Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #18 of 36 for the 2012 season TRACK: Daytona International Speedway Race: Saturday, July 7th, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Florida Title Sponsor: Coca Cola Scheduled Green Flag: 7:49 pm et ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Television Coverage: SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 4:30 pm/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace NASCAR Pre-race: TNT - 6:30pm/et Television Race Coverage: TNT, 7:30pm/et In the Booth: Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach Jr., Kyle Petty Pit Reporters: Matt Yocum, Marty Snider, Ralph Sheheen, Chris Neville TNT's Pre-race show: Adam Alexander, Larry McReynolds, Kyle Petty Scheduled Race Re-Air Date: Wednesday, July 11th at 12:00pm/et on SPEED ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week: Motor Racing Network Sirius XM Satellite Radio Channel 90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practice Dates: Thursday, July 5, 4:00 - 5:20 pm/et, TV-SPEED Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Thursday, July 5, 6:35 - 8:00pm/et, TV-SPEED -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-43: Friday, July 6 at 4:10 pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air scheduled at 10:00 pm/et. Qualifying Information: Qualifying order is set by first practice speeds, slowest car goes 1st, fastest car goes last. If first practice is run, but qualifying is unable to take place, the starting lineup will be based on speeds from the car's fastest lap from the first practice, with top-35 cars in owner points no longer segregated from the non-top 35 cars. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Specifications: Track Length: 2.5 mile oval Race Length: 160 laps, 400 miles Tri-oval with 31-degree banking in the turns 18-degree banking in the tri-oval and 6-degree banking on the straightaways Date track opened: 1959 Banking in turns 1-4: 31 degrees Banking in tri-oval: 18 degrees Banking on backstretch: 3 degrees Banking on the straightaway: 6 degrees Length of frontstretch: 3,800 feet Length of backstretch: 3,400 feet Grandstand Seating: 168,000. Pit Road Speed: 55 mph Pace Car Speed: 70 mph Pit Road Length: 1,600 feet Pit Road Width: 50 feet Repaved in 1978 and 2010 Opened: 1959
Coke Zero 400 Starting Lineup courtesy of Jayski.com POS CAR DRIVER SPONSOR MAKE SPEED TIME 1 17 Matt Kenseth Zest Ford 192.386 46.781 2 14 Tony Stewart MOBIL 1 / Office Depot Chevy 192.361 46.787 3 39 Ryan Newman Aspen Dental Chevy 192.353 46.789 4 5 Kasey Kahne HendrickCars.com Chevy 192.291 46.804 5 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 192.139 46.841 6 24 Jeff Gordon PepsiMax Chevy 192.061 46.860 7 50 Bill Elliott Walmart Chevy 192.012 46.872 8 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 191.934 46.891 9 22 AJ Allmendinger Shell Pennzoil Dodge 191.894 46.901 10 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 191.857 46.910 11 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 191.824 46.918 12 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Folds of Honor Chevy 191.800 46.924 13 99 Carl Edwards Subway Ford 191.710 46.946 14 27 Paul Menard Quaker State / Menards Chevy 191.681 46.953 15 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 191.579 46.978 16 21 Trevor Bayne Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 191.498 46.998 17 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevy 191.477 47.003 18 43 Aric Almirola U.S. Air Force Ford 191.270 47.054 19 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Batteries Toyota 191.245 47.060 20 20 Joey Logano Dollar General Toyota 191.229 47.064 21 31 Jeff Burton Wheaties Chevy 191.095 47.097 22 98 Mike Bliss Phil Parsons Racing Ford 190.985 47.124 23 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 190.945 47.134 24 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 190.921 47.140 25 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Natl. Guard-An American Salute Chevy 190.848 47.158 26 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row / Farm American Chevy 190.718 47.190 27 30 David Stremme Stock Car Steel and Aluminum Toyota 190.666 47.203 28 34 David Ragan MHP 8-hour Alert Ford 190.617 47.215 29 55 Michael Waltrip Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 190.597 47.220 30 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 190.557 47.230 31 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops / NRA Museum Chevy 190.553 47.231 32 26 Josh Wise# MDS Transport Ford 190.174 47.325 33 38 David Gilliland Glory Foods Ford 190.134 47.335 34 36 Dave Blaney Golden Corral Chevy 190.118 47.339 35 32 Terry Labonte C & J Energy Services Ford 190.046 47.357 36 51 Kurt Busch Phoenix Construction Services Chevy 189.994 47.370 37 87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota 189.673 47.450 38 33 Stephen Leicht# LittleJoesAutos.com Chevy 188.719 47.690 39 83 Landon Cassill Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 188.683 47.699 40 10 David Reutimann CarportEmpire.com/TMone.com Chevy 188.549 47.733 41 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 187.939 47.888 42 47 Bobby Labonte Kingsford Charcoal Toyota 186.505 48.256 43 49 JJ Yeley Robinson-Blakney Racing Toyota 187.021 48.123 DNQ 23 Robert Richardson, Jr. North Texas Pipe Chevy 186.505 48.256 # Denotes Rookie
Coke Zero 400 Results courtesy of NASCAR.com FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS 1 42 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 47/4 160 Running 2 20 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Wheaties 42/0 160 Running 3 1 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Zest 43/2 160 Running 4 19 20 Joey Logano Toyota Dollar General 40/0 160 Running 5 2 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Aspen Dental 39/0 160 Running 6 12 99 Carl Edwards Ford Subway 38/0 160 Running 7 3 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet HendrickCars.com 37/0 160 Running 8 9 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 36/0 160 Running 9 28 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 35/0 160 Running 10 41 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kingsford 34/0 160 Running 11 39 10 David Reutimann Chevrolet CarportEmpire.com 33/0 160 Running 12 5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Pepsi Max 32/0 160 Running 13 30 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / NRA Museum 31/0 160 Running 14 13 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Quaker State / Menards 30/0 160 Running 15 24 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard 29/0 160 Running 16 40 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King 28/0 160 Running 17 18 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Batteries 28/1 160 Running 18 7 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 27/1 160 Running 19 17 43 Aric Almirola Ford U.S. Air Force 25/0 160 Running 20 34 32 Terry Labonte Ford C&J Energy 24/0 160 Running 21 4 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 24/1 160 Running 22 33 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Golden Corral 22/0 160 Running 23 11 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser Folds of Honor 21/0 160 Running 24 22 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 21/1 160 Running 25 23 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 19/0 156 Running 26 27 34 David Ragan Ford MHP / 8 Hour Alert 19/1 155 Accident 27 15 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft 0 152 Accident 28 14 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 16/0 152 Accident 29 29 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 15/0 152 Accident 30 10 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford DEWALT 14/0 152 Accident 31 32 38 David Gilliland Ford Glory Foods 14/1 152 Accident 32 38 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 12/0 151 Running 33 8 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 0 149 Running 34 25 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 10/0 133 Running 35 35 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction Services 9/0 132 Running 36 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 8/0 124 Accident 37 6 50 Bill Elliott Chevrolet Walmart 7/0 123 Accident 38 31 26 Josh Wise * Ford MDS Transport 7/1 47 Transmission 39 26 30 David Stremme Toyota Stock Car Steel and Aluminum 5/0 25 Rear Gear 40 43 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota Jay Robinson Inc. 4/0 16 Over Heating 41 36 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM / FM Energy 0 10 Over Heating 42 37 33 Stephen Leicht * Chevrolet Little Joes Autos.com 2/0 4 Over Heating 43 21 98 Michael McDowell Ford Presbyterian Healthcare System 1/0 3 Over Heating * Denotes Rookie
