FRIDAY AT KENTUCKY

SPEEDWAY

Well it's been an off and one day here at the track. It rained most of the morning leaving the only sound being heard of the blow driers out on the track. The rain let up this afternoon but a passing thundershower off to the west has made people wonder if the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series will get their qualifying in today. It looks, however, like it will happen as the shower has dropped to the southwest leaving things in good shape here.

It's been a busy afternoon with the Sprint Cup cars getting their final practice in and Kyle Busch is still looking good with a fast speed of 182.803 mph. Juan Pablo Montoya is second at 182.500 and Kurt Busch is third at 182.346. Kasey Kahne (182.291) and Jimmie Johnson (182.285) round out the top five. Twenty-eight drivers are over 180 mph and just one simple mistake can be the difference in who gets the pole. The Nationwide drivers soon begin their qualifying and then the Sprint Cub cars again take the track to qualify. And then after that the Nationwide cars take to the track for the Feed the Children 300.....200 laps on the 1 1/2 mile track. So there's still A LOT left to do today and tonight. I haven't decided where I'm going to be tonight. A lot happened last night in turn four so I'm thinking possibly there again. I'll just have to wait and see. Forty-three cars is a lot different than the 36 trucks last night. I think it will be an interesting night.....Oh....and don't expect me to make any predictions. I don't do that anymore. I've seen too many crazy things happen.

THE CUP COMES TO

KENTUCKY

SPEEDWAY

It's already been a long day here at Kentucky Speedway and the first race of the 2011 season hasn't even got here yet. The Sprint Cup cars have made it to Kentucky Speedway for the inaugural Quaker State 400 on Saturday night. But this is Thursday night and it's the Craftsman Truck Series that takes center stage. Actually the Cup cars have been the ones to draw all the attention with very few paying attention to the trucks or Nationwide cars.

The Cup cars have had two rounds of testing here today once for six hours and again for two more hours after the truck qualifications. So far Kyle Busch has been the fast car on the track but only by just over a mile an hour with seven cars closely in behind him. While Busch and a couple of others have more experience here it hasn't taken long the other teams to figure things out about the track. Tomorrow's practice could be event more interesting and qualifying really could see anybody on the pole. Jimmie Johnson is one of those close behind and one of those to be contending.

I'm not going to make any predictions. It could be anybody's race. We'll just see what the mayhem brings.....

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