February 16, 200719 yr The Gatorade Duel 150's the races that determine starting positions 3-43 for the Daytona 500 today were won by two Chevy drivers. Tony Stewart visited victory lane for the second time during speedweeks winning the first 150 mile heat race. Jeff Gordon won the second 150 miler on a last lap pass of Kurt Busch. However Gordon's car failed post race inspection when NASCAR officials said the car was about an inch too low, instead of starting Sunday's race from the 4th position he will line up 42nd. Michael Waltrip was allowed to run the qualifying race and he will be in the Daytona 500. Team Toyota Red Bull with drivers Brian Vickers and A.J. Allmindinger did not make the Daytona 500 after both drivers fell out of the Duel races. Former F1 Racer Juan Montoya broke a wheel hub while leading during the second race and wound up 30th place. The finish order from the two races... Race 1. Finishing Position, Car number, Driver, Car make, sponsor 1 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot 2 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser 3 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 4 38 David Gilliland Ford M&M's 5 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet FedEx Express 6 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 7 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 8 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet National Guard / GMAC 9 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 10 21 Ken Schrader Ford Little Debbie 11 60 Boris Said Ford SOBE - No Fear 12 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Yellow Trans. 13 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 14 49 Mike Bliss Dodge BAM Racing 15 16 Greg Biffle Ford Ameriquest 16 36 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota 360 OTC 17 78 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 18 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS 19 30 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet Bad Boy Power Drink 20 37 Bill Elliott Dodge Huddle House 21 58 James Hylton Chevrolet Retirement Living TV 22 72 Brandon Whitt * Chevrolet Dutch Quality Stone 23 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 24 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Wells Fargo 25 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet Blue Ox 26 4 Ward Burton Chevrolet State Water Heaters 27 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 28 6 David Ragan * Ford AAA 29 84 A.J. Allmendinger* Toyota Red Bull 30 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 31 7 Robby Gordon Ford Jim Beam Race 2 1 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 2 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 3 40 David Stremme Dodge Coors Light 4 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Kellogg's / CARQUEST 5 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 6 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 7 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 8 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 9 13 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet CertainTeed 10 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet DLP HDTV 11 09 Mike Wallace Chevrolet Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 12 14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Waste Management 13 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 14 01 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 15 15 Paul Menard * Chevrolet PEAK / Menards 16 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW 17 34 Kevin Lepage Dodge Detoxify Brand / Makoto Sauces 18 74 Derrike Cope Dodge Royal Admin. 19 39 Regan Smith Chevrolet Ginn Resorts 20 71 Frank Kimmel Ford Fast Track Driving School 21 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW 22 88 Ricky Rudd Ford Snickers 23 04 Eric McClure Chevrolet Hefty 24 27 Kirk Shelmerdine Chevrolet Lilly Trucking of Virginia 25 10 Scott Riggs Dodge Valvoline / Stanley Tools 26 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 27 23 Mike Skinner Toyota Bill Davis Racing 28 00 David Reutimann * Toyota Domino's Pizza 29 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 30 42 Juan Montoya * Dodge Texaco / Havoline
February 16, 200719 yr Also, Jeff Gordon's car failed post race inspection. It was almost an inch too low. I thought it was wierd how well he did after he ran poorly in the Bud Shootout before his car quit on him, and qualified mediocre at best for the Duels. NASCAR officials didn't beleive it was intentional, as they found a misaligned bold in a suspention component that caused it. Jeff Gordon will now start the Daytona 500 in 42nd, instead of 4th.
February 16, 200719 yr So... Dale Jr. had a run-in with Waltrip, dropped from 2nd to last, then managed to finish 2nd?
February 16, 200719 yr Also, Jeff Gordon's car failed post race inspection. It was almost an inch too low. I thought it was wierd how well he did after he ran poorly in the Bud Shootout before his car quit on him, and qualified mediocre at best for the Duels. NASCAR officials didn't beleive it was intentional, as they found a misaligned bold in a suspention component that caused it. Jeff Gordon will now start the Daytona 500 in 42nd, instead of 4th.I'm pretty sure he qualified 7th or 8th... How is that mediocre? And from what I've read and heard, the problem with his car during the shootout was electrical.
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