Chicago Cup Grid

[Jonesi]

25 CASEY MEARS
1 MARTIN TRUEX JR
12 RYAN NEWMAN
01 MARK MARTIN
8 DALE EARNHARDT JR
5 KYLE BUSCH
07 CLINT BOWYER
48 JIMMY JOHNSON
45 JOHN ANDRETTI
17 MATT KENSETH
24 JEFF GORDON
43 BOBBY LABONTE
11 DENNY HAMLIN
29 KEVIN HARVICK
22 DAVE BLANEY
15 PAUL MENARD
21 BILL ELLIOTT
70 JOHNNY SAUTER
20 TONY STEWART
36 JEREMY MAYFIELD
00 DAVID REUTIMANN
41 REED SORENSON
31 JEFF BURTON
9 KASEY KAHNE
99 CARL EDWARDS
49 CHAD CHAFFIN
13 JOE NEMECHEK
55 MICHAEL WALTRIP
66 JEFF GREEN
42 JUAN MONTOYA
19 ELLIOTT SADLER
6 DAVID RAGAN
16 GREG BIFFLE
26 JAMIE McMURRAY
2 KURT BUSCH
18 J.J. YELEY
14 STERLING MARLIN
40 DAVID STREMME
7 ROBBY GORDON
96 TONY RAINES
88 RICKY RUDD
38 DAVID GILLILAND
4 WARD BURTON

DNQ
10 SCOTT RIGGS
83 BRIAN VICKERS
84 AJ ALLMENDINGER
44 DALE JARRETT
37 KEVIN LEPAGE
78 KENNY WALLACE

[Jonesi]

4 Toyotas made it (including Mikey!) 3 didn't, about average. Chevys continue to be very strong, Fords really struggling here, Yates & Gordon the worst. John Andretti 2nd Dodge in 9th, (maybe he'll get a fulltime ride next year.)

[Cozzie]

Red Bull seem to have gone backward :(

[blakebeatty]

Roush was certainly slow in practice and qual... maybe the claims of a resurgeance are premature

[Jonesi]

Roush was certainly slow in practice and qual... maybe the claims of a resurgeance are premature

Rarely when top teams slip do they just perform badly. They usually get inconsistent, still good some places and poorly elsewhere. On the rebound once the power/handling/prep problems are solved it usually the consistancy that's the last to return. Most likely the next year.