Saturday, July 24, 2010

The People's Choice - Indianapolis

My thanks go once again to you, the Internet, for helping your favorite fantasy NASCAR team pick its lineup for  Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Here is how the People's Pitstop looks this week.

A List. This poll finished in a dead heat. Two-time Brickyard 500 winner Tony Stewart and three-time winner Jimmie Johnson will be competing for a starting spot. The winner will be the driver who fares best in Saturday's qualifying session.

B List. Here we have another tie that will be broken by the qualifying session. This time we have three drivers -- Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman and Jamie McMurray -- competing for two starting spots. The one who qualifies worst will share the bench with Kevin Harvick.

C List. This poll produced a clear-cut winner. Sam Hornish Jr., whose career achievements include an Indianapolis 500 win, will start this race for the People's Pitstop. Scott Speed will watch from the bench.

We'll update you on the lineup after the qualifying session. The lineup poll results appear below, and the TV poll is still open.

UPDATED 2:45 P.M. The qualifying session is over, and the People's Pitstop is sitting quite pretty. Jimmie Johnson, who qualified 2nd (and earned us 5 bonus points in the process), gets the start over Tony Stewart. And from the B List, our starters are Jamie McMurray, who qualified 4th (earning us 1 bonus point), and Ryan Newman, who qualified 5th. Sam Hornish Jr. performed like a typical C List driver by qualifying 25th.

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