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1 18 Joey Logano(i) GameStop / Turtle Beach Toyota 15.448 124.210
2 60 Trevor Bayne yourracecar.com / Crawdads Classics Ford 15.580 123.158
3 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Cargill / Blackwell Angus Ford 15.587 123.103
4 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 15.597 123.024
5 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 15.619 122.850
6 33 Kevin Harvick(i) ARMOUR Chevrolet 15.622 122.827
7 22 Brad Keselowski(i) Discount Tire Dodge 15.630 122.764
8 54 Kyle Busch(i) Monster Energy Toyota 15.642 122.670

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9 3 Austin Dillon # Advocare Chevrolet 15.644 122.654
10 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 15.657 122.552

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NASCAR Drivers Counting On Their “Lucky Charms” at Bristol This Weekend

NASCAR heads to Bristol, Tenn., this weekend for the fourth stop on both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series schedules. And, as luck may have it, the Nationwide Series race falls on St. Patrick’s Day.

As excitement and anticipation build among the competitors, have you ever wondered what some of them use as their go-to lucky charms? Dale Earnhardt’s lucky penny, one of the most iconic lucky charms in the world of sports, played a part in his 1998 Daytona 500 win. So, in the spirit of St. Patty’s Day, what do drivers plan to carry with them or do on race day for a little luck o’ the Irish at Bristol this weekend?

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SHOW #193 – Guests: Miss Coors Light Rachel Rupert, & Marcos Ambrose. We also recap Las Vegas, talk Jimmie Johnson’s appeal, and preview Thunder Valley, Bristol Motor Speedway. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie
(About 48 mins)

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–Bristol Motor Speedway trivia: (from Wikipedia & other sources)(Pulled from AJ Allmendinger’s PR email blast)

Bristol Motor Speedway is the 4th largest sports venue in America, and the 8th largest in the world, housing up to 165,000 people

BMS broke ground in 1960 and opened in 1961. The initial construction cost was $600,000. The seating capacity was a whopping 18,000.

The track itself was a perfect half-mile, measuring 60 feet (18 m) wide on the straightaways, 75 feet (23 m) wide in the turns and the turns were banked at 22 degrees.

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