While fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the checkered flag last Sunday at Talladega, his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon will be one of the favorites to win this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Kansas.
Gordon boasts a track-record 10 top fives in 18 starts on the 1.5-mile oval, a whopping 55.6 percent. He will be seeking his first win in his final season as a full-time driver at a track where he has won three previous times.
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This week's events are the Sprint Cup Series SpongeBob SquarePants 400 and the Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra 250. The full schedule and entry lists (all times Eastern):
THURSDAY
3 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice
4:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice
FRIDAY
12:00 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, Fox Sports 1
2:30 p.m..: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, Fox Sports 1
4:45 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying, Fox Sports 1
6:45 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, Fox Sports 1
8:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra 250, Fox Sports 1 (167 laps, 250.5 miles)
SATURDAY
7:30 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series SpongeBob SquarePants 400, Fox Sports 1 (267 laps, 400.5 miles)
Sprint Cup entry list (car number, driver, team/sponsor)
1-Jamie McMurray (Chip Ganassi Racing/McDonald’s)
2-Brad Keselowski (Team Penske/Avaya)
3-Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing/Dow)
4-Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing/Jimmy John’s-Budweiser)
5-Kasey Kahne (Hendrick Motorsports/Great Clips)
6-Trevor Bayne (Roush Fenway Racing/AdvoCare)
7-Alex Bowman (Tommy Baldwin Racing/Accell Construction)
9-Sam Hornish Jr. (Richard Petty Motorsports/Medallion Bank)
10-Danica Patrick (Stewart-Haas Racing/GoDaddy)
11-Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing/FedEx Freight)
13-Casey Mears (Germain Racing/Squidward Tentacles)
14-Tony Stewart (Stewart-Haas Racing/Bass Pro Shops, Mobil 1)
15-Clint Bowyer (Michael Waltrip Racing/5-Hour Energy)
16-Greg Biffle (Roush Fenway Racing/Cheez-It, SpongeBob SquarePants)
17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway Racing/Zest)
18-Erik Jones (Joe Gibbs Racing/M&M’s Red Nose Day)
19-Carl Edwards (Joe Gibbs Racing/Stanley)
20-Matt Kenseth (Joe Gibbs Racing/Dollar General)
22-Joey Logano (Team Penske/AAA Insurance)
23-J.J. Yeley (BK Racing/Dr. Pepper “I’m a Pepper”)
24-Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports/American Red Cross)
26-Jeb Burton (BK Racing/Maxim Fantasy Sports)
27-Paul Menard (Richard Childress Racing/Pittsburgh Paints, Menards)
31-Ryan Newman (Richard Childress Racing/Quicken Loans)
32-Mike Bliss (Go FAS Racing/TBA)
33-Ty Dillon (Circle Sport/TBA)
34-Brett Moffitt (Front Row Motorsports/Dockside Logistics)
35-Cole Whitt (Front Row Motorsports/TBD)
38-David Gilliland (Front Row Motorsports/MDS)
40-Landon Cassill (Hillman Smith Motorsports/CarsforSale.com)
41-Kurt Busch (Stewart-Haas Racing/Haas Automation)
42-Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing/Target)
43-Aric Almirola (Richard Petty Motorsports/Farmland)
46-Michael Annett (HScott Motorsports/Allstate Peterbilt Group)
47-AJ Allmendinger (JTG Daugherty Racing/Kroger, Scott Products)
48-Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports/Lowe’s)
51-Justin Allgaier (HScott Motorsports/Fraternal Order of Eagles)
55-David Ragan (Michael Waltrip Racing/SpongeBob SquarePants Aaron’s Dream Machine)
62-Brendan Gaughan (Premium Motorsports/Vydox Plus)
78-Martin Truex Jr. (Furniture Row Racing/Furniture Row, Visser Precision)
83-Matt DiBenedetto (BK Racing/Dustless Blasting)
88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Hendrick Motorsports/Nationwide)
95-Michael McDowell (Leavine Family Racing/WRL/Larry the Lobster)
98-Josh Wise (Phil Parsons Racing/Phil Parsons Racing)
Camping World Truck Series entry list (car number, driver, sponsor)
02- Tyler Young (Randco Industries/Young's Building Systems)
4-Erik Jones (Toyota)
05-John Wes Townley (Zaxby's)
6-Norm Benning (TBA)
07-Ray Black Jr (ScubaLife.com)
08-Korbin Forrister (Tilted Kilt)
8-Ryan Newman (SWM International)
10-Jennifer Jo Cobb (Mark One Electric)
11-Ben Kennedy (No. 11 TBA Toyota Tundra)
13-Cameron Hayley (Cabinets by Hayley, Carolina Nut Co.)
14-Daniel Hemric (California Clean Power)
15-Mason Mingus (811 Call Before You Dig)
17-Timothy Peters (Red Horse Racing)
19-Tyler Reddick (BBR Music Group)
23-Spencer Gallagher (Allegiant Travel)
25-Matt Tifft (TBA)
29-Austin Theriault (Cooper Standard)
31-James Buescher (ERT Investments)
33-Brandon Jones (TBA)
36-Justin Jennings (Mittler Bros Machine & Tools, Ski Soda)
45-BJ McLeod (TBA)
51-Daniel Suarez (ARRIS)
54-Justin Boston (Zloop)
63-TBA (Vitterott College, Ski Soda)
74-Jordan Anderson (Corpe Consulting, Impact Racing Products)
88-Matt Crafton (Slim Jim, Menards)
94-Wendell Chavous (Testoril & The Glow Zone)
98-Johnny Sauter (Smokey Mountain, Curb Records)