Sprint Cup Series Live Stream Race Nascar Kansas STP 400 June 5, 2011

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At this race weekend, in a change to qualifying procedure, cars required to qualify on speed in NASCAR's top three divisions -- designated by blue squares on NASCAR's timing and scoring monitors -- no longer will make their individual qualifying runs as a group at the end of a time-trial session, NASCAR confirmed Friday.

The change goes into effect immediately in the Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series. The Sprint Cup Series will implement the new procedure next weekend at Pocono.

Under the new format, the go-or-go-home cars will be interspersed with cars from the top 35 in owner points that are guaranteed starting spots. Qualifying order will be set by speeds established in the first practice session, with slowest going out first and fastest qualifying last.

That represents a radical change from a system under which cars required to qualify on speed -- typically some of the slowest cars in the field -- nevertheless made their runs as a group at the end of the session.

NASCAR felt the change was appropriate, given that qualifying order is being set by practice speeds this year, not by lot, as in previous seasons.

Qualifying Order

ORDER	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR
1	7	Johnny Sauter	Dodge	Speed Energy
2	32	Patrick Carpentier	Ford	U.S. Chrome
3	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	McDonald's
4	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target
5	22	Kurt Busch	Dodge	AAA
6	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Haas Automation
7	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Budweiser
8	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Companies
9	36	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Accell Construction
10	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts
11	47	Bobby Labonte	Toyota	Clorox / Kleenex
12	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Freight
13	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools
14	13	Casey Mears	Toyota	GEICO
15	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Affliction Clothing: Live Fast
16	2	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	Miller Lite
17	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Amp Energy / National Guard
18	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar
19	9	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	Stanley
20	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Glades / Office Depot
21	34	David Gilliland	Ford	Taco Bell
22	4	Kasey Kahne	Toyota	Red Bull
23	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	Tums
24	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	American Ethanol
25	43	A.J. Allmendinger	Ford	STP
26	6	David Ragan	Ford	UPS "We Love Logistics"
27	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M / Walgreens
28	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Aflac "Now Hiring"
29	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M's
30	51	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit
31	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Zecol / Menards
32	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	Farmers Insur ance / GoDaddy.com
33	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull
34	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger
35	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot
36	150	T.J. Bell	Toyota	Green Smoke
37	66	Michael McDowell	Toyota	Victory Junction
38	46	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Red Line Oil
39	71	Andy Lally*	Ford	TRG Motorsports
40	60	Mike Skinner	Toyota	Big Red
41	37	Tony Raines	Ford	Black Cat Fireworks
42	181	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	WhitneysColli sion.com
43	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	NEMCO Motorsports
44	38	Travis Kvapil	Ford	Long John Silver's
45	30	David Stremme	Chevrolet	Inception Motorsports

* Denotes Rookie

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Sprint Cup STP 400 Nascar Live Stream Kansas Speedway Race June 5 2011

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Sprint Cup series back on track this weekend at Kansas Speedway. As the race weekend approaches fans are putting in their bets for which driver will come away with the victory in the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway. Will it be one of the drivers who have previous wins at Kansas or will we see a new winner at the 1.5 mile tri-oval this Sunday?  Since the Speedway opened in 2001, there have been 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup races and seven different Sprint Cup winners.

If we see a new winner this weekend at Kansas Speedway, who could it be?
Surprisingly enough in 30 NASCAR Sprint Cup starts at Kansas Speedway, Richard Childress Racing (RCR) has only three top-five and eight top 10 finishes. Could this be the race where RCR finally gets into victory lane at Kansas Speedway, if so which RCR driver will come out on top?
Which leads us to local favorite, Clint Bowyer who gave RCR their best finish here, second, in 2007 and he could be the driver to get RCR to victory lane for the first time at Kansas Speedway. Bowyer’s season is off to a strong start, he is currently eighth in the point standings. He is a driver fans should keep their eye on for a victory this weekend.
After a third-place finish last year, his best-ever finish at Kansas Speedway, “The Closer” Kevin Harvick could come away with a victory for RCR this weekend. He has already posted three wins this season, and he is a definite contender to dethrone Jimmie Johnson as the NASCAR Sprint Cup champion.
Another first time winner could be another local favorite, Carl Edwards. Edwards has one NASCAR Camping World truck series victory, but is yet to find victory lane in the Sprint Cup series at Kansas. Edwards is leading the points and is definitely a contender to win this weekend.
Fresh off a Nationwide Series victory last weekend at Charlotte, Matt Kenseth could be the next new Sprint Cup winner at Kansas. Kenseth already has two wins this season at Texas and Dover and he will be one of the drivers fans should expect to be fast this weekend at Kansas Speedway.
Or it could be Red Bull driver Kasey Kahne. Kahne has been running strong in recent weeks. Last week at Charlotte, Kahne was leading on the final restart, but fell two laps short running out of fuel. Kahne has already seen victory lane at Kansas in a NASCAR Nationwide Series race, and has won the pole for a Sprint Cup race at Kansas twice. He is familiar with the fast groove around the speedway, and fans should watch for a strong run from Kahne this weekend.
Fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr., came close to ending his losing streak last week at Charlotte, but fell 500-feet short, running out of fuel after leading the field to the white flag. He comes to Kansas sitting fourth in the standings, his best ranking at this point since 2008, his first year with Hendrick Motorsports. Earnhardt Jr. is getting closer and closer to ending his losing streak and his first victory of 2011 could come at Kansas Speedway this weekend.

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Nascar Coca Cola 600 Sprint Cup Series Charlotte Motor Speedway Live Streaming 29 May 2011

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Nascar Sprint Cup Charlotte Motor Speedway Live Streaming May 2011. The Coca-Cola 600 has always been one of the most challenging events on the NASCAR calendar, but in the current age of parity, it has become more difficult still. Buoyed by free passes and wave-arounds, running well is no longer a guarantee of a strong finish as more and more cars cross under the checkers on the same lap as the leader. Last year in this race, after 600 grueling miles were in the books, 24 drivers remained on the lead lap, which meant that a mistake in the closing stages could be devastating for both the NASCAR driver who made it and the unlucky fantasy owner with him on the roster. That number was helped along by eight caution flags, and the yellow flag is bound to wave fairly often in the space of four and a half hours this week, as well.

The similarly configured, 1.5-mile tracks can also be prone to surprises. Kurt Busch was having an up-and-down year when the series rolled into Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2010. He had finished outside the top 15 in two of his three previous attempts and that erratic behavior was the standard for the season. It didn't keep him from dominating the Coke 600, however, as he qualified on the outside of the front row and led 252 of the 400 laps. That success kick-started his summer; Busch went on to earn four more top-10s in the next five races and his only bad result came on the road course of Infineon Raceway.
No one has more momentum for now than Carl Edwards and that was enough to propel him to a strong showing at Darlington Raceway a couple of weeks ago -- a track on which he normally struggles. Likewise, Charlotte hasn't always been his strongest course, but he has been the master of several other high-speed tracks such as Atlanta, Texas and Michigan. Last week, he was the driver to beat once again at Dover until more than a half-dozen drivers gambled on two tires and mired him in the pack. It's hard to know how the end of a 600-mile race will resolve itself, but it's a good gamble that Edwards will be in the hunt in the final run to the checkers.
When Johnson started stumbling at Charlotte, Kyle Busch was right there to take his place. As soon as the driver of the No. 48's 11-race top-10 streak ended in the fall of 2007 (with a 14th), Busch picked up the mantle and has been wearing it since. His top-10 streak stands at seven consecutive races and includes five top-fives and a worst result of only eighth. Last year, he finished third in the Coke 600 and was second in Charlotte's 500-mile race in the fall, which gives him momentum and a great set of notes. His performance in the Camping World Truck Series race last weekend was impressive and worth noting because he did not have the fastest truck all night. Busch even spun with a too loose condition early in the race, but he overcame the handicap by sheer force of will and passed Bowyer in the closing laps for the victory.

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