The Cupsters are in the mid-west doing what they do best; going all out! I don’t know about you but I just can’t get into Kansas’ track. I don’t know if its because the track is one of those ‘cookie-cutter’ tracks or what - I honestly don’t know, but what I hope for is that the Chase itself makes the race more interesting than it probably will be.
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So what are my predictions for today? Oh man, the Chase changes everything - throw normal Fantasy play stuff out the window you know.
I’m going to go with the Biff on this one with Stewart, Ky Busch, and Johnson not far behind. My dark horse pick is going to be Martin Truex JR, don’t ask me why because I don’t know, I have a hunch - maybe because he’s got a pink car. Although, I think Montoya would be a good dark horse pick too.
There you have it. The official starting line-up from nascar.com is after the jump. See you on the other side.
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser 174.644 30.920 Leader 2 98 Paul Menard Ford Zecol / Menards 174.469 30.951 -0.031 3 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 174.430 30.958 -0.038 4 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 174.312 30.979 -0.059 5 16 Greg Biffle Ford Sherwin Williams / 3M 174.255 30.989 -0.069 6 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 174.149 31.008 -0.088 7 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 173.952 31.043 -0.123 8 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal Black 173.902 31.052 -0.132 9 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Operation Home Front / Miller Lite 173.874 31.057 -0.137 10 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 173.768 31.076 -0.156 11 21 Bill Elliott Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 173.751 31.079 -0.159 12 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 173.701 31.088 -0.168 13 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 173.622 31.102 -0.182 14 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 173.416 31.139 -0.219 15 19 Elliott Sadler Ford Stanley / Susan G Komen for the Cure 173.377 31.146 -0.226 16 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 173.349 31.151 -0.231 17 09 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 173.321 31.156 -0.236 18 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge AAA 173.227 31.173 -0.253 19 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 173.177 31.182 -0.262 20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 173.077 31.200 -0.280 21 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Johns Manville 173.038 31.207 -0.287 22 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 173.033 31.208 -0.288 23 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 173.021 31.210 -0.290 24 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 172.960 31.221 -0.301 25 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA / Susan G Komen for the Cure 172.933 31.226 -0.306 26 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing 172.883 31.235 -0.315 27 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 172.789 31.252 -0.332 28 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 172.706 31.267 -0.347 29 46 Michael McDowell Chevrolet Cash America 172.612 31.284 -0.364 30 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Insignia HDTV / Best Buy 172.557 31.294 -0.374 31 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 172.529 31.299 -0.379 32 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Little Debbie 172.408 31.321 -0.401 33 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull 172.046 31.387 -0.467 34 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota Red Bull 172.024 31.391 -0.471 35 164 Landon Cassill Toyota Gunselman Motorsports 171.986 31.398 -0.478 36 26 Patrick Carpentier Ford Air National Guard 171.734 31.444 -0.524 37 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 171.723 31.446 -0.526 38 37 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 171.510 31.485 -0.565 39 36 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 171.396 31.506 -0.586 40 34 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 170.719 31.631 -0.711 41 7 Kevin Conway+* Toyota Extenze 170.309 31.707 -0.787 42 71 Tony Raines+ Chevrolet TRG Mtrsprts
/ TaxSlayer.com169.438 31.870 -0.950 43 38 Dave Blaney Ford A&W All American Food 171.266 31.530 -0.610 Did Not Qualify 44 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota FrontRowJoe.com 171.255 31.532 -0.612 45 55 Mike Bliss Toyota Prism Motorsports 170.557 31.661 -0.741 46 66 Jason Leffler Toyota Prism Motorsports 169.465 31.865 -0.945 + Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookievia nascar.com











