Kevin Harvick graciously allowed Kyle Busch to lead the first 65 laps of the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge under the night time floodlights of Texas Motor Speedway, but once he moved in front he was there to stay.

After 127 of 200 laps in the lead, Harvick duly picked up his 39th career win in his 290th Nationwide Series race. It is Kevin Harvick's second win of 2012 in his 13th race after previously emerging triumphant at Richmond, and he has now finished either first or second in his last three Nationwide starts. This was Harvick's fifth Texas win in 14 races on the 1.5-mile quad-oval, tying Kyle Busch for the most victories at Texas in the series.

Busch had claimed pole position earlier on Saturday with a lap of 25.5s (183.051 mph) just three hundredths of a second faster than Elliott Sadler. It's Busch's 25th pole in 242 NASCAR Nationwide Series putting him fourth on
the all-time series records, and is his second pole in 2012. Kevin Harvick and Austin Dillon lined up on the second row for the green flag.

Cole Whitt led the times in the first practice session on Friday with a time of 30.018s (179.892 mph) just five thousandths of a second faster than Ricky Stenhouse Jr., while Kyle Busch was top of the second session with a time of 29.502s (183.038 mph) ahead of Austin Dillon.

Race results

1. #33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 200 laps 2hrs 6mins 50secs (0pts)
2. #22 Ryan Blaney Dodge 200 laps + 1.628 (0pts)
3. #54 Kyle Busch Toyota 200 laps + 3.103 (0pts)
4. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 200 laps + 5.079 (40/0 pts)
5. #18 Denny Hamlin Toyota 200 laps + 5.391 (0pts)
6. #3 Austin Dillon * Chevrolet 200 laps + 6.806 (39/1 pts)
7. #12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 200 laps + 7.071 (37/0 pts)
8. #31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 200 laps + 7.143 (36/0 pts)
9. #198 Kevin Swindell Ford 200 laps + 8.741 (35/0 pts)
10. #20 Joey Logano Toyota 200 laps + 11.443 (0pts)
11. #2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 200 laps + 11.847 (34/1 pts)
12. #88 Cole Whitt * Chevrolet 200 laps + 12.049 (32/0 pts)
13. #38 Brad Sweet * Chevrolet 200 laps + 12.481 (31/0 pts)
14. #7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 200 laps + 13.410 (30/0 pts)
15. #199 Kenny Wallace Toyota 200 laps + 13.587 (29/0 pts)
16. #51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 200 laps + 14.226 (28/0 pts)
17. #43 Michael Annett Ford 200 laps + 15.246 (27/0 pts)
18. #10 Mike Bliss Toyota 200 laps + 20.669 (26/0 pts)
19. #30 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 200 laps + 1 lap (0pts)
20. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 200 laps + 1 lap (24/0 pts)
21. #14 Eric McClure Toyota 200 laps + 1 lap (23/0 pts)
22. #11 Brian Scott Toyota 198 laps + 2 laps (22/0 pts)
23. #124 David Starr Toyota 198 laps + 2 laps (0pts)
24. #01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 198 laps + 2 laps (20/0 pts)
25. #40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet 198 laps + 2 laps (19/0 pts)
26. #44 John Blankenship Chevrolet 197 laps + 3 laps (18/0 pts)
27. #23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 197 laps + 3 laps (17/0 pts)
28. #4 Danny Efland Chevrolet 194 laps + 6 laps (16/0 pts)
29. #41 Juan Carlos Blum Chevrolet 194 laps + 6 laps (15/0 pts)
30. #19 Hal Martin Toyota 192 laps + 8 laps (14/0 pts)
31. #52 Joey Gase * Chevrolet 191 laps + 9 laps (13/0 pts)
32. #108 Scott Saunders Ford 191 laps + 9 laps (12/0 pts)
33. #81 Jason Bowles * Toyota 175 laps + 25 laps (11/0 pts)
34. #03 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 154 laps Rear Gear (0pts)46 Laps
35. #39 Tim Andrews Ford 105 laps Electrical (9/0 pts)
36. #70 Johanna Long * Chevrolet 56 laps Transmission (8/0 pts)
37. #191 Jeff Green Toyota 30 laps Vibration (7/0 pts)
38. #100 Blake Koch Toyota 23 laps Rear Gear (6/0 pts)
39. #175 Timmy Hill Ford 22 laps Vibration (5/0 pts)
40. #86 Kevin Lepage Ford 20 laps Transmission (4/0 pts)
41. #47 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 7 laps Brakes (0pts)
42. #42 Josh Wise Chevrolet 6 laps Electrical (0pts)
43. #50 T.J. Bell Chevrolet 1 laps Engine (1/0 pts)

Qualifying times

1. #54 Kyle Busch Toyota 29.500s (Leader) 183.051mph
2. #2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 29.531s (-0.031) 182.859mph
3. #33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 29.760s (-0.260) 181.452mph
4. #3 Austin Dillon* Chevrolet 29.786s (-0.286) 181.293mph
5. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 29.792s (-0.292) 181.257mph
6. #88 Cole Whitt* Chevrolet 29.941s (-0.441) 180.355mph
7. #20 Joey Logano Toyota 29.985s (-0.485) 180.090mph
8. #7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 29.986s (-0.486) 180.084mph
9. #18 Denny Hamlin Toyota 30.000s (-0.500) 180.000mph
10. #199 Kenny Wallace Toyota 30.025s (-0.525) 179.850mph
11. #11 Brian Scott Toyota 30.158s (-0.658) 179.057mph
12. #30 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 30.220s (-0.720) 178.690mph
13. #51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 30.241s (-0.741) 178.566mph
14. #12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 30.252s (-0.752) 178.501mph
15. #38 Brad Sweet* Chevrolet 30.261s (-0.761) 178.447mph
16. #10 Mike Bliss Toyota 30.261s (-0.761) 178.447mph
17. #31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 30.320s (-0.820) 178.100mph
18. #43 Michael Annett Ford 30.401s (-0.901) 177.626mph
19. #22 Ryan Blaney Dodge 30.521s (-1.021) 176.927mph
20. #198 Kevin Swindell Ford 30.611s (-1.111) 176.407mph
21. #70 Johanna Long* Chevrolet 30.614s (-1.114) 176.390mph
22. #14 Eric McClure Toyota 30.642s (-1.142) 176.229mph
23. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 30.707s (-1.207) 175.856mph
24. #124 David Starr Toyota 30.718s (-1.218) 175.793mph
25. #100 Blake Koch Toyota 30.741s (-1.241) 175.661mph
26. #44 John Blankenship Chevrolet 30.779s (-1.279) 175.444mph
27. #01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 30.849s (-1.349) 175.046mph
28. #42 Josh Wise Chevrolet 30.871s (-1.371) 174.921mph
29. #47 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 30.892s (-1.392) 174.803mph
30. #81 Jason Bowles* Toyota 30.934s (-1.434) 174.565mph
31. #191 Jeff Green Toyota 30.954s (-1.454) 174.452mph
32. #03 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 30.964s (-1.464) 174.396mph
33. #52 Joey Gase* Chevrolet 31.035s (-1.535) 173.997mph
34. #19 Hal Martin Toyota 31.183s (-1.683) 173.171mph
35. #175 Kelly Bires Ford 31.228s (-1.728) 172.922mph
36. #108 Scott Saunders Ford 31.232s (-1.732) 172.900mph
37. #86 Kevin Lepage Ford 31.247s (-1.747) 172.817mph
38. #39 Tim Andrews Ford 31.322s (-1.822) 172.403mph
39. #40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet 31.350s (-1.850) 172.249mph
40. #23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 31.365s (-1.865) 172.166mph
41. #41 Juan Carlos Blum+ Chevrolet 31.575s (-2.075) 171.021mph
42. #4 Danny Efland+ Chevrolet 31.587s (-2.087) 170.956mph
43. #50 T.J. Bell Chevrolet 31.257s (-1.757) 172.761mph

Did Not Qualify

44. #46 Chase Miller Chevrolet 31.289s (-1.789) 172.585mph
45. #15 Timmy Hill Ford 31.389s (-1.889) 172.035mph
46. #113 Jennifer Jo Cobb Chevrolet 31.536s (-2.036) 171.233mph
47. #89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 31.538s (-2.038) 171.222mph

Practice 2 times

1. #54 Kyle Busch Toyota 29.502s (Leader) 183.038 mph
2. #3 Austin Dillon* Chevrolet 29.776s (-0.274) 181.354 mph
3. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 29.941s (-0.439) 180.355 mph
4. #7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 30.019s (-0.517) 179.886 mph
5. #12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 30.145s (-0.643) 179.134 mph
6. #2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 30.252s (-0.750) 178.501 mph
7. #38 Brad Sweet* Chevrolet 30.271s (-0.769) 178.389 mph
8. #33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 30.276s (-0.774) 178.359 mph
9. #22 Ryan Blaney Dodge 30.339s (-0.837) 177.989 mph
10. #198 Kevin Swindell Ford 30.345s (-0.843) 177.954 mph
11. #30 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 30.362s (-0.860) 177.854 mph
12. #199 Kenny Wallace Toyota 30.417s (-0.915) 177.532 mph
13. #18 Denny Hamlin Toyota 30.447s (-0.945) 177.357 mph
14. #43 Michael Annett Ford 30.471s (-0.969) 177.218 mph
15. #20 Joey Logano Toyota 30.549s (-1.047) 176.765 mph
16. #88 Cole Whitt* Chevrolet 30.557s (-1.055) 176.719 mph
17. #11 Brian Scott Toyota 30.611s (-1.109) 176.407 mph
18. #14 Eric McClure Toyota 30.649s (-1.147) 176.189 mph
19. #31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 30.654s (-1.152) 176.160 mph
20. #124 David Starr Toyota 30.669s (-1.167) 176.074 mph
21. #19 Hal Martin Toyota 30.690s (-1.188) 175.953 mph
22. #42 Josh Wise Chevrolet 30.708s (-1.206) 175.850 mph
23. #44 John Blankenship Chevrolet 30.775s (-1.273) 175.467 mph
24. #70 Johanna Long* Chevrolet 30.775s (-1.273) 175.467 mph
25. #81 Jason Bowles* Toyota 30.873s (-1.371) 174.910 mph
26. #191 Jeff Green Toyota 30.873s (-1.371) 174.910 mph
27. #03 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 30.909s (-1.407) 174.706 mph
28. #10 Mike Bliss Toyota 30.923s (-1.421) 174.627 mph
29. #100 Blake Koch Toyota 30.937s (-1.435) 174.548 mph
30. #51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 31.033s (-1.531) 174.008 mph
31. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 31.072s (-1.570) 173.790 mph
32. #01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 31.102s (-1.600) 173.622 mph
33. #108 Scott Saunders Ford 31.104s (-1.602) 173.611 mph
34. #46 Chase Miller Chevrolet 31.145s (-1.643) 173.383 mph
35. #47 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 31.173s (-1.671) 173.227 mph
36. #175 Carl Long Ford 31.225s (-1.723) 172.938 mph
37. #40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet 31.230s (-1.728) 172.911 mph
38. #39 Tim Andrews Ford 31.359s (-1.857) 172.199 mph
39. #86 Kevin Lepage Ford 31.418s (-1.916) 171.876 mph
40. #52 Joey Gase* Chevrolet 31.443s (-1.941) 171.739 mph
41. #23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 31.637s (-2.135) 170.686 mph
42. #50 T.J. Bell Chevrolet 31.704s (-2.202) 170.326 mph
43. #41 Juan Carlos Blum Chevrolet 31.874s (-2.372) 169.417 mph
44. #4 Danny Efland Chevrolet 31.952s (-2.450) 169.003 mph
45. #89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 31.955s (-2.453) 168.988 mph
46. #113 Jennifer Jo Cobb Chevrolet 32.465s (-2.963) 166.333 mph
47. #15 Timmy Hill Ford

Practice 1 times

1. #88 Cole Whitt* Chevrolet 30.018s (Leader) 179.892 mph
2. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 30.023s (-0.005) 179.862 mph
3. #33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 30.102s (-0.084) 179.390 mph
4. #2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 30.165s (-0.147) 179.015 mph
5. #12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 30.238s (-0.220) 178.583 mph
6. #18 Denny Hamlin Toyota 30.344s (-0.326) 177.959 mph
7. #20 Joey Logano Toyota 30.345s (-0.327) 177.954 mph
8. #3 Austin Dillon* Chevrolet 30.347s (-0.329) 177.942 mph
9. #54 Kyle Busch Toyota 30.400s (-0.382) 177.632 mph
10. #43 Michael Annett Ford 30.421s (-0.403) 177.509 mph
11. #31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 30.439s (-0.421) 177.404 mph
12. #7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 30.509s (-0.491) 176.997 mph
13. #11 Brian Scott Toyota 30.518s (-0.500) 176.945 mph
14. #51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 30.547s (-0.529) 176.777 mph
15. #22 Ryan Blaney Dodge 30.596s (-0.578) 176.494 mph
16. #10 Mike Bliss Toyota 30.631s (-0.613) 176.292 mph
17. #38 Brad Sweet* Chevrolet 30.637s (-0.619) 176.258 mph
18. #30 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 30.693s (-0.675) 175.936 mph
19. #199 Kenny Wallace Toyota 30.706s (-0.688) 175.861 mph
20. #198 Kevin Swindell Ford 30.869s (-0.851) 174.933 mph
21. #47 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 30.880s (-0.862) 174.870 mph
22. #70 Johanna Long* Chevrolet 30.905s (-0.887) 174.729 mph
23. #03 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 30.919s (-0.901) 174.650 mph
24. #19 Hal Martin Toyota 30.922s (-0.904) 174.633 mph
25. #191 Jeff Green Toyota 31.004s (-0.986) 174.171 mph
26. #15 Timmy Hill Ford 31.079s (-1.061) 173.751 mph
27. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 31.085s (-1.067) 173.717 mph
28. #14 Eric McClure Toyota 31.101s (-1.083) 173.628 mph
29. #86 Kevin Lepage Ford 31.171s (-1.153) 173.238 mph
30. #50 T.J. Bell Chevrolet 31.241s (-1.223) 172.850 mph
31. #81 Jason Bowles* Toyota 31.283s (-1.265) 172.618 mph
32. #39 Tim Andrews Ford 31.324s (-1.306) 172.392 mph
33. #100 Blake Koch Toyota 31.382s (-1.364) 172.073 mph
34. #01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 31.388s (-1.370) 172.040 mph
35. #124 David Starr Toyota 31.403s (-1.385) 171.958 mph
36. #23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 31.602s (-1.584) 170.875 mph
37. #40 Erik Darnell Chevrolet 31.622s (-1.604) 170.767 mph
38. #46 Chase Miller Chevrolet 31.944s (-1.926) 169.046 mph
39. #41 Juan Carlos Blum Chevrolet 31.984s (-1.966) 168.834 mph
40. #52 Joey Gase* Chevrolet 32.006s (-1.988) 168.718 mph
41. #113 Jennifer Jo Cobb Chevrolet 32.064s (-2.046) 168.413 mph
42. #108 Scott Saunders Ford 32.094s (-2.076) 168.256 mph
43. #44 John Blankenship Chevrolet 32.246s (-2.228) 167.463 mph
44. #4 Danny Efland Chevrolet 32.326s (-2.308) 167.048 mph
45. #89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 32.410s (-2.392) 166.615 mph

Nationwide Series championship standings

1. (+1) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1170pts
2. (-1) Elliott Sadler 1170pts
3. (--) Austin Dillon* 1149pts (-21pts)
4. (--) Sam Hornish Jr. 1075pts (-95pts)
5. (--) Michael Annett 1013pts (-157pts)
6. (--) Justin Allgaier 1010pts (-160pts)
7. (--) Cole Whitt* 945pts (-225pts)
8. (--) Mike Bliss 846pts (-324pts)
9. (--) Brian Scott 780pts (-390pts)
10. (--) Danica Patrick 772pts (-398pts)
11. (--) Joe Nemechek 762pts (-408pts)
12. (--) Mike Wallace 706pts (-464pts)
13. (--) Jason Bowles* 673pts (-497pts)
14. (--) Jeremy Clements 668pts (-502pts)
15. (--) Tayler Malsam 609pts (-561pts)
16. (--) Erik Darnell 542pts (-628pts)
17. (--) Eric McClure 518pts (-652pts)
18. (+1) Brad Sweet* 442pts (-728pts)
19. (-1) Timmy Hill 430pts (-740pts)
20. (--) Johanna Long* 418pts (-752pts)
21. (--) Danny Efland 314pts (-856pts)
22. (--) Ryan Truex 292pts (-878pts)
23. (+3) Kenny Wallace 281pts (-889pts)
24. (-1) T.J. Bell 258pts (-912pts)
25. (-1) Josh Richards 256pts (-914pts)
26. (-1) Jamie Dick 256pts (-914pts)
27. (+2) Robert Richardson Jr. 237pts (-933pts)
28. (--) Jeff Green 231pts (-939pts)
29. (-2) Morgan Shepherd 230pts (-940pts)
30. (+1) Joey Gase* 224pts (-946pts)
31. (-1) Blake Koch 220pts (-950pts)
32. (--) Trevor Bayne 208pts (-962pts)
33. (--) Travis Pastrana 204pts (-966pts)
34. (--) Benny Gordon* 198pts (-972pts)
35. (--) Kevin Lepage 165pts (-1005pts)
36. (--) Darrell Wallace Jr. 139pts (-1031pts)
37. (--) Casey Roderick* 136pts (-1034pts)
38. (--) Kyle Fowler 127pts (-1043pts)
39. (--) Reed Sorenson 124pts (-1046pts)
40. (--) Ron Fellows 120pts (-1050pts)
41. (--) Tim Schendel 113pts (-1057pts)
42. (--) Daryl Harr 107pts (-1063pts)
43. (--) Chase Miller 102pts (-1068pts)
44. (+1) Tim Andrews 100pts (-1070pts)
45. (-1) Mike Harmon 98pts (-1072pts)
46. (--) Jeffrey Earnhardt 91pts (-1079pts)
47. (--) Jacques Villeneuve 82pts (-1088pts)
48. (--) Dexter Stacey 75pts (-1095pts)
49. (--) Alex Bowman 71pts (-1099pts)
50. (--) Brad Teague 65pts (-1105pts)
51. (--) Tanner Berryhill 64pts (-1106pts)
52. (--) Steve Arpin 62pts (-1108pts)
53. (--) Kenny Habul 62pts (-1108pts)
54. (--) Matt Frahm 61pts (-1109pts)
55. (--) Alex Kennedy 56pts (-1114pts)
56. (--) Victor Gonzalez Jr. 55pts (-1115pts)
57. (--) Kyle Kelley 55pts (-1115pts)
58. (--) Matthew Carter 54pts (-1116pts)
59. (--) Derek White 51pts (-1119pts)
60. (--) Carl Long 45pts (-1125pts)
61. (+53) Ryan Blaney 42pts (-1128pts)
62. (--) Drew Herring 41pts (-1129pts)
63. (-2) Max Papis 41pts (-1129pts)
64. (-1) Scott Lagasse Jr. 38pts (-1132pts)
65. (+5) Scott Saunders 38pts (-1132pts)
66. (-2) Billy Johnson 36pts (-1134pts)
67. (--) Kevin Swindell 35pts (-1135pts)
68. (-3) Brett Moffitt 35pts (-1135pts)
69. (-3) Steve Wallace 33pts (-1137pts)
70. (+10) Juan Carlos Blum 33pts (-1137pts)
71. (-4) Derrike Cope 29pts (-1141pts)
72. (-4) John Young 29pts (-1141pts)
73. (-4) David Green 27pts (-1143pts)
74. (-3) Angela Cope 25pts (-1145pts)
75. (-3) Alex Tagliani 23pts (-1147pts)
76. (-3) Fain Skinner 23pts (-1147pts)
77. (-3) John Blankenship 21pts (-1149pts)
78. (-3) Matt DiBenedetto 21pts (-1149pts)
79. (-3) Tim Connolly 19pts (-1151pts)
80. (-3) Hal Martin 19pts (-1151pts)
81. (-3) Charles Lewandoski 19pts (-1151pts)
82. (-3) Amber Cope 18pts (-1152pts)
83. (-2) Matthew Bell 18pts (-1152pts)
84. (-2) Bill Prietzel 17pts (-1153pts)
85. (-2) Eric Curran 17pts (-1153pts)
86. (-2) Tim Bainey Jr. 16pts (-1154pts)
87. (-1) Patrick Carpentier 15pts (-1155pts)
88. (-1) Stanton Barrett 15pts (-1155pts)
89. (-4) Jamie Mosley 15pts (-1155pts)
90. (-2) Andrew Ranger 12pts (-1158pts)
91. (-1) Nur Ali 11pts (-1159pts)
92. (-3) Bobby Santos III 11pts (-1159pts)
93. (-2) John Jackson 10pts (-1160pts)
94. (-2) Michael Guerity 9pts (-1161pts)
95. (-1) Alex Popow 6pts (-1164pts)
96. (-3) Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 6pts (-1164pts)
97. (+28) Kelly Bires 5pts (-1165pts)
98. (-3) Chris Cook 5pts (-1165pts)
99. (-3) Ryan Ellis 5pts (-1165pts)

* Denotes Rookie
+ Denotes set by car owner points

Only drivers registered for points in this series are shown in the standings.

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