TUMS Fast Relief 500 Qualifying
STEWART-HAAS RACING
TUMS Fast Relief 500 Qualifying
Date: Oct. 29, 2011
Event: TUMS Fast Relief 500 Qualifying (Round 33 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Location: Martinsville (Va.) Speedway (.526-mile oval)
Pole Winner: None, qualifying canceled due to rain (field set via current car owner point standings)
SHR Lineup: Tony Stewart (4th)
Ryan Newman (12th)
Persistent rain canceled today’s qualifying session for the TUMS Fast Relief 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. And with yesterday’s practice sessions getting totally washed out by rain, the 43-car field for Sunday’s 500-lap event was set by current car owner points per the NASCAR rulebook.
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing, will start fourth. Teammate Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala, will start 12th.
Stewart has two Sprint Cup wins at Martinsville (October 2000 and April 2006) while Newman’s best Sprint Cup finish at Martinsville is second, earned in October 2007.
Carl Edwards will start first as the championship point leader. Joining him on the outside of row one is his Roush Fenway Racing teammate Matt Kenseth. Brad Keselowski, Stewart and Kevin Harvick comprise the remainder of the top-five. Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Jeff Gordon round out the top-10.
With 45 drivers slated to qualify for the 43-car field, only Dennis Setzer and Derrike Cope failed to make the starting grid.
The TUMS Fast Relief 500 gets underway at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Sunday, Oct. 30 with live coverage provided by ESPN beginning with its pre-race show at 1 p.m.
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