Alex Bowman would take the lead with 15 laps to go and never look back, taking the win for his fourth victory of the season. Chris Buescher would come home solidly in the top 10 to win the championship.
7:41 CT: Engines have been fired on a very cold night in Kansas City, Kansas. Chris Buescher needs to 15th or higher to win the championship tonight.
7:49 CT- 1 to go till the Green
7:51 CT- We are Green!
Lap 1- Bowman leads lap 1 and has already put a full second on John Wes Townley
Lap 3- CAUTION: Chat Boat spins out and flips on the backstretch. Chad Hackenbracht is also involved as is Matt Lofton. All are okay.
Lap 9: Back to green
Lap 13: Kevin Swindell and Brennan Poole are battling for 3rd side by side
Lap 14: Swindell clears Poole while Brennan Newberry battles Poole for 4th.
Lap 21: Kimmel is not happy with the lap down cars telling his crew “They have to do something.”
Lap 23: Townley is gaining on leader Bowman as he has closed the gap to .360 seconds
Lap 25: Only 18 cars on the lead lap.
Lap 28: .284 is the difference between Bowman and Townley
Lap 29: Heavy Lap Traffic causes Townley to close
Lap 30: Side by Side for the lead!!
Lap 31: CAUTION is out for Debris. Nelson Canache gets the free pass as there will be 15 cars on the lead lap.
Lap 32: Pit Stops occur with Townley winning the race on pit road.
Lap 37: Green Flag with Townley leading
Lap 38: Bowman takes the lead back from Townley while Kimmel gets past Swindell.
Lap 39: Swindell is now getting pressured form Buescher for 5.
Lap 41: Poole gets around Townley for 2nd.
Lap 47: Townley is battling Poole for 2nd.
Lap 56: Townley gets passed Poole due to lap traffic getting in the way.
Lap 59: CAUTION #3- Ricky Ehrgott cuts a tire in turn 3. All of the leaders come in and Grant Enfinger gets the lead off pit road
Lap 65- Back to Green
Lap 68- Enfinger leads Townley by .551 seconds
Lap 70: Poole gets past Townley for 2nd
Lap 71: CAUTION- Townley hits the wall hard off of turn 4. He was running in 3rd
Lap 73: Not that many cars pit but Buescher pits along with some other lap down cars. Canache gets another lap back and there will be 14 cars on the lead lap.
Lap 77: Caution is still out due to fluid on the track
Lap 82: Green Flag. Enfinger and Poole were side by side the whole lap the whole lap before Enfinger taking over the top spot
Lap 84: Bowman takes the lead as they all were 3 wide battling for it at the S/F line.
Lap 86: CAUTION #5- #32 of Chris Wisdom as he gets together with the #99 of Brandon Davis. Davis’s car goes airborne but does not flip. Both were okay and Davis was able to drive away while Wisdom took the mandatory trip to the infield care center
Lap 87: Alex Bowman has led 55 of 87 laps tonight in Kansas
Lap 92: 1 to go till the Green! As Larry Mac would say, pull those belts tight one more time! We going to have a wild one!
Lap 93: Green Flag!
Lap 94: Enfinger side by side with Poole for 2nd and clears him while Swindell follows him!
Lap 97: Swindell is creeping up on Enfinger while Bowman has a 2.2 second lead.
White Flag! Swindell gets 2nd over Enfinger with Poole looking for 3rd
ALEX BOWMAN WINS AT KANSAS! CHRIS BUESCHER WINS THE 2012 CHAMPIONSHIP!
