As a famous sabre toothed tiger once said, “Who’s up for round two!?”
Open Race Thread: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen | Watkins Glen International
The second of three two road course races is on the slate today. They should have a road race in the Chase but I digress.
Anyway, remember what I said about Carl Edwards yesterday? You know, if he wins the Nationwide race his confidence will be boosted? Well I’d be looking out for him today as a top contender even if he is starting 18th.
Other top contenders for today’s race would include Bowyer, Ky. Busch, The Kez, Marcos (AC/DC) Ambrose, and Tony Stewart. O.K. and maybe Boris Said too. I also think that if Earnhardt comes out with a top 10, maybe even a top 15, that would be a good day for him. For some reason he seems to be either really good or really lousy at road courses so to come out just above average would be a good day.
So why do I not have Montoya as a person to watch? Because he hasn’t given us anything to watch this year, except maybe for that jet dryer incident. But if he were to make any gains to get his season on track it will be here today at The Glen as he is a bit of a road racing ace himself.
Starting line-up is after the jump. See you on the other side.
| POS | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 127.020 | 69.438 | Leader |
| 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's | 126.928 | 69.488 | -0.050 |
| 3 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's Cortez Silver | 126.925 | 69.490 | -0.052 |
| 4 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 126.626 | 69.654 | -0.216 |
| 5 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Stanley | 126.524 | 69.710 | -0.272 |
| 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 126.312 | 69.827 | -0.389 |
| 7 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | 126.150 | 69.917 | -0.479 |
| 8 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 5-hour Energy | 126.061 | 69.966 | -0.528 |
| 9 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 126.049 | 69.973 | -0.535 |
| 10 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald's | 125.959 | 70.023 | -0.585 |
| 11 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Ford | TRAQM.com | 125.713 | 70.160 | -0.722 |
| 12 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 125.643 | 70.199 | -0.761 |
| 13 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / Farm American | 125.612 | 70.216 | -0.778 |
| 14 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 125.518 | 70.269 | -0.831 |
| 15 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 125.516 | 70.270 | -0.832 |
| 16 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew | 125.500 | 70.279 | -0.841 |
| 17 | 22 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 125.420 | 70.324 | -0.886 |
| 18 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Fastenal | 125.409 | 70.330 | -0.892 |
| 19 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 125.389 | 70.341 | -0.903 |
| 20 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Farmers Insurance | 125.339 | 70.369 | -0.931 |
| 21 | 195 | Scott Speed | Ford | TWD | 125.334 | 70.372 | -0.934 |
| 22 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Menards / Rheem | 125.199 | 70.448 | -1.010 |
| 23 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Freight | 125.080 | 70.515 | -1.077 |
| 24 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Ford EcoBoost | 124.917 | 70.607 | -1.169 |
| 25 | 32 | Boris Said | Ford | HendrickCars.com | 124.791 | 70.678 | -1.240 |
| 26 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Miller Welders / Freightliner | 124.715 | 70.721 | -1.283 |
| 27 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction Services | 124.455 | 70.869 | -1.431 |
| 28 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 124.208 | 71.010 | -1.572 |
| 29 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Smithfield | 124.187 | 71.022 | -1.584 |
| 30 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | GEICO | 124.131 | 71.054 | -1.616 |
| 31 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Tommy Baldwin Racing | 124.108 | 71.067 | -1.629 |
| 32 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | Scorpion Coatings / Al's Liners | 123.868 | 71.205 | -1.767 |
| 33 | 55 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | My Classic Garage | 123.710 | 71.296 | -1.858 |
| 34 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | ModSpace | 123.576 | 71.373 | -1.935 |
| 35 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper | 123.471 | 71.434 | -1.996 |
| 36 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | Genny Light / AM-FM Energy | 123.436 | 71.454 | -2.016 |
| 37 | 10 | J.J. Yeley | Chevrolet | Tommy Baldwin Racing | 123.270 | 71.550 | -2.112 |
| 38 | 26 | Josh Wise* | Ford | MDS Transport | 122.531 | 71.982 | -2.544 |
| 39 | 33 | Stephen Leicht* | Chevrolet | Little Joes Autos.com | 122.335 | 72.097 | -2.659 |
| 40 | 119 | Chris Cook | Toyota | Plinker Tactical | 118.879 | 74.193 | -4.755 |
| 41 | 249 | Jason Leffler | Toyota | America Israel Racing | 118.742 | 74.279 | -4.841 |
| 42 | 93 | Travis Kvapil+ | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper | - | - | - |
| 43 | 30 | Patrick Long | Toyota | Inception Motorsports | 117.551 | 75.031 | -5.593 |
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie
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