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Open Race Thread: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Geico 400 | Chicagoland Speedway

Updated Sep 18, 2011, 2:41 PM UTC

Weather permitting...

The Chase is about to begin and the big question is, “Who is going to falter first?” Chicagoland is a tough track for some of Chase contenders, with Carl Edwards having the lowest finish average out of the group at 18.3.

I’m looking forward to this race and will be watching it with great anticipation, I just hope its more like the truck race than the Nationwide race.

My pick to win is going to be Jeff Gordon with Tony Stewart in close tow. My darkhorse pick is going to be Clint Bowyer. With the rumors flying around regarding his possible move from RCR to MWR I think he is in a position where he has to prove his worth to both organizations.

My pick for the Chase contender to falter in this race is going to be Ryan Newman. No offence to Newman fans, I just have a feeling about this one. I was going to pick Dale Jr., but like I said I just have a feeling about Newman - I’m thinking something like mechanical problems or getting caught up in someone else’s mess and not driver error.

Starting line-up is on the other side. See you in the comments.

Starting Line Up by Row
Chicagoland Speedway
GEICO 400
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, September 17, 2011 @ 03:20 PM Eastern

Row	Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	1	17	Matt Kenseth	Crown Royal Ford	29.469	183.243
	2	27	Paul Menard	ZECOL / Menards Chevrolet	29.488	183.125
2	3	22	Kurt Busch	Shell Pennzoil Dodge	29.503	183.032
	4	39	Ryan Newman	US Army Medicine Chevrolet	29.507	183.007
3	5	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Ford	29.522	182.914
	6	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	29.531	182.859
4	7	16	Greg Biffle	3M Filtrete Ford	29.565	182.648
	8	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	29.575	182.587
5	9	18	Kyle Busch	Wrigley Doublemint Toyota	29.615	182.340
	10	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot Toyota	29.620	182.309
6	11	47	Bobby Labonte	Kleenex Cool Touch / Clorox Toyota	29.634	182.223
	12	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet	29.667	182.020
7	13	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet	29.690	181.879
	14	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's Chevrolet	29.696	181.843
8	15	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	29.729	181.641
	16	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	29.752	181.500
9	17	9	Marcos Ambrose	DeWalt Ford	29.752	181.500
	18	43	A J Allmendinger	Best Buy Ford	29.767	181.409
10	19	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet	29.784	181.305
	20	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	29.787	181.287
11	21	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet	29.790	181.269
	22	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	29.790	181.269
12	23	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Chevrolet	29.807	181.165
	24	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull Toyota	29.812	181.135
13	25	5	Mark Martin	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	29.822	181.074
	26	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot / Mobil 1 Chevrolet	29.828	181.038
14	27	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground Toyota	29.879	180.729
	28	21	Trevor Bayne(i)	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire Auto Cntr Ford	29.894	180.638
15	29	00	David Reutimann	TUMS Toyota	29.900	180.602
	30	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser Chevrolet	29.913	180.524
16	31	51	Landon Cassill(i)	Security Benefits / Thank A Teacher Chevrolet	29.973	180.162
	32	38	J J Yeley	Long John Silver's Ford	29.980	180.120
17	33	66	Michael McDowell	James Fund Toyota	29.990	180.060
	34	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports Chevrolet	29.991	180.054
18	35	46	Scott Speed(i)	Red Line Oil / International Ford	30.000	180.000
	36	87	Joe Nemechek(i)	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	30.016	179.904
19	37	7	Robby Gordon	SPEED Energy / MAPEI Dodge	30.039	179.766
	38	34	David Gilliland	Taco Bell Ford	30.196	178.832
20	39	36	Dave Blaney	Big Red Chevrolet	30.228	178.642
	40	71	Andy Lally #	Interstate Moving Services / RB EntFord	Owner Points
21	41	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Toyota	Owner Points
	42	32	Mike Bliss(i)	Street King Ford	Owner Points
22	43	37	Josh Wise(i)	Bradley University Ford	30.136	179.188