1 39 Ryan Newman U.S. Army Chevrolet 28.165 135.232
2 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 28.200 135.064
3 00 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 28.263 134.763
4 22 Kurt Busch Shell/Pennzoil Dodge 28.352 134.340
5 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 28.392 134.150
6 31 Jeff Burton Catepillar Chevrolet 28.398 134.122
7 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet 28.408 134.075
8 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 28.469 133.788
9 27 Paul Menard Richmond/Menards Chevrolet Chevrolet 28.471 133.778
10 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 28.476 133.755
11 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet 28.484 133.717
12 33 Clint Bowyer Good Sam/Cheerios Chevrolet 28.510 133.595
13 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Toyota 28.541 133.450
14 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 28.545 133.431
15 99 Carl Edwards Ortho Home Defense Ford 28.550 133.408
16 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota 28.560 133.361
17 43 A J Allmendinger Best Buy Ford 28.613 133.114
18 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 28.617 133.096
19 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 28.632 133.026
20 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 28.639 132.993
21 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 28.651 132.938
22 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWALT Ford 28.658 132.905
23 47 Bobby Labonte Capital Window/CapWinFund.com Toyota 28.671 132.845
24 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 28.697 132.725
25 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 28.702 132.702
26 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 28.710 132.665
27 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet 28.739 132.531
28 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 28.767 132.402
29 30 David Stremme Inception Racing Chevrolet 28.804 132.232
30 17 Matt Kenseth Affliction Clothing Ford 28.826 132.131
31 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota 28.827 132.126
32 51 Landon Cassill(i) Security Benefit/Thank A Teacher Today Chev 28.879 131.888
33 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing LLC Toyota 28.985 131.406
34 34 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.986 131.401
35 87 Joe Nemechek(i) AMFMEnergy.com Toyota 29.007 131.306
36 55 Jeff Green(i) Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.036 131.175
37 36 Dave Blaney Golden Corral Chevrolet 29.080 130.977
38 38 J J Yeley Long John Silver’s Ford 29.086 130.950
39 60 Mike Skinner(i) Big Red Toyota 29.128 130.761
40 46 Erik Darnell(i) Red Line Chevrolet 29.257 130.184
41 32 Mike Bliss(i) Starrett Ford 29.303 129.980
42 7 Scott Wimmer(i) SPEED Energy Dodge Owner Points
43 71 Andy Lally # Interstate Moving Services Ford 29.318 129.913

MATT PUCCIA NAMED CREW CHIEF OF NO. 16 3M SPRINT CUP TEAM

CONCORD, N.C. (July 11, 2011) – Matt Puccia will be the crew chief of the No. 16 3M Sprint Cup team at Roush Fenway Racing effective immediately. Puccia has been with Roush Fenway Racing since the end of 2004 and was most recently assigned to the research and development program. Prior to this season, Puccia was crew chief of the No. 98 Paul Menard entry throughout the 2010 Nationwide Series season, leading the team to 19 top-10 finishes and fifth place in the point standings.

(Pronounced like fuchsia the color but with a P.)

Puccia’s first role as crew chief at Roush Fenway came in 2006 with the No. 50 Camping World Truck Series team. He led the No. 99 Truck Series entry with driver Erik Darnell to a victory at Michigan in 2008 and finished fourth in the final point standings. In 2009 Puccia made the move to the Nationwide Series as crew chief for a partial schedule with Menard before the team raced full time in 2010.

“Matt Puccia has been a very effective and successful crew chief with the organization in both the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series,” said team owner Jack Roush. “Most recently he has led the research and development efforts for our superspeedway program which helped put David Ragan in victory lane in Daytona. This is a natural progression of our crew chief development and I have every confidence that he will do well in this new role. Greg Erwin has made a significant contribution to our engineering efforts and our program is better because of him.”

“I am excited for the opportunity to work with Matt Puccia,” added driver Greg Biffle. “Greg Erwin led this team to the Chase the past three years and I look forward to Matt doing the same.”

Erwin’s role in the organization will be announced at a later date.

BRIAN FRANCE STATEMENT
“While NASCAR was thrilled by the incredible response to our inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in Kentucky, we also are extremely disappointed by the traffic problems and inconveniences endured by fans who wanted to be part of our races at Kentucky Speedway. NASCAR will be in close communications with Kentucky Speedway and Speedway Motorsports Inc. to see that they work to resolve the issues. This situation cannot happen again.”

KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY
Kentucky Speedway Apologizes to Fans for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Day Experience; Offers Ticket Exchange for Any Remaining 2011 SMI NSCS Event or 2012 Quaker State 400; Tickets to Remaining 2011 KYS Events

CONCORD, N.C. (July 11, 2011) – Kentucky Speedway, which is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., today issued the following statement regarding the fan experience at Saturday’s “Quaker State 400.”

“To those fans that were not able to attend the Quaker State 400, we offer our sincerest apologies,” said Mark Simendinger, general manager, Kentucky Speedway. “We’d also like to apologize to all of our fans who endured challenging conditions during our event weekend. As we said earlier, we’re committed to working with NASCAR, state and local officials and traffic experts to address Saturday’s traffic issues to ensure that we never have this type of experience again.”

“I would like to apologize on behalf of Speedway Motorsports to the fans who had tickets, yet due to logistical issues, were not able to attend the inaugural Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway,” said Marcus Smith, president and chief operating officer of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. “For those fans with tickets who were unable to attend Saturday night’s event, we will honor their ticket at any remaining 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at a Speedway Motorsports facility or the 2012 Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway.

“Our company has always been about enhancing the fan experience with first-class amenities and putting fans first. I feel terrible for the fans that had a bad experience at Kentucky Speedway and we are asking that they give us a chance to make it up to them. We are very thankful for the overwhelming fan support we had for this inaugural event. We learned some valuable lessons this past weekend and will do everything in our power to make sure we don’t have these issues again.”

The ticket exchange is good for the following events at Speedway Motorsports facilities while supplies last at each respective venue:

July 17 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Aug. 27 – Bristol Motor Speedway

Sept. 4 – Atlanta Motor Speedway

Sept. 25 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Oct. 15 – Charlotte Motor Speedway

Nov. 6 – Texas Motor Speedway

2012 – Kentucky Speedway

In addition to the ticket exchange, Kentucky Speedway will issue these fans an equal quantity of tickets to either its Oct. 1 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 225-mile race or Oct. 2 IZOD IndyCar Series 300-mile event.

For information on ticket exchange and redemption, fans should only contact the Kentucky Speedway ticket office at 859-578-2300 or by email at tickets@kentuckyspeedway.com.