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Jeff Gordon has snagged the pole for Sunday’s race. A win in the race Sunday would give Gordon his 76th win, tying him with Dale Earnhardt.

Other drivers and their starting positions:

• Dale Earnhardt Jr. (5th)
• Juan Montoya (9th)
• Tony Stewart (11th)
• Kyle Busch (12th)
• Biffle (13th)
• Denny Hamlin (17th)
• Kurt Busch (18th)
• Ryan Newman (19th)
• Johnson (23rd).

The race begins on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. (eastern).

It looks like SPEED will be showing two 30-minute specials on February 28 and March 1 at 7 p.m. ET with coverage of the test sessions in Bristol.

From the Fox Sports Website …

NASCAR is expecting somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 cars to participate … with some teams bringing more than one car,” said Frank Wilson, SPEED VP of Production. “This is a huge test that will set the table for the rest of the NASCAR race season … how teams handle this car will go a long way toward determining the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup championship.

Could be fun to watch!

With an 8th place finnish Waltrip has made it to Sundays Daytona 500. On the other hand it seems that Gordon’s car was found to be too low in post-race inspection which means that although he won the second duel he will be starting from 42nd place on sunday at the Daytona 500.

The Daytona 500 pole sitter will be David Gilliland.

Good luck to all on Sunday!

Here is a link to a site with some good info on the whole

oxygenate cheating thing.

It does a good job of explaining why Michael Waltrip is in trouble.

Is this really the big deal it is being made out to be?

Michael Waltrip Racing is waiting to hear what will happen. Most think an indefinite suspension appeared imminent. Around the pitts a 6 to 8 week suspension is expected.

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