GEICO 400 at Chicagoland Speedway Notes & Entry List - Speedway Digest

Race number 27 of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 1, will be the GEICO 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. There are 43 cars on the entry list which means all of the teams will make Sunday race.

Event Schedule: GEICO 400

Friday: 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET Practice on Fox Sports 1, 5:10 p.m. ET Qualifying on ESPN2

Saturday: 11 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. ET Practice on Fox Sports 2, 2 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. ET Final Practice on Fox Sports 2

Sunday: 1 p.m. ET Race on ESPN

Track & Race Information: Chicagoland Speedway

1.5 mile tri-oval – 267 laps, 400.5 miles

Grandstand Seating – 75,000

First Sprint Cup Series Race – 2001, 12 Total Races

Most Wins – Tony Stewart (3), Active on Sunday – Kevin Harvick (2)

Last Year’s Winner – Brad Keselowski

Entry List: OPR = Owner Points Rank BOLD = Chase

Car #	Driver	Sponsor	Manufacturer	Team	OPR
1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald’s	Chevrolet	EGR	16
2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	17
5	Kasey Kahne	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	11
7	Dave Blaney	–	Chevrolet	TBR	32
9	Marcos Ambrose	DeWalt	Ford	RPM	23
10	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy.com	Chevrolet	SHR	30
11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Office	Toyota	JGR	25
13	Casey Mears	GEICO	Ford	Germain	26
14	Mark Martin	Mobil 1 / Bass Pro Shops	Chevrolet	SHR	15
15	Clint Bowyer	Peak Antifreeze	Toyota	MWR	8
16	Greg Biffle	Post-It	Ford	RFR	7
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Best Buy	Ford	RFR	22
18	Kyle Busch	DoubleMint	Toyota	JGR	3
20	Matt Kenseth	Dollar General	Chevrolet	JGR	1
22	Joey Logano	Shell Pennzoil	Ford	Penske	6
24	Jeff Gordon	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	13
27	Paul Menard	Quaker State Oil / Menards	Chevrolet	RCR	18
29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser	Chevrolet	RCR	4
30	Cole Whitt	Lean1	Toyota	Swan	33
31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	RCR	24
32	Timmy Hill	U.S. Chrome	Ford	FAS Lane	38
33	Tony Raines	Little Joes Autos.com	Chevrolet	Circle Sport	34
34	David Ragan	Taco Bell	Ford	Front Row	28
35	Josh Wise	MDS Transport	Ford	Front Row	39
36	JJ Yeley	–	Chevrolet	TBR	37
38	David Gilliland	Long John Silver’s	Ford	Front Row	31
39	Ryan Newman	Quicken Loans	Chevrolet	SHR	14
40	Landon Cassill	Hillman Racing	Chevrolet	Circle Sport	44
42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target / Kraft	Chevrolet	EGR	21
43	Aric Almirola	Eckrich	Ford	RPM	20
47	AJ Allmendinger	Kingsford Charcoal	Toyota	JTG/D	29
48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe’s	Chevrolet	Hendrick	2
51	Justin Allgaier	Brandt	Chevrolet	Phoenix	27
55	Brian Vickers	Aaron’s Dream Machine	Toyota	MWR	19
56	Martin Truex Jr	NAPA Auto Parts	Toyota	MWR	12
78	Kurt Busch	Furniture Row / Serta	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	10
83	David Reutimann	Burger King / Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK Racing	35
87	Joe Nemechek	Royal Teak Collection	Toyota	NEMCO/JRR	40
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Time Warner Cable	Chevrolet	Hendrick	9
93	Travis Kvapil	Burger King / Dr Pepper	Toyota	BK Racing	36
95	Reed Sorenson	Leavine Family Racing	Ford	LFR	43
98	Michael McDowell	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	PPR	42
99	Carl Edwards	Fastenal	Ford	RFR	5

Entry List Notes:

Mark Martin will drive his fourth of 12 races in the No. 14 for Tony Stewart and Brian Vickers will drive the No. 55 for Michael Waltrip Racing in the ride Martin vacated to take the opportunity at SHR.

Justin Allgaier will make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut in the No. 51 Chevrolet. Chicagoland will be the first race in which Harry Scott Jr is the owner of Phoenix Racing instead of James Finch.

AJ Allmendinger will drive the No. 47 Toyota for JTG/Daugherty Racing. Bobby Labonte was scheduled to drive but is still recovering from his three broken ribs that he suffered in a bicycle accident.

Cole Whitt will drive his first Sprint Cup Series race of 2013 as he steps into the No. 30 Toyota for Swan Racing. For Whitt it will be his eighth career start.

Timmy Hill is back in the No. 32 Ford for FAS Lane Racing. It will be his 13th start of 2013.

Reed Sorenson is in the No. 95 Ford for Leavine Family Racing for the second straight race.

Mike Bliss and the No. 19 Toyota Humphrey Smith Racing team withdrew from the entry list.