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Originally posted by charlie
Jay,I must have missed that.The commentators mentioned something about not using the backup car,and I assumed he did it to hold qualifying.Did he hit the wall,then chose to fix to hold position,but then blew the motor-replaced it-so had to start at back?
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I read the story on his driver page at nascar.com. Here's a snippet:
"Gordon opened the weekend by posting the third-fastest time in practice. But during his Bud Pole qualifying run, Gordon got loose exiting Turn 4 and hit the wall. Hard.
The resulting damage forced the No. 24 crew to stay late Friday evening and arrive early Saturday. Diligently, they repaired the DuPont Chevrolet, only to see the engine explode in Saturday's first practice session. After changing motors, Gordon started dead last Sunday."
If you go to a backup car or change engines, you start at the back. Since the car was repaired and in race trim, I guess it was easier to drop another engine in it.