1 00 David Reutimann
2 9 Kasey Kahne
3 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
4 43 Reed Sorenson
5 16 Greg Biffle
6 18 Kyle Busch
7 44 A J Allmendinger
8 48 Jimmie Johnson
9 83 Brian Vickers
10 19 Elliott Sadler
11 39 Ryan Newman
12 77 Sam Hornish Jr.
13 99 Carl Edwards
14 17 Matt Kenseth
15 1 Martin Truex Jr.
16 11 Denny Hamlin
17 07 Casey Mears
18 26 Jamie McMurray
19 2 Kurt Busch
20 47 Marcos Ambrose

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This week’s race at Dover International Speedway marks the 13th stop – halfway – in qualifying for one of the 12 positions in the 2009 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Statistics covering the five previous years in which the championship has been contested under The Chase format suggest at least 10 drivers among the current top 12 will be in the mix when the Chase begins in September at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

In the past three seasons, only one driver  outside the top 12 after the spring Dover race was able to race his way into the Chase. Two drivers in 2004 and 2005 managed to become Chase eligible over the season’s second half.

That, however, was then and this is now.

Continue reading “Halfway until the Chase – Time to worry?”

Logano Comes Full Circle at Dover

RADIO ANSWER: Dover Did You Know: Over the past 12 years in the spring race, there have been 12 different winners at this track.  The last repeat winner was in 1996, can you name that driver?  —Jeff Gordon

Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate Joey Logano returns to the Monster Mile, site of his national-series debut last spring. He finished sixth in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event there.

Now, Logano, 19, is in his first NASCAR Sprint season for Joe Gibbs Racing. After a rough start, he’s logged two top-10 finishes in his last three races, including a ninth in Monday’s rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600.

That finish propelled him five spots in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings, to 25th. He’s paired with veteran crew chief Greg Zipadelli, who guided Tony Stewart to two series titles.

Roush Fenway Racing A Dover Threat

Excepting Matt Kenseth’s back-to-back, season-opening wins, Roush Fenway Racing’s five NASCAR Sprint Cup teams are still searching for their stride. They may find it this week at Dover, where Jack Roush drivers have won five of the last 10 events.

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Greg Biffle has two of those wins, including last September’s event. He also was the runner-up to last spring’s Dover winner, Kyle Busch.

Biffle leads several important pre-race Loop Data categories for Dover – Driver Rating (116.6) Average Running Position (6.403), Fastest Laps Run (332), Fastest Late in a Run (140.445 mph) and Laps in the Top 15 (3,026).

Kenseth leads Laps Led (627), Fastest Drivers Early in a Run (144.877) and Fastest on Restarts (142.982 mph) at Dover since the inception of the statistics in 2005.