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Attention NASCAR Sprint Cup Owners: This Is Cut-Down Week
Last season’s Car Owner Championship standings locked in the top 35 teams automatically qualifying for each of 2012’s first five races. The Auto Club 400 is race No. 5 after which the lock-in will be based upon current points.

Five teams are fighting for a top-35 spot – including the No. 10 of Tommy Baldwin, which has a guaranteed starting spot this week but ranks 36th after last weekend’s Bristol competition. The car is shared by David Reutimann and Danica Patrick. Baldwin trails Thomas Ueberall’s No. 83 by three points and – surprisingly – the 34th-ranked No. 5 of Linda Hendrick (driven by Kasey Kahne) by seven.

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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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1 16 Greg Biffle 811 / 3M Ford 15.324 125.215
2 22 AJ Allmendinger Shell Pennzoil Dodge 15.325 125.207
3 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevrolet 15.331 125.158
4 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 15.340 125.085
5 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 15.367 124.865
6 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing/CSXPlayItSafe Chev 15.373 124.816
7 43 Aric Almirola Charter Communications Ford 15.385 124.719
8 99 Carl Edwards Kellogg’s / Cheez-It Ford 15.389 124.686
9 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota 15.392 124.662
10 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 15.430 124.355

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1 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 28.353 190.456
2 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Brown Toyota 28.415 190.040
3 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 28.419 190.014
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet 28.440 189.873
5 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 28.450 189.807
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet 28.455 189.773
7 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet 28.471 189.667
8 20 Joey Logano Dollar General Toyota 28.478 189.620

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9 16 Greg Biffle 3M/Meguiars Ford 28.496 189.500
10 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 28.508 189.421

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