Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #9 of 36 for the 2011 season Track: Richmond International Raceway Race: Saturday, April 30, 2011 in Richmond, Virgina Title Sponsor: Crown Royal Scheduled Green Flag: 7:43 pm et ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Television Coverage: SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 5:00 pm et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty & Kenny Wallace NASCAR Pre-race: FOX - 7:00pm et Television Race Coverage: FOX - 7:30 pm et In the Booth: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip & Larry McReynolds Pit Reporters: twinky Berggren, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum & Krista Voda Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers & Jeff Hammond Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times: Wednesday, May 4th at 12:00pm/et on SPEED ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week: Motor Racing Network Sirius XM Satellite Radio Channel 128 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practice Dates - times in eastern time Friday, April 29, 12:00 - 2:00pm/et, TV-SPEED Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Friday, April 29, 2:45 - 3:30pm/et, TV-SPEED ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qualifying Information: Qualifying order is set by practice speeds. If qualifying is cancelled, then the lineup is set by 2011 Owners Points Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-43, Friday, April 29 at 5:35 pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air at 11:00pm/et & live via radio at MRN Radio only on NASCAR.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Specs: Race Length: 400 laps, 300 miles Track Length: 0.75 mile oval, measured 13 1/2 feet in from SAFER Barrier Track Width: 60 feet with 10-foot apron Banking: turns: 14 degrees; frontstretch 8 degrees; backstretch 2 degrees Straights: Backstretch - 860 feet; Frontstretch - 1290 feet Pit Road: 64-foot width, 43 concrete pit stalls, each measuring 28'x19' Pit Road Speed: 45mph Pace Car Speed: 50mph Opened: 1946 - First NASCAR race was 1953
Crown Royal Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400 Starting Lineup courtesy of Nascar.com POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 128.639 20.989 Leader 2 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 128.382 21.031 -0.042 3 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 128.272 21.049 -0.060 4 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 128.150 21.069 -0.080 5 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 128.053 21.085 -0.096 6 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 128.011 21.092 -0.103 7 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 128.011 21.092 -0.103 8 99 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts EZ Seed 128.005 21.093 -0.104 9 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 127.980 21.097 -0.108 10 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Libman / Menards 127.956 21.101 -0.112 11 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 127.780 21.130 -0.141 12 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 127.660 21.150 -0.161 13 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army Medicine 127.473 21.181 -0.192 14 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kingsford 127.473 21.181 -0.192 15 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 127.455 21.184 -0.195 16 30 David Stremme Chevrolet EchoStar Technologies 127.401 21.193 -0.204 17 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 127.353 21.201 -0.212 18 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Nautica 127.335 21.204 -0.215 19 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 127.335 21.204 -0.215 20 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Pretzel 127.310 21.208 -0.219 21 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Ultimate Tune-Up 127.304 21.209 -0.220 22 66 Michael McDowell Toyota K-Love 127.298 21.210 -0.221 23 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 127.131 21.238 -0.249 24 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 127.095 21.244 -0.255 25 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 127.047 21.252 -0.263 26 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 127.023 21.256 -0.267 27 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 127.017 21.257 -0.268 28 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 126.892 21.278 -0.289 29 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Golden Corral 126.886 21.279 -0.290 30 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 126.880 21.280 -0.291 31 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 / Office Depot 126.713 21.308 -0.319 32 60 Mike Skinner Toyota Big Red 126.582 21.330 -0.341 33 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 126.393 21.362 -0.373 34 09 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 126.351 21.369 -0.380 35 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Dewalt 126.269 21.383 -0.394 36 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 126.210 21.393 -0.404 37 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 126.186 21.397 -0.408 38 32 Ken Schrader Ford H&B Railroad / Southern Pride Trucking 126.139 21.405 -0.416 39 34 David Gilliland Ford Gander Mountain 125.915 21.443 -0.454 40 46 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Red Line Oil 125.488 21.516 -0.527 41 71 Andy Lally* Ford Interstate Moving Services 124.832 21.629 -0.640 42 7 Robby Gordon+ Dodge Fast Five / Speed Energy 123.592 21.846 -0.857 43 37 Tony Raines Ford Front Row Motorsports 125.482 21.517 -0.528 Did Not Qualify 44 192 Brian Keselowski* Dodge K-Automotive Motorsports 123.288 21.900 -0.911 + Set by Owner Points * Denotes Rookie
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Crown Royal Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400 Results courtesy of Nascar.com FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS 1 20 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Pretzel 48/5 400 Running 2 11 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 43/1 400 Running 3 4 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 42/1 400 Running 4 27 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 40/0 400 Running 5 8 99 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts EZ Seed 40/1 400 Running 6 3 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 39/1 400 Running 7 18 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Nautica 37/0 400 Running 8 30 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 36/0 400 Running 9 31 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 / Office Depot 35/0 400 Running 10 37 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 34/0 399 Running 11 9 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 33/0 399 Running 12 12 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 32/0 399 Running 13 29 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Golden Corral 31/0 399 Running 14 5 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 30/0 399 Running 15 23 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 29/0 399 Running 16 25 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 29/1 399 Running 17 2 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 27/0 399 Running 18 17 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 26/0 399 Running 19 24 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 25/0 398 Running 20 13 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army Medicine 24/0 398 Running 21 33 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 24/1 398 Running 22 36 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 22/0 397 Running 23 35 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Dewalt 21/0 397 Running 24 14 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kingsford 20/0 397 Running 25 39 34 David Gilliland Ford Gander Mountain 19/0 397 Running 26 41 71 Andy Lally * Ford Interstate Moving Services 18/0 397 Running 27 21 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Ultimate Tune-Up 18/1 397 Running 28 15 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 16/0 396 Running 29 1 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 16/1 395 Running 30 28 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 0 395 Running 31 19 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 13/0 395 Running 32 38 32 Ken Schrader Ford H&B Railroad / Southern Pride Trucking 12/0 394 Running 33 43 37 Tony Raines Ford Front Row Motorsports 11/0 393 Running 34 16 30 David Stremme Chevrolet EchoStar Technologies 10/0 393 Running 35 42 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Fast Five / Speed Energy 9/0 393 Running 36 7 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 8/0 388 Running 37 10 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Libman / Menards 7/0 385 Running 38 34 09 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 0 360 Running 39 6 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 6/1 300 Accident 40 22 66 Michael McDowell Toyota K-Love 4/0 134 Electrical 41 32 60 Mike Skinner Toyota Big Red 0 61 Rear Gear 42 26 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 40 Brakes 43 40 46 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Red Line Oil 1/0 38 Electrical * Denotes Rookie
