Joey Logano found victory lane for the eighth time this season and the 17th time in his 106-race
NASCAR Nationwide Series career, claiming the Dollar General 300 by a margin of 2.76s over Kevin Harvick.
It's Logano's first win at Charlotte in the series in nine attempts, and came after he led a race-high of 62 laps of the 200-lap race distance on Friday evening. It is also the eighth Nationwide win of 2012 for his team Joe Gibbs Racing, which has 76 series wins in total to its credit.
Earlier on Friday, Eliott Sadler claimed his fourth pole of the season and his 15th pole in 193 Nationwide Series starts. It was his first pole position in the Nationwide Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway. His qualifying time of 29.310s (184.238mph) was 0.037s ahead of leading rookie Austin Dillon.
Harvick had topped the first practice session of the day with a lap of 29.754s (181.488 mph) ahead of Dillon, while Ricky Stenhouse Jr. paced the second session with a lap of 29.496s (183.076 mph) to put him just ahead of Kyle Busch.
Race results1.
#20 Joey Logano Toyota 200 laps 2hrs 10mins 7secs (0pts)2.
#33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 200 laps + 2.760s (0pts)3.
#2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 200 laps + 4.166s (42/1 pts)4.
#54 Kyle Busch Toyota 200 laps + 5.642s (0pts)5.
#18 Denny Hamlin Toyota 200 laps + 5.773s (0pts)6.
#3 Austin Dillon * Chevrolet 200 laps + 10.572s (38/0 pts)7.
#6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 200 laps + 11.830s (38/1 pts)8.
#11 Brian Scott Toyota 200 laps + 17.844s (37/1 pts)9.
#30 James Buescher Chevrolet 200 laps + 23.673s (0pts)10.
#43 Michael Annett Ford 200 laps + 28.237s (34/0 pts)11.
#7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 200 laps + 1 lap (33/0 pts)12.
#198 Reed Sorenson Ford 200 laps + 1 lap (32/0 pts)13.
#88 Cole Whitt * Chevrolet 200 laps + 1 lap (31/0 pts)14.
#136 Ryan Blaney Chevrolet 198 laps + 2 laps (30/0 pts)15.
#38 Brad Sweet * Chevrolet 198 laps + 2 laps (29/0 pts)16.
#44 Jeff Green Toyota 198 laps + 2 laps (28/0 pts)17.
#87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 198 laps + 2 laps (28/1 pts)18.
#22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 198 laps + 2 laps (0pts)19.
#51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 198 laps + 2 laps (25/0 pts)20.
#23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 196 laps + 4 laps (24/0 pts) 21.
#40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet 196 laps + 4 laps (23/0 pts)22.
#86 Kevin Lepage Ford 195 laps In Pit (22/0 pts)5 Laps
23.
#14 Eric McClure Toyota 195 laps + 5 laps (21/0 pts)24.
#01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 195 laps + 5 laps (20/0 pts)25.
#108 Kyle Fowler Ford 195 laps + 5 laps (19/0 pts)26.
#124 David Starr Toyota 195 laps + 5 laps (0pts)27.
#39 Jeffrey Earnhardt Ford 194 laps + 6 laps (17/0 pts)28.
#81 Jason Bowles * Toyota 194 laps + 6 laps (16/0 pts)29.
#15 Stanton Barrett Ford 193 laps + 7 laps (15/0 pts)30.
#70 Tony Raines Chevrolet 193 laps + 7 laps (0pts)31.
#4 Danny Efland Chevrolet 192 laps In Pit (13/0 pts)9 Laps
32.
#199 John Wes Townley Toyota 186 laps + 14 laps (0pts)33.
#41 Timmy Hill Ford 176 laps + 24 laps (0pts)34.
#31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 166 laps + 34 laps (10/0 pts)35.
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 104 laps + 96 laps (9/0 pts)36.
#19 Mike Bliss Toyota 81 laps Accident (8/0 pts)37.
#46 Chase Miller Chevrolet 19 laps Ignition (7/0 pts)38.
#47 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 18 laps Vibration (0pts)39.
#174 David Green Chevrolet 16 laps Rear Gear (5/0 pts)40.
#175 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 14 laps Suspension (0pts)41.
#42 Josh Wise Chevrolet 14 laps Clutch (0pts)42.
#10 Charles Lewandoski Toyota 12 laps Vibration (2/0 pts)43.
#100 Angela Cope Toyota 0 laps Accident (0pts)Qualifying times1.
#2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet
29.310s (Leader) 184.238mph2.
#3 Austin Dillon* Chevrolet
29.347s (-0.037) 184.005mph3.
#20 Joey Logano Toyota
29.378s (-0.068) 183.811mph4.
#6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford
29.390s (-0.080) 183.736mph5.
#33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet
29.506s (-0.196) 183.014mph6.
#54 Kyle Busch Toyota
29.516s (-0.206) 182.952mph7.
#11 Brian Scott Toyota
29.566s (-0.256) 182.642mph8.
#18 Denny Hamlin Toyota
29.727s (-0.417) 181.653mph9.
#22 Brad Keselowski Dodge
29.768s (-0.458) 181.403mph10.
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge
29.984s (-0.674) 180.096mph11.
#7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet
30.024s (-0.714) 179.856mph12.
#199 John Wes Townley Toyota
30.040s (-0.730) 179.760mph13.
#43 Michael Annett Ford
30.119s (-0.809) 179.289mph14.
#19 Mike Bliss Toyota
30.149s (-0.839) 179.110mph15.
#38 Brad Sweet* Chevrolet
30.160s (-0.850) 179.045mph16.
#31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet
30.181s (-0.871) 178.921mph17.
#51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet
30.301s (-0.991) 178.212mph18.
#30 James Buescher Chevrolet
30.356s (-1.046) 177.889mph19.
#88 Cole Whitt* Chevrolet
30.437s (-1.127) 177.416mph20.
#81 Jason Bowles* Toyota
30.503s (-1.193) 177.032mph21.
#108 Kyle Fowler Ford
30.570s (-1.260) 176.644mph22.
#136 Ryan Blaney Chevrolet
30.636s (-1.326) 176.263mph23.
#15 Stanton Barrett Ford
30.638s (-1.328) 176.252mph24.
#86 Kevin Lepage Ford
30.664s (-1.354) 176.102mph25.
#14 Eric McClure Toyota
30.679s (-1.369) 176.016mph26.
#124 David Starr Toyota
30.699s (-1.389) 175.902mph27.
#44 Jeff Green Toyota
30.715s (-1.405) 175.810mph28.
#39 Jeffrey Earnhardt Ford
30.742s (-1.432) 175.656mph29.
#198 Reed Sorenson Ford
30.763s (-1.453) 175.536mph30.
#47 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet
30.787s (-1.477) 175.399mph31.
#42 Josh Wise Chevrolet
30.930s (-1.620) 174.588mph32.
#41 Timmy Hill Ford
30.939s (-1.629) 174.537mph33.
#87 Joe Nemechek Toyota
30.982s (-1.672) 174.295mph34.
#46 Chase Miller Chevrolet
30.985s (-1.675) 174.278mph35.
#100 Angela Cope Toyota
30.996s (-1.686) 174.216mph36.
#10 Charles Lewandoski Toyota
31.023s (-1.713) 174.064mph37.
#175 Scott Riggs Chevrolet
31.039s (-1.729) 173.975mph38.
#40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet
31.175s (-1.865) 173.216mph39.
#4 Danny Efland Chevrolet
31.178s (-1.868) 173.199mph40.
#01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet
31.273s (-1.963) 172.673mph41.
#23 Robert Richardson Jr.+ Chevrolet
31.408s (-2.098) 171.931mph42.
#70 Tony Raines Chevrolet
31.542s (-2.232) 171.200mph43.
#174 David Green++ Chevrolet
33.950s (-4.640) 159.057mphDid Not Qualify44.
#50 T.J. Bell Chevrolet
31.231s (-1.921) 172.905mph45.
#52 Joey Gase* Chevrolet
31.304s (-1.994) 172.502mph46.
#171 Matthew Carter Chevrolet
31.439s (-2.129) 171.761mph47.
#89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet
Practice 2 times1.
#6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford
29.496s (Leader) 183.076 mph2.
#54 Kyle Busch Toyota
29.674s (-0.178) 181.977 mph3.
#2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet
29.709s (-0.213) 181.763 mph4.
#33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet
29.732s (-0.236) 181.622 mph5.
#20 Joey Logano Toyota
29.773s (-0.277) 181.372 mph6.
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge
29.775s (-0.279) 181.360 mph7.
#22 Brad Keselowski Dodge
29.833s (-0.337) 181.008 mph8.
#18 Denny Hamlin Toyota
29.839s (-0.343) 180.971 mph9.
#7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet
29.858s (-0.362) 180.856 mph10.
#3 Austin Dillon* Chevrolet
29.936s (-0.440) 180.385 mph11.
#38 Brad Sweet* Chevrolet
29.974s (-0.478) 180.156 mph12.
#11 Brian Scott Toyota
30.011s (-0.515) 179.934 mph13.
#88 Cole Whitt* Chevrolet
30.133s (-0.637) 179.206 mph14.
#19 Mike Bliss Toyota
30.138s (-0.642) 179.176 mph15.
#43 Michael Annett Ford
30.167s (-0.671) 179.003 mph16.
#51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet
30.176s (-0.680) 178.950 mph17.
#198 Reed Sorenson Ford
30.205s (-0.709) 178.778 mph18.
#31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet
30.214s (-0.718) 178.725 mph19.
#108 Kyle Fowler Ford
30.316s (-0.820) 178.124 mph20.
#14 Eric McClure Toyota
30.319s (-0.823) 178.106 mph21.
#199 John Wes Townley Toyota
30.352s (-0.856) 177.913 mph22.
#44 Jeff Green Toyota
30.372s (-0.876) 177.795 mph23.
#136 Ryan Blaney Chevrolet
30.383s (-0.887) 177.731 mph24.
#87 Joe Nemechek Toyota
30.422s (-0.926) 177.503 mph25.
#30 James Buescher Chevrolet
30.434s (-0.938) 177.433 mph26.
#81 Jason Bowles* Toyota
30.440s (-0.944) 177.398 mph27.
#86 Kevin Lepage Ford
30.552s (-1.056) 176.748 mph28.
#124 David Starr Toyota
30.568s (-1.072) 176.655 mph29.
#01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet
30.688s (-1.192) 175.964 mph30.
#41 Timmy Hill Ford
30.714s (-1.218) 175.816 mph31.
#52 Joey Gase* Chevrolet
30.753s (-1.257) 175.593 mph32.
#50 T.J. Bell Chevrolet
30.793s (-1.297) 175.365 mph33.
#175 Scott Riggs Chevrolet
30.808s (-1.312) 175.279 mph34.
#39 Jeffrey Earnhardt Ford
30.887s (-1.391) 174.831 mph35.
#46 Chase Miller Chevrolet
30.910s (-1.414) 174.701 mph36.
#40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet
30.928s (-1.432) 174.599 mph37.
#23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet
30.968s (-1.472) 174.374 mph38.
#47 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet
31.010s (-1.514) 174.137 mph39.
#4 Danny Efland Chevrolet
31.064s (-1.568) 173.835 mph40.
#171 Matthew Carter Chevrolet
31.135s (-1.639) 173.438 mph41.
#15 Stanton Barrett Ford
31.139s (-1.643) 173.416 mph42.
#100 Angela Cope Toyota
31.359s (-1.863) 172.199 mph43.
#10 Charles Lewandoski Toyota
31.784s (-2.288) 169.897 mph44.
#89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet
31.921s (-2.425) 169.168 mph45.
#70 Tony Raines Chevrolet
33.908s (-4.412) 159.255 mph46.
#174 David Green Chevrolet
35.090s (-5.594) 153.890 mph47.
#42 Josh Wise Chevrolet
Practice 1 times1.
#33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet
29.754s (Leader) 181.488 mph2.
#3 Austin Dillon* Chevrolet
29.823s (-0.069) 181.068 mph3.
#6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford
29.970s (-0.216) 180.180 mph4.
#18 Denny Hamlin Toyota
29.972s (-0.218) 180.168 mph5.
#54 Kyle Busch Toyota
29.983s (-0.229) 180.102 mph6.
#88 Cole Whitt* Chevrolet
30.023s (-0.269) 179.862 mph7.
#2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet
30.087s (-0.333) 179.480 mph8.
#20 Joey Logano Toyota
30.107s (-0.353) 179.360 mph9.
#11 Brian Scott Toyota
30.118s (-0.364) 179.295 mph10.
#22 Brad Keselowski Dodge
30.121s (-0.367) 179.277 mph11.
#31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet
30.124s (-0.370) 179.259 mph12.
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge
30.183s (-0.429) 178.909 mph13.
#38 Brad Sweet* Chevrolet
30.204s (-0.450) 178.784 mph14.
#7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet
30.252s (-0.498) 178.501 mph15.
#199 John Wes Townley Toyota
30.262s (-0.508) 178.442 mph16.
#19 Mike Bliss Toyota
30.422s (-0.668) 177.503 mph17.
#30 James Buescher Chevrolet
30.468s (-0.714) 177.235 mph18.
#198 Reed Sorenson Ford
30.473s (-0.719) 177.206 mph19.
#44 Jeff Green Toyota
30.486s (-0.732) 177.130 mph20.
#51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet
30.560s (-0.806) 176.702 mph21.
#87 Joe Nemechek Toyota
30.687s (-0.933) 175.970 mph22.
#01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet
30.700s (-0.946) 175.896 mph23.
#136 Ryan Blaney Chevrolet
30.725s (-0.971) 175.753 mph24.
#124 David Starr Toyota
30.806s (-1.052) 175.290 mph25.
#43 Michael Annett Ford
30.819s (-1.065) 175.217 mph26.
#14 Eric McClure Toyota
30.883s (-1.129) 174.854 mph27.
#50 T.J. Bell Chevrolet
30.885s (-1.131) 174.842 mph28.
#81 Jason Bowles* Toyota
30.894s (-1.140) 174.791 mph29.
#108 Kyle Fowler Ford
30.894s (-1.140) 174.791 mph30.
#42 Josh Wise Chevrolet
30.933s (-1.179) 174.571 mph31.
#39 Jeffrey Earnhardt Ford
31.049s (-1.295) 173.919 mph32.
#86 Kevin Lepage Ford
31.073s (-1.319) 173.784 mph33.
#4 Danny Efland Chevrolet
31.078s (-1.324) 173.756 mph34.
#23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet
31.123s (-1.369) 173.505 mph35.
#40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet
31.170s (-1.416) 173.243 mph36.
#41 Timmy Hill Ford
31.171s (-1.417) 173.238 mph37.
#15 Stanton Barrett Ford
31.181s (-1.427) 173.182 mph38.
#52 Joey Gase* Chevrolet
31.578s (-1.824) 171.005 mph39.
#175 Scott Riggs Chevrolet
31.583s (-1.829) 170.978 mph40.
#100 Angela Cope Toyota
31.892s (-2.138) 169.322 mph41.
#46 Chase Miller Chevrolet
33.412s (-3.658) 161.619 mph42.
#174 David Green Chevrolet
43.
#70 Tony Raines Chevrolet
44.
#47 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet
45.
#89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet
46.
#10 Charles Lewandoski Toyota
Nationwide Series championship standings1. (--)
Elliott Sadler 1096pts2. (--)
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1083pts (-13pts)3. (--)
Austin Dillon* 1067pts (-29pts)4. (--)
Sam Hornish Jr. 1003pts (-93pts)5. (+1)
Michael Annett 950pts (-146pts)6. (-1)
Justin Allgaier 936pts (-160pts)7. (--)
Cole Whitt* 874pts (-222pts)8. (--)
Mike Bliss 789pts (-307pts)9. (--)
Brian Scott 740pts (-356pts)10. (+1)
Danica Patrick 708pts (-388pts)11. (-1)
Joe Nemechek 706pts (-390pts)12. (--)
Mike Wallace 662pts (-434pts)13. (--)
Jason Bowles* 638pts (-458pts)14. (+1)
Jeremy Clements 631pts (-465pts)15. (-1)
Tayler Malsam 609pts (-487pts)16. (--)
Erik Darnell 496pts (-600pts)17. (--)
Eric McClure 465pts (-631pts)18. (--)
Timmy Hill 413pts (-683pts)19. (--)
Johanna Long* 397pts (-699pts)20. (--)
Brad Sweet* 390pts (-706pts)21. (--)
Ryan Truex 292pts (-804pts)22. (+3)
Danny Efland 268pts (-828pts)23. (-1)
T.J. Bell 257pts (-839pts)24. (-1)
Josh Richards 256pts (-840pts)25. (-1)
Jamie Dick 256pts (-840pts)26. (--)
Kenny Wallace 226pts (-870pts)27. (+5)
Jeff Green 222pts (-874pts)28. (-1)
Morgan Shepherd 218pts (-878pts)29. (+4)
Robert Richardson Jr. 215pts (-881pts)30. (-2)
Trevor Bayne 208pts (-888pts)31. (-2)
Blake Koch 206pts (-890pts)32. (-2)
Travis Pastrana 204pts (-892pts)33. (-2)
Benny Gordon* 198pts (-898pts)34. (--)
Joey Gase* 186pts (-910pts)35. (--)
Kevin Lepage 165pts (-931pts)36. (--)
Darrell Wallace Jr. 139pts (-957pts)37. (--)
Casey Roderick* 136pts (-960pts)38. (+2)
Kyle Fowler 126pts (-970pts)39. (+5)
Reed Sorenson 124pts (-972pts)40. (-2)
Ron Fellows 120pts (-976pts)41. (-2)
Tim Schendel 113pts (-983pts)42. (-1)
Daryl Harr 107pts (-989pts)43. (--)
Chase Miller 101pts (-995pts)44. (-2)
Mike Harmon 95pts (-1001pts)45. (--)
Tim Andrews 91pts (-1005pts)46. (+1)
Jeffrey Earnhardt 91pts (-1005pts)47. (-1)
Jacques Villeneuve 82pts (-1014pts)48. (--)
Alex Bowman 71pts (-1025pts)49. (--)
Brad Teague 65pts (-1031pts)50. (--)
Tanner Berryhill 64pts (-1032pts)51. (--)
Steve Arpin 62pts (-1034pts)52. (--)
Kenny Habul 62pts (-1034pts)53. (--)
Matt Frahm 61pts (-1035pts)54. (--)
Dexter Stacey 58pts (-1038pts)55. (--)
Alex Kennedy 56pts (-1040pts)56. (--)
Victor Gonzalez Jr. 55pts (-1041pts)57. (--)
Kyle Kelley 55pts (-1041pts)58. (--)
Matthew Carter 54pts (-1042pts)59. (--)
Max Papis 41pts (-1055pts)60. (--)
Drew Herring 41pts (-1055pts)61. (--)
Carl Long 38pts (-1058pts)62. (--)
Billy Johnson 36pts (-1060pts)63. (--)
Derek White 36pts (-1060pts)64. (--)
Brett Moffitt 35pts (-1061pts)65. (--)
Steve Wallace 33pts (-1063pts)66. (+45)
Ryan Blaney 30pts (-1066pts)67. (-1)
Derrike Cope 29pts (-1067pts)68. (-1)
John Young 29pts (-1067pts)69. (+2)
David Green 27pts (-1069pts)70. (-2)
Angela Cope 24pts (-1072pts)71. (-2)
Alex Tagliani 23pts (-1073pts)72. (-2)
Fain Skinner 23pts (-1073pts)73. (-1)
John Blankenship 21pts (-1075pts)74. (-1)
Matt DiBenedetto 21pts (-1075pts)75. (-1)
Tim Connolly 19pts (-1077pts)76. (+5)
Charles Lewandoski 19pts (-1077pts)77. (--)
Scott Lagasse Jr. 18pts (-1078pts)78. (-3)
Amber Cope 18pts (-1078pts)79. (-3)
Juan Carlos Blum 18pts (-1078pts)80. (-2)
Matthew Bell 18pts (-1078pts)81. (-2)
Bill Prietzel 17pts (-1079pts)82. (-2)
Eric Curran 17pts (-1079pts)83. (-1)
Tim Bainey Jr. 16pts (-1080pts)84. (-1)
Scott Saunders 16pts (-1080pts)85. (--)
Patrick Carpentier 15pts (-1081pts)86. (-2)
Jamie Mosley 15pts (-1081pts)87. (--)
Stanton Barrett 15pts (-1081pts)88. (-2)
Andrew Ranger 12pts (-1084pts)89. (-2)
Bobby Santos III 11pts (-1085pts)90. (-2)
John Jackson 10pts (-1086pts)91. (-2)
Michael Guerity 9pts (-1087pts)92. (-1)
Alex Popow 6pts (-1090pts)93. (-3)
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 6pts (-1090pts)94. (-2)
Chris Cook 5pts (-1091pts)95. (-2)
Ryan Ellis 5pts (-1091pts)* Denotes Rookie+ Denotes set by car owner points++ Denotes champion's provisionalOnly drivers registered for points in this series are shown in the standings.