1-Carl Edwards 99
2-Kurt Busch 22
3-Kasey Kahne 4
4-Kyle Busch 18
5-Regan Smith 78
6-Joey Logano 20
7-Martin Truex Jr 56
8-Jamie McMurray 1
9-Brad Keselowski 2
10-Greg Biffle 16
11-David Ragan 6
12-Denny Hamlin 11
13-Paul Menard 27
14-Ryan Newman 39
15-A.J. Allmendinger 43
16-Clint Bowyer 33
17-Kevin Harvick 29
18-Tony Stewart 14
19-Brian Vickers 83
20-Jeff Gordon 24
21-Bobby Labonte 47
22-Juan Montoya 42
23-Mark Martin 5
24-Matt Kenseth 17
25-Jeff Burton 31
26-David Reutimann 00
27-Casey Mears 13
28-Jimmie Johnson 48
29-David Gilliland 34
30-Marcos Ambrose 9
31-Robby Gordon 7
32-Joe Nemechek 87
33-Trevor Bayne 21
34-Michael McDowell 66
35-Dale Earnhardt Jr 88
36-Mike Skinner 32
37-Landon Cassill 60
38-J.J. Yeley 46
39-Bill Elliott 09
40-Travis Kvapil 38
41-Andy Lally 71
42-Tony Raines 37
43-Dave Blaney 36
Did not qualify-Brian Keselowski 192
the next race is the Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix international Raceway in Avondale, AZ. last years race winner is Ryan Newman – 04/10/10 and the fall race was won by Carl Edwards – 11/14/10.
Track Details
Completed : 1964
Distance : 1 mile
Shape : Tri-oval
Banking : 11° Turns 1-2
9° Turns 3-4
3° frontstretch
9° backstretch
Frontstretch : 1,179 feet
Backstretch : 1,551 feet
Seating : 76,800
After this weekends race the whole track will be resurfaced and reconfigured and it will be ready for the fall race in Nov.
Jeff Girdon #24 Wins the race at Phoenix
Pole-Dale Earnhardt Jr #88
2nd-Jeff Gordon #24
Watch the gatorade Duels on Feb. 17th starting at 2:00pm est on the Speed Channel(check your local listing for channel number) for the rest of the starting line-up for the Great American Race “The Daytona 500″ on Sunday the 20th of Feb @ 1:00pm est on FOX
For those of you who (like me) keep missing the all-star pit crew challenge it will be on the wednesday prior to the All-Star Race which will be 5/18/2011 on SPEED Network (check your local listing for channel number) at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C..
The winner will get to be the first to choose a pit box for the all-star race on the following saturday night 5/21/2011
As of the 2011 season there will be a significant change to the point system.
The most points a driver can get after a race depends on where the driver finishes. are as follows,
it goes by a declining points system
43 points to the race winner
42 points to 2nd place
41 points to 3rd place
keeps declining until the 43rd driver gets only 1 point
The max ponts available
1st place 43
winning gets 1 more
lap leader gets 1 more
most laps led gets 1 more
for a total of 48
BUD Shootout Feb 12 8:00pm est FOX
Duel 1 Feb 17 Time TBA
Duel 2 Feb 17 Time TBA
Daytona 500
Feb.20,2011 on FOX Time TBA
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