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Starting Lineup
Crown Royal International Race of Champions
Race Four – Atlanta Motor Speedway
Saturday, October 28, 2006

The following is the Crown Royal IROC starting lineup for Saturday’s 65-lap, 100.1-mile race. The start time is 3:15 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live by Speed Channel.

Race Four Line-Up – Inversion of the point standings: The driver with the most points will start last and the driver having the least amount of points will start on the pole. The field of 12 starts two abreast, six rows.

Starting	Driver	Car #/Color	Representing	Points
1	Ted Musgrave	1 Lt. Blue	NASCAR Craftsman Truck	14
2	Steve Kinser	11 Green	World of Outlaws Series	16
3	Wayne Taylor	10 Drk. Blue	Grand American Road Racing	26
4	Scott Sharp	08 Gold	IRL IndyCar	26
5	Mark Martin*	6 Purple	NASCAR NEXTEL Cup	30
6	Frank Kimmel	46 Magenta	ARCA RE/MAX	30
7	Sam Hornish Jr.	06 Day-Glo	IRL IndyCar	30
8	Martin Truex Jr.	8 Black	NASCAR Busch	33
9	Ryan Newman	12 Red	NASCAR NEXTEL Cup	39
10	Max Papis	16 Burgundy	Grand American Road Racing	39
11	Matt Kenseth**	17 Yellow	NASCAR NEXTEL Cup	48
12	Tony Stewart	20 Orange	NASCAR NEXTEL Cup	63

This is the final IROC race which will determine the champ!

By calculation there are nearly 50-million different possible orders of finish. It will come down to bonus points and the final running order before the championship is decided. If Kenseth wins and maximizes the bonus points, as he did in the opener at Daytona, Stewart will need to finish third or better to clinch the title. Stewart was the IROC Series runner-up in 2001. A Crown Royal IROC title in 2006 would give Stewart six different series title to his collection of national championships. His five national titles include: USAC National Midget champion (1994 & ’95), USAC Sprint Car (’95), USAC Silver Crown (’95), IRL IndyCar Series (’97) and NASCAR Nextel Cup (2002 & ’05). Race bonus points in addition to winning the race in Atlanta could make Kenseth the first two-time $1 million Crown Royal IROC champion: He won the inaugural $1 million Crown Royal IROC championship in 2004. Papis and Newman are tied at 39-points. Mathematically, Papis, or Newman, could win the championship if Stewart finishes 11th or worse, Kenseth places out of the top-five, and either driver would have to win the race and collect the maximum bonus points (8). More at IROCRacing.com and my 2006 IROC page.(10-27-2006)