Qualifying washed out; Johnson on pole

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TALLADEGA, Ala. - NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying has been canceled because of rain at Talladega Superspeedway, giving Jimmie Johnson the pole position for Sunday's Amp Energy 500 and leaving Regan Smith as the only one of 44 drivers who will miss the race.

Joining Johnson on the outside of Row 1 will be Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin. Hendrick's Jeff Gordon, Stewart-Haas Racing's Tony Stewart and Earnhardt Ganassi Racing's Juan Pablo Montoya complete the top five in the field that was set according to the NASCAR rule book.

Smith missed the race because his Furniture Row Racing team has attempted to qualify for the fewest races among any team in the field.

Qualifying was scheduled to begin at 12:15 p.m. EDT, with the Truck series race scheduled to follow at 4 p.m.

It rained at the track overnight and the National Weather Service predicts an 80 percent chance of rain today, mostly before 2 p.m. EDT.

With temperatures in the low 60s and a strong breeze, it likely will take at least two hours to dry the 2.66-mile oval. The Truck race likely would need to begin by 5:30 p.m. EDT to be able to get the entire 250-mile race in before darkness. If the Truck race gets rained out, it would be run on Monday.

The forecast for Sunday is for sunny skies with a high in the upper 60s.

~Scene Daily


Maybe it will rain out the truck race too... I'm not going to be able to watch this afternoon, but I could watch on Monday!

Take Note-----Pit Stall selection----CAR#'a 5,14.24,48----In and Out Best Selections. NO ONE IN FRONT OF YOU

WOW WHAT A SURPRISE-----THE HENDRICK BUNCH HAVE THE WEATHER TO THANK AGAIN, (WHAT IS IT NOW 4TH OR 5TH TIME???) I lost count


Pit Stall Selections - Talladega: The selections of pit stalls for the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway have been made. Pole sitter #48-Johnson chose pit stall 1 [as do most pole sitters].Outside pole sitter #5-Martin took pit stall 29, the second pit with an opening in front of it.[b]#24-Gordon, who starts 3rd took the 17th pit stall, the first stall with an opening in front of it.[/b] HEY DON'T FORGET #14 STEWART SAME SCENARIO

Some post-race thoughts:

1. Might as well give Johnson the title now. I can't believe he was running in the mid 20s at the end and comes away with a top 10. Martin, who runs near the front all day, ends up flipping over and finishing in the back. Johnson never gets in any wrecks! If Martin and Johnson had finished where they were running with like 10 or so to go, Martin would've cut the lead down to 30-60 points. Now it's 180.

2. Great to see someone different win today. McMurray certainly helped his stock in getting a ride next year. It was nice to see him thank the fans and everyone in the post race.

3. Brad Keselowski started the wreck that brought out the checkers and yellow. Is anyone really surprised that he was the one who did it? He drives so wild.

4. Thumbs up to the safety of the new car. I can only hope they keep working on it in terms of being more fun to watch, but it certainly does its job with safety. Newman takes the horrible wreck and ends up walking away.

Brad Keselowski is out of control. He always drives over his head and WAY too aggressively. Someone needs to get a hold of him and straighten him out...

As a Keselowski supporter, I will say that he needs to polish his craft to the point where he can win races and not cause controversy. He's an awesome driver, and has gained a fan in me. I guess I'm just seeing what the Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch fans have to deal with all the time.

"Polish his craft." That's an interesting way to put it... lol In other words, he needs to do a better job of RACING and NOT just WRECKING everyone.



(In case there's any doubt, I'm not a Keselowski fan. )

TeamBlueOval wrote:

"Polish his craft." That's an interesting way to put it... lol In other words, he needs to do a better job of RACING and NOT just WRECKING everyone.



(In case there's any doubt, I'm not a Keselowski fan. )

Love your Evil sign LOL

Keselowski .... I have to admit that I like this kid. He's still wet behind the ears and has a lot to learn.
I'm not making excuses for him but, I can somewhat understand his aggressiveness. He's so use to battling it out with the Cup guys in Nationwide series that he had to be pretty aggressive. He has to learn that he's playing with the big boys now and they won't let him get away with that.

He'll learn.

I totally agree with DeeDee.

He's ticked off more than his fair share of people in Nationwide by being overly aggressive too. I think he pushes it too far - I don't care how experienced he is. He needs to tune it down about 10 notches before I'll have any grain of respect for him.

Brad needs to learn to control it better. If he does, he will do even better than he has.

Now don't get angry folks but Who's Brad?????? LOL (joking) IF HE IS NOT IN A FORD , I REALLY DON'T CARE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
One thing for sure if Brad trys to get out of control with the FORD GUYS, they will bring in "-THE BLUE OVAL PATROL'

STRICKLY A BLUE OVAL LOVER

Personally, I like Michael Waltrip's idea on this one, from Twitter: "How about shock collars? If some ones too aggressive zap em. We should at least get Brad one."

TeamBlueOval wrote:

Personally, I like Michael Waltrip's idea on this one, from Twitter: "How about shock collars? If some ones too aggressive zap em. We should at least get Brad one."

ROTFLMBO

TeamBlueOval wrote:

Personally, I like Michael Waltrip's idea on this one, from Twitter: "How about shock collars? If some ones too aggressive zap em. We should at least get Brad one."

That's good
But look out Mikey .... you might be next on his list