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Status: Final Charlotte Motor SpeedwayRace Capsule
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What:
Race 11 of 33 on Nationwide circuit
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Where:
Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
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When:
May 26, 2012 3:01 pm EDT
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Laps:
200
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Track Length:
1.5 miles
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Race Length:
300.00 miles
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Purse:
$1,022,198
Drivers to Watch
| Joey Logano | 17th, 104 points out of the top 10. Stands fifth in the wild card standings with one win. |
| Sam Hornish Jr. | The team stands 24th in the car owner standings. |
| Kevin Harvick | Harvick was one of two drivers who took the biggest hit in the standings after Pocono, dropping three places in the points (just like Denny Hamlin). Harvick went from sixth to ninth place but still managed to close the gap on points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. from 78 to 63 points. Harvick trails eighth-ranked Hamlin by two points and leads 10th-ranked Clint Bowyer by just two points. |
| Brad Keselowski | Keselowski climbed two spots in the standings to seventh place after the rain-shortened race at Pocono. He trails points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. by 54 points and sixth-ranked Tony Stewart by one point and leads eighth-ranked Denny Hamlin by seven points. |
| Kyle Busch | 15th, 80 points out of the top 10. Lost four spots last week. Stands fourth in the wild card standings with one win. |
| Denny Hamlin | Hamlin was one of two drivers (Kevin Harvick was the other) who took the biggest hit in the standings following Pocono. Hamlin fell three places, from fifth to eighth, and trails points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. by 61 points and seventh-ranked Brad Keselowski by seven points. Hamlin leads ninth-ranked Kevin Harvick by just two points. |
| Kasey Kahne | 11th, 57 points out of the top 10. Gained two spots last week. Stands first in the wild card standings with two wins. |