Yup, it’s the “brainless” way.
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OK I heard some info on the Shifter Levers breaking.They are breaking due to vibrations in the Drive Line & Chassis from minor changes being made in the Setup.
Steve LeTarte says that they have been CHANGING the MOUNTING ANGLE of the ENGINE to make MINOR AREO ADJUSTMENTS to the CAR all season and at the same time they are trying to make the Shifters as light as possible to save weight.
The same info came out of the crew chief for 6whine as well.
I can only assume that the 5 & 24 Teams are doing the same but aren’t pushing it as far.
Sched Qual Pos |
Car# | Driver | Sponsor/ Manu |
Owners Points Rank |
Owners Race Attempts |
First Practice Speed |
Practice Speed Rank |
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1 | 27 | Paul Menard | Moen/Menards Chevy | 21 | 31 | 197.892 | 18 |
2 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Cargill/Sam's Club Ford | 27 | 31 | 195.784 | 30 |
3 | 49 | Mike Wallace (i) | Royal Teak Collection Toyota | 50 | 5 | 194.571 | 41 |
4 | 26 | Cole Whitt # | Bad Boy Mowers Toyota | 32 | 31 | 187.890 | 45 |
5 | 55 | Brian Vickers | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 22 | 31 | 196.774 | 25 |
6 | 14 | Tony Stewart (PC3) | Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevy | 25 | 31 | 195.500 | 34 |
7 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Diet Mountain Dew Chevy | 12 | 31 | 198.986 | 12 |
8 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | Zing Zang Chevy | 34 | 31 | 189.624 | 44 |
9 | 10 | Danica Patrick | GoDaddy Breast Cancer Awareness Chevy | 28 | 31 | 197.346 | 19 |
10 | 47 | A.J. Allmendinger | Scott Products Chevy | 13 | 31 | 196.750 | 26 |
11 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Smithfield Ford | 16 | 31 | 200.268 | 2 |
12 | 33 | Travis Kvapil | Little Joe's Autos Chevy | 40 | 31 | 199.883 | 5 |
13 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Farmer's Insurance Chevy | 8 | 31 | 198.520 | 16 |
14 | 21 | Trevor Bayne(i) | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford | 43 | 9 | 198.800 | 13 |
15 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson (PC1) | Lowe's Chevy | 11 | 31 | 195.748 | 32 |
16 | 24 | Jeff Gordon (PC6) | Axalta Chevy | 6 | 31 | 195.604 | 33 |
17 | 29 | Joe Nemechek (i) | ToyotaCare Toyota | 52 | 2 | 194.666 | 39 |
18 | 42 | Kyle Larson # | Energizer Chevy | 17 | 31 | 199.537 | 6 |
19 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Caterpillar Chevy | 4 | 31 | 196.871 | 24 |
20 | 66 | Michael Waltrip | MyAFibStory.com Toyota | 39 | 31 | 198.540 | 15 |
21 | 95 | Michael McDowell | Jordan Truck Sales Ford | 42 | 18 | 199.971 | 4 |
22 | 40 | Landon Cassill(i) | Carsforsale.com Chevy | 35 | 31 | 199.284 | 7 |
23 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Cessna Chevy | 18 | 31 | 200.117 | 3 |
24 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Black & Decker Ford | 24 | 31 | 195.329 | 36 |
25 | 2 | Brad Keselowski (PC2) | Redd's Wicked Apple Ale Ford | 10 | 31 | 199.238 | 8 |
26 | 32 | Terry Labonte (PC7) | C&J Energy Services Ford | 38 | 31 | 187.221 | 46 |
27 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Chevy | 26 | 31 | 196.887 | 22 |
28 | 34 | David Ragan | Dockside Logistics Ford | 33 | 31 | 198.512 | 17 |
29 | 38 | David Gilliland | Long John Silver's Ford | 30 | 31 | 196.980 | 21 |
30 | 3 | Austin Dillon # | Dow Chevy | 19 | 31 | 196.435 | 27 |
31 | 41 | Kurt Busch (PC4) | Haas Automation Chevy | 15 | 31 | 199.197 | 9 |
32 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Pink Lemonade 5-Hour Energy benefitting LBBC Toyota | 20 | 31 | 200.385 | 1 |
33 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Chevy | 23 | 31 | 193.564 | 42 |
34 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser Chevy | 3 | 31 | 195.011 | 37 |
35 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx One Rate/Deliverminator Toyota | 7 | 31 | 196.338 | 28 |
36 | 83 | J.J. Yeley(i) | Burger King/Dr Pepper Toyota | 41 | 31 | 194.650 | 40 |
37 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (i) | SKF Ford | 45 | 3 | 196.875 | 23 |
38 | 51 | Justin Allgaier # | BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevy | 29 | 31 | 195.421 | 35 |
39 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Ford | 14 | 31 | 199.110 | 11 |
40 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Subway Ford | 5 | 31 | 194.995 | 38 |
41 | 20 | Matt Kenseth (PC5) | Home Depot Toyota | 9 | 31 | 198.631 | 14 |
42 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's Halloween Toyota | 2 | 31 | 199.160 | 10 |
43 | 7 | Michael Annett # | Golden Corral Chevy | 31 | 31 | 197.248 | 20 |
44 | 22 | Joey Logano | Shell Pennzoil Ford | 1 | 31 | 195.776 | 31 |
45 | 23 | Alex Bowman # | Dustless Blasting Toyota | 36 | 31 | 192.440 | 43 |
46 | 98 | Josh Wise | Dogecoin/Reddit.com Ford | 37 | 31 | 196.125 | 29 |
GREEN = Drivers in the Chase RED = Needs to qualify by speed, not eligible for a regular provisional, no owners points or too deeply ranked in owners points OP = made race via owners points / provisional, then starting spot set by speed PC1 = is the first past champ eligible, PC2 is the 2nd...and so on if more # Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate (i) = driver not running for 2014 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points |