Post by HDT05 on Jul 27, 2012 23:14:19 GMT 10
Crown Royal Presents the Curtiss Shaver 400
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #20 of 36 for the 2012 season
Race Analysis
Track Length: 2.5 mile quad-oval - Superspeedway
Race Length: 400 Miles/160 laps
Defending Winner: Paul Menard
TV Team:
In the Booth: Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Vince Welch, Dr. Jerry Punch
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe, Brad Daugherty, Rusty Wallace
Weekend Schedule
Times in AEST
Practice: Saturday, July 28 10:30 - 11:30pm
Final Practice: Sunday, July 29 12:30 - 2:20am
Qualifying: Sunday, July 29 4:10am
TV Guide: Times in AEST
Sunday 29th July
2.00am - 3.00am - Indianapolis - Final Practice, SPEED + SPEED HD
6.00am - 9.00am - Indianapolis - Nationwide Series LIVE, SPEED + SPEED HD
9.30am - 10.30am - Indianapolis - Qualifying, SPEED + SPEED HD
3.30pm - 4.30pm - Indianapolis - Final Practice, SPEED + SPEED HD
4.30pm - 5.30pm - Indianapolis - Qualifying, SPEED + SPEED HD
9.30pm - 12.00am - Indianapolis - NASCAR Nationwide Series, SPEED + SPEED HD
Monday 30th July
1.00am - 2.00am - Indianapolis - Qualifying, SPEED + SPEED HD
1.25am - 2.25am - Indianapolis - Qualifying, ONE HD
2.00am - 7.00am - Indianapolis - Crown Royal 400 LIVE, SPEED + SPEED HD
8.15am - 1.15pm - Indianapolis - Crown Royal 400 - Replay, ONE HD
2012 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after New Hampshire, race 19 of 36]
1) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 707
2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 691, -16
3) #16-Greg Biffle [1 win], 667, -40
4) #48-Jimmie Johnson [2 wins], 656, -51
5) #11-Denny Hamlin [2 wins], 628, -79
6) #29-Kevin Harvick [0 wins], 622, -85
5) #14-Tony Stewart [3 wins], 618, -89
8) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 617, -90
9) #15-Clint Bowyer [1 wins], 614, -93
10) #2-Brad Keselowski [3 wins], 613, -94
Current wild card Chase drivers:
WC1) #5-Kasey Kahne [2 wins, 12th in points]
WC2) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win, 14th in points]
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Points Standings (pdf).(7-15-2012)
Full championship points
jayski.com/stats/2012/pdfs/19nhms2012points.pdf
Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Indianapolis:
#36 remains in 35th and is 78 points ahead of 36th, the #33 team.
Rank) Car#-Driver/Team, owners pts, +/-
32) #10-Reutimann-Patrick/Baldwin, 280 +110
33) #83-Cassill/BK Racing, 273 +103
34) #32-Labonte/FAS Lane Racing, 267 +97
35) #36-Blaney/Baldwin, 248 +78 ahead of 36th
these teams / drivers will need to qualify by speed:
36) #33-Leicht/Childress-Falk, 170, -78 from the top 35
37) #21-Bayne/Wood Bros., 134, -114
38) #30-Stremme/Inception, 125, -123
39) #49-Yeley/Robinson, 122, -126
The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
For the owner points standings, see the Owners Points Standings (pdf).(7-15-2012)
Rain Out Procedures: the rain-out qualifying procedure for all three NASCAR national series is as follows: If first practice is run, but qualifying is unable to take place, the starting lineup will be based on speeds from the car's fastest lap from the first practice, with top-35 cars in owner points no longer segregated from the non-top 35 cars. Previously, the top 35 cars lined up in front of all other eligible car owners.
The Entry List for the Crown Royal presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is posted, 47 teams/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, including:
Notes: #37-Yeley will not run at Indy; no word on a driver yet for the #49 Toyota.
Not in top 35 of owners points:
#19-Mike Bliss (44/13)
#21-Trevor Bayne (37/7)
#23-Scott Riggs (43/18)
#26-Josh Wise (40/19)
#30-David Stremme (38/19)
#33-Stephen Leicht (36/19)
#49-TBA (39/19)
#79-Mike Skinner (52/4)
#87-Joe Nemechek (42/19)
#91-Reed Sorenson (0/0)
#95-Scott Speed (45/5)
#98-Michael McDowell (41/19)
In the event that qualifying is cancelled:
the eight who would make it [8]: #'s 21,33,30,49,26,98,87,23
missing the race would be [4]: # 19,95,79,91
See the full entry list at my Jayski's Indy Entry List
2012 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Wild-Card Race:
[after New Hampshire, race 19 of 36]
A look at the race for the two wild-card positions for the Chase based on wins and being inside the top 20 in points.
Driver [wins] standings, behind 10th
first two would make the chase as wild cards:
#5-Kasey Kahne [2 wins] 12th -66 points out of 10th
#18-Kyle Busch [1 win] 13th -68
eight other drivers currently in the running for the wild cards:
#39-Ryan Newman [1 win] 14th -77
#20-Joey Logano [1 win] 16th -80
#99-Carl Edwards 11th -46
#27-Paul Menard 15th -79
#24-Jeff Gordon 17th -89
#9-Marcos Ambrose 18th -118
#31-Jeff Burton 19th -120
#1-Jamie McMurray 20th -127
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
The Chase: The top-10 drivers will make the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Positions 11 and 12 in the 12-driver Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup are Wild Cards, and will go to drivers outside the top 10 with the most wins, as long as they are ranked in the top 20 in points. If multiple drivers outside the top 10 tie for wins, the tie-breaker will go to the race winner with the highest points position.
See drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Points Standings (pdf).(7-15-2012)
2011 Race Winner: #27-Paul Menard, 140.752mph, started 15th
Race Record: Bobby Labonte, August 2000, 155.912mph
Slowest Race Record: Jimmie Johnson, July 2008, 115.117mph
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Jeff Gordon, August 2001, started 27th
Oldest Race Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 9 months, 27 days, 8/4/2002
Youngest Race Winner: Jeff Gordon, 23 years, 2 days, 8/6/1994
2011 Pole Sitter: #6-David Ragan, 182.994mph, finished 23rd
Track Qualifying Record: Casey Mears, August 2004, 186.293mph
Oldest Pole Sitter: Mark Martin, 50 years, 197 days, 7/25/2009
Youngest Pole Sitter: Reed Sorenson, 21 years, 5 months, 24 days, 7/29/2007
The Numbers for Indianapolis Motor Speedway (All 18 Sprint Cup Races):
1 - fewest cautions (8/5/95)
2 - races won from the pole; three from the front row
3 - most poles (Jeff Gordon)
3 - races won from outside a top-20 starting position
4 - most wins (Jeff Gordon)
4 - drivers with more than one win (Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Jarrett, Tony Stewart
4 - fewest caution laps (8/5/95)
5 - fewest leaders (8/5/00)
6 - number of jet dryers available for track drying this weekend
9 - fewest lead changes (three times, most recent 7/26/09)
11 - different race winner
11 - fewest laps led by race winner (Dale Jarrett, 8/3/96)
13 - most cautions (8/8/04)
14 - fewest cars on lead lap at finish (8/5/00)
15 - different pole winners
26 - most lead changes (7/27/08)
27 - fewest cars running at finish (8/8/04)
36 - most cars on lead lap at finish 7/27/08)
41 - most cars running at finish (7/27/08)
52 - most caution laps (7/27/08)
150 minutes - approximate amount of time it takes to dry the 2.5-mile track
124 - most laps led by race winner (Jeff Gordon, 8/8/04)
2012 Caution Update
1 - fewest cautions this season (Fontana)
5 - races extended beyond scheduled distance (Daytona1, Martinsville, Talladega, Darlington and Sonoma)
10 - most cautions this season (Daytona1)
103 - cautions in the first 19 races of 2012; includes 43 for accidents, 31 for debris and 12 for spins
541 of 5,488 - laps under caution in 2012
775.871 of 7,374.956 - miles under caution in the first 19 races
(Darnell Communications for SRT Motorsports and Dodge)(7-26-2012)
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway has existed since 1909, and is the original "Speedway," the first racing facility to incorporate the word into its name.
• There have been 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway since the first race in 1994.
• Four drivers have competed in all 18 races: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte and Mark Martin.
• Rick Mast won the first pole in 1994.
• Jeff Gordon won the 1994 inaugural race.
• There have been 15 different pole winners.
• Jeff Gordon leads all pole winners with three.
• 11 drivers have won, led by Jeff Gordon with four victories.
• Jimmie Johnson (three), Dale Jarrett and Tony Stewart (two each) are the other multiple winners.
• Hendrick Motorsports has won seven races, more than any other organization.
• Nine races have been won from a top-five starting position.
• The furthest back a race winner has started at Indianapolis was 27th, by Jeff Gordon in 2001.
• Two drivers have won from the pole: Kevin Harvick in 2003 and Jimmie Johnson in 2008.
• Dale Jarrett (1996), Jimmie Johnson (2006) and Jamie McMurray (2010) are the only drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same season.
• Tony Stewart (8.0), Jeff Gordon (9.0) and Kevin Harvick (10.0) are the only active drivers to average a top-10 finish.
• Three of the last five Indianapolis races ending under green had a margin of victory under one second.
• 14 of the 18 races have been won by a past, reigning or future NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. The only four that were not: Ricky Rudd in 1997, Kevin Harvick in 2003, Jamie McMurray in 2010 and Paul Menard in 2011.
• The winner of the Indianapolis race has won the championship in the same year seven times in the 18 years the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has raced there:
2009: Jimmie Johnson
2008: Jimmie Johnson
2006: Jimmie Johnson
2005: Tony Stewart
2001: Jeff Gordon
2000: Bobby Labonte
1999: Dale Jarrett
1998: Jeff Gordon
(NASCAR)(7-24-2012)
jayski.com/news/tracks/story/_/page/indianapolis-motor-speedway
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials:
Number of Tires:
Sprint Cup: Left-side -- 1,450; Right-side -- 1,450;
Nationwide: Left-side -- 800; Right-side -- 800
Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 7 sets for practice/qualifying and 10 sets for the race;
Nationwide: Up to 9 sets for the event
Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4472;
Right-side -- D-4476
Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.3 in. (2,217 mm);
Right-side -- 88.4 in. (2,245 mm)
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 26 psi; Left Rear -- 26 psi;
Right Front -- 36 psi; Right Rear -- 36 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 16 psi; Left Rear -- 16 psi;
Right Front -- 37 psi; Right Rear -- 33 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will run the same combination of left- and right-side tires at Indianapolis this week . . . this is the same tire set-up that Sprint Cup teams ran at IMS last year . . . in fact, this left-side tire code (D-4472) has been run at this track since 2010 . . . these teams also ran this left-side code at Phoenix earlier this season . . . this right-side tire code (D-4476) is unique to Indianapolis . . . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at IMS . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
www.jayski.com/news/races/2012/story/_/page/20-Indianapolis-NASCAR-Race-Info
