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New Hampshire: NASCAR Sprint Cup Starting Line-up & Race Preview

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Date: Jun 28, 2009 - 08:03 AM
New Hampshire: NASCAR Sprint Cup Starting Line-up & Race Preview
By Mike Sulka


The NASCAR Sprint Cup series has been racing at the New Hampshire paperclip since 1993. Over the last eight races at the 1.058-mile track, we've had eight different winners....

So, today is going to be a coin flip. Heck... a coin flip sounds pretty good since it would give us 50/50 odds. But, this time around there is no sure thing.

If fact, in the September race in 2008 the top five were: Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Jeff Burton, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Last June, the top five finishers were a completely different group of drivers: Kurt Busch, Michael Waltrip, J.J. Yeley, Martin Truex, Jr., and Elliott Sadler.

Do you see the trend ? Because the trend is that there isn't one. And the race isn't even sponsored by a lottery.

So... let's make this easy... Mark Martin has never won at this track, but has three wins on the season and would be one good pick. If we want to flip the bird at the trend... this is a good one.

But how about this trend breaker.... Tony Stewart has 2 wins and 10 top five finishes in 20 tries, yet didn't finish in the top five in either of last year's races at New Hampshire. Plus 'Smoke' is on a roll and leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup points standings. Even better, it was his win back in 2004 that started this string of non-repeat winners.

So we are picking Tony Stewart to win today.

But keep an eye on Jeff Burton, he has the most wins (4), Kurt Busch (3 wins), and Jeff Gordon (3 wins). None of these drivers had good outings at this track in 2008, yet they have all shown solid strength at New Hampshire over the years.






Starting Line Up by Row
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
LENOX Industrial Tools 301
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, June 26, 2009 @ 03:17 PM Eastern
Track Race Record: Jeff Burton 07/13/97 02:42:35 117.134
Row Pos Car Driver Team Reason
1 1 14 Tony Stewart Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 1st
2 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 2nd
2 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 3rd
4 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 2009 Owner Points 4th
3 5 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 2009 Owner Points 5th
6 39 Ryan Newman Haas Automation Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 6th
4 7 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 2009 Owner Points 7th
8 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 2009 Owner Points 8th
5 9 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 2009 Owner Points 9th
10 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Ford 2009 Owner Points 10th
6 11 5 Mark Martin CARQUEST/Kellogg's Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 11th
12 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 12th
7 13 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Dodge 2009 Owner Points 13th
14 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 2009 Owner Points 14th
8 15 31 Jeff Burton LENOX Tools Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 15th
16 33 Clint Bowyer The Hartford Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 16th
9 17 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 2009 Owner Points 17th
18 47 Marcos Ambrose Little Debbie/Kingsford/Clorox Toyota 2009 Owner Points 18th
10 19 26 Jamie McMurray IRWIN Vise-Grip Ford 2009 Owner Points 19th
20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 20th
11 21 07 Casey Mears Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 21st
22 1 Martin Truex Jr. TomTom Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 22nd
12 23 19 Elliott Sadler Best Buy Dodge 2009 Owner Points 23rd
24 20 Joey Logano # Home Depot Toyota 2009 Owner Points 24th
13 25 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 25th
26 77 Sam Hornish Jr. AAA/Penske Truck Rental Dodge 2009 Owner Points 26th
14 27 43 Reed Sorenson McDonald's McCafe Dodge 2009 Owner Points 27th
28 96 Bobby Labonte Ask.com Ford 2009 Owner Points 28th
15 29 55 Michael Waltrip NAPA Toyota 2009 Owner Points 29th
30 44 A J Allmendinger Berlin City Auto Group Dodge 2009 Owner Points 30th
16 31 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 2009 Owner Points 31st
32 12 David Stremme No. 12 Penske Dodge Dodge 2009 Owner Points 32nd
17 33 98 Paul Menard Moen/Menards Ford 2009 Owner Points 33rd
34 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota 2009 Owner Points 34th
18 35 34 John Andretti Taco Bell Chevrolet 2009 Owner Points 35th
36 09 * Brad Keselowski Miccosukee Indian Gaming & Resort 2009 Owner Winner
19 37 82 * Scott Speed # Red Bull Toyota 2009 Owner Attempts
38 71 * David Gilliland TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 2009 Owner Attempts
20 39 87 * Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 2009 Owner Attempts
40 66 * Dave Blaney PRISM Motorsports Toyota 2009 Owner Attempts
21 41 36 * Patrick Carpentier Tommy Baldwin Racing Toyota 2009 Owner Attempts
42 37 * Tony Raines Long John Silver's Dodge 2009 Owner Attempts 9
22 43 78 * Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet 2009 Owner Attempts 8
16 0 Ford 7 0
8 1 Toyota 12 1
Did Not Qualify: #51 Dexter Bean #; #27 Ted Christopher.
Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs






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