Wow, can you believe it? Three drivers all within choking distance of each other in a bitter battle for the Sprint Cup Championship. Cool.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 | Texas Motor Speedway Open Race Thread
I think this is what NASCAR had envisioned back when they started this whole Chase format and uniform car templates. It’s about time!
This is almost as exciting as the year Alan Kulwicki won his one and only Championship when he was in a close race between himself and two other competitors; Davey Allison, and Bill Elliott.
I’ve got Jimmie to win today, with Mark Martin as the dark horse pick.
Line-up after the jump.
via nascar.com
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 19 Elliott Sadler Ford Stanley 195.397 27.636 Leader 2 16 Greg Biffle Ford American Red Cross 193.652 27.885 -0.249 3 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 193.646 27.886 -0.250 4 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Lysol 193.479 27.910 -0.274 5 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 193.424 27.918 -0.282 6 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Operation Home Front / Miller Lite 193.375 27.925 -0.289 7 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 193.320 27.933 -0.297 8 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 193.216 27.948 -0.312 9 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Carquest / Go
Daddy.com193.174 27.954 -0.318 10 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Valvoline 193.092 27.966 -0.330 11 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 193.078 27.968 -0.332 12 98 Paul Menard Ford Quaker State / Menards 192.775 28.012 -0.376 13 9 Aric Almirola Ford Budweiser 192.603 28.037 -0.401 14 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Tornados 192.369 28.071 -0.435 15 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 191.993 28.126 -0.490 16 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 191.986 28.127 -0.491 17 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 191.939 28.134 -0.498 18 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Outdoors Mossy Oak 191.891 28.141 -0.505 19 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal Black 191.884 28.142 -0.506 20 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 191.768 28.159 -0.523 21 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA / Susan G Komen for the Cure Signature 191.748 28.162 -0.526 22 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 191.741 28.163 -0.527 23 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull 191.673 28.173 -0.537 24 83 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 191.598 28.184 -0.548 25 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Arctic Cat 191.564 28.189 -0.553 26 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 191.557 28.190 -0.554 27 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge AAA 191.530 28.194 -0.558 28 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 191.090 28.259 -0.623 29 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 191.056 28.264 -0.628 30 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 190.968 28.277 -0.641 31 110 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Gander Mountain 190.846 28.295 -0.659 32 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Tom Thumb 190.833 28.297 -0.661 33 38 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 190.201 28.391 -0.755 34 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota HostGator.com 190.121 28.403 -0.767 35 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 189.720 28.463 -0.827 36 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing 189.633 28.476 -0.840 37 26 Patrick Carpentier Ford Air National Guard 189.255 28.533 -0.897 38 66 Mike Bliss Toyota Prism Motorsports 189.202 28.541 -0.905 39 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Mapei / Menards 188.851 28.594 -0.958 40 71 Andy Lally+ Chevrolet TaxSlayer.com 188.626 28.628 -0.992 41 34 Travis Kvapil+ Ford Long John Silver's 187.337 28.825 -1.189 42 37 Dave Blaney+ Ford A&W All American Food 185.663 29.085 -1.449 43 09 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Phoenix Racing 188.996 28.572 -0.936 Did Not Qualify 44 36 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 188.673 28.621 -0.985 45 81 Scott Riggs Chevrolet Whitney's Collision Centers 188.653 28.624 -0.988 46 46 Michael McDowell Chevrolet Cash America 187.852 28.746 -1.110 47 164 Jeff Green Toyota Gunselman Motorsports 187.169 28.851 -1.215 48 123 Josh Wise Toyota North Texas Pipe 185.944 29.041 -1.405 49 192 Brian Keselowski Dodge K-Automotive Motorsports 182.076 29.658 -2.022 + Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie
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