Allstate 400 at the Bickyard

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Qualifying Sat 10AM
Race Sunday 1PM

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First time for the COT here
Busch said the car still hits upward of 205 mph at the end of a straightaway, but requires more brake entering each of the four corners. He expects Sunday to be harder on brakes and harder on engines, given that the car is slower through the corners and takes longer to get back up to full speed.
"You'll see the speeds still in qualifying, but the pace will drop off once we get into the race," Busch said during the April test. "That really won't help with the racing we want to see. We want to see guys right on top of each other trying to pass."
That could be a chore given the combination of historically tight car and historically tight racetrack. "It could possibly be its worst race just because of aero," said Tony Eury Jr., Earnhardt's crew chief. "That track is very aero-sensitive to the cars. You're going to see what you did at Pocono. You're going to see a lot of two-tire stops. You're going to see a lot of things happening just to keep your track position. It's not a favorable place to pass, and track position will be everything. I think the race will be won off pit road."

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from Tony Stewart
"I think what sometimes the fans and sometimes the media loses sight of is that you're still winning a race at a track that has a rich history, and just to have your name on a list of winners there is a huge, huge accomplishment, in my opinion," he said.
"Most of times, somebody that's won the race there has won it in dominating fashion, and I think sometimes people lose perspective of what the accomplishment of winning that race is when you've had a dominating day like that or you've had a car that was just that much better than everybody else's. [They] lose sight and say, well, it was a bad race. It wasn't a bad race. It was a team that figured out the equation better than somebody else and went out and had a performance that day that showed that. I think you'll see a very similar race to what we've seen in the past. You never know for sure until you get there, obviously, but I think it's going to be very similar to what we've seen in years past."

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There's gotta be some here...

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Yes, a few rows.

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Sweet, who you got winning?

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I'm going to have to wait until after the practice sessions to make a call,but you can't really pick against Kyle Busch right now.

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Elliott Sadler fastest in 1st practice
Jimmie Johnson fastest in 2nd practice

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Jimmie Johnson on the pole

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Jeff Gordon fastest in 3rd practice

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Jimmie Johnson fastest in 4th practice