Thursday, April 23, 2009

Rookie Report: Talladega

Joey Logano comes into Talladega with a 12 pt lead over fellow rookie Scott Speed in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings. Logano will be making his first Sprint Cup start at the 2.66 mile super speedway while Scott Speed, Brad Keselowski and Max Papis will be in the go-or-go home group come qualifying.

Logano, Speed and Keselowski have competed at Talladega before in either the ARCA, Nationwide or Truck Series with Max Papis being the lone exception. Max Papis, a road-racer mostly, will be visiting Talladega for the first time.

Qualifying is set for 10:15 AM CST Saturday with the green flag dropping at 1:00 PM CST on Sunday.

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