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  • Dillon Gives Stewart a Top-10

    Dillon Gives Stewart a Top-10

    TALLADEGA, Ala.– While Tony Stewart was the driver of record for starting the race, relief driver Ty Dillon drove the car to a top-10 finish at Talladega.

    After switching out with Stewart under the first caution of the race, the relief driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing survived carnage to finish sixth in the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. It gave Stewart his first top-10 since the Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 at Martinsville Speedway in October of 2014.

    In what was unofficially his first Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega, Dillon described it as “just wild and crazy.”

    “We had a really strong car,” Dillon said. “Fighting from behind, it’s hard to get it up front. I felt like if we could lead a pack at any point, we would have put ourselves up front. Early one, once I first got in the car, we drove right up to into the Top 10 really quick and we had some air on the nose and was able to go. The team built an awesome race car. I just kind of got mired back. I made some mistakes being my first time here racing. But we were able to dodge crashes and survive here, which is the big thing. We made some good moves at the end to get us into to the top six or seven.”

    The decision for Stewart to get out of his car after starting the race at Talladega was done at the request of his doctors. Even still, the ever competitive “Smoke” wasn’t too thrilled with the prospect.

    “It sucks, to be honest,” Stewart said. “I know why we got to do it, but it sucks. It still sucks that you have to do it but if I hadn’t broke my back at the end of January, we wouldn’t be in this situation.”

    Stewart suffered a burst fracture of his L1 vertebrae in a dune buggy crash in the desert on January 31. The injury forced him to miss the first eight races of his retirement season. He returned last week to an 18th-place finish at Richmond International Raceway.

    He added that this would be the “last time we have to do it and I am back in next week.”

    Stewart leaves Talladega 38th in points 71 back of current 30th-place driver Matt DiBenedetto.

  • Brad Keselowski Endures Carnage to Win at Talladega

    Brad Keselowski Endures Carnage to Win at Talladega

    TALLADEGA, Ala.– As the field wrecked behind, Brad Keselowski was up front when it mattered and scored the victory at the Alabama roulette wheel.

    The driver of the No. 2 Team Penske Ford led 46 laps, the most of anyone, and survived a host of wrecks on his way to winning the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

    “I didn’t have a great frame to see what happened to everyone else,” Keselowski said. “The guys at Team Penske gave me a great Miller Lite Ford and this Fusion was hauling it. One of the best tickets to stay out of the wrecks at Talladega is if you can stay up front, and you’ve got a great shot of not getting wrecked. But this No. 2. Daytona didn’t go the way we wanted it to go. We thought we were gonna be better than that, but we just didn’t show the speed in the 500 and the guys went to work and they brought me a really strong car here for Talladega. I’m so proud of everybody at Team Penske. To be back in Victory Lane with two wins this year, and we feel like we can get a lot more. We’re growing as a team. We made a lot of changes at Team Penske and this feels really good, really good.”

    The victory was the 19th of his Sprint Cup Series career, second of 2016 and fourth at Talladega.

    Kyle Busch led 12 laps on his way home second in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. He described what others were doing at the end of the race as “some moves that you made that were just lucky and just trying to get through some of the holes that were there and that were forming and guys bumping and banging each other, pushing all around and everything and trying to get the most out of what we had with our Skittles Camry,” Busch said. “You know, second’s not bad. I think the quota of three cars on their lids today is a little high, but it’s racing.”

    Austin Dillon rounded out the podium in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.

    “My car was actually probably dragging; the No. 1 (Jamie McMurray) could stick to my back bumper and he gave me a heck of a push all the way through (Turns) 3 and 4 and when he did that, I knew we were going to have a shot at it,” Dillon said. “But as soon as I pulled out, it was kind of a parachute but I had to make a shot at it. I wanted to have a shot at the win. If I would have pushed the No. 18 (Kyle Busch), he might have beaten the No. 2, I don’t know. But hat’s off to these guys. They fought so hard. We pitted 15 times, they said. That’s amazing. The car was killed, and to come home with a third place finish we’ve got to thank the good Lord above.”

    Jamie McMurray finished fourth in his No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet.

    “I was really fortunate,” McMurray said. “I was only caught up in one of the wrecks. And I don’t know exactly what happened in the other two. Honestly, I don’t even know what happened in mine. I was so lucky that I got hit in the back and I spun to the bottom, but it didn’t tear-up the front-end. It didn’t tear the splitter up. And I don’t know that my car was faster afterwards, but it didn’t seem to hurt it any.”

    Chase Elliott led 27 laps and was the highest finishing rookie as he rounded out the top-five in his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. When asked about what stood out to him in his Cup debut at Talladega, he said, “trying to finish. You can’t have a good day unless you finish. Just trying to focus in on that. Obviously, it got a little wild. For us, we just tried to keep that in mind and make it to the end.”

    Ty Dillon, subbing for Tony Stewart, finished sixth in his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet. Clint Bowyer earned his second top-10 of the season with a seventh-place finish in his No. 15 HScott Motorsports Chevrolet. Kurt Busch was leading with two laps to go before getting shuffled back and finishing eighth in his No. 41 SHR Chevrolet. Ryan Blaney finished ninth in his No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford. Trevor Bayne led 22 laps on his way to rounding out the top-10 in his No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford.

    The race lasted three hours, 34 minutes and 15 seconds at an average speed of 140.046 mph. There were 37 lead changes among 17 different drivers and 10 cautions for 41 laps.

    Kevin Harvick leaves Talladega with a nine-point lead over Kyle Busch in the points standings.

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  • Elliott Sadler Survives to Win at Talladega

    Elliott Sadler Survives to Win at Talladega

    TALLADEGA, Ala.– Elliott Sadler’s 41st birthday will be one to remember as he scored the victory at the Alabama roulette wheel.

    The driver of the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet survived a wreck in the tri-oval coming to the checkered flag and had to wait for the official results to take said checkered flag in the Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway. It’s his 11th win in the XFINITY Series, second at Talladega and first since 2014.

    “People don’t know how hard it is to win these races. It’s very emotional,” said Sadler choking up in victory lane. “It’s a great birthday gift to me. Man, we needed this win.”

    Coming to the line, he was trying to find his way around Joey Logano when Logano got loosened up, came down on Sadler, turned back up the track and slammed the wall head-on. As his lifeless car came back down, it was t-boned by JJ Yeley in his No. 44 Tri-Star Motorsports Toyota. Both drivers were unharmed. Yeley took his car back to the garage and Logano got out of his car under his own power.

    Justin Allgaier, who was sitting in his car on pit road after the race had concluded while the finishing order was still being determined, finished second in his No. 7 JRM Chevrolet. Brennan Poole, who had crossed the line first after the field was frozen, came home third in his No. 48 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. Jeremy Clements finished fourth in his No. 51 Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet. Brendan Gaughan overcame an early pass-through penalty to round out the top-five in his No. 62 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.

    Austin Dillon finished sixth in his No. 2 RCR Chevrolet. Daniel Suárez finished seventh in his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

    “I feel like we had a really fast car by ourselves, but for some reason in the draft and pushing and trying to push people it wasn’t great,” Suárez said. “Pushing was okay and when I was getting pushed it was horrible and then we made it better, but it wasn’t great. I don’t know. I feel like we have to keep working and improving our superspeedway program.”

    Matt Tifft led 21 laps on his way to an eighth-place finish in his No. 18 JGR Toyota.

    “It wasn’t too bad for typical Talladega until the end there,” Tifft said. “We had a really fast car all day. Just kind of got shuffled out – got shuffled back a little bit further than we might have wanted to. Then the last couple laps, just craziness here, so just tried to stay on the bottom. Just tried to kind of shove our way through there and stay out of trouble, so proud of everybody at Joe Gibbs Racing and our whole NOS Energy Drink Camry.”

    Chase Elliott led seven laps on his way to a ninth-place finish in his No. 88 JRM Chevrolet. Aric Almirola overcame an early pass-through penalty to round out the top-10 in his No. 98 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford.

    The race lasted two hours, 19 minutes and 45 seconds at an average speed of 132.477 mph. There were 20 lead changes among 13 different drivers and six cautions for 29 laps.

    Sadler leaves Talladega tied for the points lead with Suárez.

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  • Elliott on the Pole at Talladega

    Elliott on the Pole at Talladega

    TALLADEGA, Ala.– Chase Elliott will lead the field to the green flag tomorrow at Talladega.

    The driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet scored the pole for the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway after posting a time of 49.704 and a speed of 192.661 mph.

    “It’s obviously really special,” Elliott said on getting the pole at Talladega. “They were just telling me that on this day 30 years ago I think Dad set the (track) record here. That is pretty special. This has always been a special place to him and certainly great to be here and have the opportunity in Sprint Cup, Hendrick Motorsports, Napa Auto Parts to come be a part of this weekend. Like I said in Daytona, this is all team guys. This had nothing to do with me and they have brought a fast car back. This is our same car that we ran at Daytona. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring it home in one piece, they had to fix it, but they did a great job doing that and hopefully, we can just try to be smart, try to cut down on some of the dumb mistakes I made in February and try to give ourselves a shot and be there at the end.”

    It’s his second career pole in the Sprint Cup Series and second of 2016.

    “I do think racing and trying to stay up front is important,” he said. “It’s obviously much easier said than done, but I think for us having a good pit road selection is very important.  I think that becomes a big factor at the end of the day when you come onto pit road with a big group of cars and being able to run down pit road and have that first box is big.  Hopefully, that helps, but you’ve got to get to the end of the day for that to matter.  Unfortunately, I didn’t do that in February so hopefully, we can do that tomorrow and see how it goes.”

    Austin Dillon will start second in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 49.765 and a speed of 192.424 mph.

    “The No. 24 car has won all the poles the last two years at speedways it seems like,” Dillon said. “To be that close to him and we know we can get a little better here and there, but that is just the big pick up. I think we qualified 24th here the last race. Huge pick up for us and we are excited for the race.”

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start third in his No. 88 HMS Chevrolet after posting a time of 49.799 and a speed of 192.293 mph.

    “We picked up a little bit,” Earnhardt said. “I was just talking with Kasey (Kahne) about our lines and what we did different. We think we saw a little bit out there that makes a difference. We were able to pick up a little bit. It’s hard to move forward in the second round at speedways. Usually, what you’ve got in the first round is what you’ve got in the second round, but we jumped a couple of guys and got a better starting spot.”

    Matt Kenseth will start fourth in his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota after posting a time of 49.828 and a speed of 192.181 mph.

    “We seemed to have pretty good speed,” Kenseth said. “We had good speed, but qualifying doesn’t necessarily mean a lot for the race. These guys have been doing a good job and I qualified well at Daytona and qualified well here, so that was encouraging that they got the speed in the car.”

    Jimmie Johnson will round out the top-five starters in his No. 48 HMS Chevrolet after posting a time of 49.845 and a speed of 192.116 mph.

    “The car is really good,” Johnson said. “The race environment is so much different than what we have in practice. We didn’t want to go out in the second (practice session) and risk the race car. We made a few single-car runs in the first just to see where our speed was and to get our tape and our heights right. It’s rare that you come to the race track and find some more speed during the practice session. It’s really done at the shop. We are just trying to minimize our risk and our time on the track.”

    Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will start sixth in his No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford.

    “We have a great starting spot,” Stenhouse said. “We have to try to keep our track position all race. I feel like we haven’t done a very good job of that on the speedway races. I think that is a key because you are not going to be able to get track position in the last 30 laps. You have to keep it all race.”

    Brad Keselowski will start seventh in his No. 2 Team Penske Ford.

    “It was a much better effort than we have had here in the past which bodes well,” Keselowski said. “We were really fast in speedweeks for the Unlimited and it didn’t showcase itself in the 500 at all. We qualified terribly and ran terribly all weekend. That was very disappointing. We came here and qualified well in an impound scenario and that feels good.”

    Denny Hamlin will start eighth in his No. 11 JGR Toyota. Carl Edwards will start ninth in his No. 19 JGR Toyota.

    “The Toyotas seemed to have some speed, so this is good,” Edwards said. “We actually picked up a little bit of time the second round which is great. Now we’ll just go race.”

    Paul Menard will round out the top-10 in his No. 27 RCR Chevrolet.

    “We had a nice pick up from yesterday,” Menard said. “That is always a good thing. The cars are cooler in qualifying than they are in race practice. When you can pick up from practice to qualifying that is always a good thing. I’m proud of my guys. A good top 10 starting spot and good pit selection.”

    Kasey Kahne will start 11th in his No. 5 HMS Chevrolet.

    “Really fast cars and all of us (Hendrick Motorsports) had good speed,” Kahne said. “We slowed down a little bit in the final round, which is surprising, but other than that we were really good.”

    Martin Truex Jr. will round out the 12 drivers that made the final round of qualifying in his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota.

    When asked about his qualifying effort, he said it was “uneventful” in a good way. “Anytime it’s uneventful, it’s good. We’re ready to go racing. I thought everybody picked up, but us, which is kind of interesting, but I don’t know why that is. Other than that, everything is good.”

    Josh Wise was the one car that failed to qualify.

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  • Tifft on the XFINITY Pole at Talladega

    Tifft on the XFINITY Pole at Talladega

    TALLADEGA, Ala.– Matt Tifft will lead the field to the green flag for this afternoon’s race at Talladega.

    The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota scored the pole for today’s NASCAR XFINITY Series Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway with a time of 52.857 and a speed of 181.168 mph.

    It’s the first career pole for the 19-year old of Fairfax, Virginia.

    Daniel Suárez will start second in his No. 19 JGR Toyota after posting a time of 52.951 and a speed of 180.846 mph. Austin Dillon will start third in his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 53.051 and a speed of 180.506 mph. Erik Jones will start fourth in his No. 20 JGR Toyota after posting a time of 53.092 and a speed of 180.366 mph. Ty Dillon will round out the top-five in his No. 3 RCR Chevrolet after posting a time of 53.136 and a speed of 180.217 mph.

    Brendan Gaughan will start sixth in his No. 62 RCR Chevrolet. Ryan Reed will start seventh in his No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford. Joey Logano will start eighth in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. Elliott Sadler will start ninth in his No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. JJ Yeley will round out the top-10 starters in his No. 44 TriStar Motorsports Toyota.

    Derrick Cope, Mike Harmon and Josh Reaume were the three drivers that failed to make the race.

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  • Logano Fastest in Final Practice at Talladega

    Logano Fastest in Final Practice at Talladega

    TALLADEGA, Ala.– Joey Logano topped the chart in final Sprint Cup Series practice at Talladega Superspeedway.

    The driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 48.785 and a speed of 196.290 mph. Ryan Blaney was second in his No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford with a time of 48.798 and a speed of 196.238 mph. Chase Elliott was third in his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet with a time of 48.811 and a speed of 196.185 mph. Danica Patrick was fourth in her No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet with a time of 49.084 and a speed of 195.094 mph. Brian Scott rounded out the top-five in his No. 44 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford with a time of 49.107 and a speed of 195.003 mph.

    Kasey Kahne was sixth in his No. 5 HMS Chevrolet. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was seventh in his No. 88 HMS Chevrolet. Trevor Bayne was eighth in his No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford. Austin Dillon was ninth in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Kurt Busch rounded out the top-10 in his No. 41 SHR Chevrolet.

    Patrick posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 192.142 mph. Kahne was second at an average speed of 192.020 mph.

    The Sprint Cup Series is back on track tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 p.m. ETwith qualifying for the GEICO 500.

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  • Stewart Won’t Change Sunday Plans if it Goes Long Green

    Stewart Won’t Change Sunday Plans if it Goes Long Green

    TALLADEGA, Ala.– Tony Stewart said how deep the race goes before the first caution will have no bearing on him getting out and giving way to a substitute driver.

    During his media availability as part of a press conference with Danica Patrick, the driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet was asked if he would change his plan and run the entire race should the race go as long caution-free as it did last October.

    “I still think the goal is going to be for when the first caution comes out,” Stewart said. “And if it means we go 80 laps or 100 laps or whatever, it’s not likely that the race will go that long without a caution, but if it does, the level of intensity is pretty sanitary at that point. It’s not really ramping-up yet. So, I don’t feel like there’s any danger in that. It’s later in the race when guys are really having to make things happen; that’s the part of the race when we really need to be out of the car. There will be ample time to get that caution to get us out. The good thing is that Talladega is so big that even if it’s 40 laps from the end of the race when Ty gets in it, he’s going to have enough time to do what he needs to do. Hopefully, it will happen sooner than later; and that way he can get into the flow of the race earlier than later and he’ll be fine. Everything that he’s done in our car this year has been awesome. I think he’s done a fantastic job and I think he’ll be fine this weekend as well.”

    The plan is that Ty Dillon will hop into the car during the first caution of the race which will allow Stewart to be credited as the starting driver and receive the points from wherever Dillon finishes.

    The decision to get out of the car stems from his doctors advising he do so to not risk re-injuring his spine.

    Stewart suffered a burst fracture of his L1 vertebrae in a dune buggy wreck back in late January. After sitting out the first eight races, he made his return to competition in an 18th-place finish during last Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway. He said afterward that he was having so much fun at his favorite track.

  • McMurray Fastest in First Practice

    McMurray Fastest in First Practice

    TALLADEGA, Ala.– Jamie McMurray topped the chart in the first Sprint Cup Series practice at Talladega Superspeedway.

    The driver of the No. 1 Jamie McMurray was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 47.943 and a speed of 199.737 mph. Chase Elliott was second in his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet with a time of 47.945 and a speed of 199.729 mph. Kurt Busch was third in his No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet with a time of 48.022 and a speed of 199.409 mph. Danica Patrick was fourth in his No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet with a time of 48.028 and a speed of 199.384 mph. Trevor Bayne rounded out the top-five in his No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford with a time of 48.044 and a speed of 199.317 mph.

    Kevin Harvick was sixth in his No. 4 SHR Chevrolet. Casey Mears was seventh in his No. 13 Germain Racing Chevrolet. Joey Logano was eighth in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. Kyle Larson was ninth in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. Michael McDowell rounded out the top-10 in his No. 95 Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet.

    Larson posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 195.541 mph. Logano was second at an average speed of 195.169 mph.

    The Sprint Cup Series is back on track this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. ET for final practice.

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  • Wallace on Dash 4 Cash Format: ‘I am on the fence about it’

    Wallace on Dash 4 Cash Format: ‘I am on the fence about it’

    TALLADEGA, Ala.– When asked about the current Dash 4 Cash format in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, Darrell Wallace Jr. said he was “on the fence about it.”

    During his media availability early this morning at Talladega Superspeedway, the driver of the No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford was asked his thoughts on the Dash 4 Cash format that grants drivers an extra way to make their way into the XFINITY Chase.

    “I think one of the factors is we haven’t had the speed enough to put ourselves in position, but I was at Bristol and I was still standing outside my car when they said it was time to roll and start the engines for the feature,” Wallace said. “There is no schedule after that. You run your heats and get back to it. We are just kind of bouncing back and forth not knowing what we are doing. Richmond was a little more organized but still I think it comes down to the speed factor. We have to get a little better to focus on putting ourselves in position to with the $100,000.”

    In the two Dash 4 Cash races this season, he’s finished 25th and 16th.

    His bad runs, however, didn’t stop him from saying that the program “is a cool concept and it will be interesting to see what the fans say about it. I know there are some of us that are for it and some against it. It is different for us.”

    He was also asked if he could apply what he did to earn his sixth-place finish at Daytona to start the season at Talladega and said he wanted “to say yes, but these places are so much about luck. You have to be in the right spot at the right time. We have pretty much the same game plan and hopefully we can get a decent starting spot and get up toward the front and just ride. We have to really plan out the pit stops and not make any mistakes on pit road to get us out there and keep that game plan in order.”

    He was then asked about whether his team’s struggles this season was a result of Roush downsizing its XFINITY program from four to two cars and said he didn’t think it was “because of backing off on teams. I think it is just that we are trying new things and trying different things and figuring out what works and what doesn’t. Now it is getting to that point in the season where we have to see what worked and kind of put that together. We are still missing on a lot of other factors as well. Like I said earlier, we are dedicated and 100-percent focused on getting where we need to be. We have some really great tracks coming up for us. Dover, Charlotte has been really good to us. That will be a test to see how we are. Hopefully, we can get some turn through the center. That is the first thing I say on the radio. Hopefully, I won’t be saying that this weekend. We have an off weekend coming up and we can really get in depth more to see what we need to do. I don’t really know what the exact thing is that we are missing. I think it would be really easy and everyone could do it if it was like that.”

  • Tifft Fastest in Final XFINITY Practice at Talladega

    Tifft Fastest in Final XFINITY Practice at Talladega

    TALLADEGA, Ala.– Matt Tifft topped the chart in final XFINITY Series practice at Talladega Superspeedway.

    The driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 52.639 and a speed of 181.918 mph. Ty Dillon was second in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with a time of 52.756 and a speed of 181.515 mph. Brandon Jones was third in his No. 33 RCR Chevrolet with a time of 53.098 and a speed of 180.346 mph. Daniel Suárez was fourth in his No. 19 JGR Toyota with a time of 53.110 and a speed of 180.305 mph. Jeremy Clements rounded out the top-five in his No. 51 Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet with a time of 53.259 and a speed of 179.801 mph.

    Ray Black Jr. was sixth in his No. 07 SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet. Austin Dillon was seventh in his No. 2 RCR Chevrolet. Erik Jones was eighth in his No. 20 JGR Toyota. Jeb Burton was ninth in his No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford. Elliott Sadler rounded out the top-10 in his No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.

    No driver posted a 10 consecutive lap average during the session.

    The next time the XFINITY Series is back on track is tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. ET for qualifying for the Sparks Energy 300.

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