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Track Info

[spoiler]Phoenix International Raceway

1 mile - 11º and 9º banking on corners.
Lap Record: Earl Cdwards, 2010, 136.389 mph[/spoiler]

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Series standings after Daytona:

CUP:

[spoiler]1 Carl Edwards 42
2 David Gilliland 41
3 Bobby Labonte 41
4 Kurt Busch 40
5 Juan Pablo Montoya 39
6 Regan Smith 38
7 Kyle Busch 37
8 Paul Menard 36
9 Mark Martin 34
10 A J Allmendinger 34
11 Bill Elliott 32
12 Tony Stewart 31
13 David Ragan 31
14 Terry Labonte 30
15 Robby Gordon 29
16 Clint Bowyer 28
17 Jamie McMurray 27
18 Martin Truex Jr. 26
19 Denny Hamlin 24
20 Ryan Newman 24
21 Joey Logano 21
22 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 21
23 Kasey Kahne 19
24 Dave Blaney 19
25 Jimmie Johnson 17
26 Jeff Gordon 17
27 Brad Keselowski 16
28 David Reutimann 14
29 Brian Vickers 13
30 Andy Lally 11
31 Matt Kenseth 10
32 Greg Biffle 9
33 Jeff Burton 9
34 Marcos Ambrose 7
35 Michael Waltrip 4
36 Brian Keselowski 3
37 Kevin Harvick 3
38 J J Yeley 1
39 Casey Mears 0
40 Michael McDowell 0[/spoiler]

NWS:

[spoiler]1 Landon Cassill 41
2 Reed Sorenson 39
3 Jason Leffler 38
4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 36
5 Trevor Bayne 35
6 Mike Bliss 31
7 Danica Patrick 31
8 Joe Nemechek 29
9 Jeremy Clements 28
10 Bobby Santos 27
11 Aric Almirola 25
12 Steve Wallace 24
13 Shelby Howard 22
14 Donnie Neuenberger 21
15 Patrick Sheltra 20
16 Derrike Cope 19
17 Morgan Shepherd 18
18 Justin Allgaier 17
19 Kenny Wallace 16
20 Josh Wise 13
21 Robert Richardson 12
22 Eric McClure 11
23 Brian Scott 10
24 Scott Wimmer 9
25 Sam Hornish Jr. 8
26 Mike Wallace 8
27 Elliott Sadler 6
28 Michael Annett 5
29 Jeff Green 4
30 Kevin Lepage 3
31 JR Fitzpatrick 2
32 Kelly Bires 1
33 Brett Rowe 0
35 Jennifer Jo Cobb 0 -[/spoiler]

Trucks:

[spoiler]1 Clay Rogers 42
2 Miguel Paludo 40
3 Jeffrey Earnhardt 37
4 Ricky Carmichael 37
5 James Buescher 37
6 Matt Crafton 34
7 Timothy Peters 34
8 Max Papis 32
9 David Starr 31
10 Cole Whitt 30
11 Parker Kligerman 29
12 Craig Goess Jr. 28
13 Johnny Sauter 27
14 Justin Lofton 26
15 Chris Fontaine 25
16 Austin Dillon 24
17 Brad Sweet 23
18 Todd Bodine 21
19 Justin Marks 20
20 Ryan Sieg 19
21 Brendan Gaughan 18
22 Nelson Piquet 17
23 Ron Hornaday Jr. 16
24 Travis Kvapil 15
25 Jason White 14
26 TJ Bell 13
27 Johanna Long 12
28 Joey Coulter 10
29 Chad McCumbee 9
30 Norm Benning 8[/spoiler]

Hope Miguel Paludo can win this time! There're are huge expectations for Paludo this year, aswell as for Piquet Jr.

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Paludo seems to be doing well, but I'd think top-10s all season long would be enough.

They'll probably win one, but as experienced rookies (from other categories), they'll concentrate on finishing withouth problems, like they were doing very sucessfully last year. More like Logano racing style, quiet, but each race getting a little better.

Phoenix is a nice little track, something with character

Soon to be Nazareth on steroids.

so glad this is the 2nd race

Also glad that Paulie Harraka is out of the #12 Bill McAnally West Series car. DJ Kennington will be in that car this weekend.

So what's happening to Phoenix? Are they making the banking higher, making the track wider, making it longer/shorter etc.

A bit of everything. Here's a graphic explanation that was posted in the random discussion thread.

Huzzah. I'd almost like it more if Kennington bolted from NCATS to run K&N East/West, but that's a pipe dream.

What'd be pretty interesting if they made it uphill and downhill like Nazareth was.

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45 cars on the Cup entry list, only 40 on the Nationwide list, no word on trucks yet but I'd expect 40+

Um, when did Paludo almost win?

He finished 4th at Daytona and had a chance to win after the restart for the last caution due to the Big One, which wiped out almost all of the field. Paludo held his ground and had a decent run throughout the entire race. Looking like he and Piquet seem to have a bright future ahead of them so far.

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41 on the truck entry list. West Coast regulars, David Mayhew and Greg Pursley are both entered. Mayhew is in the #19 truck that he ran in a few late-season races. Pursley is driving the #44 truck, for Gene Price. This same team was #62 last year.

Good

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K&N West Entry List also is here: http://hometracks.nascar.com/node/5762

Motorsport Legend Travis Pastrana is among the 36 entries for Thursday night.