LMAO the only way I can compete in a rep war is when deface resets it~

I'm not understanding the qualifying order. they say it's supposed to be set on the speeds of the final practice from slowest to fastest (with the top 35 first and then "go or go homers") but according to nascar.com this is the qualifying order and that certainly doesn't fit the above as Martin was fastest in each practice. Anyway, here's the order per nascar.com:


ORDER CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR
1 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite
2 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kroger / USO
3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's
4 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal Black
5 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper
6 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com
7 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1
8 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army
9 77 Steve Wallace Toyota 5-Hour Energy
10 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull
11 71 Andy Lally Chevrolet Adobe Road Winery
12 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull
13 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser
14 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker
15 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot
16 34 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell
17 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Peak / Menards
18 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target
19 37 Robert Richardson Jr. Ford North Texas Pipe
20 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies
21 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M
22 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger
23 9 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Stanley
24 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy
25 6 David Ragan Ford UPS
26 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center
27 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard
28 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar
29 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine
30 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac
31 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools
32 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil
33 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy
34 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
35 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express
36 157 Norm Benning Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
37 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing
38 46 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Red Line Oil
39 115 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
40 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO
41 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM FM Energy
42 09 Bill Elliott Chevrolet Phoenix Construction
43 60 Todd Bodine Toyota Tire Kingdom / Valvoline
44 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's
45 64 Derrike Cope Toyota Sta-Bil
46 66 Michael McDowell Toyota HP Racing LLC
47 97 Kevin Conway Toyota Extenze
48 32 Terry Labonte Ford U.S. Chrome
49 192 Brian Keselowski Dodge K-Automotive Motorsports

They're not doing the practice speed thing until Phoenix.

Ahhhh, hadn't heard that....Thank You

It's fairly safe to guess that the front row should be occupied by either Hendrick or RCR drivers.
Martin, Gordon, Johnson, Earnhardt, Burton, Bowyer,and Menard were the drivers in the top 10 in both practice sessions.
I'm thinking Martin and Bowyer since they will be the first of that bunch out (6th and 5th respectively) and maybe the track will be a touch cooler.

Qualifying has started.

Gordon will probably at worst be on the front row. Realistically only Burton, JJ, and Junior have a shot at him.

Awfully tough lap to beat from Junior.

Qualifying matters very little at Daytona but it is still cool to watch~

JJ is probably the last one with a chance at the pole.

True for the most part, but I would prefer to see "my driver" start in the front of the duel field rather than the back.

Looks like Earnhardt/Gordon front row.

Got a really good feeling about Junior next week if he can avoid the big one.

He's been on point all week.

Got the pole by 4 feet.

I don't think you can tell a whole lot about anything that has happened as yet other than the Chevys in general and Hendrick and RCR cars in particular have more horsepower when running by themselves.