THE RACE: Quaker State 400 THE PLACE: Kentucky Speedway
GREEN FLAG: Saturday, July 9, 2011 – 7:48pm/et, 6:48/ct
After years of trying to land a race with NASCAR’s premiere series, Kentucky Speedway in Sparta Kentucky is set to host the inaugural running of the Quaker State 400. The track is a 1.5-mile tri-oval with 14 degrees of banking in the turns, similar in layout to Kansas Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway.
The following drivers have the best odds of pulling out a top finish this weekend. The rankings are based on drivers’ history at this track including practice & qualifying runs, key in-race stats and final results. Drivers’ history at tracks of similar size and layout are included. Then by factoring in results from the last month of racing, the ever-powerful momentum is captured. Finally, drivers get a mulligan. The occasional “off” race won’t unduly harm them in the rankings.
TOP TWENTYFIVE 1) 24 Jeff Gordon 2) 99 Carl Edwards 3) 48 Jimmie Johnson 4) 14 Tony Stewart 5) 17 Matt Kenseth 6) 11 Denny Hamlin 7) 18 Kyle Busch 8) 29 Kevin Harvick 9) 22 Kurt Busch 10) 16 Greg Biffle 11) 4 Kasey Kahne 12) 5 Mark Martin 13) 33 Clint Bowyer 14) 6 David Ragan 15) 42 Juan Pablo Montoya 16) 39 Ryan Newman 17) 83 Brian Vickers 18) 20 Joey Logano 19) 27 Paul Menard 20) 56 Martin Truex Jr. 21) 43 A.J. Allmendinger 22) 2 Brad Keselowski 23) 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 24) 00 David Reutimann
25) 31 Jeff Burton
Debut At Kentucky Speedway, Second In State
There’s not much history in Kentucky for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series; in fact it’s one-race long.
But there are some interesting names involved. The race took place at Corbin Speedway, a
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