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In NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying for the AAA 400, the #56 NAPA Toyota driven by Martin Truex Jr emerged as pole sitter on Saturday. Cutting a lap around the 1-mile track in 22.641 seconds, the Michael Waltrip Racing-owned stock car averaged 159.004 miles per hour. Stepping over Kurt Busch's #22 Dodge for the premium front row position, Truex Jr was a mere 0.003 seconds faster around the Dover oval. In 2009, Martin Truex Jr claimed his first and only NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Dover International Speedway's spring event with #1 Chevrolet fielded by Dale Earnhardt Incorporated.
Assembling the top-5 behind Martin Truex Jr and Kurt Busch for Sunday's AAA 400 at Dover is Paul Menard, Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch. With only 4 Chase contending drivers in the top-10 after qualifying (Jimmie Johnson in 6th joins the before-mentioned Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch), many of the championship fighters for the 2011 Sprint Cup will start deep in the field. Most notably in 28th place is current Chase championship points leader Tony Stewart. His immediate rivals were not entirely able to capitalize on Stewart's stumble in qualifying. Brad Keselowski starts 15th while Kevin Harvick (who trails the #14 car driver/owner by 7 points after 2 races) will launch 22nd tomorrow.
Starting at 2 PM eastern time, the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway is committed to run Sunday. Chance of showers is predicted for the event but is rated around a 30-40 percent probability.
2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup
AAA 400
Dover International Speedway
Starting Line-up
Pos # | Car # | Driver | Sponsor | Car Make
- 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
- 22 Kurt Busch Shell Pennzoil Dodge
- 27 Paul Menard Pittsburgh Paints / Menards Chevrolet
- 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford
- 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota
- 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet
- 43 A J Allmendinger Best Buy Ford
- 47 Bobby Labonte grilling.com / Kingsford Toyota
- 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota
- 16 Greg Biffle 3M / Cubitron Ford
- 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota
- 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford
- 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet
- 0 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota
- 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge
- 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet
- 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
- 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford
- 6 David Ragan UPS Ford
- 39 Ryan Newman US Army ROTC Chevrolet
- 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard / AMP Energy Chevrolet
- 29 Kevin Harvick Rheem Chasing the Cure Chevrolet
- 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevrolet
- 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet
- 51 Landon Cassill Phoenix Construction / Thank A Teacher
- 37 Josh Wise MaxQ Motorsports Ford
- 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet
- 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot / Mobil 1 Chevrolet
- 46 Scott Speed Red Line Oil / International Ford
- 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota
- 30 David Stremme Inception Motorsports Chevrolet
- 55 Travis Kvapil Front Row Motorsports Ford
- 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota
- 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet
- 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing Toyota
- 34 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford
- 71 Andy Lally Interstate Moving Services Ford
- 7 Reed Sorenson SPEED Energy / MAPEI / Menards Dodge
- 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota
- 32 Mike Bliss Street King Ford
- 36 Dave Blaney Golden Corral Chevrolet
- 87 Joe Nemechek AM FM Energy Toyota
- 38 J J Yeley Drive Sober. Arrive Alive Ford
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