RCR Post Race Report NASCAR Nationwide Series Great Clips 200 at Phoenix International Raceway

RCR Post Race Report 
NASCAR Nationwide Series
Great Clips 200 at Phoenix International Raceway   
 
NASCAR Nationwide Series
Great Clips 200      
Phoenix International Raceway
November 10, 2012
 
Race Highlights:
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished sixth (Austin Dillon), 22nd (Elliott Sadler) and 26th (Brendan Gaughan).
Sadler ranks second in the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver championship point standings, 20 points shy of Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s lead, while Dillon ranks third in the standings, 25 markers behind the leader.
The No. 2 team is third in the Nationwide Series owner championship point standings, trailing the No. 18 team by 53 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 ranked fourth in the Closers category, advancing six positions in the last 10 percent of the race, and ranked fourth in Quality Passes with 33.
Sadler ranked fifth in Green Flag Passes with 45.
Gaughan posted the Fastest Lap of the Race for five circuits and spent 83.3 percent of the race running in the top 15.
Joey Logano earned his ninth Nationwide Series victory of 2012, crossing the finish line ahead of Brian Vickers, Stenhouse, Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne.
The next scheduled Nationwide Series race is the Nationwide Series 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, Nov. 17. The 33rd and final race of the 2012 season is scheduled to be televised live on ESPN2 beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern Time and broadcast live on Motor Racing Network.