Gatorade Duels Starting Lineups (Thursday)

DUEL #1
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 186.089
2. Paul Menard No. 27 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 185.422
3. Ryan Newman No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 185.002
4. Mark Martin No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 184.991
5. Tony Stewart No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 184.911
6. Kurt Busch No. 22 Penske Racing Dodge 184.896
7. Juan Pablo Montoya No. 42 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 184.763
8. Marcos Ambrose No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 184.748
9. Kevin Harvick No. 29 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 184.740
10. Jimmie Johnson No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 184.687
11. Bill Elliott No. 09 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 184.532
12. AJ Allmendinger No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 184.290
13. Joe Nemechek No. 87 Nemco Motorsports Toyota 184.222
14. Matt Kenseth No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford 184.102
15. Dave Blaney No. 36 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 183.793
16. Regan Smith No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 183.681
17. Kasey Kahne No. 4 Red Bull Racing Toyota 183.602
18. Bobby Labonte No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 183.576
19. Brian Vickers No. 83 Red Bull Racing Toyota 183.557
20. Kevin Conway No. 97 Nemco Motorsports Toyota 182.949
21. David Gilliland No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford 182.697
22. Michael McDowell No. 66 HP Racing Toyota 182.434
23. JJ Yeley No. 46 Whitney Motorsports Chevrolet 180.977
24. Andy Lally No. 71 TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 180.828

DUEL #2
1. Jeff Gordon No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 185.966
2. Trevor Bayne No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford 185.445
3. Clint Bowyer No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 185.223
4. Jeff Burton No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 185.071
5. Greg Biffle No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford 184.911
6. David Ragan No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing 184.612
7. Carl Edwards No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford 184.475
8. Travis Kvapil No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford 184.271
9. David Reutimann No. 00 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 184.019
10. Brad Keselowski No. 2 Penske Racing Dodge 184.008
11. Michael Waltrip No. 15 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 183.966
12. Jamie McMurray No. 1 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 183.685
13. Kyle Busch No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 183.595
14. Martin Truex Jr. No. 56 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 183.456
15. Joey Logano No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 183.206
16. Todd Bodine No. 60 Germain Racing Toyota 183.057
17. Casey Mears No. 13 Germain Racing Toyota 182.867
18. Steve Wallace No. 77 Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 182.574
19. Robby Gordon No. 7 Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge 182.120
20. Terry Labonte No. 32 FAS Lane Racing Ford 181.492
21. Robert Richardson No. 37 Front Row Motorsports Ford 181.466
22. Denny Hamlin No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 181.316
23. Derrike Cope No. 64 Max Q Toyota 177.894
24. Brian Keselowski No. 92 K-Automotive Dodge 177.581

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on February 16, 2011 at 9:35am

and the plate size is changed:

From @SPEED_ENERGY on Twitter.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on February 16, 2011 at 10:44am

@Alan is that for everyone but JR?! ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Bob Sadowski on February 16, 2011 at 10:55am

Of coarse! JR. will have special treatment all week long including NASCAR making sure he wins like the Nationwide race last year.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Smith on February 16, 2011 at 12:15pm

http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2011/02/14/smells-like-nascars-cook...

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Permalink Reply by SlyFoxx on February 16, 2011 at 1:02pm

Oh good grief! If the Jr. fix was in don't you think he'd have won a championship by now? Don't you think NASCAR could boost attendance and TV ratings by 20-25% if Jr. was running up front every week?

Of course Jr's going to get some extra media time but that don't translate to squat on the track. Jr's a good plate racer.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Sadowski on February 16, 2011 at 1:21pm

He is only there cuz of the name... Sorry Charlie Brown lol

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Permalink Reply by Matt Gruber on February 16, 2011 at 1:32pm

If that were true, Kerry Earnhardt would have 18 Cup wins just like Dale Jr. I don't Junior is an all-time great, but he deserves a spot in Cup and is capable of winning multiple races and contending for a championship.

Sly is right; if there were a Junior Fix, you think he misses the chase 5 straight years or whatever it has been?

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Smith on February 16, 2011 at 1:47pm

DE Jr. has been the most over rated driver in the sport for the last few years. You could put Kevin Conway in the 88 car and it would be just as fast as with Jr driving it.