(By Row)
Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Brad Keselowski Jamie McMurray
Tony Stewart Kasey Kahne
Joe Nemechek Clint Bowyer
Jeff Gordon Scott Speed #
Jimmie Johnson Brian Vickers
David Reutimann Juan Pablo Montoya
A J Allmendinger Bill Elliott
Carl Edwards Joey Logano #
Mike Bliss Paul Menard
Martin Truex Jr. Denny Hamlin
Matt Kenseth Dave Blaney
David Ragan Bobby Labonte
Marcos Ambrose Reed Sorenson
Michael Waltrip Ryan Newman
Greg Biffle David Stremme
Sam Hornish Jr. Kyle Busch
Jeff Burton Casey Mears
Robby Gordon Kevin Harvick
Kurt Busch John Andretti
Erik Darnell Elliott Sadler
Max Papis #

No Repeats at Kansas
Last year’s winner Denny Hamlin was the eighth different driver to win at Kansas in eight races.

Only New Hampshire (23) and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (three) are active tracks on the series schedule that boast different winners in each race. 

Also there have been eight different car owners that have gone to Victory Lane at Kansas.

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Three former winners at Kansas – Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Joe Nemechek – were on the initial entry list for the race.

We are going to start off today with a quick fan question, came across NASCAR’s Twitter account. A fan named Max in Arizona, he wants to know: What are your chances of winning one of the upcoming Chase races starting with week at Kansas where you won a couple of times?

JEFF GORDON: Well, thank you Max for the question. I think our chances are really good. I’ve been really excited about the mile and a halfs in the final ten races in the Chase. I feel like that’s something that we have really done a great job with improving from last season, and I feel like that’s where this championship can really get turned around for us in the DuPont Chevrolet. We haven’t had the best start especially compared to our teammates. But this last week in Dover was certainly a good performance. Didn’t get the finish we were hoping for but I feel in Kansas, we are cable, very capable of getting that win that we need to really move ourselves up to where we need to be to battle for this championship so hopefully we can pull that off.

Q. You said last week that you’re every bit as hungry for a championship as you’ve ever been, still don’t like to finish second or worse. How does it wear on you like at Dover being up in possible position to win and slipping back, and then having those two teammates out of the same stable who are able to stay up there and win races and finish second? How does that, what kind of emotional or mental wear and tear is that on you?

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Chevrolet Close To Manufacturers’ Title

Depending on the outcome of Sunday’s Price Chopper 400, Chevrolet could clinch the 2009 manufacturers’ title this weekend at Kansas Speedway.

If so, it would be the 33rd such title for Chevrolet and the seventh consecutive one. The manufacturers’ championship debuted in 1950.

What’s necessary for Chevrolet to clinch: Chevy’s top-finishing driver on Sunday must finish ahead of Toyota’s top-finishing driver.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competitors Carl Edwards (No. 99 Aflac Ford) and Clint Bowyer (No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet) both count Kansas Speedway as their home track since both hail from towns only several hours’ drive away.

Both also hope to count on a win in Sunday’s Price Chopper 400.

It would be a first for either driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition, plus, ease what’s been a frustrating season to date for both.

Edwards, last year’s series runner-up, has yet to win after posting a series-high nine wins in 2008. He’s in the 2009 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, but on the fringes, for now.

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