Saturday, March 3, 2012

Sprint Cup 2012: Race 2 -- Phoenix, starting the rest of the season










In Sprint Cup racing, there’s the Daytona 500, the Chase (the final ten races of the season which determine the championship) and the rest of the season. The rest of the season begins tomorrow. Little from the Daytona 500 has much to do with the outcome of moving on to Phoenix other than introducing new team alignments for the 2012 season and all the new paint schemes. Perhaps it is no wonder then, that the old and familiar in new places is the starting point for tomorrow’s Subway 500, actually a 312 lap, 312 mile race measured in kilometers.

Mark Martin in his new ride, the #55 Aaron’s Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing sits on the pole highlighting the crafty old veteran with his new team. He smoked the field in qualifying, an especially difficult endeavor this day, only the second race on the new Phoenix surface and configuration where many cars had trouble gauging their setup.

Here’s how they line up:

1- #55 Mark Martin. Toyota
2- #14 Tony Stewart, Chevrolet
3- #78 Regan Smith, Chevrolet
4- #48 Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet
5- #42 Juan Montoya, Chevrolet
6- #39 Ryan Newman , Chevrolet
7- #16 Greg Biffle,. Ford
8- #29 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet
9- #20 Joey Logano, Toyota
10- #5 Kasey Kahne. Chevrolet
11- #31 Jeff Burton, Chevrolet
12- #18 Kyle Busch. Toyota
13- #11 Denny Hamlin, Toyota
14- #9 Marcos Ambrose, Ford
15- #22 A.J. Allmendinger, Dodge
16- #15 Clint Bowyer, Toyota
17- #47 Bobby Labonte, Toyota
18- #43 Aric Almirola, Ford
19- #51 Kutt Busch, Chevrolet
20- #27 Paul Menard, Chevrolet
21- #1 Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet
22- #83 Landon Cassill, Toyota
23- #36 Dave Blaney, Chevrolet
24- #99 Carl Edwards, Ford
25- #56 Martin Truex Jr, Toyota.
26- #17 Matt Kenseth, Ford
27- #23 Scott Riggs, Chevrolet
28- #2 Brad Keselowski, Dodge
29- #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr,. Chevrolet
30- #24 Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet

Remainder:
31- Casey Mears (Ford), 32- David Reutmann, (Chevrolet), 33- Josh Wise (Ford), 34- David Ragan (Ford), 35- JJ. Yeley (Toyota), 36- David Gilliland, Ford, 37- Michael McDowell (Ford), 38- Joe Nemechek (Toyota), 39- Robby Gordon (Dodge), 40- Brendan Gaughan (Chevrolet), 41- Travis Kvapil (Toyota), 42- Mike Bliss (Ford) 32- David Stremme (Toyota)






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