RCR Post Race Report NASCAR Nationwide Series

RCR Post Race Report
NASCAR Nationwide Series
Dollar General 300 
 
 
NASCAR Nationwide Series
Dollar General 300
Charlotte Motor Speedway
October 12, 2012

Race Highlights:
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished second (Kevin Harvick), third (Elliott Sadler) and sixth (Austin Dillon).
Sadler leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver championship point standings by 13 points over Ricky Stenhouse Jr., while Dillon ranks third in the standings, 29 markers behind his RCR teammate.
The No. 2 team ranks second in the Nationwide Series owner championship point standings, trailing the No. 18 team by 19 points, with the No. 3 team fourth in the standings and the No. 33 team fifth.
Dillon leads the Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings over Cole Whitt.
According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Statistics, Harvick led the field in Quality Passes (46), maintained a Driver Rating of 122.8, ranking him second, was the third-Fastest Driver Early in a Run, the third-Fastest Driver Late in a Run and had the third-fastest Green Flag Speed.
Sadler was Fastest on Restarts, had the fourth-best Average Running Position (3.935) and was the fourth-Fastest Driver Early in a Run.
Dillon was the sixth-Fastest Driver Early in a Run and made 31 Quality Passes, ranking him sixth.
Combined, the RCR drivers posted the Fastest Laps Run for 38 circuits.
Harvick and Sadler spent 100 percent of the race running in the top 15, while Dillon spent 99.5 percent of the race running in the top 15.
Joey Logano earned his eighth Nationwide Series win of 2012, crossing the finish line ahead of Harvick, Sadler, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin.
The next scheduled Nationwide Series race is the Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 20. The 29th race of the 2012 season is scheduled to be televised live on ESPN beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern Time and broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network.