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| NASCAR Sprint Cup Quaker State 400 Preview |
The Sprint Cup Series makes its inaugural visit to Kentucky Speedway for the Quaker State 400. This will actually be the second all-time race in the state of Kentucky, as NASCAR raced at Corbin Speedway in 1954, as Lee Petty defeated Hershel McGriff, with Buck Baker third and Herb Thomas fourth. Sprint Cup points leader Kevin Harvick is the driver to beat, as he has recorded three wins and 10 top-10 finishes in 17 starts this season. In his last eight starts, including the All-Star Race, Harvick has six top-10s and a win at Charlotte. Harvick took the lead in the points race for the first time this season following his seventh-place finish last week. Carl Edwards will provide plenty of competition, as the Columbia, Mo. native, a winner at the All-Star race, has a dozen top-10s this year and nine in his last 12 starts. Edwards trails Harvick by just five points. Not to be overlooked is Kyle Busch, third on the points list and just 10 behind Harvick. Busch has recorded a pair of wins and 10 top-10s this season. Busch has three top five finishes in his last four starts. Last week, David Ragan became the 12th different winner in 17 races this year, the most since 2003. The next Sprint Cup Series race is the July 17th Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Jimmie Johnson is the defending race winner. Although Kevin Harvick has been a dominant driver in Sprint Cup racing for much of the season, he needed every race up to and including Saturday night’s run at Daytona International Speedway to officially become top dog. A seventh-place finish in the madcap mayhem that was the final lap of the Coke Zero 400, coupled with previous point leader Carl Edwards’ early-race crash and subsequent 37th-place finish, elevated Harvick from second to first in points, putting him atop the standings for the first time this season. Harvick now has more points than anyone else – Edwards is second, five behind – and more victories (three) than anyone else. He is all but locked into the Chase for the Sprint Cup and another run at a championship, a prize he pursued to the last laps of the 2010 season before Jimmie Johnson emerged as champion for the fifth straight time. Quaker State returns to the hood of the No. 5 Chevrolet for Saturday’s Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. Mark Martin last drove the green-and-yellow Quaker State colors to a 10th-place finish at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in April. The Quaker State 400 will be the first race at a new track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule since 2001, when Chicagoland Speedway was added. The current Quaker State-Hendrick relationship has grown during its 15-year history into a championship-winning technical team. Since 1996, Quaker State engineers have worked diligently with Hendrick Motorsports throughout the season to analyze and adjust the motor oil formulations in order to maximize on-track success. Quaker State racing oil has enjoyed an unprecedented level of success under the hood of Hendrick Motorsports cars. With more than 7 million on-track miles, Quaker State’s technical relationship with Hendrick Motorsports has resulted in an unparalleled number of racing triumphs, including 149 Sprint Cup wins and nine Sprint Cup championships. Martin, who has made 811 career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts, never has competed in a race at Kentucky Speedway, but did participate in the June 1 Goodyear tire test at the track with the No. 5 team. The last time Martin lined up for an inaugural race was 2001 at Chicagoland Speedway. Martin started 18th in the race and led 20 laps en route to a sixth-place finish. Martin has one win in an inaugural NASCAR race under his belt during his 29-year career. When Las Vegas Motor Speedway held its first Sprint Cup race in 1998, Martin led 82 laps and took home the checkered flag. Martin will make his first race laps on Kentucky Speedway in Friday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event. Martin will pilot the No. 32 Turner Motorsports Chevrolet. He has competed in the car three times this year, scoring one win and three top-10 finishes. Martin earned his 50th career Sprint Cup pole last Friday at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. This placed him eighth on the all-time pole winner’s list. This weekend will mark his first qualifying attempt at Kentucky Speedway. Crew chief Lance McGrew has chosen Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 5-672 for Saturday’s inaugural race at Kentucky Speedway. This is the same chassis that Martin drove to a ninth-place finish at Michigan International Speedway last month. The team also tested this chassis at Kentucky during the Goodyear tire test on June 1. Martin and the No. 5 team now rank 18th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings and trail 10th-place Ryan Newman by 43 points. This will be Hendrick Motorsports first Sprint Cup trip to Kentucky’s 1.5-mile tri-oval. In six previous Nationwide Series starts, the organization recorded one win, one top-five finish and two top-10s. When it comes to 1.5-mile racetracks, Hendrick Motorsports has totaled 29 wins, 122 top-five finishes, 191 top-10s and 29 pole positions at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway. With Jeff Gordon’s win at Pocono Raceway last month, Hendrick Motorsports has earned 197 Cup victories. The organization ranks first in NASCAR’s modern era for wins and second all-time behind Petty Enterprises, which has 268 victories. This race will be very exciting to watch as racers gear up for what should be a very big day for racing! 
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