NASCAR PR Report
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Rockingham, NC(November 3, 2012) — The 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship came down to the last lap of the season as Tyler Reddick earned a victory at Rockingham Speedway in the Classic 3 Championship presented by RCR Racing Museum and the title went to Kyle Larson.
Reddick, who was making his series debut at Rockingham, got a run on race leader – and championship contender – Brett Moffitt coming out of Turn 2 toward the checkered flag. Moffitt came up on Reddick, made contact, and went spinning onto the grass. Reddick then came around to take the yellow and checkered flags.
With a sixth-place finish, the NASCAR Drive for Diversity competitor Larson secured the K&N Pro Series East crown in his rookie campaign, joining only Joey Logano and Ryan Truex in the 26-year history of the series to accomplish that feat.
Larson unofficially finished with 536 points on the season with Corey LaJoie the championship runner-up with 521. LaJoie was also finished second to Reddick in Saturday’s race.
Moffitt, who was in position to potentially clinch the title if he would have completed the final lap and captured the checkered flag, finished the race 21st with 511 points on the season.
Following Reddick and LaJoie across the line were Darrell Wallace Jr., Coleman Pressley and Jesse Little in the top five. The remainder of the top 10 in the series’ inaugural event at Rockingham were Larson, Ryan Gifford, Sergio Pena, Ben Kennedy and Eddie MacDonald.
Race: NKNPS East Rockingham 11/3/12
| Pos | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 98 | Tyler Reddick* | Broken Bow Dodge | 100 | |
| 2 | 07 | Corey LaJoie | Sims Metal/LaJoie Scrap Metal Ford | 100 | 0.802 |
| 3 | 18 | Darrell Wallace Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota | 100 | 1.003 |
| 4 | 15 | Coleman Pressley* | Acapaulco/Jasper Engines Toyota | 100 | 2.401 |
| 5 | 97 | Jesse Little* | Charlotte Checkers Hockey Chevrolet | 100 | 3.095 |
| 6 | 6 | Kyle Larson* | Toyota Racing Development Toyota | 100 | 4.250 |
| 7 | 2 | Ryan Gifford | NASCAR Tech Inst. 10th Anniv./UTI Toyota | 100 | 4.483 |
| 8 | 1 | Sergio Pena | Chiba Toyopet Toyota | 100 | 4.838 |
| 9 | 96 | Ben Kennedy | G-Oil Chevrolet | 100 | 6.022 |
| 10 | 71 | Eddie MacDonald | Grimm Construction Chevrolet | 100 | 6.040 |
| 11 | 39 | CJ Faison* | Little Caesar’s Pizza Chevrolet | 100 | 6.683 |
| 12 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Aaron’s/HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 100 | 7.780 |
| 13 | 4 | Bryan Ortiz* | Toyota Racing Development Toyota | 100 | 8.277 |
| 14 | 31 | Jimmy Weller* | Integrated Metal Products Toyota | 100 | 9.096 |
| 15 | 46 | Brandon Gdovic | Windstax.com/Aquis Communicatons Toyota | 100 | 12.409 |
| 16 | 5 | Steven Legendre* | Kendall Legendre Racing Chevrolet | 100 | 18.849 |
| 17 | 37 | Tim George, Jr* | Applebee’s/Spraker Racing Chevrolet | 100 | 19.475 |
| 18 | 44 | Frank Deiny, Jr.* | Kiker Tree Service Chevrolet | 100 | 19.826 |
| 19 | 14 | Jack Clarke* | Marussia/KSS Design/APO Toyota | 100 | 24.989 |
| 20 | 57 | Noel Dowler* | Frontline Designs/Apollo Motorsports Chevrolet | 100 | 33.978 |
| 21 | 11 | Brett Moffitt | Chiba Toyopet Toyota | 99 | 1 Lap |
| 22 | 49 | Harrison Rhodes* | Hands & Feet Project Toyota | 99 | 1 Lap |
| 23 | 12 | Beto Monteiro* | MMKT Sports Marketing/TW Pure Water Toyota | 99 | 1 Lap |
| 24 | 86 | Larry Barford, Jr.* | Trauma Doc Chevrolet | 99 | 1 Lap |
| 25 | 47 | Cale Conley | Tait Towers/Rock-It Cargo Toyota | 97 | 3 Laps |
| 26 | 22 | Sam Hunt* | Windstax.com/Oakley Tank Lines Toyota | 96 | 4 Laps |
| 27 | 8 | Jorge Arteaga* | DogHouse Toyota | 77 | 23 Laps |
| 28 | 26 | Dylan Presnell* | Amtrol Toyota | 77 | 23 Laps |
| 29 | 70 | Rafael Vallina* | Chihuahua Vive/Ah Chihuahua Mexico Toyota | 42 | 58 Laps |
| 30 | 19 | Chuck Buchanan* | Spring Drug Chevrolet | 9 | 91 Laps |
