Starting Lineups for the Gatorade Duel 150
at Daytona International Speedway
February 17, 2011
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Race Coverage of the Gatorade Duel 150 Qualifying Races at Daytona International Speedway is scheduled for Thursday, February 17, 2011.
TV: SPEED at 2:00pm/et; pre-race show at 1:00pm/et
Radio: MRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio
Scheduled Race Re-Air: on SPEED, Thursday, February 17 at 9:00pm/et
Duel wins doesn't equal 500 win: Only eight times has the winner of a 125-mile race gone on to win the Daytona 500:
Fireball Roberts was the first to do so, in 1962
Cale Yarborough did it twice, in 1977 and 1984
others:
Bill Elliott (1985)
Bobby Allison (1988)
Sterling Marlin (1995)
Dale Earnhardt (1998)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2004)
Qualifying: The top-two qualifiers will start on the front row for the 2011 Daytona 500: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (first) and Jeff Gordon (second). The bottom line ? for the 2011 Daytona 500 - is that the top-two qualifiers are in. The remaining top-35 guaranteed starters are in. Four drivers will make the field based on their performance in the Duels, leaving four positions in the starting field. The three fastest non-guaranteed starters, that do not race their way in by their finish in the Duels, will make the field because they will revert to their qualifying times: #09-Elliott, #38-Kvapil and #87-Nemechek. #32-Terry Labonte will be in on Past Champion provisional if he does not race his way in.
Gatorade Duel Assignment:
? The eligible highest ranked 35 in 2010 car owner points are assigned to Gatorade Duel races based on their standing in the 2010 final car owner points. Odd-numbered owner points will compete in the first Gatorade Duel; even numbered owners will compete in the second. The only exception is that the fastest qualifier (Earnhardt Jr.) will compete in the first Gatorade Duel and the second fastest (Jeff Gordon) will compete in the second, regardless of 2010 car owner point standings.
? The remaining teams are assigned to a Gatorade Duel based on qualifying times beginning with the fastest team ? the #09 of Bill Elliott. The final lineups will be 24 cars in each Duel.
? Starting positions for the Gatorade Duels are based on qualifying times.
Drivers Locked IN:
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. - pole winner
#24-Jeff Gordon - outside pole winner
33 drivers in the top 35 of 2010 owners pts
non top 35 owners pts drivers locked in:
#09-Bill Elliott - 1st fastest of drivers not on top-35
#38-Travis Kvapil - 2nd fastest of dirvers not in top 35
#87-Joe Nemechek - 3rd fastest of dirvers not in top 35
#32-Terry Labonte - past series champion
If any of the above four drivers NOT in the top-35 races into a transfer spot, 2 spots in each Duel
the following four drivers could get via their qualifying speed:
#15-Waltrip - 4th fastest of dirvers not in top 35
#36-Blaney - 5th fastest of dirvers not in top 35
#60-Bodine - 6th fastest of dirvers not in top 35
#97-Conway - 7th fastest of dirvers not in top 35
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Starting Line Up by Row
Daytona International Speedway
Gatorade Duel Race #1
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Sun, February 13, 2011 @ 05:18 PM Eastern
Track Race Record: Cale Yarborough, 2/19/1970, 183.295mph
Starts
Pos Car# Driver Manu Qualifying
Speed odd opts, by speed
non top-35 by speed
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy 186.089 pole sitter
2 27 Paul Menard Chevy 185.422 35-odd
3 39 Ryan Newman Chevy 185.002 15-odd
4 5 Mark Martin Chevy 184.991 13-odd
5 14 Tony Stewart Chevy 184.911 7-odd
6 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 184.896 11-odd
7 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy 184.763 17-odd
8 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 184.748 21-odd
9 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy 184.740 3-odd
10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy 184.687 1-odd
11 09 Bill Elliott [PC2] Chevy 184.532 1st fast non top 35
12 43 A J Allmendinger Ford 184.290 19-odd
13 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 184.222 3rd fast non top 35
14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 184.102 5-odd
15 36 Dave Blaney Chevy 183.793 5th fast non top 35
16 78 Regan Smith Chevy 183.681 29-odd
17 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota 183.602 31-odd
18 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 183.576 27-odd
19 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 183.557 25-odd
20 97 Kevin Conway Toyota 182.949 7th fast non top 35
21 34 David Gilliland Ford 182.697 33-odd
22 66 Michael McDowell Toyota 182.434 9th fast non top 35
23 46 J J Yeley Chevy 180.977 11th fast non top 35
24 71 Andy Lally Chevy 180.828 23-odd
Driver/Team not locked in by top 35 but locked in by speed
Driver/Team not locked in by top 35 can get in via speed or can race in
Driver/Team not locked in by top 35 must race in
Past Series Champion not locked in by top 35 or speed
in by past champ provisional
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Starting Line Up by Row
Daytona International Speedway
Gatorade Duel No. 2
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Sun, February 13, 2011 @ 05:53 PM Eastern
Track Race Record: Cale Yarborough, 2/19/1970, 183.295mph
Starts
Pos Car# Driver Manu Qualifying
Speed even opts, by speed
non top-35 by speed
1 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy 185.966 outside pole sitter
2 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 185.445 28-even
3 33 Clint Bowyer Chevy 185.223 10-even
4 31 Jeff Burton Chevy 185.071 12-even
5 16 Greg Biffle Ford 184.911 6-even
6 6 David Ragan Ford 184.612 24-even
7 99 Carl Edwards Ford 184.475 4-even
8 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 184.271 2nd fast non top 35
9 00 David Reutimann Toyota 184.019 18-even
10 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 184.008 26-even
11 15 Michael Waltrip Toyota 183.966 4th fast non top 35
12 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy 183.685 14-even
13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 183.595 8-even
14 56 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy 183.456 22-even
15 20 Joey Logano Toyota 183.206 16-even
16 60 Todd Bodine Toyota 183.057 6th fast non top 35
17 13 Casey Mears Toyota 182.867 8th fast non top 35
18 77 Steve Wallace Toyota 182.574 30-even
19 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 182.120 32-even
20 32 Terry Labonte [PC1] Ford 181.492 10th fast non top 35
21 37 Robert Richardson Jr. Ford 181.466 34-even
22 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 181.316 2-even
23 64 Derrike Cope Toyota 177.894 12th fast non top 35
24 92 Brian Keselowski Dodge 177.581 13th fast non top 35
Driver/Team not locked in by top 35 but locked in by speed
Driver/Team not locked in by top 35 can get in via speed or can race in
Driver/Team not locked in by top 35 must race in
Past Series Champion not locked in by top 35 or speed
in by past champ provisional
could be added to one of the Gatorade Duels if he practices on Wednesday in one of the practice sessions
Benning didn't practice on Saturday, Feb 12th so he was not allowed to make a qualifying attempt on Feb 13th
Starts
Pos Car# Driver Manu Qualifying
Speed 2010 Opts Pos
57 Norm Benning Chevy 0.000 63
at Daytona International Speedway
February 17, 2011
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Race Coverage of the Gatorade Duel 150 Qualifying Races at Daytona International Speedway is scheduled for Thursday, February 17, 2011.
TV: SPEED at 2:00pm/et; pre-race show at 1:00pm/et
Radio: MRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio
Scheduled Race Re-Air: on SPEED, Thursday, February 17 at 9:00pm/et
Duel wins doesn't equal 500 win: Only eight times has the winner of a 125-mile race gone on to win the Daytona 500:
Fireball Roberts was the first to do so, in 1962
Cale Yarborough did it twice, in 1977 and 1984
others:
Bill Elliott (1985)
Bobby Allison (1988)
Sterling Marlin (1995)
Dale Earnhardt (1998)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2004)
Qualifying: The top-two qualifiers will start on the front row for the 2011 Daytona 500: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (first) and Jeff Gordon (second). The bottom line ? for the 2011 Daytona 500 - is that the top-two qualifiers are in. The remaining top-35 guaranteed starters are in. Four drivers will make the field based on their performance in the Duels, leaving four positions in the starting field. The three fastest non-guaranteed starters, that do not race their way in by their finish in the Duels, will make the field because they will revert to their qualifying times: #09-Elliott, #38-Kvapil and #87-Nemechek. #32-Terry Labonte will be in on Past Champion provisional if he does not race his way in.
Gatorade Duel Assignment:
? The eligible highest ranked 35 in 2010 car owner points are assigned to Gatorade Duel races based on their standing in the 2010 final car owner points. Odd-numbered owner points will compete in the first Gatorade Duel; even numbered owners will compete in the second. The only exception is that the fastest qualifier (Earnhardt Jr.) will compete in the first Gatorade Duel and the second fastest (Jeff Gordon) will compete in the second, regardless of 2010 car owner point standings.
? The remaining teams are assigned to a Gatorade Duel based on qualifying times beginning with the fastest team ? the #09 of Bill Elliott. The final lineups will be 24 cars in each Duel.
? Starting positions for the Gatorade Duels are based on qualifying times.
Drivers Locked IN:
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. - pole winner
#24-Jeff Gordon - outside pole winner
33 drivers in the top 35 of 2010 owners pts
non top 35 owners pts drivers locked in:
#09-Bill Elliott - 1st fastest of drivers not on top-35
#38-Travis Kvapil - 2nd fastest of dirvers not in top 35
#87-Joe Nemechek - 3rd fastest of dirvers not in top 35
#32-Terry Labonte - past series champion
If any of the above four drivers NOT in the top-35 races into a transfer spot, 2 spots in each Duel
the following four drivers could get via their qualifying speed:
#15-Waltrip - 4th fastest of dirvers not in top 35
#36-Blaney - 5th fastest of dirvers not in top 35
#60-Bodine - 6th fastest of dirvers not in top 35
#97-Conway - 7th fastest of dirvers not in top 35
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Starting Line Up by Row
Daytona International Speedway
Gatorade Duel Race #1
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Sun, February 13, 2011 @ 05:18 PM Eastern
Track Race Record: Cale Yarborough, 2/19/1970, 183.295mph
Starts
Pos Car# Driver Manu Qualifying
Speed odd opts, by speed
non top-35 by speed
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy 186.089 pole sitter
2 27 Paul Menard Chevy 185.422 35-odd
3 39 Ryan Newman Chevy 185.002 15-odd
4 5 Mark Martin Chevy 184.991 13-odd
5 14 Tony Stewart Chevy 184.911 7-odd
6 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 184.896 11-odd
7 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy 184.763 17-odd
8 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 184.748 21-odd
9 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy 184.740 3-odd
10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy 184.687 1-odd
11 09 Bill Elliott [PC2] Chevy 184.532 1st fast non top 35
12 43 A J Allmendinger Ford 184.290 19-odd
13 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 184.222 3rd fast non top 35
14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 184.102 5-odd
15 36 Dave Blaney Chevy 183.793 5th fast non top 35
16 78 Regan Smith Chevy 183.681 29-odd
17 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota 183.602 31-odd
18 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 183.576 27-odd
19 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 183.557 25-odd
20 97 Kevin Conway Toyota 182.949 7th fast non top 35
21 34 David Gilliland Ford 182.697 33-odd
22 66 Michael McDowell Toyota 182.434 9th fast non top 35
23 46 J J Yeley Chevy 180.977 11th fast non top 35
24 71 Andy Lally Chevy 180.828 23-odd
Driver/Team not locked in by top 35 but locked in by speed
Driver/Team not locked in by top 35 can get in via speed or can race in
Driver/Team not locked in by top 35 must race in
Past Series Champion not locked in by top 35 or speed
in by past champ provisional
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Starting Line Up by Row
Daytona International Speedway
Gatorade Duel No. 2
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Sun, February 13, 2011 @ 05:53 PM Eastern
Track Race Record: Cale Yarborough, 2/19/1970, 183.295mph
Starts
Pos Car# Driver Manu Qualifying
Speed even opts, by speed
non top-35 by speed
1 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy 185.966 outside pole sitter
2 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 185.445 28-even
3 33 Clint Bowyer Chevy 185.223 10-even
4 31 Jeff Burton Chevy 185.071 12-even
5 16 Greg Biffle Ford 184.911 6-even
6 6 David Ragan Ford 184.612 24-even
7 99 Carl Edwards Ford 184.475 4-even
8 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 184.271 2nd fast non top 35
9 00 David Reutimann Toyota 184.019 18-even
10 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 184.008 26-even
11 15 Michael Waltrip Toyota 183.966 4th fast non top 35
12 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy 183.685 14-even
13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 183.595 8-even
14 56 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy 183.456 22-even
15 20 Joey Logano Toyota 183.206 16-even
16 60 Todd Bodine Toyota 183.057 6th fast non top 35
17 13 Casey Mears Toyota 182.867 8th fast non top 35
18 77 Steve Wallace Toyota 182.574 30-even
19 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 182.120 32-even
20 32 Terry Labonte [PC1] Ford 181.492 10th fast non top 35
21 37 Robert Richardson Jr. Ford 181.466 34-even
22 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 181.316 2-even
23 64 Derrike Cope Toyota 177.894 12th fast non top 35
24 92 Brian Keselowski Dodge 177.581 13th fast non top 35
Driver/Team not locked in by top 35 but locked in by speed
Driver/Team not locked in by top 35 can get in via speed or can race in
Driver/Team not locked in by top 35 must race in
Past Series Champion not locked in by top 35 or speed
in by past champ provisional
could be added to one of the Gatorade Duels if he practices on Wednesday in one of the practice sessions
Benning didn't practice on Saturday, Feb 12th so he was not allowed to make a qualifying attempt on Feb 13th
Starts
Pos Car# Driver Manu Qualifying
Speed 2010 Opts Pos
57 Norm Benning Chevy 0.000 63
