Jimmie Johnson took the pool for the 2008 running of the Daytona 500 Sunday afternoon. Less than 24 hours ago his teammate, Dale Earnhardt Jr., edged Tony Stewart to win the Budweiser Shootout. This will mark the 50th running of the superbowl of racing. With all of the drivers qualifying today, only the top two are set for Sunday's race. A lot of the fans don't know that or understand that. The other driver that has punched his ticket for the race is Michael Waltrip. He was the first of many of the Toyato cars that ran really well. If fans remember well enough, Toyota was almost a joke last year. Starting with Michael Waltrip himself after the 500 inspection revealed that they used an illegal fuel.
So, the only spots taken for Sunday's race is the first row with Jimmie Johnson who qualified 1st with a speed of 187 mph and Michael Waltrip 2nd with a speed of 186 mph. The rest of the field will be decided in two 150 mile races on Thursday.
I think that everyone thought that Hendrick Motorsports would do fine this year, especially after Jr.'s win last night, but no one expected Toyota to show as well as they have this early on!
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