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For the second time in four weeks, Tony Stewart will attempt to win a Sprint Cup race after crashing his primary car in practice.
Midway through practice Friday, after he’d made 29 laps and was 18th on the time sheet, Stewart crashed in Turn 2 at the same time as Mark Martin was scuffing the wall and spinning into the infield in Turn 4.
Martin’s car was not severely damaged but Stewart had to pull out a backup. NASCAR.com
But it will be Stewart leading the field to the green flag for Sunday’s Lenox Industrial Tools 301.
A short but heavy afternoon shower forced NASCAR officials to cancel qualifying, putting Stewart, the points leader, on the pole for Sunday’s race.
Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson will start second and third. Kurt Busch, who was fastest in Friday’s practice, will start fourth.
Stewart, in his first year as a driver/owner with Stewart-Haas Racing, got into the wall by himself in practice. Hartford Courant
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 4 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 5 99 Carl Edwards Ford 6 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 8 16 Greg Biffle Ford 9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 11 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 12 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 13 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 14 0 David Reutimann Toyota 15 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 16 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 17 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 18 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 19 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 21 7 Casey Mears Chevrolet 22 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 23 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 24 20 Joey Logano* Toyota 25 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 26 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 27 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 28 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 29 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 30 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge 31 6 David Ragan Ford 32 12 David Stremme Dodge 33 98 Paul Menard Ford 34 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 35 34 John Andretti Chevrolet 36 9 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 37 82 Scott Speed* Toyota 38 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet 39 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota 40 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 41 36 Patrick Carpentier Toyota 42 37 Tony Raines Dodge 43 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet
