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  QUALIFYING RESULTS MICHIGAN - qualified Fri 8/17/12 starting @ 4:10pm est

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	55	Mark Martin	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	199.706	36.053	Leader
2	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Geek Squad	198.626	36.249	-0.196
3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	198.440	36.283	-0.230
4	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Fifth Third Bank	198.183	36.330	-0.277
5	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	Farmers Insurance	197.878	36.386	-0.333
6	21	Trevor Bayne	Ford	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	197.781	36.404	-0.351
7	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	197.650	36.428	-0.375
8	9	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	Stanley	197.493	36.457	-0.404
9	83	Landon Cassill	Toyota	Burger King / Dr Pepper	197.433	36.468	-0.415
10	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Menards / Pittsburgh Paints	197.163	36.518	-0.465
11	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger / AARP	197.115	36.527	-0.474
12	15	Clint Bowyer	Toyota	5-hour Energy	197.012	36.546	-0.493
13	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M	196.893	36.568	-0.515
14	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Mobil 1 / Office Depot	196.877	36.571	-0.518
15	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Wix Filters	196.732	36.598	-0.545
16	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot	196.501	36.641	-0.588
17	22	Parker Kligerman	Dodge	Shell / Pennzoil	196.249	36.688	-0.635
18	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row / Farm American	196.217	36.694	-0.641
19	2	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	Miller Lite	196.180	36.701	-0.648
20	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Jimmy Johns	196.052	36.725	-0.672
21	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Office	195.956	36.743	-0.690
22	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew	195.822	36.768	-0.715
23	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Interstate Batteries	193.299	37.248	-1.195
24	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Mercury	193.268	37.254	-1.201
25	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	193.138	37.279	-1.226
26	51	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	HendrickCars.com	192.988	37.308	-1.255
27	191	Reed Sorenson	Ford	Plinker Tactical	192.709	37.362	-1.309
28	47	Bobby Labonte	Toyota	Clorox	192.596	37.384	-1.331
29	13	Casey Mears	Ford	GEICO	192.560	37.391	-1.338
30	93	Travis Kvapil	Toyota	Burger King / Dr Pepper	192.539	37.395	-1.342
31	30	David Stremme	Toyota	Inception Motorsports	192.359	37.430	-1.377
32	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Wheaties	192.282	37.445	-1.392
33	119	Jason Leffler	Ford	Plinker Tactical	192.205	37.460	-1.407
34	26	Josh Wise*	Ford	MDS Transport	192.179	37.465	-1.412
35	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	192.118	37.477	-1.424
36	38	David Gilliland	Ford	Taco Bell	191.790	37.541	-1.488
37	34	David Ragan	Ford	Long John Silver's	191.724	37.554	-1.501
38	23	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	North Texas Pipe	189.943	37.906	-1.853
39	10	David Reutimann	Chevrolet	TMone.com	189.036	38.088	-2.035
40	32	T.J. Bell+	Ford	Southern Pride Trucking / U.S. Chrome	185.118	38.894	-2.841
41	43	Aric Almirola+	Ford	Eckrich	-	-	-
42	36	Dave Blaney+	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	-	-	-
43	98	Mike Skinner	Ford

2ND PRACTICE RESULTS MICHIGAN - practice run Sat8/18/12, 8:30-9:25am est

FIN	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M	200.362	35.935	Leader
2	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	Farmers Insurance	198.588	36.256	-0.321
3	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Geek Squad	198.555	36.262	-0.327
4	55	Mark Martin	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	198.178	36.331	-0.396
5	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew	198.134	36.339	-0.404
6	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	198.036	36.357	-0.422
7	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Fifth Third Bank	197.482	36.459	-0.524
8	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row / Farm American	197.471	36.461	-0.526
9	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Interstate Batteries	197.050	36.539	-0.604
10	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Office	197.012	36.546	-0.611
11	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Jimmy Johns	196.813	36.583	-0.648
12	51	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	HendrickCars.com	196.576	36.627	-0.692
13	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	196.549	36.632	-0.697
14	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Wix Filters	196.442	36.652	-0.717
15	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger / AARP	196.405	36.659	-0.724
16	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Mobil 1 / Office Depot	196.340	36.671	-0.736
17	15	Clint Bowyer	Toyota	5-hour Energy	196.303	36.678	-0.743
18	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot	196.282	36.682	-0.747
19	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Wheaties	196.121	36.712	-0.777
20	9	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	Stanley	196.030	36.729	-0.794
21	2	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	Miller Lite	196.025	36.730	-0.795
22	93	Travis Kvapil	Toyota	Burger King / Dr Pepper	195.908	36.752	-0.817
23	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Menards / Pittsburgh Paints	195.876	36.758	-0.823
24	13	Casey Mears	Ford	GEICO	195.801	36.772	-0.837
25	83	Landon Cassill	Toyota	Burger King / Dr Pepper	195.684	36.794	-0.859
26	47	Bobby Labonte	Toyota	Clorox	195.291	36.868	-0.933
27	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	195.122	36.900	-0.965
28	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	Eckrich	195.059	36.912	-0.977
29	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Mercury	194.779	36.965	-1.030
30	21	Trevor Bayne	Ford	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	194.616	36.996	-1.061
31	38	David Gilliland	Ford	Taco Bell	194.521	37.014	-1.079
32	98	Mike Skinner	Ford	Phil Parsons Racing	193.877	37.137	-1.202
33	22	Parker Kligerman	Dodge	Shell / Pennzoil	193.725	37.166	-1.231
34	34	David Ragan	Ford	Long John Silver's	193.097	37.287	-1.352
35	10	David Reutimann	Chevrolet	TMone.com	193.071	37.292	-1.357
36	26	Josh Wise*	Ford	MDS Transport	192.549	37.393	-1.458
37	32	T.J. Bell	Ford	Southern Pride Trucking / U.S. Chrome	190.436	37.808	-1.873
38	23	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	North Texas Pipe	190.290	37.837	-1.902
39	30	David Stremme	Toyota	Inception Motorsports	188.585	38.179	-2.244
40	36	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	188.102	38.277	-2.342
41	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves	187.115	38.479	-2.544
42	191	Reed Sorenson	Ford	Plinker Tactical	185.701	38.772	-2.837
43	119	Jason Leffler	Ford

3rd FINAL PRACTICE MICHIGAN- practice run Sat8/18/12 @11-11:55am est  ***note these times have averages, the only way Ive been able to get these is copy paste immediatly after the practice concludes.

Pos	Car	Driver	Laps	Best Speed	Last Speed	Avg. Speed	Best Time	Last Time	Avg. Time
1		Greg Biffle	31	198.879	198.879	195.408	36.20	36.20	36.85
2		Jimmie Johnson	26	198.222	192.921	195.673	36.32	37.32	36.80
3		Joey Logano	32	197.960	196.298	190.209	36.37	36.68	37.85
4		Matt Kenseth	26	197.916	197.916	190.102	36.38	36.38	37.87
5		Mark Martin	26	197.488	196.453	195.624	36.46	36.65	36.80
6		Kasey Kahne	28	197.276	194.890	195.569	36.50	36.94	36.82
7		Tony Stewart	32	197.158	194.217	192.353	36.52	37.07	37.43
8		Carl Edwards	28	197.141	195.313	194.913	36.52	36.86	36.94
9		Denny Hamlin	31	197.098	194.400	190.943	36.53	37.04	37.71
10		Marcos Ambrose	26	196.737	195.870	189.499	36.60	36.76	38.00
11		Clint Bowyer	31	196.673	194.926	195.106	36.61	36.94	36.90
12		Dale Earnhardt Jr.	17	196.576	195.318	194.504	36.63	36.86	37.02
13		Martin Truex Jr.	30	196.426	194.505	195.118	36.66	37.02	36.90
14		Kevin Harvick	23	196.330	194.969	187.391	36.67	36.93	38.42
15		Regan Smith	24	196.223	195.700	189.849	36.69	36.79	37.92
16		Aric Almirola	24	196.105	195.514	184.906	36.72	36.83	38.94
17		Jeff Burton	33	196.062	192.549	193.737	36.72	37.39	37.16
18		Parker Kligerman	33	195.918	189.924	193.790	36.75	37.91	37.15
19		Jeff Gordon	25	195.897	194.721	186.220	36.75	36.98	38.66
20		Jamie McMurray	24	195.870	175.979	192.636	36.76	40.91	37.38
21		Ryan Newman	24	195.748	192.622	193.073	36.78	37.38	37.29
22		Brad Keselowski	28	195.743	194.563	192.980	36.78	37.01	37.31
23		Kurt Busch	18	195.626	192.611	194.401	36.80	37.38	37.04
24		Paul Menard	25	195.551	193.517	193.965	36.82	37.21	37.12
25		Landon Cassill	22	195.222	192.704	186.056	36.88	37.36	38.70
26		Juan Pablo Montoya	26	195.185	193.429	190.867	36.89	37.22	37.72
27		Bobby Labonte	25	195.064	194.374	193.945	36.91	37.04	37.12
28		Travis Kvapil	26	195.022	193.237	192.869	36.92	37.26	37.33
29		Trevor Bayne	21	194.868	192.087	193.555	36.95	37.48	37.20
30		David Gilliland	26	194.684	190.895	184.482	36.98	37.72	39.03
31		David Ragan	19	193.851	191.428	191.508	37.14	37.61	37.60
32		Casey Mears	15	193.804	191.882	192.698	37.15	37.52	37.36
33		Mike Skinner	11	192.539	192.539	191.062	37.40	37.40	37.68
34		David Reutimann	24	192.344	190.305	186.874	37.43	37.83	38.53
35		Josh Wise	6	192.308	192.159	191.861	37.44	37.47	37.53
36		Jason Leffler	5	191.954	191.215	191.326	37.51	37.65	37.63
37		David Stremme	4	191.933	191.933	190.416	37.51	37.51	37.81
38		T.J. Bell	27	191.550	189.583	188.746	37.59	37.98	38.15
39		Dave Blaney	8	191.515	190.905	164.378	37.60	37.72	43.80
40		Scott Riggs	6	191.169	189.374	189.997	37.66	38.02	37.90
41		Kyle Busch	17	191.169	182.667	188.266	37.66	39.42	38.24
42		Reed Sorenson	5	190.049	189.469	189.495	37.88	38.00	38.00
43		Joe Nemechek	3	189.733	183.617	187.281	37.95	39.21	38.44

***NOTES***

 Jimmie Johnsons team switches an engine before second practice and will start race at rear of the field.

 Dale Earnhardt Jr hits the wall in final practice and goes to backup car, will also start at rear of the field,

Thanks for all the info Duff.   Thats the first I had heard about JJ switching engines.  Bet he still finishes top three.

The Roush boys should be very strong tomorrow as well.  Cousin Carl has a great car and I wouldn't be surpised to see him in victory lane.

BOL!

 Here is how Bro and I picked for race tomorrow

                         D                                        B(1st pick)

  1unit                Biffle                                          JJohnson

                          Kahne                                      Kenseth

                          KyleBush                                   Stewart

  1unit                Edwards                                 Boyer

 Thoughts on Michigan, had one practice Fri,, then qualifyingFri,, then two more practices on Saturday,, The early practice on Sat was at 8:30 in am so Im putting most of the weight on final practice when the cars will be set up to race,, even though the track temps wont exactly match race time temps.  

  I was looking at Johnson, Biffle, Kenseth, Kahne in that order for my top four strongest cars,, then Stewart, KyleBush and Edwards.

  Johnson had to change engines and starts in the back, but he had a strong car in practice 3 and always has to be considered a contender, especially the way Bro and I pick. I think Johnson may have the best car at Michigan tomorrow.

 Biffle - probably the strongest car in all practices and qualified well.  Im looking for him to run in the top five.

 Kenseth - Has had really good finishes at Michigan,  Consistantly strong in practices after qualifying and qualified well.  Im looking for Kenseth to run in top five as well.

 Kahne - Fast in practice as well as qualified good,, He hasnt finished very well the last three races at Michigan which is a bit of a concern, but he could use a win to lock up his chase spot and I believe that Hendrix will give him the best engine in the stable.

 Stewart - Finished second in the last race at Michigan and over the last 3 races has been in the top ten. His practice and qualifying times have been hovering around tenth. With Stewarts recent history of descent finishes at Michigan Im thinking he runs from 5th to 10th place.

Kyle Bush -  Bad practice times and equally bad qualifying along with bad luck this year.  The last practice he was near last and only ran 17 laps,, with all this I still think he might be the best Gibbs car tomorrow.

Edwards - Qualified second and has pretty good practice times,  needs win to help him get in the Chase, has a new crew chief,, Im looking for Edwards to run in top ten.

 Dont have any longshots for this race,, dont think this track sets up well for a longshot.  

Mark Martin - top qualifyer and in top five in all practices,,and has had top five finishes in both 2011races,, hard to take him the way Bro and I pick,, plus when it comes race time I just dont think he will win,, Will be pulling for Martin tomorrow,, I hope he wins,, but think he will run 5th to 10th.

 Staying away from Keselowski this week.

 Bro thinks Johnson will have a hotrod and come through the field,  he mentioned that Johnson has never won Michigan although hes been in position to win a couple of times and ran out of gas,  Bro thinks Johnson is hungry to win at Michigan,, one of only a few tracks he hasnt won at.

Bro thinks JR is on a bad streak,, and said that this will be the first time his car has been on the track since he hit the wall,,  Bro heard an interview with JR and apparently they are using a new tire compound this week and JR never did like his car even before it hit the wall.

Bro said he thinks Kenseth and Edwards will have good cars,,, he also mentioned something about Biffle leading most laps at Michigan??   Said Edwards just hasnt had good luck this year.

 Im looking forward to Bristol night race next week,, Ive got some good tidbits of information to pass along.

 Thanks MPowers and Straguzzi,,  

 MPowers,,  agree with Johnson being in at least the top three and Roush boys having some strong cars.