Race Day -Texas – Dickies 500 Starting Line Up And Numbers What You Need To Know

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MULTIPLE WINNERS
Only drivers have the honor of being in this category. Carl Edwards has 3 wins and Jeff Burton has 2. Edwards of course being the only driver in the Chase with multiple wins at Texas.

STARTING FARTHEST BACK AND WINNING
Driver / Start Position / Year / Race
Matt Kenseth 31 2004 7
Carl Edwards 30 2005 34
Elliott Sadler 19 2004 7
Elliott Sadler 19 2004 7

*3 drivers have won starting from 2nd.
*2 races have been won with driver starting from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th.
*4 races have been won with driver starting below 8th (Carl Edwards Twice)

MOST POLESDale Earnhardt Jr., Bobby Labonte, Ryan Newman all have 2. Jeff Gordon now tops the charts with 3 pole positions at Texas Motor Speedway (Racing News Digest counts rain outs as pole positions–hey….they still start 1st right).

BEST AVERAGE FINISH (SINCE 2001)
Matt Kenseth 8.08
Jimmie Johnson 8.50
Jeff Gordon 10.00
Mark Martin 11.54
Denny Hamlin 11.62
Rusty Wallace 12.33
Tony Stewart 13.38
Carl Edwards 13.44
Clint Bowyer 13.57
Kevin Harvick 13.92

Since 2001, the starting position of 3rd has the best average finishing position. That could help out Kurt Busch who is starting 3rd.

WINNERS FROM POLE
Kasey Kahne is the only one in this category! Back in the 2007 spring race he pulled it off.

WEATHER FORECAST
74 degrees. Partly cloudy. Check the track page to keep an eye on the radar.

All the above information can be found on our track pages. Take a look at Texas Motor Speedway!

CURRENT STANDINGS

QUALIFYING NOTES AND LINE UP
* Drivers in BOLD are Chase drivers.

POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 191.117 28.255 Leader
2 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 190.975 28.276 -0.021
3 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 190.941 28.281 -0.026
4 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 190.624 28.328 -0.073
5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s 190.523 28.343 -0.088
6 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 190.148 28.399 -0.144
7 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Carquest / Kellogg’s 190.087 28.408 -0.153
8 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Scotch Super 33 Tape 190.054 28.413 -0.158
9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 189.96 28.427 -0.172
10 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 189.954 28.428 -0.173
11 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge AAA 189.9 28.436 -0.181
12 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools 189.86 28.442 -0.187
13 0 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 189.82 28.448 -0.193
14 20 Joey Logano* Toyota Home Depot 189.8 28.451 -0.196
15 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 189.793 28.452 -0.197
16 44 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Ford. Drive one. 189.7 28.466 -0.211
17 6 David Ragan Ford UPS / Boys & Girls Clubs 189.7 28.466 -0.211
18 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge Valvoline 189.593 28.482 -0.227
19 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Kingsford / Clorox / Little Debbie 189.587 28.483 -0.228
20 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet Target / Dream in Color 189.407 28.51 -0.255
21 202 David Gilliland Toyota Farm Bureau Insurance 188.95 28.579 -0.324
22 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 188.884 28.589 -0.334
23 170 Mike Skinner Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 188.844 28.595 -0.34
24 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 188.699 28.617 -0.362
25 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 188.686 28.619 -0.364
26 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Haas Automation 188.646 28.625 -0.37
27 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 188.587 28.634 -0.379
28 171 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet CBR Motorcars 188.35 28.67 -0.415
29 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Mapei / Menards 188.317 28.675 -0.42
30 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Dewalt 188.304 28.677 -0.422
31 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull 188.016 28.721 -0.466
32 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 187.99 28.725 -0.47
33 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley 187.944 28.732 -0.477
34 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 187.82 28.751 -0.496
35 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing 187.8 28.754 -0.499
36 7 Casey Mears Chevrolet Choctaw Casino Resort 187.793 28.755 -0.5
37 36 Michael McDowell Toyota Wave Energy Drink 187.474 28.804 -0.549
38 96 Erik Darnell Ford Academy Sports + Outdoors 187.182 28.849 -0.594
39 98 Paul Menard Ford Vertis / Menards 186.832 28.903 -0.648
40 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 186.438 28.964 -0.709
41 34 John Andretti+ Chevrolet Taco Bell 186.188 29.003 -0.748
42 31 Jeff Burton+ Chevrolet Caterpillar 183.767 29.385 -1.13
43 21 Bill Elliott Ford Motorcraft Champion’s Provisional- 0 0
Did Not Qualify
44 37 Tony Raines Chevrolet Long John Silver’s 186.664 28.929 -0.674
45 66 Dave Blaney Toyota The Denny Hamlin Foundation 186.156 29.008 -0.753
46 113 Max Papis* Toyota GEICO 185.842 29.057 -0.802

+ = Set By Owners Points

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