STP 400
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kan.
When: Sunday, 1 p.m.
TV/Radio: Fox/WNPV (1440-AM)
Race course: 1.5-mile oval
Race distance:
400 miles/267 laps
Race forecast: Sunny, 88 degrees
Last year's winner: Greg Biffle
Last year's pole winner:
Kasey Kahne, 174.644 mph
Track qualifying record:
Matt Kenseth, 180.856 mph (October 2005)
Track facts: Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart are two-time winners at Kansas . . . Biffle led 60 laps, including the last 29, in winning last year's race. Jimmie Johnson was runner-up; Kevin Harvick was third . . . Seven of the 12 Kansas Cup winners have started 20th or lower . . . David Ragan's second-place finish in Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 was his career best . . . Joey Logano (third) and A.J. Allmendinger (fifth) each had their best finishes of the season . . . Danica Patrick and Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne return to the Nationwide series Saturday night at Chicagoland Speedway (ESPN, 8 o'clock). In her last Nationwide race before she rejoined the IndyCar series, Patrick recorded her best stock-car finish: fourth at Las Vegas. Bayne has recovered from an undisclosed illness.
Wins: Kevin Harvick, 3; Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth, 2 each; Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Trevor Bayne, Regan Smith, 1 each.
SPRINT CUP STANDINGS
Through 12 of 36 races
Pvs. Pts. Behind
1. Carl Edwards. . . 1 445 -
2. Kevin Harvick. . . 5 409 -36
3. Jimmie Johnson. . . 2 408 -37
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.. . . 4 402 -43
5. Kyle Busch. . . 3 392 -53
6. Kurt Busch. . . 9 377 -68
7. Matt Kenseth. . . 6 374 -71
8. Clint Bowyer. . . 8 365 -80
9. Tony Stewart. . . 9 356 -89
10. Ryan Newman. . . 7 353 -92
11. Greg Biffle. . . 12 343 -102
12. Denny Hamlin. . . 13 339 -106
13. A.J. Allmendinger. . . 16 335 -110
14. Mark Martin. . . 11 334 -111
15. Juan Montoya. . . 15 329 -116
16. Jeff Gordon. . . 14 324 -121
17. Marcos Ambrose. . . 20 320 -125
18. David Ragan. . . 21 313 -132
19. Kasey Kahne. . . 18 309 -136
20. Paul Menard. . . 17 306 -139
Up next: Pocono 500, June 12, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa., 1 p.m.; TV: TNT; last year's winner: Denny Hamlin.
- Bill Fleischman