GEICO 400 - Chicagoland Speedway

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GEICO 400

NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #27 of 36 for the 2012 season
Chase for the Sprint Cup race #1 of 10
Race Analysis
Track Length: 1.5 mile Tri-Oval
Race Length: 267 laps for 400.5 miles
Pit Road Speed: 55 mph
2011 Pole Sitter: #17-Matt Kenseth, 183.243mph, finished 21st
2011 Race Winner: #14-Tony Stewart, 143.306mph, started 26th

TV Team:
In the Booth: Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe, Brad Daugherty, Rusty Wallace, Ray Evernham

2012 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Richmond, race 26 of 36]
1) #11-Denny Hamlin [4 wins], 2012
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 2009, -3
3) #14-Tony Stewart [3 wins], 2009, -3
4) #2-Brad Keselowski [3 wins], 2009, -3
5) #16-Greg Biffle [2 wins], 2006, -6
6) #15-Clint Bowyer [2 wins], 2006, -6
7) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 2003, -9
8) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 2003, -9
9) #29-Kevin Harvick [0 wins], 2000, -12
10) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 2000, -12
WC1) #5-Kasey Kahne [2 wins, 11th in points], 2000, -12
WC2) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win, 12th in points], 2000, -12
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)

Dollar General 300

NASCAR Nationwide Series Race #26 of 33 for the 2012 season
Race Analysis
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Tri-Oval
Race Length: 300 miles /200 laps
Pit Road Speed: 55mph


2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Richmond race 26 of 33]


www.jayski.com/nationwide/2012/pdfs/nns-25richmond2012driver.pdf

Jayski.com

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NSCS Practice 1:



www.jayski.com/stats/2012/pdfs/27chi2012prac1.pdf

Happy Hour:


www.jayski.com/stats/2012/pdfs/27chi2012prac2.pdf

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NNS Practice 1:


www.jayski.com/nationwide/2012/pdfs/nns-26chicago2012prac1.pdf

Happy Hour:


www.jayski.com/nationwide/2012/pdfs/nns-26chicago2012prac2.pdf

Go Austin Dillon!

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Qualifying Fast Facts - Chicago:
Jimmie Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 12th Annual GEICO 400 with a lap of 29.530 seconds, 182.865 mph.
This is his 27th pole in 390 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. He moves into a tie for 24th all-time with Terry Labonte.
This is his second pole and 19th top-10 start in 2012. He earned the pole at Kentucky Speedway and finished sixth.
This is his second pole in 11 races at Chicagoland Speedway. He won the pole in 2005 and finished third.
Aric Almirola (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2012. This is his first career series start at Chicagoland Speedway.
Matt Kenseth (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Chicagoland Speedway. It is his 12th in 27 races this season.
Top Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup seed Denny Hamlin qualified eighth.
(NASCAR Statistics)(9-15-2012)

Johnson wins pole at Chicago: #48-Jimmie Johnson won the pole for the GEICO 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway with a speed of 182.865mph for his 2nd pole of 2012 and 27th career pole.
#43-Almirola will start 2nd followed by #17-Kenseth, #88-Earnhardt, Jr., #99-Edwards, #5-Kahne, #78-Smith, #11-Hamlin, #15-Bowyer, and #20-Logano.
The starting position of other chase drivers: #2-Keselowski 13th, #56-Truex, Jr. 18th, #24-Gordon 19th, #16-Biffle 22nd, #14-Stewart 29th, #29-Harvick 35th.
The go-or-go homers who made the race (8): #21-Bayne, #98-McDowell, #95-Speed, #30-Stremme, #87-Nemechek, #19-Bliss, #33-Whitt, #26-Wise
The go-or-go homers who failed to qualify for the race (4): #23-Riggs, #91-Sorenson, #37-Yeley, #49-Leffler.
See qualifying results, starting lineup, pole progression and more on the Chicago Qualifying.(9-15-2012)

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Great job by Jimmie!

Earnhardt Jr changes engines; will start from back: Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start from the rear in Sunday's GEICO 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, the first race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, after his #88 Hendrick Motorsports team opted to change engines after Saturday's qualifying session. Issues the team found within the engine will force Earnhardt to give up the fourth starting spot, but crew chief Steve Letarte believes Earnhardt, one of 12 drivers eligible for the Cup championship, can use pit strategy to move to the front. "I don't think we are super concerned," Letarte said. "We had a great car in practice and qualified really well, so we showed we have good speed. Fortunately, this is a race track that there are multiple pit strategies, and it's not a really simple, straightforward pit strategy to call.(NASCAR Wire Service)(9-15-2012)

Shame for Jr.

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Results : Jimmie dominated the race only to get caught at the end....hope this spurs him on to win this weekends race.



courtesy of Jayski

www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm