After constant rain falling at Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR decided to cancel Sprint Cup Series qualifying. Because of this, the starting grid will be decided based on first practice speeds. This gives the pole to Carl Edwards with Martin Truex Jr. starting on his outside. The rain-out will force drivers like Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart, Jeff Burton, and Danica Patrick to work their way from the back. Other drivers like Trevor Bayne, David Ragan, and Michael Waltrip will look to capitalize on their good starting spots. There were forty-four drivers that were going to attempt to qualify, so only Elliott Sadler will miss the race. We will have to wait until tomorrow to see if starting spots make any difference, which I doubt they will. Also, we will have to see if the rain subsides and we can see a full show at Talladega.
(More Stats Down Below!)
Top 5 Starters:
1st: Carl Edwards
2nd: Martin Truex Jr.
3rd: Marcos Ambrose
4th: Joey Logano
5th: Ryan Newman
Notables Not in Top 5:
8th: Jimmie Johnson
9th: Jeff Gordon
10th: Kasey Kahne
11th: Brad Keselowski
12th: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
13th: Kyle Busch
23rd: Danica Patrick
24th: Kevin Harvick
DNQ: Elliott Sadler
Credits:
-Statistics:
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/05/04/sprint-cup-pole-qualifying-talladega-superspeedway.html
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/05/04/sprint-cup-pole-qualifying-talladega-superspeedway.html
-Image:
http://www.jayski.com/news/schemes/2013/story/_/page/2013-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-99-Team-Schemes
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