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Open Race Thread: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Jul 31, 2011, 5:14 PM UTC

INDIANAPOLIS - JULY 25: A flyover during the national anthem before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 25 2010 in Indianapolis Indiana. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)

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The 18th Annual Brickyard 400.

Don’t let the smaller crowd and diminished purse fool you -- it’s still Indianapolis Motor Speedway and one of four crown jewels of Sprint Cup Series racing.

It’s also the official start of the race to the Chase. There are seven races until the Chase for the Championship and drivers 15th and back are starting to get a “win at all costs” mentality.

Not that the Brickyard 400 needed it anyway.

Let’s talk Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR racing!

A starting lineup can be found on the other side. See you in the comments section!

Qualifying Results
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
18th Annual Brickyard 400
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, July 30, 2011 @ 04:03 PM Eastern

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	Fastest	Next
1	6	David Ragan	UPS/Hall Of Fame/Ned Jarrett Ford	49.182	182.994	0.000	0.000
2	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull Toyota	49.200	182.927	0.018	0.018
3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet	49.234	182.801	0.052	0.034
4	22	Kurt Busch	Shell/Pennzoil Dodge	49.269	182.671	0.087	0.035
5	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	49.300	182.556	0.118	0.031
6	43	A J Allmendinger	Best Buy Ford	49.330	182.445	0.148	0.030
7	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	49.351	182.367	0.169	0.021
8	24	Jeff Gordon	Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet	49.385	182.242	0.203	0.034
9	17	Matt Kenseth	Crown Royal Ford	49.392	182.216	0.210	0.007
10	99	Carl Edwards	Ortho Home Defense Max Ford	49.437	182.050	0.255	0.045
11	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Toyota	49.444	182.024	0.262	0.007
12	5	Mark Martin	Quaker State/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	49.459	181.969	0.277	0.015
13	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	49.479	181.895	0.297	0.020
14	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express Toyota	49.480	181.892	0.298	0.001
15	27	Paul Menard	Nibco/Menards Chevrolet	49.486	181.870	0.304	0.006
16	1	Jamie McMurray	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet	49.492	181.848	0.310	0.006
17	47	Bobby Labonte	Huggies Toyota	49.528	181.715	0.346	0.036
18	16	Greg Biffle	Red Cross Ford	49.537	181.682	0.355	0.009
19	29	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's Chevrolet	49.550	181.635	0.368	0.013
20	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot Toyota	49.608	181.422	0.426	0.058
21	9	Marcos Ambrose	Stanley Ford	49.617	181.389	0.435	0.009
22	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet	49.632	181.335	0.450	0.015
23	39	Ryan Newman	Haas Automation Chevrolet	49.636	181.320	0.454	0.004
24	14	Tony Stewart	Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet	49.655	181.251	0.473	0.019
25	21	Trevor Bayne(i)	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford	49.687	181.134	0.505	0.032
26	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet	49.729	180.981	0.547	0.042
27	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Chevrolet	49.744	180.926	0.562	0.015
28	00	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	49.748	180.912	0.566	0.004
29	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's Toyota	49.764	180.854	0.582	0.016
30	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Platinum Filter Toyota	49.829	180.618	0.647	0.065
31	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	49.831	180.610	0.649	0.002
32	51	Landon Cassill(i)	Phoenix Construction/Security Benefit Chevrolet	49.963	180.133	0.781	0.132
33	36	Dave Blaney	Big Red Chevrolet	50.021	179.924	0.839	0.058
34	37	Scott Speed(i)	Max Q Motorsports Ford	50.126	179.548	0.944	0.105
35	66	Michael McDowell	HP Racing, LLC Toyota	50.153	179.451	0.971	0.027
36	87	Joe Nemechek(i)	AM FM Energy Toyota	50.196	179.297	1.014	0.043
37	34	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Ford	50.202	179.276	1.020	0.006
38	60	Mike Skinner(i)	Big Red Toyota	50.282	178.990	1.100	0.080
39	71	Andy Lally #	Interstate Moving Services Ford	50.300	178.926	1.118	0.018
40	50	T J Bell #	Green Smoke Chevrolet	50.564	177.992	1.382	0.264
41	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports Chevrolet	50.579	177.939	1.397	0.015
42	7	Robby Gordon	SPEED Energy Dodge	50.600	177.866	1.418	0.021
43	32	Mike Bliss(i)	TMone Ford	50.601	177.862	1.419	0.001