So can Kevin Harvick carry his momentum from last night to today? We’ll see. My money is on Kyle Busch - too bad he isn’t driving that pink car tonight!
#NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Air Guard 400 | Richmond International Raceway Open Race Thread
Lot’s of unfamiliar names at the top of the speed charts during the practice sessions, but one has to remember its a whole lot easier to run 1 fast lap than it is to run a whole bunch of fast laps back to back.
My dark horse pick for the win would be Newman as he is still fighting to get that last Chase spot from Bowyer, although I wouldn’t count Edwards out for the win either as his Roush team seems to have stumbled upon something these last few months. My money is they found some hidden horsepower in that new Ford engine of theirs.
I find it truly amazing that 4 of the go or go homers ran a faster qualifying speed than the bottom 3 cars in the starting line-up. I absolutely hate the top 35 rule, but then again if I’m a car owner or one of the top 35 drivers I’d then would absolutely love it.
Starting line-up after the jump.
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 99 Carl Edwards Ford Kellogg's / Cheez-it 127.762 21.133 Leader 2 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 127.455 21.184 -0.051 3 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Insignia HDTV / Best Buy 127.101 21.243 -0.110 4 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 127.077 21.247 -0.114 5 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 127.017 21.257 -0.124 6 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 126.975 21.264 -0.131 7 98 Paul Menard Ford Pittsburgh Paints / Menards 126.951 21.268 -0.135 8 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing 126.939 21.270 -0.137 9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 126.784 21.296 -0.163 10 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser / 2011 World Police & Fire Games 126.767 21.299 -0.166 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 126.654 21.318 -0.185 12 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 126.505 21.343 -0.210 13 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Kroger 126.505 21.343 -0.210 14 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 126.470 21.349 -0.216 15 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Old Spice / Office Depot 126.440 21.354 -0.221 16 26 Jeff Green Ford Air National Guard 126.422 21.357 -0.224 17 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 126.410 21.359 -0.226 18 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 126.369 21.366 -0.233 19 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 126.345 21.370 -0.237 20 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 126.210 21.393 -0.260 21 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 126.133 21.406 -0.273 22 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet National Guard Military Intelligence / DuPont 126.039 21.422 -0.289 23 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 126.039 21.422 -0.289 24 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 126.027 21.424 -0.291 25 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 125.933 21.440 -0.307 26 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 125.845 21.455 -0.322 27 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Mohawk Northeast 125.827 21.458 -0.325 28 71 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Post-9 / 11 GI Bill 125.810 21.461 -0.328 29 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Brakes 125.745 21.472 -0.339 30 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota FrontRowJoe.com 125.716 21.477 -0.344 31 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull 125.687 21.482 -0.349 32 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 125.564 21.503 -0.370 33 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 125.523 21.510 -0.377 34 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 125.465 21.520 -0.387 35 132 Jason Leffler Toyota Braun Racing 125.331 21.543 -0.410 36 19 Elliott Sadler Ford Stanley 125.284 21.551 -0.418 37 55 Mike Bliss Toyota Prism Motorsports 125.232 21.560 -0.427 38 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 125.127 21.578 -0.445 39 37 David Gilliland Ford Charter Air Transport 125.012 21.598 -0.465 40 34 Tony Raines Ford A&W All American Food 124.792 21.636 -0.503 41 7 Kevin Conway+* Toyota Extenze 123.899 21.792 -0.659 42 83 Mattias Ekstrom+ Toyota Red Bull 123.717 21.824 -0.691 43 09 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Phoenix Construction Champion's Provisional Did Not Qualify 44 110 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Gander Mountain 124.971 21.605 -0.472 45 46 Michael McDowell Dodge Whitney Motorsports 124.355 21.712 -0.579 46 164 Todd Bodine Toyota Gunselman Motorsports 124.292 21.723 -0.590 47 66 Scott Riggs Toyota Prism Motorsports 124.041 21.767 -0.634 48 192 Brian Keselowski Dodge K-Automotive Motorsports 122.912 21.967 -0.834 + Set by Owner Pointsvia nascar.com
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