Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #26 of 36 for the 2011 season Race: Saturday, September 10, 2011 in Hampton, Georgia Title Sponsor: Wonderful Pistachios Scheduled Green Flag: 7:43pm/et ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Television Coverage: SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 5:00 pm/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty & Kenny Wallace NASCAR Pre-race: ESPN's NSCS Countdown - 7:00pm/et Television Race Coverage: ESPN - 7:30 pm/et In the Booth: Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Vince Welch, Dr. Jerry Punch NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe, Brad Daugherty, Rusty Wallace ESPN Craftsman Tech Garage: Tim Brewer Scheduled Race Re-Air: Sunday, Septmber 11 at 1:00am/et on ESPN2 & Wednesday, September 14 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week: Motor Racing Network Sirius XM Satellite Radio Channel 90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practice Dates - times in eastern time Friday, September 9, 12:10 - 2:00pm/et, TV-ESPN2 Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Friday, Spetember 9, 2:45 - 3:30pm/et, TV-ESPN2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qualifying Information: Qualifying order is set by first practice speeds. If qualifying is cancelled, then the lineup is set by the top 35 in owners points in positions 1-35 by their fastest practice speeds, then the Go-or-go home drivers are set by race attempts, then set by best practice speeds. Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-43, Friday, September 9 at 5:35 pm/et, TV-ESPN2, no re-air scheduled -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Specifications: 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 Seating Capacity: 97,912 Opened: 1946 (First NASCAR race was 1953) Last Repaved: Fall of 2003
Wonderful Pistachios 400 Starting Lineup courtesy of Nascar.com P C# DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 127.382 21.196 Leader 2 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 127.335 21.204 -0.008 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Power of Pride 127.215 21.224 -0.028 4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Quaker State / GoDaddy.com 127.083 21.246 -0.050 5 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 127.011 21.258 -0.062 6 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 126.993 21.261 -0.065 7 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 126.778 21.297 -0.101 8 99 Carl Edwards Ford Kellogg's / Cheez-it 126.707 21.309 -0.113 9 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 126.695 21.311 -0.115 10 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 126.683 21.313 -0.117 11 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 126.665 21.316 -0.120 12 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 126.624 21.323 -0.127 13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 126.612 21.325 -0.129 14 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M "Honoring Our Heroes" 126.606 21.326 -0.130 15 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Moen / Menards 126.464 21.350 -0.154 16 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 126.446 21.353 -0.157 17 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 126.369 21.366 -0.170 18 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army - 9 / 11 126.369 21.366 -0.170 19 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 126.274 21.382 -0.186 20 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 126.245 21.387 -0.191 21 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today 126.245 21.387 -0.191 22 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 126.210 21.393 -0.197 23 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 126.186 21.397 -0.201 24 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 126.150 21.403 -0.207 25 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ollie's Bargain Outlet 126.092 21.413 -0.217 26 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Inception Motorsports 126.068 21.417 -0.221 27 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 126.021 21.425 -0.229 28 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 125.986 21.431 -0.235 29 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Brakes 125.839 21.456 -0.260 30 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 125.716 21.477 -0.281 31 66 Michael McDowell Toyota HP Racing LLC 125.587 21.499 -0.303 32 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Scott Products 125.506 21.513 -0.317 33 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 125.430 21.526 -0.330 34 35 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Pepsi Max 125.430 21.526 -0.330 35 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 125.232 21.560 -0.364 36 34 David Gilliland Ford Tunnel To Towers Foundation 125.139 21.576 -0.380 37 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy 124.913 21.615 -0.419 38 71 Andy Lally* Ford Interstate Moving Services 124.706 21.651 -0.455 39 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com 124.602 21.669 -0.473 40 36 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet Golden Corral 124.596 21.670 -0.474 41 46 Scott Speed Ford Green Stuff Absorbent 124.321 21.718 -0.522 42 32 Mike Bliss+ Ford Safe Skies TSA Luggage Locks 123.825 21.805 -0.609 43 55 J.J. Yeley Ford Front Row Motorsports 124.235 21.733 -0.537 Did Not Qualify 44 60 Mike Skinner Chevrolet Big Red 123.192 21.917 -0.721 45 37 Erik Darnell Ford Max Q Motorsports 121.962 22.138 -0.942 46 50 T.J. Bell* Chevrolet Green Smoke 121.348 22.250 -1.054 + Set by Owner Points * Denotes Rookie
Wonderful Pistachios 400 Results courtesy of Nascar.com FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS 1 7 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 48/5 400 Running 256,736 2 8 99 Carl Edwards Ford Kellogg's / Cheez-it 43/1 400 Running 196,266 3 17 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 42/1 400 Running 165,536 4 20 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 40/0 400 Running 125,125 5 11 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 39/0 400 Running 144,325 6 13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 38/0 400 Running 137,066 7 22 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 37/0 400 Running 131,658 8 18 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army - 9 / 11 36/0 400 Running 121,400 9 28 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 35/0 400 Running 131,125 10 4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Quaker State/ GoDaddy.com 34/0 400 Running 89,750 11 9 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 33/0 400 Running 117,261 12 19 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 32/0 400 Running 104,708 13 14 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M "Honoring Our Heroes" 32/1 400 Running 92,125 14 2 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 31/1 400 Running 115,914 15 10 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 29/0 400 Running 112,783 16 27 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 28/0 400 Running 82,375 17 30 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 27/0 400 Running 75,075 18 23 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 26/0 400 Running 100,170 19 34 135 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Pepsi Max 25/0 400 Running 69,700 20 32 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Scott Products 24/0 400 Running 100,895 21 33 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 23/0 399 Running 103,116 22 5 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 22/0 399 Running 113,383 23 25 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ollie's Bargain Outlet 22/1 399 Running 110,886 24 40 36 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet Golden Corral 20/0 399 Running 88,558 25 21 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today 0 399 Running 86,833 26 1 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 18/0 399 Running 105,608 27 36 34 David Gilliland Ford Tunnel To Towers Foundation 17/0 397 Running 84,333 28 35 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 0 394 Running 80,997 29 6 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 15/0 393 Running 79,225 30 29 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Brakes 14/0 391 Running 79,600 31 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Power of Pride 14/1 362 Running 121,911 32 38 71 Andy Lally * Ford Interstate Moving Services 12/0 357 Running 79,825 33 24 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 11/0 328 Running 94,914 34 15 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Moen / Menards 10/0 319 Running 76,525 35 16 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 9/0 296 Engine 76,425 36 42 32 Mike Bliss Ford Safe Skies TSA Luggage Locks 0 198 Engine 67,275 37 37 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy 7/0 51 Accident 67,150 38 12 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 6/0 50 Accident 75,025 39 31 66 Michael McDowell Toyota HP Racing LLC 5/0 46 Brakes 66,900 40 26 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Inception Motorsports 4/0 42 Brakes 66,775 41 39 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com 0 24 Ignition 66,625 42 43 55 J.J. Yeley Ford Front Row Motorsports 2/0 22 Overheating 66,500 43 41 46 Scott Speed Ford Green Stuff Absorbent 0 7 Accident 66,860 * Denotes Rookie Race Facts: Average Speed: 89.91 mph Margin of Victory: 0.139 Time of Race: 03:20:12 Lead Changes: 11 Cautions: 4-6, 9-19, 28-32, 38-43, 53-61, 118-122, 154-160, 164-168, 173-178, 187-190, 247-253, 286-290, 298-301, 310-313, 385-388
