Race Day Open Thread: Toyota/SaveMart 350 | Infineon Raceway
The race day feature is back. Here is the starting line-up:
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 93.678 76.475 Leader 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's / Transformers 93.415 76.690 -0.215 3 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox 93.138 76.918 -0.443 4 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 93.039 77.000 -0.525 5 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 92.991 77.040 -0.565 6 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet GE Reveal 92.981 77.048 -0.573 7 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Haas Automation 92.947 77.076 -0.601 8 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley Tools 92.941 77.081 -0.606 9 08 Boris Said Ford Carter / Simo Racing 92.938 77.084 -0.609 10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Dewalt 92.922 77.097 -0.622 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 92.909 77.108 -0.633 12 20 Joey Logano* Toyota The Home Depot 92.865 77.144 -0.669 13 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 92.829 77.174 -0.699 14 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Carquest / Kellogg's 92.796 77.202 -0.727 15 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Post-it 92.740 77.248 -0.773 16 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 92.733 77.254 -0.779 17 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 92.655 77.319 -0.844 18 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 92.648 77.325 -0.850 19 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 92.498 77.450 -0.975 20 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Best Buy 92.484 77.462 -0.987 21 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 92.433 77.505 -1.030 22 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Menards / Jim Beam 92.432 77.506 -1.031 23 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Irwin Vise-Grip 92.372 77.556 -1.081 24 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 92.358 77.568 -1.093 25 96 Bobby Labonte Ford Ask.com 92.355 77.570 -1.095 26 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 92.305 77.612 -1.137 27 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 92.302 77.615 -1.140 28 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge Valvoline 92.054 77.824 -1.349 29 09 Ron Fellows Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 92.043 77.833 -1.358 30 98 Paul Menard Ford Johns Manville / Menards 91.988 77.880 -1.405 31 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 91.933 77.926 -1.451 32 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet Adobe Road Winery 91.850 77.997 -1.522 33 113 Max Papis* Toyota GEICO 91.777 78.059 -1.584 34 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 91.750 78.082 -1.607 35 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 91.509 78.287 -1.812 36 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 91.436 78.350 -1.875 37 204 P.J. Jones Toyota Jim Beam / Menards 91.425 78.359 -1.884 38 55 Patrick Carpentier Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 90.907 78.806 -2.331 39 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Racing 90.901 78.811 -2.336 40 6 David Ragan+ Ford UPS 90.813 78.887 -2.412 41 34 John Andretti+ Chevrolet Taco Bell 90.788 78.909 -2.434 42 00 David Reutimann+ Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 90.603 79.070 -2.595 43 102 Brandon Ash Dodge Efusjon Energy Club 91.098 78.641 -2.166 Did Not Qualify 44 82 Scott Speed* Toyota Red Bull 90.979 78.743 -2.268 45 127 Tom Hubert Toyota Lilly Trucking of Virginia 90.978 78.744 -2.269 46 37 Chris Cook Dodge Long John Silver's 90.429 79.222 -2.747 47 36 Brian Simo Toyota California Outdoor Heritage Alliance 82.246 87.104 -10.629 + Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie
I know I won't be around for the start but I'll try to get there for the end. Some points to ponder:
Man, can you believe Scott Speed's qualifying effort? I feel for him right now as he is supposed to be a road race ringer and here he is watching the race like the rest of us - on the outside looking in.
How about Vickers' pole run?
Do you think there might be a Canadian 1-2 finish? Could you imagine if it indeed did happen?
How about Carl's Nationwide win last night? Cool.
I'm glad that Johnny Benson is making a good recovery from the injuries he sustained in a race last weekend.
Hornaday had a great run in the truck race didn't he?
Remember to comment and comment often.
Happy Father's Day to you Dads out there.
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Beat me to it..
This still doesn’t help the 82 get back to the top 35 though. And he was getting so close..
You know.
I like road course racing. The novelty, unpredictability and excitement.
I know a lot of people will disagree but this beats a race at one of the cookie cutter superspeedways easily.
I wish Larry Mac
could call the race for both networks. I’m guessing there’s something in the contract prohibiting that though.
That's my guess too
These guys are rally getting on my nerves. If I had MRN radio I would turn down the volume on the TV
Thanks.
I found it really odd that Gordon was ahead of Busch and Stewart and yet behind the top 10.
So, the good guys took 2 tires? Or fuel only?
Under a Caution
the top 10 or so stay out and Gordon pitted,Then the ones that stayed out had to pit under green. Gordon came back for fuel only under green

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