of 200 laps and crossed the finish line 9.8 seconds ahead of his closest competitor, Kurt Busch, to claim his first win in the series at Kentucky.
Dillon is one of four drivers who scored their first career Nationwide wins at Kentucky. The others are: David Gilliland (2006), Stephen Leicht (2007) and Logano (2008).
The next race is the July 5 Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Kurt Busch won last year's event there.
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