Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #24 of 36 for the 2012 season Race: Saturday, August 25, 2012 in Bristol, TN Title Sponsor: Irwin Tools Scheduled Green Flag: 7:43pm/et ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Television Coverage/Re-air/TV Team SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 5:00 pm/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace NASCAR Pre-race: ABC - 7:00pm/et Television Race Coverage: ABC, 7:30pm/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 29 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week: Performance Racing Network Sirius XM Satellite Radio Channel 90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practice Dates: Friday, August 24, 12:00 - 2:00 pm/et, TV-SPEED Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Friday, August 24, pm/et, 2:45 - 3:30pm/et, TV-SPEED Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-43: Friday, August 24 at 5:10 pm/et, TV-ESPN2 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: 0.533-mile concrete oval 500 laps, 266.5 miles Degree of banking in corners: 24 to 30 degrees Degree of banking in straights: 4 to 9 degrees Straightaways: 650 feet long. Concrete racing surface: 43 feet wide. Seating capacity: 160,000 Bristol has two pits roads: 22 pit stalls on the front stretch and 21 on the back stretch Pit Stall Size: 25.5 feet long, 15.5 feet wide Pit Road Speed: 30 mph Pace Car Track Speed: 35mph Track Opened: 1960 First Cup race: 1961 Bristol Pit Rules: Bristol Motor Speedway operates under a plan where one-pit road will be used during pit stops under caution. Currently, Bristol remains the only track in the Sprint Cup Series that utilizes two pit roads with 22 pit stalls on the frontstrect and 21 on the backstretch. Teams that pit on the backstretch used to be at a competitive disadvantage. Since the spring 2002 race at Bristol, teams will enter pit road in Turn 2 (the current backstretch pit entrance) drive around down the backstretch and around Turns 3 and 4 and exit in Turn 1. Under green-flag conditions teams will enter and exit pit road under the current two-pit-road scheme.
IRWIN Tools 500 Starting Lineup courtesy of NASCAR.com Qualifying was cancelled due to rain. The Lineup is set by 1st practice speeds Pos Car# Driver Manufactuer 1st PS 1st PR OPR RA 1 13 Casey Mears Ford 122.209 1 28 23 2 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 122.162 2 5 23 3 16 Greg Biffle Ford 122.123 3 1 23 4 20 Joey Logano Toyota 121.999 4 19 23 5 43 Aric Almirola Ford 121.999 5 23 23 6 31 Jeff Burton Chevy 121.952 6 21 23 7 27 Paul Menard Chevy 121.821 7 15 23 8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 121.813 8 10 23 9 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 121.720 9 17 23 10 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 121.697 10 14 23 11 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy 121.612 11 16 23 12 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy 121.543 12 11 23 13 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy 121.481 13 8 23 14 78 Regan Smith Chevy 121.474 14 25 23 15 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 121.343 15 6 23 16 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy 121.320 16 3 23 17 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 121.251 17 2 23 18 38 David Gilliland Ford 121.167 18 29 23 19 39 Ryan Newman Chevy 121.152 19 13 23 20 51 Kurt Busch Chevy 121.136 20 27 23 21 14 Tony Stewart Chevy 121.121 21 9 23 22 55 Brian Vickers Toyota 120.915 22 18 23 23 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 120.831 23 7 23 24 34 David Ragan Ford 120.824 24 31 23 25 36 Dave Blaney Chevy 120.824 25 35 23 26 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy 120.740 26 20 23 27 99 Carl Edwards Ford 120.732 27 12 23 28 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy 120.725 28 24 23 29 22 Sam Hornish Jr.(i) Dodge 120.543 30 22 23 30 98 Michael McDowell Ford 120.452 31 41 23 31 30 David Stremme Toyota 120.293 33 38 23 32 26 Josh Wise # Ford 120.271 34 40 23 33 83 Landon Cassill Toyota 120.203 35 32 23 34 19 Mike Bliss(i) Toyota 119.992 37 45 17 35 23 Scott Riggs Chevy 119.918 38 44 21 36 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 119.835 39 26 23 37 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy 119.686 41 4 23 38 33 Stephen Leicht # Chevy 119.641 42 36 23 39 49 Jason Leffler(i) Toyota 119.403 43 39 20 40 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Toyota 119.210 44 42 23 41 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 118.929 45 30 23 42 32 Ken Schrader Ford 118.116 46 34 23 43 10 Danica Patrick(i) Chevy 116.722 47 33 23 DNQ 95 Scott Speed Ford 120.725 29 43 7 DNQ 79 Kelly Bires Ford 120.452 32 52 5 DNQ 91 Reed Sorenson(i) Chevy 120.135 36 54 3 DNQ 37 JJ Yeley Ford 119.693 40 53 8 # Denotes Rookie (i) Not Eligible for Sprint Cup points 1st PS = 1st Practice Speed 1st PR = 1st Practice Rank OPR = Owners Points Rank RA = Race Attempts
IRWIN Tools 500 Results courtesy of NASCAR.com FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS 1 8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 47/4 500 Running 2 37 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's Dover White 43/1 500 Running 3 11 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet FarmVille / Drive to End Hunger 41/0 500 Running 4 22 55 Brian Vickers Toyota MyClassicGarage.com 41/1 500 Running 5 9 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford DEWALT 40/1 500 Running 6 10 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 38/0 500 Running 7 23 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 37/0 500 Running 8 4 20 Joey Logano Toyota Dollar General 38/2 500 Running 9 12 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet HendrickCars.com 36/1 500 Running 10 7 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Schrock 34/0 500 Running 11 15 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 34/1 500 Running 12 16 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard 33/1 500 Running 13 28 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 31/1 500 Running 14 36 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Bush's Baked Beans 30/0 500 Running 15 13 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Rheem 29/0 500 Running 16 14 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 28/0 500 Running 17 26 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Allstate 27/0 500 Running 18 41 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 26/0 500 Running 19 3 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / Bondo 26/1 500 Running 20 18 38 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 24/0 500 Running 21 1 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 24/1 500 Running 22 27 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal 23/1 496 Running 23 30 98 Michael McDowell Ford K-Love / Curb Records 21/0 496 Running 24 33 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 20/0 490 Running 25 17 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Valvoline NextGen 20/1 486 Running 26 25 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet SealWrap 18/0 476 Accident 27 21 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 / Office Depot 18/1 471 Running 28 20 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 16/0 440 Running 29 43 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 0 434 Accident 30 2 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 14/0 434 Running 31 39 49 Jason Leffler Toyota America Israel Racing 0 417 Running 32 24 34 David Ragan Ford Glory Foods 12/0 409 Running 33 6 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 11/0 360 Running 34 29 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 0 343 Running 35 5 43 Aric Almirola Ford Goody's Headache Powders 9/0 235 Accident 36 19 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Outback Steak House 8/0 189 Accident 37 31 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 7/0 159 Rear Gear 38 32 26 Josh Wise * Ford MDS Transport 6/0 150 Brakes 39 40 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM-FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves / AC General 0 130 Electrical 40 38 33 Stephen Leicht * Chevrolet Little JoesAutos.com 4/0 56 Fuel Pressure 41 35 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet North Texas Pipe 3/0 20 Brakes 42 42 32 Ken Schrader Ford Federated Auto Parts 2/0 9 Accident 43 34 19 Mike Bliss Toyota Plinker Tactical 0 6 Power Steering * Denotes Rookie
