Friday, July 11, 2014

This track being a mile track, there are two rounds of qualifying. The fastest 12 cars will advance to the final round. The first round is 30 minutes long. 

Brad K (2),  Hamlin (11), Stewart (14), Larson (42), Vickers (55) Gordon (24), Menard (27), Ambrose (9) , Edwards (99), Biffle (16), Allmendinger (47) , Junior (88) , Alliger (51), Mears (13), Bowman (23) , Sorrenson (36), Cassill (40), Johnson (48) have all taken laps in this first round. There is still 25 minutes left. 

The teams that should do good this weekend are the Joe Gibbs Racing, Micheal Waltrip Racing and Stewart Racing teams. These are the 10 teams that I see doing good at this track. Granted Joe Gibbs Racing has owned this track in years past but, the question is will all the teams in the Joe Gibbs Racing stable find speed. The look at it right now it looks that way.

The 31 of Ryan Newman (31) has had his lap disallowed for a bled line violation. If you are leaving the pit lane, you have to stay low until turn 2, and blend on to the track. Drivers have to treat qualifying like they will on race day.

When this round is over, there is a 5 minute break before the fastest 12 cars go on track to see who will win the pole. If your driver does not make the top 12, where they ended up is where they will start on Sunday.

With the time expiring on the first round, the following teams are moving on to the final round: Stewart (14), Hamlin (11), Logano (22) McMurry (1) Keslowski (2) Harvick (4) Kahne (5) Bowyer (15) Kyle Busch (18) Gordon (24) Johnson (48) Martin Truex Jr (78).

This last round is 10 minutes. When the 10 minutes are done, we will know who will lead the field to the green. 

The first car that goes on track in the final round is Logano (22.) Remember there is only 12 cars in this round. 

The fastest car thus far is Stewart (14). Will he be on the front row? We will know in about 7 minutes. 

Waiting at the end of pit road is Johnson (48), Kyle Busch (18) and Harvick (4). All three of these teams are waiting for a cloud to show up. There is less then 4:30 left in qualifying.  Waiting about 20 feet behind Harvick (4) is McMurry (1).

With one lap in second and final round, Kyle Busch (18) ran a 138.130 speed and 27.574 time. With that, he knocked Johnson (48) off the pole spot. 


The driver that will bring the field to the green flag is Kyle Busch (18). Below is where every driver will start on Sunday for the Camping World RV Sales 301.


  1. Kyle Busch (18)
  2. Jimmie Johnson (48) 
  3. Denny Hamlin (11)
  4. Tony Stewart (14)
  5. Jamie McMurry (1)
  6. Joey Logano (22)
  7. Brad Keslowski (2)
  8. Clint Bowyer (15)
  9. Martin Truex Jr. (78)
  10. Kasey Kahne (5)
  11. Jeff Gordon (24)
  12. Kevin Harvick (4)
  13. Kyle Larson (42)
  14. Carl Edwards (99)
  15. Matt Kenseth (20)
  16. Paul Menard (27)
  17. Brian Vickers (55)
  18. Kurt Busch (41)
  19. Aric Almirola (43)
  20. AJ Allmendinger (47)
  21. Marcos Ambrose (9)
  22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (17)
  23. Austin Dillin (3)
  24. Ryan Newman (31)
  25. Justin Allgaier (51)
  26. David Ragan (34)
  27. Greg Biffle (16)
  28. Dale Earnhardt Jr (88) 
  29. Danica Patrick (10)
  30. Jeff Burton (66)
  31. Casey Mears (13)
  32. Josh Wise (98)
  33. David Gilliand (38)
  34. Landon Cassill (40)
  35. Cole Whitt (26)
  36. Alex Bowman (23)
  37. Reed Sorenson (36)
  38. Ryan Truex (83)
  39. Michael Annett (7)
  40. Eddie MacDonald (32)
  41. Mike Bliss (93)
  42. Timmy Hill (87)
  43. Morgan Shepard (33)
The race can be seen Sunday on TNT at 1pm EST. The race can also be heard on the Performance Racing Network (PRN).