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NASCAR Nationwide Series race number 29 of 33
Friday, October 12, 2012 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:10:07
Average speed: 138.337 mph
Pole speed: 184.237 mph
Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
Margin of victory: 2.760 sec
Attendance: 40000
Lead changes: 21
Green flag passes: 1,641 (9.4 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary    2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series results   /   2012 standings

Qualifying results for this race:
RankDriverNbrCarTimeSpeed 
1   Elliott Sadler2Chevrolet29.310   184.237  
2   Austin Dillon3Chevrolet29.347   184.005  
3   Joey Logano20Toyota29.378   183.811   *
4   Ricky Stenhouse Jr6Ford29.390   183.736  
5   Kevin Harvick33Chevrolet29.506   183.014  
6   Kyle Busch54Toyota29.516   182.952  
7   Brian Scott11Toyota29.566   182.642  
8   Denny Hamlin18Toyota29.727   181.653  
9   Brad Keselowski22Dodge29.768   181.403  
10   Sam Hornish, Jr.12Dodge29.984   180.096  
11   Danica Patrick7Chevrolet30.024   179.856  
12   John Wes Townley99Toyota30.040   179.760  
13   Michael Annett43Ford30.119   179.289  
14   Mike Bliss19Toyota30.149   179.110  
15   Brad Sweet38Chevrolet30.160   179.045  
16   Justin Allgaier31Chevrolet30.181   178.921  
17   Jeremy Clements51Chevrolet30.301   178.212  
18   James Buescher30Chevrolet30.356   177.889  
19   Cole Whitt88Chevrolet30.437   177.416  
20   Jason Bowles81Toyota30.503   177.032  
21   Kyle Fowler08Ford30.570   176.644   *
22   Ryan Blaney36Chevrolet30.636   176.263   *
23   Stanton Barrett15Ford30.638   176.252   *
24   Kevin Lepage86Ford30.664   176.102   *
25   Eric McClure14Toyota30.679   176.016  
26   David Starr24Toyota30.699   175.901  
27   Jeff Green44Toyota30.715   175.810  
28   Jeffrey Earnhardt39Ford30.742   175.655  
29   Reed Sorenson98Ford30.763   175.536   *
30   J.J. Yeley47Chevrolet30.787   175.399   *
31   Josh Wise42Chevrolet30.930   174.588   *
32   Timmy Hill41Ford30.939   174.537  
33   Joe Nemechek87Toyota30.982   174.295  
34   Chase Miller46Chevrolet30.985   174.278   *
35   Angela Ruch00Toyota30.996   174.216   *
36   Charles Lewandoski10Toyota31.023   174.064   *
37   Scott Riggs75Chevrolet31.039   173.975   *
38   Erik Darnell40Chevrolet31.175   173.216  
39   Danny Efland4Chevrolet31.178   173.199  
40   T.J. Bell50Chevrolet31.231   172.905   *
41   Mike Wallace01Chevrolet31.273   172.673  
42   Joey Gase52Chevrolet31.304   172.502   *
43   Robert Richardson, Jr.23Chevrolet31.408   171.931   OP
44   Matt Carter71Chevrolet31.439   171.761   *
45   Tony Raines70Chevrolet31.542   171.200   OP
46   David Green74Chevrolet33.950   159.057   PC
47   Morgan Shepherd89Chevrolet     *

OP: qualified via owners points
PC: qualified as past champion
PR: provisional
QR: via qualifying race
* - had to qualify on time

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   T.J. Bell (#50), Joey Gase (#52), Matt Carter (#71), Morgan Shepherd (#89)