bigbadbrother
05-13-2014, 03:03 AM
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Entry lists are out for the weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, which this weekend, are the non-points Sprint All-Star Race (Saturday) and Sprint Showdown (Friday). The top two from the Sprint Showdown, plus a fan vote winner, advance into Saturday’s All-Star Race.
The Showdown has been moved to Friday this year to increase action for the fans; the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race runs that night, as well.
For the All-Star Race, the 19 drivers already in the field are the 19 race winners from 2013 and thus far in 2014. So that includes:
Hendrick Motorsports: 48-Jimmie Johnson, 5-Kasey Kahne, 24-Jeff Gordon, 88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Roush Fenway Racing: 99-Carl Edwards, 16-Greg Biffle
Joe Gibbs Racing: 20-Matt Kenseth, 18-Kyle Busch, 11-Denny Hamlin
Stewart-Haas Racing: 4-Kevin Harvick, 14-Tony Stewart, 41-Kurt Busch
Team Penske: 2-Brad Keselowski, 22-Joey Logano
Front Row Motorsports: 34-David Ragan
Furniture Row Racing: 78-Martin Truex Jr.
Michael Waltrip Racing: 55-Brian Vickers
Richard Childress Racing: 31-Ryan Newman
Chip Ganassi Racing: 1-Jamie McMurray
By process of elimination, that leaves these 23 for the Showdown:
Richard Childress Racing: 3-Austin Dillon, 27-Paul Menard
Tommy Baldwin Racing: 7-Michael Annett, 36-Reed Sorenson
Richard Petty Motorsports: 9-Marcos Ambrose, 43-Aric Almirola
BK Racing: 23-Alex Bowman, 83-Ryan Truex, 26-Cole Whitt (ex-Swan)
Joe Falk/Mike Hillman teams: 33-David Stremme, 40-Landon Cassill
Stewart-Haas Racing: 10-Danica Patrick
Germain Racing: 13-Casey Mears
Michael Waltrip Racing: 15-Clint Bowyer
Roush Fenway Racing: 17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
FAS Lane Racing: 32-Blake Koch
Front Row Motorsports: 38-David Gilliland
Chip Ganassi Racing: 42-Kyle Larson
Xxxtreme Motorsports: 44-JJ Yeley (ex-No. 30 Swan)
JTG Daugherty Racing: 47-AJ Allmendinger
Jay Robinson: 66-Joe Nemechek
Randy Humphrey: 77-Dave Blaney
Mike Curb: 98-Josh Wise
Figure Larson, Bowyer, Allmendinger, maybe Menard, Dillon and Patrick and for sure Mears and Ambrose will be the ones to watch in the Showdown as they race for the transfer spots.
Entry lists are out for the weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, which this weekend, are the non-points Sprint All-Star Race (Saturday) and Sprint Showdown (Friday). The top two from the Sprint Showdown, plus a fan vote winner, advance into Saturday’s All-Star Race.
The Showdown has been moved to Friday this year to increase action for the fans; the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race runs that night, as well.
For the All-Star Race, the 19 drivers already in the field are the 19 race winners from 2013 and thus far in 2014. So that includes:
Hendrick Motorsports: 48-Jimmie Johnson, 5-Kasey Kahne, 24-Jeff Gordon, 88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Roush Fenway Racing: 99-Carl Edwards, 16-Greg Biffle
Joe Gibbs Racing: 20-Matt Kenseth, 18-Kyle Busch, 11-Denny Hamlin
Stewart-Haas Racing: 4-Kevin Harvick, 14-Tony Stewart, 41-Kurt Busch
Team Penske: 2-Brad Keselowski, 22-Joey Logano
Front Row Motorsports: 34-David Ragan
Furniture Row Racing: 78-Martin Truex Jr.
Michael Waltrip Racing: 55-Brian Vickers
Richard Childress Racing: 31-Ryan Newman
Chip Ganassi Racing: 1-Jamie McMurray
By process of elimination, that leaves these 23 for the Showdown:
Richard Childress Racing: 3-Austin Dillon, 27-Paul Menard
Tommy Baldwin Racing: 7-Michael Annett, 36-Reed Sorenson
Richard Petty Motorsports: 9-Marcos Ambrose, 43-Aric Almirola
BK Racing: 23-Alex Bowman, 83-Ryan Truex, 26-Cole Whitt (ex-Swan)
Joe Falk/Mike Hillman teams: 33-David Stremme, 40-Landon Cassill
Stewart-Haas Racing: 10-Danica Patrick
Germain Racing: 13-Casey Mears
Michael Waltrip Racing: 15-Clint Bowyer
Roush Fenway Racing: 17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
FAS Lane Racing: 32-Blake Koch
Front Row Motorsports: 38-David Gilliland
Chip Ganassi Racing: 42-Kyle Larson
Xxxtreme Motorsports: 44-JJ Yeley (ex-No. 30 Swan)
JTG Daugherty Racing: 47-AJ Allmendinger
Jay Robinson: 66-Joe Nemechek
Randy Humphrey: 77-Dave Blaney
Mike Curb: 98-Josh Wise
Figure Larson, Bowyer, Allmendinger, maybe Menard, Dillon and Patrick and for sure Mears and Ambrose will be the ones to watch in the Showdown as they race for the transfer spots.