I love Darlington, its so rich in NASCAR history and must, and I repeat must, stay on the NASCAR Cup schedule. I’m also one of those who feels that Darlington must, and I repeat must, have two race dates. Where would the second date come from? There’s a few possibilities, but I’m going to save that for another post.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Showtime Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway Open Race Thread
Looking at yesterday’s race I think Kyle Busch nailed it in his post race interview, its all about track position noting else. Denny Hamlin had his left side tires on for over 80 laps or something like that anyway. Look for a lot of people to stay out to maintain track position, especially late in the race.
If everything goes according to plan I should be around for the 2nd half of the race, see you then.
Starting line-up is on the other side.
Starting line-up via nascar.com.
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 180.370 27.264 Leader 2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet National Guard Facebook / DuPont 180.323 27.271 -0.007 3 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 179.987 27.322 -0.058 4 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 179.252 27.434 -0.170 5 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 179.148 27.450 -0.186 6 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Haas Automation 179.056 27.464 -0.200 7 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Kingsford / Scott Products 179.037 27.467 -0.203 8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 178.919 27.485 -0.221 9 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing 178.835 27.498 -0.234 10 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser 178.802 27.503 -0.239 11 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 178.789 27.505 -0.241 12 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Insignia / Best Buy 178.569 27.539 -0.275 13 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 178.549 27.542 -0.278 14 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 178.432 27.560 -0.296 15 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 178.277 27.584 -0.320 16 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull 178.238 27.590 -0.326 17 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 178.045 27.620 -0.356 18 55 Michael McDowell Toyota Prism Motorsports 177.942 27.636 -0.372 19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 177.890 27.644 -0.380 20 98 Paul Menard Ford Turtle Wax / Menards 177.858 27.649 -0.385 21 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 177.588 27.691 -0.427 22 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 177.550 27.697 -0.433 23 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet TaxSlayer.com 177.467 27.710 -0.446 24 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Old Spice / Office Depot 177.403 27.720 -0.456 25 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 177.390 27.722 -0.458 26 7 Robby Gordon Toyota BAMVIP.com / James Otto - Whitney Duncan 177.326 27.732 -0.468 27 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet The Hartford 177.313 27.734 -0.470 28 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 177.166 27.757 -0.493 29 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal Black 176.676 27.834 -0.570 30 46 J.J. Yeley Dodge Whitney Motorsports 176.562 27.852 -0.588 31 26 David Stremme Ford Air National Guard 176.245 27.902 -0.638 32 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 176.094 27.926 -0.662 33 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 176.075 27.929 -0.665 34 38 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 176.031 27.936 -0.672 35 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 175.999 27.941 -0.677 36 132 Reed Sorenson Toyota Braun Racing 175.987 27.943 -0.679 37 164 Todd Bodine Toyota Gunselman Motorsports 175.980 27.944 -0.680 38 19 Elliott Sadler Ford Hunt Brothers Pizza 175.760 27.979 -0.715 39 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Doublemint 175.698 27.989 -0.725 40 34 Travis Kvapil Ford A&W All American Food 175.359 28.043 -0.779 41 99 Carl Edwards+ Ford Aflac 174.124 28.242 -0.978 42 37 Kevin Conway+* Ford Extenze 172.372 28.529 -1.265 43 13 Max Papis Toyota GEICO 175.484 28.023 -0.759 Did Not Qualify 44 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota FrontRowJoe.com 174.935 28.111 -0.847 45 36 Casey Mears Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 173.920 28.275 -1.011 46 09 Mike Bliss Chevrolet Phoenix Construction / GracewayPharm-
aceuticals173.369 28.365 -1.101 + Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie
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