Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #22 of 36 for the 2012 season Track: Watkins Glen International Race: Sunday, August 12, 2012 in Watkins Glen, NY Title Sponsor: none Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 1:19pm/et ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Television Coverage/Re-air/TV Team SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 10:00 am/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace NASCAR Pre-race: ESPN - 12:00pm/et Television Race Coverage: ESPN, 1:00pm/et In the Booth: Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe, Brad Daugherty, Rusty Wallace, Ray Evernham Scheduled Re-Air Date: Wednesday, August 15 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week: Motor Racing Network Sirius XM Satellite Radio Channel 90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practice Dates: Friday, August 10, 12:00 - 1:50 pm/et, TV-SPEED Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Friday, August 10, 4:10 - 5:30 pm/et, TV-SPEED Qualifying: 1 lap for positions 1-43: Saturday, August 11 at 11:40 am/et, TV-ESPN2, no re-air scheduled. 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: a 2.45-mile paved road course. 90 laps, 220.5 miles (355 k) It has 11 turns with a variety of banking in turns ranging from 6 degrees to 10 degrees. The length of the frontstretch is 2,141 feet and the length of the backstretch is 1,839 feet. Watkins Glen International has hosted the race since 1986. Grandstand seating capacity: approx 41,000 Opened: 1956
Finger Lakes 355K at The Glen Starting Lineup courtesy of NASCAR.com POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 127.020 69.438 Leader 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 126.928 69.488 -0.050 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's Cortez Silver 126.925 69.490 -0.052 4 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 126.626 69.654 -0.216 5 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 126.524 69.710 -0.272 6 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 126.312 69.827 -0.389 7 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 126.150 69.917 -0.479 8 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 126.061 69.966 -0.528 9 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 126.049 69.973 -0.535 10 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 125.959 70.023 -0.585 11 98 Michael McDowell Ford TRAQM.com 125.713 70.160 -0.722 12 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 125.643 70.199 -0.761 13 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 125.612 70.216 -0.778 14 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 125.518 70.269 -0.831 15 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 125.516 70.270 -0.832 16 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew 125.500 70.279 -0.841 17 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 125.420 70.324 -0.886 18 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal 125.409 70.330 -0.892 19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 125.389 70.341 -0.903 20 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 125.339 70.369 -0.931 21 95 Scott Speed Ford TWD 125.334 70.372 -0.934 22 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Rheem 125.199 70.448 -1.010 23 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 125.080 70.515 -1.077 24 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ford EcoBoost 124.917 70.607 -1.169 25 32 Boris Said Ford HendrickCars.com 124.791 70.678 -1.240 26 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Miller Welders / Freightliner 124.715 70.721 -1.283 27 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction Services 124.455 70.869 -1.431 28 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 124.208 71.010 -1.572 29 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield 124.187 71.022 -1.584 30 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 124.131 71.054 -1.616 31 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 124.108 71.067 -1.629 32 34 David Ragan Ford Scorpion Coatings / Al's Liners 123.868 71.205 -1.767 33 55 Brian Vickers Toyota My Classic Garage 123.710 71.296 -1.858 34 38 David Gilliland Ford ModSpace 123.576 71.373 -1.935 35 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 123.471 71.434 -1.996 36 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota Genny Light / AM-FM Energy 123.436 71.454 -2.016 37 10 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 123.270 71.550 -2.112 38 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 122.531 71.982 -2.544 39 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet Little JoesAutos.com 122.335 72.097 -2.659 40 19 Chris Cook Toyota Plinker Tactical 118.879 74.193 -4.755 41 49 Jason Leffler Toyota America Israel Racing 118.742 74.279 -4.841 42 93 Travis Kvapil+ Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper - - - 43 30 Patrick Long Toyota Inception Motorsports 117.551 75.031 -5.593 + Set by Owner Points * Denotes Rookie
Finger Lakes 355K at The Glen Results courtesy of NASCAR.com FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS 1 5 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 47/1 90 Running 2 4 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 43/1 90 Running 3 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's Cortez Silver 41/0 90 Running 4 8 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 40/0 90 Running 5 17 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 0 90 Running 6 15 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 38/0 90 Running 7 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 39/2 90 Running 8 24 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ford EcoBoost 36/0 90 Running 9 13 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 35/0 90 Running 10 9 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 34/0 90 Running 11 6 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 33/0 90 Running 12 22 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Rheem 32/0 90 Running 13 20 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 31/0 90 Running 14 18 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal 31/1 90 Running 15 19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 29/0 90 Running 16 30 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 28/0 90 Running 17 21 195 Scott Speed Ford TWD 27/0 90 Running 18 29 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield 26/0 90 Running 19 7 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 25/0 90 Running 20 34 38 David Gilliland Ford ModSpace 24/0 90 Running 21 12 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 23/0 90 Running 22 32 34 David Ragan Ford Scorpion Coatings / Al's Liners 22/0 90 Running 23 35 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 21/0 90 Running 24 42 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 20/0 90 Running 25 25 32 Boris Said Ford HendrickCars.com 19/0 90 Running 26 39 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet Little JoesAutos.com 18/0 90 Running 27 26 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Miller Welders / Freightliner 17/0 90 Running 28 16 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew 16/0 89 Running 29 36 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota Genny Light / AM-FM Energy 0 88 Running 30 28 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 14/0 84 Running 31 27 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction Services 13/0 81 Running 32 14 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 12/0 71 Running 33 1 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 12/1 63 Accident 34 23 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 10/0 57 Engine 35 41 249 Jason Leffler Toyota America Israel Racing 0 42 Engine 36 31 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 8/0 41 Susp. 37 11 98 Michael McDowell Ford TRAQM.com 7/0 30 Rear Gear 38 38 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 6/0 25 Electrical 39 10 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 5/0 24 Accident 40 37 10 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 4/0 15 Brakes 41 40 119 Chris Cook Toyota Plinker Tactical 3/0 5 Brakes 42 43 30 Patrick Long Toyota Inception Motorsports 2/0 2 Brakes 43 33 55 Brian Vickers Toyota My Classic Garage 1/0 0 Engine * Denotes Rookie
