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Date: Saturday, July 13
Start Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Site: New Hampshire Motor Speedway -- Loudon, N.H.
Track: 1.058-mile oval
Laps: 200
Miles: 211.6
Capacity: 93,521 (Grandstand Seating)
Total purse:
Payouts:
Year: 24th
On TV: ABC
Announcers:
On Radio: Performance Racing Network (PRN)/SIRIUS XM Satellite
Race record: Kyle Busch, 2009 (111.925 mph)
Qualifying record: Brad Keselowski, 2012 (131.035 mph)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: Brad Keselowski (Not Defending)
Runner up: Kevin Harvick
Pole winner: Brad Keselowski (131.035 mph)
Top 10:
1. Brad Keselowski (Start: 1)
2. Kevin Harvick (4)
3. Austin Dillon (12)
4. Sam Hornish Jr (6)
5. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (5)
6. Kasey Kahne (2)
7. Elliott Sadler (7)
8. Justin Allgaier (13)
9. Jamie McMurray (9)
10. Ryan Truex (11)
Average speed: 106.899 mph
Time of race: 1 hr., 58 mins., 46 secs.
Margin of victory: 0.717 secs.
Caution flags: 4 for 23 laps
Lead changes: 7 among 5 drivers
Past winners
2012 Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 106.899 mph
2011 Kyle Busch, Toyota, 92.221 mph
2010 Kyle Busch, Toyota, 110.673 mph
2009 Kyle Busch, Toyota, 111.925 mph
2008 Tony Stewart, Toyota, 109.025 mph
2007 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 100.669 mph
2006 Carl Edwards, Ford, 105.624 mph
2005 Martin Truex Jr, Chevrolet, 92.093 mph
2004 Matt Kenseth, Ford, 93.709 mph
2003 David Green, Pontiac, 108.005 mph
2002 Bobby Hamilton Jr, Ford, 110.388 mph
2001 Jason Keller, Chevrolet, 108.714 mph
2000 Tim Fedewa, Chevrolet, 89.366 mph
1999 Elton Sawyer, Ford, 103.234 mph
1998 Buckshot Jones, Pontiac, 100.829 mph
1997 Mike McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 76.752 mph
1996 Randy LaJoie, Chevrolet, 96.953 mph
1995 Chad Little, Ford, 104.972 mph
1994 Derrike Cope, Ford, 88.527 mph
1993 Robert Pressley, Chevrolet, 89.560 mph
1992 Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 94.897 mph
1991 Ricky Craven, Chevrolet, 90.832 mph
1990 Rick Mast, Buick, 94.405 mph
Last race
Race: Subway Jalapeno 250 (July 5)
Site: Daytona International Speedway -- Daytona Beach, Fla.
Miles: 252.5
Laps: 101
Finish line order: Matt Kenseth, James Buescher, Elliott Sadler, Kurt Busch, Austin Dillon
Time of Race: 1 hr., 43 mins., 56 secs.
Average speed: 145.767 mph
Margin of victory: 0.189 secs.
Caution flags: 4 for 16 laps
Lead changes:
Lap leaders: A. Dillon - pole; T. Pastrana 1; B. Scott 2; A. Dillon 3; Kurt A. Dillon - pole; T. Pastrana 1; B. Scott 2; A. Dillon 3; Kurt Busch 4; A. Dillon 5-8; S. Hornish Jr. 9-22; M. Kenseth 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 65; Kurt Busch 66; S. Hornish Jr. 67-74; T. Bayne 75; J. Logano 76-77; B. Vickers 78; J. Logano 79; K. Larson 80-81; M. Kenseth 82; S. Hornish Jr. 83; M. Kenseth 84-89; S. Hornish Jr. 90-93; M. Kenseth 94-101.
Entry list
#00 Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) Toyota/Compassion International
#01 Mike Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Chevrolet/TBA
#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
#7 Regan Smith (Cato, NY) Chevrolet/taxslayer.com
#8 Ryan Preece (Berlin, CT) Chevrolet/Hybrid Light
#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 Carl Long (Roxboro, NC) Ford/Rick Ware Racing
#16 Billy Johnson (Torrance, CA) Ford/NESN B-Strong
#18 Matt Kenseth (Cambridge, WI) Toyota/Dollar General
#19 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#20 Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) Toyota/Dollar General
#22 Joey Logano (Middletown, CT) Ford/Hertz
#23 Stanton Barrett (Bishop, CA) Chevrolet/Rick Ware Racing
#24 Brett 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/McDonald's
#33 Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI) Chevrolet/Rheem/Menards
#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/Pilot Travel Centers
#44 Chad Hackenbracht (New Phila., OH) Toyota/Tastee Apple Inc.
#46 J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#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
#55 Jamie Dick (Albuquerque, NM) Chevrolet/Viva Auto Group
#60 Travis Pastrana (Annapolis, MD) Ford/Roush Fenway Racing
#70 Tony Raines (LaPorte, IN) Toyota/TBA
#74 To Be Announced Chevrolet/TBA
#77 Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) Toyota/North American Power
#79 Jeffrey Earnhardt (Mooresville, NC) Ford/Oath Keepers
#87 Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL) Toyota/TBA
#89 Morgan Shepherd (Ferguson, NC) Chevrolet/Malamphy Electric
#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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Dillon | 25 | 3 | |||||||
| Sam Hornish Jr | 4 | ||||||||
| Kasey Kahne | 4 | 12 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| Elliott Sadler | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 7 | ||||
| Justin Allgaier | 13 | 6 | 10 | 8 | |||||
| Kyle Busch | 25 | 16 | 3 | Won | Won | Won | 28 | ||
| Matt Kenseth | Won | 9 | 3 | ||||||
| Joey Logano | 2 | 4 | 29 | ||||||
| Paul Menard | 18 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 9 | ||||
| Regan Smith | 15 | 35 | |||||||
| Brian Vickers | 12 | ||||||||
| Trevor Bayne | 5 | 13 |
Notes
There have been 26 Nationwide races held at New Hampshire, including two events per season from 1990-92 and one each year since then. Tommy Ellis won the inaugural race there, the Budweiser 300, on July 15, 1990.
There have been 24 different winners in 26 Nationwide races at New Hampshire. Kyle Busch is the only driver with multiple victories in the series there. Busch won three races in a row at this track from 2009-11.
The race winner at New Hampshire has started from the pole four times, which is more than any other starting position there. Brad Keselowski most recently did it one year ago. Keselowski is not entered in this year's race.
The furthest back a driver has started and won a Nationwide race at New Hampshire is 26th, accomplished by Buckshot Jones in 1998.
Since NASCAR began using electronic timing and scoring in 1993, the closest margin of victory in a Nationwide race at New Hampshire occurred on May 10, 1997 when Mike McLaughlin beat Steve Park to the finish line by just 0.106 seconds.
Landon Cassill is the only driver on the entry list for this year's race that scored his first career pole in Nationwide at New Hampshire. Cassill started on the pole for the 2008 event there.
Derrike Cope (1994) and Bobby Hamilton Jr. (2002) won their first races in Nationwide at New Hampshire. Cope and Hamilton are not competing in this year's event.
The next race is the July 21 STP 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Elliott Sadler is the defending race winner.
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