The Joe Gibbs Racing Qualifying Report Presented by Interstate Batteries
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – LifeLock.com 400
Date: July 10, 2008
Event: LifeLock.com 400 (Round 19 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Location: Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. (1.5-mile oval)
Pole Winner: None, qualifying canceled due to rain (field set via current car owner point standings)
JGR Lineup: Kyle Busch, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota (1st)
Denny Hamlin, No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota (7th)
Tony Stewart, No. 20 Home Depot Toyota (12th)
Rain canceled today’s qualifying session for the LifeLock.com 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. As a result, the 43-car field for Saturday night’s 267-lap race was set by current car owner points per the NASCAR rulebook.
Kyle Busch will lead the three-car Joe Gibbs Racing contingent by virtue of the No. 18 team’s first-place standing in car owner points. Denny Hamlin follows in seventh, while Tony Stewart will line up 12th.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., will start alongside Busch at the front of row one, while Jeff Burton, Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson comprise the top-five. Jeff Gordon, Hamlin, Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth and Clint Bowyer complete the top-10.
Forty-five drivers were slated to qualify for the LifeLock.com 400. Those not making the cut in the 43-car field were Johnny Sauter and Tony Raines.
The LifeLock.com 400 gets underway at 8 p.m. EDT on Saturday, July 12 with live, high-definition coverage provided by TNT beginning with its pre-race show at 6:30 p.m. The race will also be broadcast on SIRIUS Satellite Radio Channel 128.
