Hey all.  Today's open race thread is going to be a little different in that I'm going to provide you with the link to Jeff Gluck's open race thread too.  Feel free in posting either at Jeff's page or here, or even on both, which is what I'm going to be doing at times throughout the day.

Jeff and I are still working out this open race thread thing.  To be honest with you I haven't returned Jeff's email on the topic from Wednesday as I've been really busy this week so the ball is resting in my court on this as it were.  We'll have it all sorted out by next week for sure. 

Anyway, look for the complete starting line-up after the jump.  See you on the other side (and at Jeff's page too).

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Complete line up after the jump!  Don't know if I will be around much for this one today, I've got a busy sched.

How do you think Austin Dillon is going to do?

Oh and hey, two Bodines are starting in the top 10 and its too bad that Carl Long didn't amke the race.  Help me out on this if you can, is this the first race that Carl has tried to enter since his huge fine from last May for having an oversized motor?

See ya all on the other side!

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To save space on the front page I am now going to be putting the complete starting lineup after the jump.

Complete list after the jump.

Between the race and the Gold Medal hockey game today I'm going to be a very busy boy.  No offence to my US readers but Go Canada Go!!

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In order to dave space on the front page I'm now going to be putting the starting line up for the races after the jump.

One thing to note is that Danica's qualifying speed was less than the speeds of 5 of the DNQs.

See you on the other side.

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I've got a busy day ahead but fortunately I'll be within earshot of the TV so I'll be able to listen to the race and pop into the room when something important happens or when I need a break.

If you get a chance during the race follow my twitter lists and see what the media, wives, girlfriends, etc are tweeting about you just might get some juicy info before the FOX crew does.  If I were a producer at FOX I'd have somebody monitoring NASCAR's Twitter accounts to get the latest info and feed it to my broadcast crew and out it up on FOX's web page ASAP.

See you after the jump, as I'll be checking in and posting throughout the day.

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	183.744	39.185	Leader
2	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	183.477	39.242	-0.057
3	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper	183.127	39.317	-0.132
4	9	Kasey Kahne	Ford	Budweiser / Team USA	182.913	39.363	-0.178
5	66	Dave Blaney	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	182.908	39.364	-0.179
6	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Shell / Pennzoil	182.899	39.366	-0.181
7	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools	182.890	39.368	-0.183
8	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Auto Club	182.811	39.385	-0.200
9	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Interstate Batteries	182.788	39.390	-0.205
10	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	182.741	39.400	-0.215
11	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	182.597	39.431	-0.246
12	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	182.292	39.497	-0.312
13	82	Scott Speed	Toyota	Red Bull	182.195	39.518	-0.333
14	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	182.085	39.542	-0.357
15	6	David Ragan	Ford	UPS	181.974	39.566	-0.381
16	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Old Spice / Office Depot	181.883	39.586	-0.401
17	36	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	Wave Energy Drink	181.749	39.615	-0.430
18	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Haas Automation	181.726	39.620	-0.435
19	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot	181.671	39.632	-0.447
20	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Crown Royal	181.502	39.669	-0.484
21	12	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	AAA Insurance	181.333	39.706	-0.521
22	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Companies	181.324	39.708	-0.523
23	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull	181.314	39.710	-0.525
24	09	Aric Almirola	Chevrolet	Phoenix Racing	181.314	39.710	-0.525
25	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Freight	181.301	39.713	-0.528
26	47	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota	Armor All	181.228	39.729	-0.544
27	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Amp Energy Juice / National Guard	181.109	39.755	-0.570
28	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	181.055	39.767	-0.582
29	43	A.J. Allmendinger	Ford	Best Buy	181.041	39.770	-0.585
30	55	Michael McDowell	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	180.895	39.802	-0.617
31	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Aflac "You don't know quack"	180.768	39.830	-0.645
32	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	FrontRowJoe.com	180.755	39.833	-0.648
33	71	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	TaxSlayer.com	180.587	39.870	-0.685
34	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	180.523	39.884	-0.699
35	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M	180.325	39.928	-0.743
36	98	Paul Menard	Ford	Energizer / Menards	180.081	39.982	-0.797
37	19	Elliott Sadler	Ford	Stanley	179.919	40.018	-0.833
38	37	Kevin Conway*	Ford	Extenze	179.292	40.158	-0.973
39	34	Travis Kvapil	Ford	Long John Silver's	178.975	40.229	-1.044
40	7	Robby Gordon+	Toyota	Warner Music Nashville / Whitney Duncan	176.302	40.839	-1.654
41	38	David Gilliland+	Ford	Taco Bell	176.207	40.861	-1.676
42	26	Boris Said+	Ford	Sacred Power / Southern Pride Trucking	-	-	-
43	13	Max Papis	Toyota	GEICO	180.501	39.889	-0.704
Did Not Qualify
44	190	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	Keyed-Up Motorsports	179.915	40.019	-0.834
45	135	Johnny Sauter	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	178.940	40.237	-1.052
46	46	Terry Cook*	Dodge	Whitney Motorsports	178.064	40.435	-1.250

+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

Between this and the Canada vs USA hockey game I'm going to be pretty busy!

See you on the other side. 

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	GameStop	181.283	39.717	Leader
2	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Z-Line Designs	179.906	40.021	-0.304
3	11	Brian Scott*	Toyota	AccuDoc Solutions	179.672	40.073	-0.356
4	60	Carl Edwards	Ford	Copart	179.332	40.149	-0.432
5	27	Greg Biffle	Ford	Red Man Moist Snuff	178.536	40.328	-0.611
6	21	John Wes Townley	Chevrolet	Zaxby's	177.813	40.492	-0.775
7	32	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Dollar General	177.773	40.501	-0.784
8	33	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Rheem Tankless Water Heaters	177.730	40.511	-0.794
9	1	James Buescher*	Chevrolet	Phoenix Racing	177.559	40.550	-0.833
10	99	Trevor Bayne	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	177.480	40.568	-0.851
11	10	David Reutimann	Toyota	Beringer Vineyards	176.895	40.702	-0.985
12	66	Steve Wallace	Toyota	5-Hour Energy	176.848	40.713	-0.996
13	22	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	America's Tire / Discount Tire	176.635	40.762	-1.045
14	62	Brendan Gaughan	Toyota	South Point Hotel & Casino	176.613	40.767	-1.050
15	12	Justin Allgaier	Dodge	Verizon Wireless	176.583	40.774	-1.057
16	87	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	FrontRowJoe.com	176.557	40.780	-1.063
17	98	Paul Menard	Ford	Richmond Water Heaters / Menards	176.401	40.816	-1.099
18	16	Colin Braun*	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	175.979	40.914	-1.197
19	01	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	Monster Diesel	175.811	40.953	-1.236
20	38	Jason Leffler	Toyota	Great Clips	175.721	40.974	-1.257
21	35	Jason Keller	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	175.528	41.019	-1.302
22	96	Dennis Setzer	Dodge	Stratosphere	175.315	41.069	-1.352
23	70	Mark Green	Chevrolet	ML Motorsports	175.259	41.082	-1.365
24	24	Eric McClure	Ford	Hefty	175.204	41.095	-1.378
25	156	Kevin Lepage	Toyota	Start Energy Drink	175.182	41.100	-1.383
26	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.*	Ford	CitiFinancial	175.106	41.118	-1.401
27	43	Scott Lagasse Jr.	Ford	DrGmall.com	174.812	41.187	-1.470
28	183	John Borneman III	Ford	Twisted X Boots / Red Line Oil	174.753	41.201	-1.484
29	42	Parker Kligerman*	Dodge	Smith Iron Works	174.740	41.204	-1.487
30	05	Willie Allen	Chevrolet	31-W Insulation / CertainTeed	174.736	41.205	-1.488
31	107	Danny Efland	Chevrolet	Shred 360 / M&W Towing	174.656	41.224	-1.507
32	88	Kelly Bires	Chevrolet	HendrickCars.com	174.583	41.241	-1.524
33	73	Derrike Cope	Dodge	AssetProtect	174.414	41.281	-1.564
34	15	Michael Annett	Toyota	Pilot Travel Centers	173.989	41.382	-1.665
35	34	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	Long John Silver's	173.850	41.415	-1.698
36	7	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	172.990	41.621	-1.904
37	81	Michael McDowell	Dodge	Crusader Staffing Associates	172.496	41.740	-2.023
38	61	Josh Wise+	Ford	Stratosphere	172.327	41.781	-2.064
39	28	Kenny Wallace+	Chevrolet	Zimmzang.com / Blue Ox	171.547	41.971	-2.254
40	23	Robert Richardson Jr.+	Chevrolet	R3 Motorsports	169.791	42.405	-2.688
41	26	Brian Keselowski+	Dodge	Doubletree Hotel Claremont	167.754	42.920	-3.203
42	40	Mike Bliss+	Chevrolet	Bad Boy Buggies / Buck Commander	-	-	-
43	09	Scott Riggs	Ford	RAB Racing	174.027	41.373	-1.656
Did Not Qualify
44	89	Morgan Shepherd	Chevrolet	Lagina Plumbing	173.578	41.480	-1.763
45	90	Danny O'Quinn Jr.	Chevrolet	D'Hondt / Humphrey Motorsports	173.073	41.601	-1.884
46	91	Stephen Leicht	Chevrolet	D'Hondt / Humphrey Motorsports	172.877	41.648	-1.931
47	92	Johnny Chapman	Dodge	K-Automotive Motorsports	172.815	41.663	-1.946
48	102	Andy Ponstein	Chevrolet	CarLocate.com	169.631	42.445	-2.728
49	104	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet

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Man it is finally here, now let's see who has the swagger to live up to the talk!

See you all on the other side!

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	191.188	47.074	Leader
2	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Amp Energy / National Guard	190.913	47.142	-0.068
3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	-	-	-
4	9	Kasey Kahne	Ford	Budweiser	-	-	-
5	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Shell / Pennzoil	-	-	-
6	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Office Depot / Old Spice	-	-	-
7	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M's	-	-	-
8	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	-	-	-
9	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper	-	-	-
10	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	-	-	-
11	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Companies	-	-	-
12	19	Elliott Sadler	Ford	Stanley	-	-	-
13	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	-	-	-
14	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	-	-	-
15	43	A.J. Allmendinger	Ford	Best Buy	-	-	-
16	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot	-	-	-
17	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	-	-	-
18	47	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota	Kroger Floral	-	-	-
19	6	David Ragan	Ford	UPS	-	-	-
20	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	-	-	-
21	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	-	-	-
22	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull	-	-	-
23	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M	-	-	-
24	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Crown Royal	-	-	-
25	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Express	-	-	-
26	12	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	Penske Racing	-	-	-
27	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Aflac	-	-	-
28	36	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	Wave Energy Drink	-	-	-
29	55	Michael McDowell	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	-	-	-
30	82	Scott Speed	Toyota	Red Bull	-	-	-
31	13	Max Papis	Toyota	GEICO	-	-	-
32	98	Paul Menard	Ford	Peak / Menards	-	-	-
33	34	John Andretti	Ford	Window World Cares	-	-	-
34	7	Robby Gordon	Toyota	Monster Energy	-	-	-
35	37	Travis Kvapil	Ford	Extenze	-	-	-
36	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Mobil 1	-	-	-
37	38	Robert Richardson Jr.	Ford	Mahindra Tractors	-	-	-
38	26	Boris Said	Ford	Window World Cares	-	-	-
39	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	-	-	-
40	21	Bill Elliott	Ford	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	-	-	-
41	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	NEMCO Motorsports	-	-	-
42	71	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	TaxSlayer.com	-	-	-
43	151	Michael Waltrip	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	-	-	-
Did Not Qualify
44	190	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	Keyed-Up Motorsports	-	-	-
45	127	Todd Bodine	Toyota	Kirk Shelmerdine Racing	-	-	-
46	49	David Gilliland	Toyota	Warner Music Nashville / Larry the Cable Guy	-	-	-
47	46	Terry Cook*	Dodge	Whitney Motorsports	-	-	-
48	175	Derrike Cope	Dodge	Asset Protect / Strutmasterspro.com	-	-	-
49	09	Aric Almirola	Chevrolet	Phoenix Racing	-	-	-
50	66	Dave Blaney	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	-	-	-
51	132	Reed Sorenson	Toyota	Dollar General	-	-	-
52	192	Mike Wallace	Dodge	K-Automotive Motorsports	-	-	-
53	157	Norm Benning	Chevrolet	Norm Benning Racing	-	-	-
54	197	Jeff Fuller	Toyota	FrontRowJoe.com	-	-	-

+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

Green flag is set to drop at 7:30 pm EST.

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	23	Jason White	Ford	GunBroker.com	177.525	50.697	Leader
2	2	Elliott Sadler	Chevrolet	Hunt Brothers Pizza	177.002	50.847	-0.150
3	3	Austin Dillon*	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	176.391	51.023	-0.326
4	4	Ricky Carmichael	Chevrolet	Monster Energy	176.343	51.037	-0.340
5	33	Ron Hornaday	Chevrolet	Longhorn Smokeless Tobacco	176.291	51.052	-0.355
6	56	Tayler Malsam	Toyota	Toyota	176.115	51.103	-0.406
7	51	Aric Almirola	Toyota	Graceway Pharmaceutica- ls	176.080	51.113	-0.416
8	12	Mario Gosselin	Chevrolet	TireMonkey.com	176.015	51.132	-0.435
9	95	Johnny Benson	Ford	Plane Guts	175.905	51.164	-0.467
10	13	Johnny Sauter	Chevrolet	ThorSport Racing	175.809	51.192	-0.495
11	9	Max Papis	Toyota	GEICO	175.719	51.218	-0.521
12	60	Stacy Compton	Toyota	SafeAuto Insurance Company	175.706	51.222	-0.525
13	14	Rick Crawford	Ford	Lilly Trucking of Virginia	175.617	51.248	-0.551
14	46	Dennis Setzer	Dodge	Plane Guts	175.514	51.278	-0.581
15	30	Todd Bodine	Toyota	Germain Racing	175.510	51.279	-0.582
16	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Heluva Good	175.380	51.317	-0.620
17	88	Matt Crafton	Chevrolet	Menards	174.846	51.474	-0.777
18	15	Ted Musgrave	Toyota	Billy Ballew Motorsports	174.595	51.548	-0.851
19	7	Justin Lofton*	Toyota	VisitPIT.com	174.551	51.561	-0.864
20	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota	International Trucks / Monaco RV	174.476	51.583	-0.886
21	21	Donny Lia	Dodge	SS Green Light Racing	174.422	51.599	-0.902
22	1	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Toyota	Red Horse Racing	174.412	51.602	-0.905
23	98	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	etc. Easy to Install.com	174.402	51.605	-0.908
24	17	Timothy Peters	Toyota	K&N Filters	174.371	51.614	-0.917
25	81	David Starr	Toyota	Zachry	174.213	51.661	-0.964
26	49	Chad McCumbee	Chevrolet	FT-11 Multi-Purpose Degreaser / Polar Bear 150	173.715	51.809	-1.112
27	76	Ryan Hackett	Chevrolet	Sears Sand & Gravel	173.134	51.983	-1.286
28	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb*	Ford	drivenmale.com	172.951	52.038	-1.341
29	47	Brett Butler*	Chevrolet	Fuel-Doctor.com	172.921	52.047	-1.350
30	39	Ryan Sieg	Chevrolet	S&W Services	172.858	52.066	-1.369
31	00	Carlos Contreras	Chevrolet	Potencia Blast Energy Shot / Alpina Spring Water	172.771	52.092	-1.395
32	6	Donnie Neuenberger	Chevrolet	E-Z Slider	172.635	52.133	-1.436
33	48	Bryan Silas	Chevrolet	Rockingham Speedway	172.374	52.212	-1.515
34	07	Sean Murphy+	Chevrolet	Dietz & Watson	171.910	52.353	-1.656
35	57	Norm Benning+	Chevrolet	Norm Benning Racing	171.867	52.366	-1.669
36	01	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Koma Chillaxation Drink	172.520	52.168	-1.471
Did Not Qualify
37	93	Shane Sieg	Chevrolet	S&W Services	172.259	52.247	-1.550
38	153	Justin Hobgood	Chevrolet	Georgia Beef Board	171.792	52.389	-1.692
39	28	L.W. Miller	Chevrolet	FDNY Racing	171.756	52.400	-1.703
40	74	Derrike Cope	Dodge	Stratus Racing Group	171.713	52.413	-1.716
41	85	Brent Raymer	Ford	Ford. Drive one.	171.638	52.436	-1.739
42	89	Wayne Edwards	Chevrolet	Lafferty Performance / Blue Ox / Handy Helper	168.205	53.506

Man Derrike Cope failed to qualify for another event.  Gotta feel for the former Daytona 500 winner.

I'll try to be around for this one - should be good for the end anyway, we'll see about the start.

See you on the other side.