Fantasy Racing Scouting Report – Infineon

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Infineon Top Ten Starters

1. Jamie McMurray
2. Marcos Ambrose
3. Carl Edwards
4. Greg Biffle
5. Clint Bowyer
6. Matt Kenseth
7. Kurt Busch
8. Joey Logano
9. Kyle Busch
10. Jeff Gordon

Infineon Full Qualifying Results

Pre-Race Notes

Brian Vickers started in the back because he missed qualifying.

Kurt Busch drove the 78.

Martin Truex Jr. drove the 56.

Race Notes

Marcos Ambrose passed Jamie McMurray for the lead on the first lap in turn #2.

Bobby Labonte had radiator issues before the race started. Before he completed his first lap he parked his car off the track.

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David Ragan spun on lap #3 in turn #11. It dropped him back to 42nd. He was running in the mid 20’s before he spun.

Kyle Busch spun on lap #4 after contact with Montoya. He was running in 8th before he spun and when he got going again he was in 27th. Montoya lost about 6 positions.

Pauliie Harraka spun into a safer barrier near Turn 1 on lap #6. This brought out the first caution.

The early spin for Kyle Busch changed his race pit strategy. Now the 18 team was going to run this race in 3 pit stops.

Running order on lap #10 … 9,78,1,20,16,15,99,24,42,14 … 29,2,22,5,88,48,56,11,27,Said … 31,13,Fellows,43,39,30,18,93,35,38

In only 13 laps Dale Earnhardt Jr. moved from 26th up to 16th.

15 laps into the race Clint Bowyer was running some of the fastest lap times.

Kurt Busch passed Marcos Ambrose for the lead on lap 19.

Danica Patrick spun around on lap 20. Her car was also momentarily stalled after she spun. She was running in 34th at the time.

Running order on lap #20 … 78,9,1,15,20,16,42,99,24,14, … 29,48,5,56,2,88,11,18,Said,27 … 39,31,55,13,43,22,38,Fellows,93,35

Jeff Gordon pitted under the rain caution on lap 25. He was penalized for pitting too early. He was running in 9th before he pitted. His penalty dropped him back to 39th.

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David Reutimann spun on lap 31. Alex Kennedy also got damage on this lap to the nose of his car.

On the cycle of pit stops following the Alex Kennedy caution both Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin were penalized for speeding on pit road. It dropped both of them back into the 30’s.

Kurt Busch was running in second on lap 36 and he was caught speeding on pit road. While he was serving his penalty he once again got busted for speeding on pit road. The end result of his problems was that he dropped one lap down back to 38th.

Running order on lap #40 …. 2,5,56,55,16,88,Said,43,13,48 … 22,93,9,38,31,39,42,15,1,20

MWR cars strength was being good over long runs and rotating through the corners.

Kurt Busch raced his way back on the lead lap on lap #47

Kurt Busch fell back down a lap again on lap #55

Running order on lap #55 … 56,55,5,16,48,2,,42,88,15,Said … 9,43,13,1,31,99,22,29,24,20 … 27,14,39,93,11,Fellows,17,18,30,34