Johnson To Start From Pole

And you thought that when Johnson and Earnhardt talked about trannies they meant their transmissions.


Well there are only three races left in the season. The Chase comes down to Texas, Phoenix and Homestead. Unfortunately, Johnson has an excellent chance to win his sixth championship. Even though I picked him this weekend, I hope he blows an engine and finishes 43rd. I don't know if Johnson will blow an engine but from the looks of this photo I think he may blow an Earnhardt. Anyway, this looks to be a race with tons of speed and long green flag runs. Since most of the pit stops will be "green flag" stops, teams won't have a lot of time to make adjustments. Therefore, it will be important for teams to get the set-up correct right from the start of the race. Here are the qualifying results.

PT-48(4) 55(3) 78(3) 56(1)=31
Cosmo-11(3) 55(3) 21(3) 2(2)=26
Toby-17(2) 55(1) 51(2) 16(3)=25
Al-48(3) 18(2) 78(3) 5(1)=31
Matt-48(5) 18(2) 47(2) 14(3)=28
Freddy-17(1) 18(3) 78(3) 16(3)=33
Chuck-48(1) 99(3) 78(3) 16(3)=36
Neil-48(4) 55(2) 78(3) 5(2)=23
Jim-48(2) 18(5) 21(4) 17(3)=43
Brian-48(3) 99(2) 47(3) 17(3)=28
Nob-2(4) 99(1) 21(4) 56(2)=35
Bauman-15(3) 55(1) 21(1) 2(2)=34
Brent-48(3) 55(3) 78(3) 15(3)=32
Terry-14(3) 9(1) 78(3) 5(2)=4
Jeff-56(3) 99(2) 21(1) 24(3)=27
Michael-48(5) 55(4) 78(5) 56(2)=31
Joe-14(2) 55(2) 78(4) 5(3)=8

The top fifteen in qualifying were: 48, 16, 18, 15, 56, 20, 21, 2, 99, 17, 55, 11, 5, 43, 9