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Open Race Thread: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway

May 12, 2012, 10:57 PM UTC

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Yesterday was the primer, and today is the main event at Darlington. The Biff is on the pole and look for him to be a front runner all day.

Based on yesterday’s race it looks like we’re gonna have a lot of green flag laps and if that is the case I wouldn’t be surprised if we see some people get out of sync with the rest of the field with their pit stops to try and catch the field in the back during a late round of pit stops. Only problem is, you might end up shooting yourself in the foot if you don’t get that to cycle exactly the way you want it to.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if Joey Logano ends up getting spun with a RCR car behind him during a restart - if you watched yesterday’s race you’ll know what I’m talking about - wink, wink.

Starting line-up after the jump, see you their!

Starting Line Up by Row
Darlington Raceway
63rd Annual Bojangles' Southern 500
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, May 11, 2012 @ 06:37 PM Eastern
Track Race Record: Kyle Busch 05/10/08 03:05:19 140.35

Row	Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	1	16	Greg Biffle	3M / OH / ES Ford	27.281	180.257
	2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet	27.386	179.566
2	3	5	Kasey Kahne	Rockwell Tools Chevrolet	27.386	179.566
	4	39	Ryan Newman	WIX Chevrolet	27.402	179.461
3	5	18	Kyle Busch	Wrigley Doublemint Toyota	27.404	179.448
	6	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	27.424	179.317
4	7	99	Carl Edwards	Ford EcoBoost Fusion Ford	27.427	179.298
	8	11	Denny Hamlin	Sport Clips Toyota	27.444	179.187
5	9	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row / CSX Play it Safe Chevrolet	27.451	179.141
	10	31	Jeff Burton	BB&T Chevrolet	27.458	179.095
6	11	1	Jamie McMurray	Bass Pro Shops / Allstate Chevrolet	27.459	179.089
	12	24	Jeff Gordon	Drive to End Hunger / AARP Chevrolet	27.461	179.076
7	13	43	Aric Almirola	Gravely Mower Ford	27.474	178.991
	14	27	Paul Menard	Menards / Pittsburgh Paints Chevrolet	27.484	178.926
8	15	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	27.500	178.822
	16	22	AJ Allmendinger	Shell Pennzoil Dodge	27.506	178.783
9	17	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot / MOBIL 1 Chevrolet	27.515	178.724
	18	55	Mark Martin	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	27.551	178.491
10	19	17	Matt Kenseth	Zest Ford	27.592	178.226
	20	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King / Dr. Pepper Toyota	27.613	178.090
11	21	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot Toyota	27.630	177.980
	22	47	Bobby Labonte	Scott Products Toyota	27.631	177.974
12	23	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser Chevrolet	27.635	177.948
	24	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard Chevrolet	27.642	177.903
13	25	51	Kurt Busch	Phoenix Construction Services Chevrolet	27.651	177.845
	26	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy Toyota	27.661	177.781
14	27	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	27.735	177.307
	28	9	Marcos Ambrose	DeWalt Ford	27.794	176.930
15	29	79	Scott Speed	Team Kyle / KOMA Unwind Ford	27.802	176.879
	30	26	Josh Wise #	Morristown Drivers Service Ford	27.823	176.746
16	31	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Ford	27.825	176.733
	32	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports Toyota	27.845	176.606
17	33	73	Travis Kvapil	Burger King / Dr. Pepper Toyota	27.847	176.594
	34	36	Dave Blaney	SealWrap.com Chevrolet	27.857	176.530
18	35	52	Mike Skinner(i)	CrusaderStaffing.com Toyota	27.957	175.899
	36	38	David Gilliland	A&W All American Food Ford	27.978	175.767
19	37	34	David Ragan	Peanut Patch / Margaret Holmes Ford	28.004	175.603
	38	10	Danica Patrick(i)	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	28.021	175.497
20	39	74	Cole Whitt(i)	Turn One Racing Chevrolet	28.021	175.497
	40	87	Joe Nemechek(i)	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota	28.097	175.022
21	41	93	David Reutimann	Burger King / Dr. Pepper Toyota	Owner Points
	42	32	Reed Sorenson(i)	Southern Pride Trucking Ford	Owner Points
22	43	49	JJ Yeley	America Israel Racing / JPO Absorbents	28.125	174.848

Did Not Qualify: # 23 Scott Riggs; # 98 Michael McDowell; # 33 Stephen Leicht #; # 19 Mike Bliss(i).
Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs
Chevrolet 16 2 Ford 11 1

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