Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com TRACK: Phoenix International Raceway Race: Sunday, March 2, 2014 in Avondale, Arizona Title Sponsor: The Profit on CNBC Scheduled Green Flag: 3:15pm/et ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Television Coverage/Re-air/Team: NASCAR Pre-Race: FOX - 2:30pm/et Television Race Coverage: FOX - 3:00pm/et In the Booth: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds Pit Reporters: Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers and Michael Waltrip Virtual Garage: Jeff Hammond FoxSports1's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 1:30pm/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty & Kenny Wallace Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times: Thursday, March 6 at 8:00am/et on FoxSports2 (FS2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week: Motor Racing Network Sirius XM Satellite Radio Channel 90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practices: Friday, February 28, 2:00 - 3:30pm/et, TV-FS1 Saturday, March 1, 11:00 - 11:55 am/et, TV-FS1 Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, March 1, 2:00 - 2:50 pm/et, TV-FS2 Qualifying: groups for positions 1-36, Friday, February 28 at 6:35pm/et, TV-FS1, no re-air scheduled -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Specifications: Track Length: 1.0 mile oval Race Length: 312 laps, 312 miles/500km Degree of Banking: Turns 1-2: 11 degrees; Turns 3-4: 9 degrees Front stretch: Length: 1,179 feet, Banking: 3 degrees Back stretch: Length: 1,551 feet, Banking: 9 degrees Pit Road: Length: 1,140 Pit Road Speed: 45mph Opened: 1964 (first NASCAR Sprint Cup event was 1988) Last Repave: 2011
Profit on CNBC 500k Starting Lineup courtesy of Jayski.com Pos Car Driver Sponsor Make Speed Time 1 2 Brad Keselowski Alliance Truck Parts Ford 139.384 25.828 2 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 139.265 25.850 3 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna / Bad Boy Buggies Chevy 138.969 25.905 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevy 138.350 26.021 5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 138.344 26.022 6 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 138.339 26.023 7 18 Kyle Busch Skittles Toyota 138.318 26.027 8 42 Kyle Larson* Clorox Chevy 138.318 26.027 9 43 Aric Almirola Farmland Ford 138.281 26.034 10 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevy 138.047 26.078 11 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 137.889 26.108 12 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 137.315 26.217 13 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevy 137.815 26.122 14 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 137.810 26.123 15 31 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevy 137.794 26.126 16 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 137.788 26.127 17 24 Jeff Gordon Pepsi MAX Chevy 137.741 26.136 18 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevy 137.588 26.165 19 20 Matt Kenseth Home Depot / Husky Toyota 137.546 26.173 20 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1 Chevy 137.483 26.185 21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. NOS Ford 137.473 26.187 22 27 Paul Menard Pittsburgh Paints / Menards Chevy 137.347 26.211 23 99 Carl Edwards SUBWAY Ford 137.216 26.236 24 3 Austin Dillon* American Ethanol Chevy 137.200 26.239 25 47 A.J. Allmendinger Clorox Fraganzia Chevy 137.179 26.243 26 95 Michael McDowell K Love Ford 137.065 26.265 27 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevy 136.903 26.296 28 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 136.867 26.303 29 9 Marcos Ambrose MAC Tools Ford 136.794 26.317 30 34 David Ragan Farm Rich Ford 136.789 26.318 31 26 Cole Whitt* GEAR Speed Stick Toyota 136.726 26.330 32 33 Brian Scott(i) Whitetail Chevy 136.721 26.331 33 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevy 136.545 26.365 34 83 Ryan Truex* Borla Exhaust Toyota 135.875 26.495 35 23 Alex Bowman* Dr Pepper Toyota 135.614 26.546 36 30 Parker Kligerman* xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Toyota 135.384 26.591 37 35 Blake Koch(i) MDS Transport Ford 135.262 26.615 38 66 Joe Nemechek (i) Land Castle Title Toyota 134.983 26.670 39 36 Reed Sorenson xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Chevy 134.897 26.687 40 32 Travis Kvapil Ask More - Get More Ford 134.771 26.712 41 7 Michael Annett* Accell Construction Chevy 134.148 26.836 42 87 Morgan Shepherd(i) Morris - Hardwick - Schneider Toyota 128.995 27.908 43 51 Justin Allgaier* Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevy 000.000 00.000 DNQ 98 Josh Wise Curb Records Chevy 135.287 26.610 DNQ 40 Landon Cassill(i) K&W Fiberlock / CRC Industries Chevy 135.115 N/A DNQ 77 Dave Blaney xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ford 134.238 26.818 * Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate (i) = Driver not running for 2014 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points
Been raining like crazy for the last 3 hours and the sky looks like we're in for it for a few hours to come. Now it threatens the Nationwide, but the Sprint Cup should be drier/dry for Sunday. Might be a fast track come Sunday. Look for Kevin Harvick. He's won on this track 4 times and has a good car and crew. Just sayin'. FYI: Needless to say we don't get snow, so this rain is the first moisture we've received down here in 2 1/2 months. Let the weeds begin!!
Weather doesn't look good for the Nationwide race today. Clear skies tomorrow. Wonder if they'll up running both races tomorrow. Wouldn't be the first time that happened I think.
What do I win for calling it yesterday? I know.....nothing. He ran a great race and his pit crew had him in and out of the pits what seemed like record time. What a great time. Perfect track conditions and cool, crisp air. And yes, I forgot to take my dig camera!!!!! And it was the first item on my "Things to Take to PIR" list. :suicide: Until next year.............
Profit on CNBC 500k Results courtesy of ESPN.com POS DRIVER MANUFACTURER LAPS START LED PTS BONUS PENALTY 1 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 312 13 224 48 5 0 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 312 5 0 42 0 0 3 Brad Keselowski Ford 312 1 3 42 1 0 4 Joey Logano Ford 312 2 71 41 1 0 5 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 312 17 4 40 1 0 6 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 312 4 0 38 0 0 7 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 312 15 6 38 1 0 8 Carl Edwards Ford 312 23 1 37 1 0 9 Kyle Busch Toyota 312 7 0 35 0 0 10 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 312 3 0 34 0 0 11 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 312 11 0 33 0 0 12 Matt Kenseth Toyota 312 19 0 32 0 0 13 Clint Bowyer Toyota 312 14 1 32 1 0 14 Casey Mears Chevrolet 312 18 0 30 0 0 15 Aric Almirola Ford 312 9 0 29 0 0 16 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 312 20 0 28 0 0 17 Greg Biffle Ford 312 6 0 27 0 0 18 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 312 21 0 26 0 0 19 Denny Hamlin Toyota 312 12 0 25 0 0 20 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 312 8 0 24 0 0 21 Marcos Ambrose Ford 311 29 0 23 0 0 22 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 311 27 0 22 0 0 23 Paul Menard Chevrolet 311 22 0 21 0 0 24 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 311 24 0 20 0 0 25 Brian Vickers Toyota 311 16 0 19 0 0 26 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 310 25 0 18 0 0 27 Cole Whitt Toyota 310 31 0 17 0 0 28 David Ragan Ford 310 30 0 16 0 0 29 David Gilliland Ford 309 28 2 16 1 0 30 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 309 43 0 14 0 0 31 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 308 39 0 13 0 0 32 Brian Scott Chevrolet 308 32 0 0 0 0 33 Michael McDowell Ford 307 26 0 11 0 0 34 Michael Annett Chevrolet 307 41 0 10 0 0 35 Ryan Truex Toyota 307 34 0 9 0 0 36 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 306 33 0 8 0 0 37 Blake Koch Ford 306 37 0 0 0 0 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 302 40 0 6 0 0 39 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 292 10 0 5 0 0 40 Joe Nemechek Toyota 292 38 0 0 0 0 41 Alex Bowman Toyota 230 35 0 3 0 0 42 Parker Kligerman Toyota 226 36 0 2 0 0 43 Morgan Shepherd Toyota 28 42 0 0 0 0