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Pos. Car Driver Make Sponsor Speed Time Behind
1 #97 Kurt Busch Ford Sharpie/IRWIN Industrial Tools 179.319 30.114 Leader
2 #16 Greg Biffle Ford National Guard/Subway 179.307 30.116 -0.002
3 #12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 179.093 30.152 -0.038
4 #9 Kasey Kahne* Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 178.891 30.186 -0.072
5 #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 178.719 30.215 -0.101
6 #18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 178.542 30.245 -0.131
7 #21 Ricky Rudd Ford Motorcraft/U.S. Air Force 178.006 30.336 -0.222
8 #20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot 177.866 30.360 -0.246
9 #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet GM Goodwrench 177.807 30.370 -0.256
10 #2 Rusty Wallace Dodge Miller Lite 177.708 30.387 -0.273
11 #6 Mark Martin Ford Viagra 177.602 30.405 -0.291
12 #0 Mike Bliss Chevrolet NetZero 177.486 30.425 -0.311
13 #23 Shane Hmiel Dodge Bill Davis Racing 177.421 30.436 -0.322
14 #25 Brian Vickers* Chevrolet GMAC Financial Services 177.218 30.471 -0.357
15 #38 Elliott Sadler Ford M&M's 177.194 30.475 -0.361
16 #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser 177.101 30.491 -0.377
17 #77 Brendan Gaughan* Dodge Kodak/Jasper Engines 177.067 30.497 -0.383
18 #42 Jamie McMurray Dodge Texaco/Havoline 177.026 30.504 -0.390
19 #01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet U.S. Army 176.922 30.522 -0.408
20 #19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 176.881 30.529 -0.415
21 #22 Scott Wimmer* Dodge Caterpillar 176.869 30.531 -0.417
22 #99 Carl Edwards Ford Roush Racing 176.846 30.535 -0.421
23 #14 John Andretti Ford VB/APlus at Sunoco 176.846 30.535 -0.421
24 #15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts 176.499 30.595 -0.481
25 #10 Scott Riggs* Chevrolet Valvoline 176.465 30.601 -0.487
26 #06 Travis Kvapil Dodge Mobil 1 176.229 30.642 -0.528
27 #88 Dale Jarrett Ford UPS 176.085 30.667 -0.553
28 #4 Mike Wallace Chevrolet Lucas Oil Products 176.062 30.671 -0.557
29 #32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Chevrolet Tide 175.787 30.719 -0.605
30 #17 Matt Kenseth Ford DeWalt Power Tools 175.764 30.723 -0.609
31 #43 Jeff Green Dodge Chex Party Mix 175.656 30.742 -0.628
32 #136 Boris Said Chevrolet USG Durock 175.564 30.758 -0.644
33 #31 Robby Gordon Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 175.518 30.766 -0.652
34 #113 Greg Sacks Dodge ARC Dehooker/Vita Coco 175.319 30.801 -0.687
35 #1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Enterprise Rent-A-Car 175.256 30.812 -0.698
36 #02 Hermie Sadler Chevrolet Drive for Diversity/Sam Bass 175.245 30.814 -0.700
37 #100 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet Aaron's 175.046 30.849 -0.735
38 #40 Sterling Marlin Dodge Lone Star Steakhouse/Coors Light 175.040 30.850 -0.736

Provisional
39 #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 175.029 30.852 -0.738
40 #30 Jeff Burton Chevrolet America Online 174.950 30.866 -0.752
41 #41 Casey Mears Dodge Target - - -
42 #5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Kellogg's 172.425 31.318 -1.204
43 #49 Ken Schrader Dodge Schwan's Home Service 173.768 31.076 -0.962

Did not Qualify
44 #45 Kyle Petty Dodge Georgia-Pacific/Brawny 174.780 30.896 -0.782
45 #09 Johnny Sauter* Dodge Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 173.986 31.037 -0.923
46 #275 Mike Garvey Dodge Jani-King 173.969 31.040 -0.926
47 #251 Tony Raines Chevrolet Consort Hair Care for Men 173.728 31.083 -0.969
48 #137 Kevin Lepage Dodge Carter's Royal Dispos-all 173.444 31.134 -1.020
49 #50 Todd Bodine Dodge Arnold Development Companies 172.778 31.254 -1.140
50 #170 Larry Foyt Dodge BAM Racing 171.510 31.485 -1.371
51 #11 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet MBNA 172.166 31.365 -1.251
52 #198 Randy LaJoie Ford Mach One Inc. 170.864 31.604 -1.490
53 #89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Racing With Jesus/Red Line Oil 170.320 31.705 -1.591
54 #172 Kirk Shelmerdine Ford Freddie B's 167.780 32.185 -2.071
55 #280 Carl Long Ford ADESA Impact 167.084 32.319 -2.205
56 #293 Geoffrey Bodine Chevrolet Global Industrial Contractors
 
but the trophy doesn't mention where the champion starts in the last race...does it?
 
EatMorePossum said:
39th????


Call the engraver...
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Oh please. :rolleyes: How many guys have come from behind to finish decent in a race. Hell, Kurt was a lap down last week and finished 6th.

ANY decent driver can come from the back for a decent finish. He'll be running mid pack within 25 laps.

No fat-ladies are warming up yet....


....yet.
 
EatMorePossum said:
39th????


Call the engraver...
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I wouldn't call it over before the race has even begun. But, it doesn't bode well for Jimmie. Then again, as vanzetti said......................the fat lady is only warming up. She hasn't begun to sing yet~ :D I still have faith! :)
 
Published - Nov 19 2004 05:17PM EST || AP

HOMESTEAD, Fla.(AP) The car cover was wrapped tightly around the No. 48 Chevrolet, its driver and crew long gone for the day. All around the garage, teams worked feverishly on their cars, but Jimmie Johnson was nowhere to be found.

The absence of the Hendrick Motorsports team after qualifying Friday raised eyebrows everywhere at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Did they go home in disgust after qualifying 39th for Sunday's season finale _ Johnson's worst starting position of the year? Or were they playing mind games with the competition?

No one was really sure.

All that was certain was that it was unusual for Johnson to qualify so poorly. His effort was the worst of his career, surpassing two 37th-place starting spots last season.

But even stranger was that noted perfectionist Chad Knaus, the crew chief, wasn't tearing the car apart trying to figure out what went wrong.

"I heard him on the radio _ it didn't sound like he was disappointed in the lap," Jeff Gordon, Johnson's teammate at Hendrick Motorsports, said. "It sounded like the speed wasn't there."

Johnson heads into Sunday's season finale trailing series leader Kurt Busch by 18 points in the race for the Nextel Cup. Gordon is third in the standings, three points behind Johnson.

Busch won the pole and Gordon qualified fifth. Johnson has a ton of ground to make up on Sunday to even challenge for the title.

Robbie Loomis, Gordon's crew chief and Knaus' partner in strategy, said it was way too early to count Johnson out.

"They probably are as strong as anybody in this garage when they have their backs stacked up against the wall," Loomis said.
 
I am very impressed with the way the 97 team has handled themselves during this stretch drive.

But how in the world did the 48 team miss the set-up that bad with so much on the line for this race?
 
4xchampncountin said:
But how in the world did the 48 team miss the set-up that bad with so much on the line for this race?
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Two possible reasons. :)

For all practical purposes Homestead is a new track......this is only the second year since it went through a very major reconfiguration. It just ain't the old Homestead anymore.

And they may have missed the setup for the bonsai run but, did they really work that hard on qualifying when the race is what really counts? A 400 mile race is a long race.......plenty of time to get to the front. And getting to the front is something the 48 team has demonstrated is something it can do.....and do quite well.
 
I wouldn't mind seeing Jeff win the title and Junior lose it by less than the 25 his mouth cost him a few weeks ago. If nothing else it would be entertaining to hear fans of NASCAR's chosen one gripe about the inequality of it all.
 
4xchampncountin said:
I wouldn't mind seeing Jeff win the title and Junior lose it by less than the 25 his mouth cost him a few weeks ago. If nothing else it would be entertaining to hear fans of NASCAR's chosen one gripe about the inequality of it all.
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Don't worry, it ain't gonna happen............72 points (or even 47, which is what you are wishing for :) ) with one race depends upon way too many "lucky" breaks even if he wins and leads the most laps! You are just going to have wait for another year for that little pleasure! :) Besides, what makes you think that many will truly complain............especially for 14 yrs like I've seen here? :D

My take is Jimmie wins the title, Kurt gets the second seat and Jeff winds up third (right where he is now) and Jr and Mark may or may not trade places. Jeff's going to have to wait for another time............just like Jr. :beerbang:
 
If Evernham has the #9 working like he did last year for Eliot, Kahne stands a good chance of winning his first race. As for the Cup - I hope rousch wins it for the next.....say...40 years.
 
Patrick9999 said:
As for the Cup - I hope rousch wins it for the next.....say...40 years.
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Well that would sure change the most hated man in NASCAR from Richard Childress to Jack Roush!! :D
 
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