...Carl Edwards on the pole. But since Edwards, Kurt Busch and Mark Martin crashed during practice and were forced into backup cars, they dropped to the rear of the field for the start.The fans also voted for a mandatory four-tire pit stop at...
...McMurray rounded out the top 10.Points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. qualified 16th.Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton were in backup cars after wrecking their primary rides in practice on Friday, victims of a track made slippery by Patrick Long's blown...
...him on his way to a 28th-place showing.Because of the wreck this weekend, Earnhardt was forced to switch to his backup car and start from the rear of the field."I felt real bad (Saturday) night about wrecking the car and all the work the...
...door instead of the crush area back there."Johnson started from the back, and so did Earnhardt, who was using a backup car after a mishap in practice Saturday. The two Hendrick Motorsports teammates made a solid run of it, but it was Biffle...
...Hamlin returned to the track in his backup car less than an hour after being evaluated...New Hampshire last month. But his backup car isn't shabby: It's the primary...final stop."We don't have any backup cars," crew chief Darian Grubb said...
...Chevrolet on his qualifying lap, and it took his Richard Childress Racing team almost until the start of the race to get his backup car prepared."I did it to myself. I put my team in a hole, qualifying like we did," he said. "We tried to work on...
...back of Hamlin's car. That forced Hamlin to go to a backup car, but he had to go back to the garage when that car began...oil after practice resumed.Burton also had to go to a backup car and was 29th fastest. Hamlin, eighth in the points...
...the wall in practice Saturday and will need to go to a backup car."We were making some changes on the car and got the...back because of an engine change.Earnhardt tested his backup car at MIS in June."We know a lot about the car here at...
...championship car at Texas for the Firestone Twin 275s as No. 99. It sustained significant damage.Cunningham went to a backup car for the second race, and drew the No. 2 starting spot. He finished 26th.Franchitti had built a nearly 5-second...
...the qualifying races. A big crash means moving to a backup car ? and the back of the starting lineup.Johnson reminded everyone there's a reason teams have a primary and backup car."I think we are going to have an exciting Daytona...