Lap-by-Lap: Showdown
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NASCAR.COM
May 19, 2012 7:23 PM, EDT
7:22 p.m. ET — The U.S. Army Brass Brigade is performing “God Bless America.” And here come four T-38s for the fly over!
7:21 p.m. ET — John Cox, the president and CEO of the Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commer, is giving the invocation.
7:16 p.m. ET — The Sprint Showdown will feature two 20-lap segments.
7:03 p.m. ET — Driver introductions for the Sprint Showdown are starting. As productions go, this doesn’t quite match up to intros for the Sprint All-Star Race.
11:39 a.m. ET — AJ Allmendinger is on the pole for the Sprint Showdown after laying down a lap at a sizzling speed of 192.465 mph during qualifying. Martin Truex Jr., Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton and Aric Almirola took second through fifth. Landon Cassill, Juan Montoya, Bobby Labonte, Travis Kvapil and David Stremme rounded out the top 10.
The first two finishers in this race will transfer into the Sprint All-Star Race, and one will get in through a fan vote.