FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks Qualifying
STEWART-HAAS RACING
FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks Qualifying
Date: May 14, 2011
Event: FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks Qualifying (Round 11 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Location: Dover (Del.) International Speedway (1-mile oval)
Pole Winner: None, qualifying canceled due to rain (field set via fastest lap turned during Friday’s practice sessions)
SHR Lineup: Tony Stewart (27th)
Ryan Newman (28th)
Rain canceled qualifying for the FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. As a result, the 43-car field for Sunday’s 400-lap event was set by taking the fastest lap each driver posted during Friday’s two practice sessions, per new NASCAR rules for 2011.
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), will start 27th. His SHR teammate, Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet, will start 28th.
Stewart has won two Sprint Cup races at Dover, as he swept both events in 2000. Newman has three Sprint Cup victories at the 1-mile, concrete oval – he swept both races in 2003 and won the fall race in 2004.
Five-time and reigning Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson will start first as he posted the fastest speed in yesterday’s two practice sessions. Joining him on the outside of row one is A.J. Allmendinger, while Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kasey Kahne and Joey Logano comprise the remainder of the top-five. Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick round out the top-10.
With 44 drivers slated to qualify for the 43-car field, only Scott Riggs failed to make the starting grid.
The FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks gets underway at 1 p.m. EDT on Sunday, May 15 with live coverage provided by FOX beginning with its pre-race show at 12:30 p.m.
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