Let the crash derby begin?
February 6th 2010 08:35
On Thursday we saw what the new policies on the drivers is going to be like with two multi-car accidents in the two practices for the Bud Shootout. Denny Hamlin got into Mark Martin which then broke into one major wreck sending five drivers into back up cars for the shootout.
Drivers involved in Wreck going to backup cars:
Kevin Harvick who is sick and did not practice had teammate Clint Bowyer driving for him when his car was damanged.
During the second practice Juan Montoya tapped Kurt Busch sending Busch into the wall and a backup car for the Shootout.
"We were just trying to get up to speed," Busch said after only turning two complete laps. "We've got a lot of wrecked race cars in a short practice already."
"That's what we were looking for -- aggressive bump-drafting [and] trust me, we're not finished," Biffle said. "What are we, 20-30 minutes into practice? It's going to be awesome."
Biffle said not only did he not have "a sense that something was about to happen," he didn't know what had occurred. A number of drivers said from their cockpits, the cars around them appeared to be a handful to drive.
"Mine didn't have as much speed, so it was driving fine," John Andretti said of his No. 34 Ford. "But it looked like a lot of the others were either plowing or spinning out really about the same as it's always been."
"I couldn't see over to my right," Biffle said of where Hamlin and Martin made contact. "It happened beside me, so I didn't see anything happen."
Starting Field for the Shootout:
POS
CAR
DRIVER
MAKE
SPONSOR SPEED
TIME
BEHIND
1 99 Carl Edwards
Ford Scotts Turf Builder - - -
2 29 Kevin Harvick
Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil - - -
3 83 Brian Vickers
Toyota Red Bull - - -
4 39 Ryan Newman
Chevrolet Haas Automation - - -
5 16 Greg Biffle
Ford 3M - - -
6 5 Mark Martin
Chevrolet GoDaddy.com - - -
7 31 Jeff Burton
Chevrolet Caterpillar - - -
8 17 Matt Kenseth
Ford Crown Royal - - -
9 1 Jamie McMurray
Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker - - -
10 34 John Andretti
Ford Window World Cares - - -
11 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy - - -
12 71 Bobby Labonte
Chevrolet TRG Motorsports - - -
13 14 Tony Stewart
Chevrolet Old Spice / Office Depot - - -
14 82 Ken Schrader
Toyota Red Bull - - -
15 151 Michael Waltrip
Toyota NAPA Auto Parts - - -
16 48 Jimmie Johnson
Chevrolet Lowe's - - -
17 18 Kyle Busch
Toyota M&M's - - -
18 175 Derrike Cope
Dodge Asset Protect
/ Strutmasterspro.com - - -
19 9 Kasey Kahne
Ford Budweiser - - -
20 42 Juan Montoya
Chevrolet Target - - -
21 20 Joey Logano
Toyota The Home Depot - - -
22 2 Kurt Busch
Dodge Miller Lite - - -
23 24 Jeff Gordon
Chevrolet DuPont - - -
24 11 Denny Hamlin
Toyota FedEx Express - - -
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