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posted by admin on May 10

Hey everybody, I’m back with the starting grid for tonight’s Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway! Before I get to that, Did you see the Nationwide Series race last night? Did you see Kyle Busch get spun out and wrecked? I almost fell out of my chair laughing at the whole thing. When they interviewed him afterwards he was a little baby about it wasn’t he? How soon he forgets that he did the same thing just last week. It was nice to see Tony Stewart get his first win at Darlington even if it was in the Nationwide Series. I really like his car in that series. I’m not a big fan of Old Spice but the paint scheme is cool on the car.

Well all in all I thought it was a great race, that is for the old “Twisted Sister” cars. The new track surface looks great, I just thought that Goodyear should have brought a softer tire with a bit more grip.  But you know that ain’t going to happen, we can’t expect good ole Goodyear to do something right now can we? There were plenty of cautions in that race last night, I think seven or eight was the total, so you can expect there to be about 75% of that number tonight. Maybe more if Kyle Busch has anything to do with it. As I have said before, tire management and a balanced setup are going to be a key factor tonight. I’m not sure if fuel mileage will be a problem with the new car as it seemed to be last night in the Nationwide Series. I think last night’s fuel mileage problems were crew chief created by not choosing to come in and pit. Will anybody gamble with fuel tonight? We will have to see.

THE LINE UP

Here is how they qualified for tonights race. Notice where Junior is?

NASCAR-Sprint-Dodge Challenger 500 lineup
After Friday’s qualifying; race Saturday
At Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
Lap length: 1.366 miles
(Car number in parentheses)

1. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 179.442 mph.
2. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 179.357.
3. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 179.206.
4. (20) Tony Stewart, Toyota, 179.076.
5. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 178.965.
6. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 178.809.
7. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 178.129.
8. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 178.071.
9. (66) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 178.064.
10. (43) Bobby Labonte, Dodge, 177.775.
11. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 177.736.
12. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 177.659.
13. (22) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 177.307.
14. (40) Sterling Marlin, Dodge, 177.134.
15. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 177.109.
16. (01) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 177.109.
17. (78) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 177.077.
18. (00) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 177.070.
19. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dodge, 176.822.
20. (21) Bill Elliott, Ford, 176.778.
21. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 176.638.
22. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 176.606.
23. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 176.581.
24. (28) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 176.568.
25. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 176.498.
26. (84) AJ Allmendinger, Toyota, 176.473.
27. (8) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 176.359.
28. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 176.283.
29. (5) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 176.170.
30. (44) David Reutimann, Toyota, 176.126.
31. (96) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 175.848.
32. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 175.666.
33. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 175.578.
34. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 175.528.
35. (45) Kyle Petty, Dodge, 175.172.
36. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 174.494.
37. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 174.253.
38. (07) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 174.241.
39. (41) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 173.644.
40. (7) Robby Gordon, Dodge, owner points.
41. (15) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, owner points.
42. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, owner points.
43. (10) Patrick Carpentier, Dodge, 175.166.<

Failed to Qualify
44. (70) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 174.798.
45. (34) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 174.105.

Race coverage starts at 6 P.M. central time on FOX

There is a live leaderboard, pit command and other cool stuff going on during the race at Nascar.com

Some of that content is subscription based.

If you have Siruis Satelite radio you can tune to channel 128 for all your race coverage there.

Until next time, stay safe out there and thank you for what you do to keep this country running!

A special wave of the hand to anyone out there driving a “LONESTAR”. Stop by Bama sometime and give me a ride in it!

Peace