Probably the best run we've all had. Only took destroying 35 cars to do it. Darrel showed no affection for Denny Hamlin or Elliot Sadler, causing much carnage. Scot added his own rebuttle by taking out the other half of the field. And even Sandy was able to run a few aground.
Next track will be Kansas and then we'll take a break for a week. Hopefully we see more racing like this.
Track: LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY Date: 05/18/11 Session: Practice P # DRIVER TIME 1 013 T Nadz 30.321 2 061 D Hamilton 30.396 3 021 T Bear 30.993 4 029 M Max 31.466 5 11 D Hamlin 31.511 6 48 J Johnson 31.541 7 24 J Gordon 31.547 8 9 K Kahne 31.557 9 16 G Biffle 31.598 10 31 J Burton 31.636 11 18 K Busch 31.678 12 17 M Kenseth 31.748 13 14 T Stewart 31.755 14 29 K Harvick 31.767 15 99 C Edwards 31.779 16 56 M Truex Jr. 31.782 17 2 K Busch2 31.783 18 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 31.826 19 39 R Newman 31.839 20 19 E Sadler 31.857 21 33 C Bowyer 31.862 22 1 J McMurray 31.926 23 5 M Martin 31.938 24 32 R Sorenson 31.964 25 98 P Menard 31.995 26 90 C Mears 32.006 27 42 J Montoya 32.036 28 6 D Ragan 32.053 29 71 B Labonte 32.072 30 87 J Nemechek 32.072 31 66 D Blaney 32.108 32 00 D Reutimann 32.143 33 38 T Kvapil 32.148 34 55 M Waltrip 32.155 35 7 R Gordon 32.174 36 37 D Gilliland 32.183 37 83 B Vickers 32.193 38 26 D Stremme 32.199 39 43 A Allmendinger 32.216 40 82 S Speed 32.360 41 77 S Hornish Jr. 32.407 42 47 M Ambrose 32.462 43 055 C Ferguson 32.810
Weather: Clear, 87 °F, East 6 mph Session: Qualifying P # DRIVER TIME 1 013 T Nadz 30.338 2 061 D Hamilton 30.706 3 021 T Bear 30.829 4 11 D Hamlin 31.241 5 24 J Gordon 31.276 6 29 K Harvick 31.302 7 2 K Busch2 31.312 8 029 M Max 31.389 9 17 M Kenseth 31.435 10 39 R Newman 31.466 11 33 C Bowyer 31.467 12 99 C Edwards 31.518 13 1 J McMurray 31.553 14 18 K Busch 31.574 15 48 J Johnson 31.633 16 56 M Truex Jr. 31.637 17 16 G Biffle 31.647 18 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 31.665 19 9 K Kahne 31.680 20 37 D Gilliland 31.692 21 31 J Burton 31.734 22 19 E Sadler 31.739 23 6 D Ragan 31.755 24 14 T Stewart 31.766 25 90 C Mears 31.835 26 32 R Sorenson 31.883 27 42 J Montoya 31.903 28 83 B Vickers 31.925 29 77 S Hornish Jr. 31.929 30 71 B Labonte 31.952 31 26 D Stremme 31.995 32 7 R Gordon 32.006 33 00 D Reutimann 32.035 34 66 D Blaney 32.090 35 55 M Waltrip 32.120 36 87 J Nemechek 32.149 37 5 M Martin 32.160 38 47 M Ambrose 32.164 39 43 A Allmendinger 32.198 40 82 S Speed 32.214 41 98 P Menard 32.295 42 38 T Kvapil 32.307 43 055 C Ferguson 32.910
Weather: Clear, 87 °F, West 3 mph Session: Happy Hour P # DRIVER TIME 1 013 T Nadz 30.491 2 061 D Hamilton 30.595 3 021 T Bear 30.842 4 99 C Edwards 31.393 5 48 J Johnson 31.499 6 17 M Kenseth 31.509 7 24 J Gordon 31.588 8 11 D Hamlin 31.599 9 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 31.614 10 2 K Busch2 31.614 11 029 M Max 31.678 12 33 C Bowyer 31.749 13 56 M Truex Jr. 31.786 14 1 J McMurray 31.831 15 71 B Labonte 31.858 16 14 T Stewart 31.926 17 32 R Sorenson 31.926 18 39 R Newman 31.947 19 16 G Biffle 32.019 20 31 J Burton 32.025 21 29 K Harvick 32.030 22 5 M Martin 32.067 23 9 K Kahne 32.092 24 55 M Waltrip 32.092 25 18 K Busch 32.113 26 90 C Mears 32.113 27 83 B Vickers 32.114 28 055 C Ferguson 32.134 29 87 J Nemechek 32.181 30 98 P Menard 32.210 31 38 T Kvapil 32.233 32 19 E Sadler 32.266 33 77 S Hornish Jr. 32.277 34 7 R Gordon 32.290 35 42 J Montoya 32.302 36 26 D Stremme 32.309 37 66 D Blaney 32.319 38 43 A Allmendinger 32.325 39 82 S Speed 32.331 40 00 D Reutimann 32.430 41 37 D Gilliland 32.433 42 6 D Ragan 32.737 43 47 M Ambrose 33.113
Weather: Clear, 79 °F, Northeast 7 mph Session: Race OFFICIAL STANDINGS F S # DRIVER INTERVAL LAPS LED POINTS STATUS 1 1 013 T Nadz 91.703 60 46* 185 Running 2 2 061 D Hamilton -4.15 60 4 175 Running 3 5 24 J Gordon -8.60 60 9 170 Running 4 11 33 C Bowyer -1L 59 1 165 Running 5 23 6 D Ragan -1L 59 0 155 Running 6 22 19 E Sadler -1L 59 0 150 Running 7 13 1 J McMurray -1L 59 0 146 Running 8 33 00 D Reutimann -4L 56 0 142 Ignition 9 8 029 M Max -8L 52 0 138 Running 10 40 82 S Speed -28L 32 0 134 Retired 11 24 14 T Stewart -34L 26 0 130 Accident 12 15 48 J Johnson -34L 26 0 127 Accident 13 43 055 C Ferguson -34L 26 0 124 Accident 14 3 021 T Bear -49L 11 0 121 Camshaft 15 29 77 S Hornish Jr. -50L 10 0 118 Accident 16 9 17 M Kenseth -50L 10 0 115 Accident 17 41 98 P Menard -50L 10 0 112 Retired 18 17 16 G Biffle -53L 7 0 109 Retired 19 12 99 C Edwards -54L 6 0 106 Retired 20 39 43 A Allmendinger -54L 6 0 103 Retired 21 6 29 K Harvick -54L 6 0 100 Retired 22 14 18 K Busch -54L 6 0 97 Accident 23 37 5 M Martin -54L 6 0 94 Retired 24 27 42 J Montoya -55L 5 0 91 Accident 25 36 87 J Nemechek -55L 5 0 88 Accident 26 35 55 M Waltrip -55L 5 0 85 Accident 27 32 7 R Gordon -55L 5 0 82 Accident 28 34 66 D Blaney -55L 5 0 79 Retired 29 25 90 C Mears -55L 5 0 76 Accident 30 20 37 D Gilliland -55L 5 0 73 Accident 31 18 88 D Earnhardt Jr. -58L 2 0 70 Retired 32 16 56 M Truex Jr. -58L 2 0 67 Retired 33 21 31 J Burton -59L 1 0 64 Retired 34 28 83 B Vickers -59L 1 0 61 Fuel Lk 35 30 71 B Labonte -59L 1 0 58 Retired 36 38 47 M Ambrose -59L 1 0 55 Retired 37 26 32 R Sorenson -59L 1 0 52 Ignition 38 42 38 T Kvapil -59L 1 0 49 Retired 39 7 2 K Busch2 -59L 1 0 46 Camshaft 40 19 9 K Kahne -59L 1 0 43 Accident 41 4 11 D Hamlin -59L 1 0 40 Accident 42 10 39 R Newman -60L 0 0 37 Accident 43 31 26 D Stremme -60L 0 0 34 Accident
Caution Flags: 7 (29 laps) Lead Changes: 4 (4 drivers) Weather: Clear, 79 °F, East 5 mph Pitstop Frequency: 3x AI Strength: 97% PENALTIES LAP # INFRACTION PENALTY 8 029 Speeding in pits Go to end of longest line 8 029 Passing under yellow Held for 2 seconds 11 029 Entering closed pits Go to end of longest line 13 055 Speeding in pits Go to end of longest line 13 055 Unsafe pit exit Go to end of longest line 17 029 Unsafe pit exit Stop and go 39 061 Speeding in pits Go to end of longest line
