Pole Report: Gordon, Busch, and Keselowski lead the field to green at Richmond
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Gordon won’t have it easy in the opening laps of the Federated Auto Parts 400. He’ll have to contend with Kurt Busch and Brad Keselowski who, like Gordon, are fighting for a spot in the Chase. All three drivers have no other choice but to put it all on the line Saturday night because they know what’s on the line. They have all hoisted the trophy at season’s end.
Kurt Busch went out early in qualifying and posted the quickest time, which held until Gordon’s run of 20.674 seconds (130.599 MPH). Busch said, “We will take the cloud cover and we will take those adjustments we made. That lap came out of nowhere. Awesome lap. I don’t know where it will end up, but that is big time team stuff when you are off in practice and you have to throw quite a few changes at it and it makes a good reaction to the changes.”
Tune in Saturday night for the 56th Annual Federated Auto Parts 400 from Richmond International Raceway.
The full starting lineup:
- Jeff Gordon
- Kurt Busch
- Brad Keselowski
- Clint Bowyer
- Matt Kenseth
- Denny Hamlin
- Jamie McMurray
- Joey Logano
- Greg Biffle
- Regan Smith
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Kyle Busch
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Aric Almirola
- Mark Martin
- Kevin Harvick
- Kasey Kahne
- Jeff Burton
- Brian Vickers
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Paul Menard
- David Ragan
- Ryan Newman
- Casey Mears
- Carl Edwards
- Josh Wise
- Landon Cassill
- David Stremme
- Michael McDowell
- Joe Nemechek
- Marcos Ambrose
- Travis Kvapil
- AJ Allmendinger
- David Reutimann
- Danica Patrick
- David Gilliland
- Ryan Truex
- Reed Sorenson
- Dave Blaney
- Tony Raines
- Ken Schrader
- JJ Yeley
Pole Report: Gordon, Busch, and Keselowski lead the field to green at Richmond
Reviewed by Katy Lindamood
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Friday, September 06, 2013
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