Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #28 of 36 for the 2012 season Chase for the Sprint Cup race #2 of 10 TRACK: New Hampshire Motor Speedway Race: Sunday, September 23, 2012 in Loudon, NH Title Sponsor: Sylvania Scheduled Green Flag : 2:15pm/et ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Television Coverage/Re-air/TV Team SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 11:00 am/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace NASCAR Pre-race: ESPN - 1:00pm/et Television Race Coverage: ESPN - 2:00pm/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 Dates: Monday, Septmber 24 at 12:30am/et on ESPN2 & Wednesday, Septmber 26 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week: Performance Racing Network Sirius XM Satellite Radio Channel 90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practice Dates: Friday, September 21, 12:00 - 1:00 pm/et, TV-SPEED Saturday, September 22, 9:15 - 10:15 am/et, TV-None scheduled Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, September 22, 11:00 - 11:55 am/et, TV-SPEED Qualifying Information: 2 laps for positions 1-423, Friday, September 21 at 3:40 pm/et, TV-SPEED, NOT LIVE same day delay at 10:00pm/et. 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: Superspeedway: 1.058 mile oval Race length: 317.4 miles Scheduled Laps: 300 Turns: Banking: 12 degrees; Straights: 2 degrees Length of Straights: Frontstretch - 1500ft; Backstretch - 1500ft Grandstand Seating: 95,491 Opened: 1990 (first Sprint Cup event 1993)
Sylvania 300 Starting Lineup courtesy of NASCAR.com POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 134.911 28.232 Leader 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 134.753 28.265 -0.033 3 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 / Office Depot 134.568 28.304 -0.072 4 55 Brian Vickers Toyota Freightliner / Jet Edge 134.482 28.322 -0.090 5 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 134.354 28.349 -0.117 6 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 134.179 28.386 -0.154 7 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Sylvania / Menards 134.098 28.403 -0.171 8 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Aspen Dental 133.934 28.438 -0.206 9 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 133.872 28.451 -0.219 10 22 Dave Blaney Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 133.863 28.453 -0.221 11 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Wheaties 133.854 28.455 -0.223 12 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 133.825 28.461 -0.229 13 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / GE Appliances 133.647 28.499 -0.267 14 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mtn. Dew / National Guard 133.637 28.501 -0.269 15 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 133.614 28.506 -0.274 16 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 133.600 28.509 -0.277 17 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Bush's Baked Beans 133.567 28.516 -0.284 18 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 133.544 28.521 -0.289 19 43 Aric Almirola Ford Trim Fit 133.301 28.573 -0.341 20 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 133.128 28.610 -0.378 21 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 133.110 28.614 -0.382 22 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 133.021 28.633 -0.401 23 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 132.966 28.645 -0.413 24 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Energizer 132.850 28.670 -0.438 25 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Zest 132.799 28.681 -0.449 26 34 David Ragan Ford Shriner's Hospital for Children 132.720 28.698 -0.466 27 95 Scott Speed Ford Jordan Truck Sales 132.595 28.725 -0.493 28 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 132.558 28.733 -0.501 29 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet LiftMaster 132.356 28.777 -0.545 30 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 132.195 28.812 -0.580 31 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing 131.929 28.870 -0.638 32 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 131.633 28.935 -0.703 33 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 131.442 28.977 -0.745 34 10 David Reutimann Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 131.180 29.035 -0.803 35 91 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet Plinker Tactical 130.963 29.083 -0.851 36 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves 130.837 29.111 -0.879 37 38 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 130.792 29.121 -0.889 38 79 Kelly Bires Ford BBI / Bestway 130.640 29.155 -0.923 39 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet Little JoesAutos.com 130.367 29.216 -0.984 40 37 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet MaxQworkforce.com 130.229 29.247 -1.015 41 36 Tony Raines+ Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 128.359 29.673 -1.441 42 32 Mike Olsen+ Ford North Country Ford 126.153 30.192 -1.960 43 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 129.882 29.325 -1.093 DNQ 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet North Texas Pipe 129.714 29.363 -1.131 DNQ 49 Jason Leffler Toyota Robinson-Blakeney Racing 129.701 29.366 -1.134 DNQ 19 Jeff Green Toyota Plinker Tactical 129.248 29.469 -1.237 DNQ 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 131.306 29.007 -0.775 + Set by Owner Points * Denotes Rookie Josh Wise was disqualified from the race because a post-qualifying inspection showed improper gas pressure in his rear shocks.
