RCR Post Race Report
NASCAR Nationwide Series
Kansas Lottery 300 
 
 
NASCAR Nationwide Series
Kansas Lottery 300 
Kansas Speedway
October 20, 2012

Race Highlights:
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished second (Austin Dillon), fourth (Elliott Sadler) and 16th (Paul Menard).
Sadler leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver championship point standings by six points over Ricky Stenhouse Jr., while Dillon ranks third in the standings, 26 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 21 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, Dillon was the only driver to spend 100 percent of the race running in the top 15, was Fastest on Restarts, had the Fastest Speed in Traffic and ranked second in Average Running Position (3.282).
With his second-place finish, Dillon helped Chevrolet clinch the Bill France Performance Cup (manufacturer’s championship) with three races remaining in the 2012 Nationwide Series.
Menard maintained the highest Average Running Position throughout the race (2.146), highest Driver Rating (133.1), was the Fastest Driver Early in a Run, led the field in Green Flag Speed and Laps Led (110).
Sadler had the fifth-best Average Running Position (7.937), made 39 Quality Passes and earned a Driver Rating of 103.1, ranking him eighth.
Stenhouse earned his sixth Nationwide Series win of 2012, crossing the finish line ahead of Dillon, Joey Logano, Sadler and Cole Whitt.
The next scheduled Nationwide Series race is the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday, November 3. The 30th race of the 2012 season is scheduled to be televised live on ESPN beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern Time and broadcast live on Performance Racing Network.