Staring Lineup for the 2011 Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway

RC Shivers
The NASCAR Sprint Car Series returns to Texas Motor Speedway to race under the lights for the Samsung Mobile 500 on Saturday April 9th. The race will air live on FOX. Check your local listings. The television start time is scheduled for 7 p.m. with the green flag scheduled to drop at 7:30 p.m. Carl Edwards who won the Nationwide race on Friday, April 8th also holds the race record for the Spring race at Texas with a time of three hours and 19 minutes and an average speed of 151.055 miles per hour.

UPS Freight Ford driver David Ragan will start on the pole for the night race with Cousin Carl on the outside of row one for an all Roush Fenway Racing front row. All Roush Fenway cars will start in the top ten as Matt Kenseth put his Ford in the field in fourth and Greg Biffle will start in ninth. The Chevy of Clint Bowyer will start third while Regan Smith and Jimmie Johnson will both have their chevys on row three in fifth and sixth.Marcos Ambrose will start the Richard Petty Motor Sports Ford in seventh with Joey Loagano's Toyota in eight. Kurt Busch rounds out the top ten starting in tenth outside of Biffle. Check below to see where your favorite driver will start the race.

Pos Car Driver Sponsor Time Speed
Row 1:
1 6 David Ragan UPS Freight 28.448 189.820
2 99 Carl Edwards Scotts 28.644 188.521

Row 2:
3 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios/Hamburger Helper 28.688 188.232
4 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Black 28.693 188.199

Row 3:
5 78 Regan Smith farmamerican.org 28.731 187.950
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/KOBALT Tools 28.760 187.761

Row 4:
7 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley 28.776 187.656
8 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota 28.787 187.585

Row 5:
9 16 Greg Biffle 3M 28.792 187.552
10 22 Kurt Busch Shell/Pennzoil 28.815 187.402

Row 6:
11 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries 28.820 187.370
12 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar 28.823 187.350

Row 7:
13 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull 28.841 187.233
14 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target 28.850 187.175

Row 8:
15 43 A J Allmendinger Valvoline 28.850 187.175
16 39 Ryan Newman U.S. ARMY Reserve 28.870 187.045

Row 9:
17 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops 28.870 187.045
18 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane 28.874 187.019

Row 10:
19 27 Paul Menard Quaker State/Menards 28.893 186.896
20 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing, LLC 28.902 186.838

Row 11:
21 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com 28.905 186.819
22 13 Casey Mears GEICO 28.933 186.638

Row 12:
23 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office 28.949 186.535
24 09 Landon Cassill(i) Security Benefits/Thank A Teacher 28.956 186.490

Row 13:
25 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine 28.969 186.406
26 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Office Depot 28.976 186.361

Row 14:
27 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite 29.041 185.944
28 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet 29.042 185.938

Row 15:
29 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser 29.045 185.918
30 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull 29.052 185.874

Row 16:
31 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA 29.068 185.771
32 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont 29.098 185.580

Row 17:
33 95 David Starr(i) WRL General Contractors 29.098 185.580
34 47 Bobby Labonte Bush's 29.108 185.516

Row 18:
35 46 J J Yeley Red Line 29.143 185.293
36 60 Mike Skinner(i) Big Red 29.170 185.122

Row 19:
37 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports 29.198 184.944
38 36 Dave Blaney Accell Construction 29.325 184.143

Row 20:
39 7 Robby Gordon Fast Five/SPEED Energy 29.409 183.617
40 34 David Gilliland Gander Mountain 29.462 183.287

Row 21:
41 32 Ken Schrader Big Red Owner Points
42 37 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Owner Points

Row 22:
43 71 Andy Lally # Interstate Moving Services 29.383 183.780

Did Not Qualify: # 38 Travis Kvapil(i).

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  • Michele Starkey4/10/2011

    Sending it over to the boys, cheers :)

  • Sandy James4/9/2011

    Great job!

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