NASCAR Pre-Race: TNT - 6:30pm/et

Television Race Coverage: TNT, 7:30pm/et

In the Booth: Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach Jr., Kyle Petty

Pit Reporters: Matt Yocum, Marty Snider, Ralph Sheheen, Chris Neville

TNT's Pre-race show: Adam Alexander, Larry McReynolds, Kyle Petty

SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 4:30 pm/et with John Roberts, Kenny Wallace

Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times:
Wednesday, July 3 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED

TV Listings, Links and Info:
Jayski's TV Listings Page
ESPN Network Schedules
SPEED TV Schedule
TV Racer
Armed Forces Network - Search NASCAR

Performance Racing Network (PRN) and SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR Channel 90

goprn.com

PRN Live Streaming

Practices:
Friday, June 28, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm/et, TV-SPEED

Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Friday, June 28, 1:30 - 3:00pm/et, TV-SPEED

Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-36, Friday, June 28 at 5:10 pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air scheduled at 12:00am/et.

Track Specifications:
Track/Race Length: 1.5 mile oval, 267 laps, 400 miles
Banking in turns 1-4: 14 degrees
Banking in tri-oval: 10 degrees
Banking on backstretch: 4 degrees
Length of frontstretch: 1,662 feet
Length of backstretch: 1,600 feet
Length of short chute from start/finish to Turn 1: 681 feet
Length of apex of tri-oval at the start/finish Line: 300 feet
Length of short chute from Turn 4 to start/finish: 681 feet
Grandstand Seating: 107,000
Luxury Suites: 36
90-Seat Private Interior Kentucky Club
2,100-Seat Private Exterior Bluegrass Club
Terrace Boxes: 10
Private, Backstretch RV Spaces: 125
Infield RV Spaces: 650
Additional Reserved RV Spaces: 6,500
Parking For More Than 30,000 Cars
Opened: 2000

Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: Quaker State VP Steve Reindl
Command to start engines: Steve Reindl
Invocation: ?Pastor John Roberts, Raceway Ministries
National Anthem: Marlana Vanhoose
God Bless America: Jamison Road
Honorary Pace Car driver: Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari
Flyover: none, military cutbacks

Track Websites:
Kentucky Speedway
Speedway Motorsports
Kentucky Speedway - Facebook
Twitter - kyspeedway

June 2012: see my Kentucky Race Info page

June 2012 Race Winner: #2-Brad Keselowski, 145.607mph, started 8th

Track Race Record: #2-Brad Keselowski, 6/30/2012, 145.607mph

Slowest Race Record: #18-Kyle Busch, 7/9/2011, 137.314mph

Oldest Race Winner: Brad Keselowski, 28 years, 4 months, and 18 days, 6/30/2012

Youngest Race Winner: Kyle Busch, 26 years, 2 months, 7 days, 7/9/2011

Worst Starting Spot to Win: #2-Brad Keselowski, 6/30/2012, started 8th

June 2012 Pole Sitter: #48-Jimmie Johnson, 181.818mph, 6th

Track Qualifying Record: #48-Jimmie Johnson, 6/29/2012, 181.818mph

Oldest Pole Winner: Jimmie Johnson, 36 years, 9 months, and 12 days, 6/29/2012

Youngest Pole Winner: Jimmie Johnson, 36 years, 9 months, and 12 days, 6/29/2012

Top 12 Driver Rating at Kentucky:
#18-Kyle Busch............................... 133.0 (1 win)
#2-Brad Keselowski....................... 128.2 (1 win)
#48-Jimmie Johnson....................... 119.5
#11-Denny Hamlin........................... 105.0
#20-Matt Kenseth.............................. 98.2
#5-Kasey Kahne.............................. 96.7
#99-Carl Edwards............................. 94.3
#78-Kurt Busch................................. 92.6
#24-Jeff Gordon................................ 89.8
#56-Martin Truex Jr.......................... 88.8
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr....................... 88.3
#29-Kevin Harvick............................. 88.2
Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2012 races (two total) among active drivers at Kentucky Speedway.
Formula combining the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.(NASCAR)

Most Points Scored in the four races on 1.5 mile tracks in 2013 (so far):
1) #5-Kasey Kahne, 163
2) #56-Martin Truex Jr., 149
3) #20-Matt Kenseth, 145 (won Las Vegas & Kansas)*
4) #29-Kevin Harvick, 145 (won Charlotte)
5) #99-Carl Edwards, 142
[Las Vegas, Texas, Kansas & Charlotte](* includes 12 point penalty from Kansas)(MWR)(6-25-2013)

Kentucky Speedway News & Notes:
• In 1998, the track broke ground in Sparta, Kentucky, and opened as a 1.5-mile speedway in 2000.
• The original owners, Jerry Carroll and four other investors owned the track until 2008, when current owners, Speedway Motorsports Inc. purchased the facility.
• Since 2000, the track has hosted 13 NASCAR Nationwide Series (2001-2012) and 15 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races (2000-2012).
• The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held there in 2011 - won by Kyle Busch.
• There have been two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Kentucky Speedway since the first race in 2011 - one race per season.
• Fifty drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway; 36 in more than one.
• The first NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Kentucky was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was set per the rule book.
• Jimmie Johnson has the only Coors Light pole at Kentucky - 181.818 mph, 29.700 secs.
• Two different NSCS drivers have won at Kentucky Speedway: Kyle Busch (7/09/2011) and Brad Keselowski (6/30/2012).
• Joe Gibbs Racing (2011) and Penske Racing (2012) each have one victory at Kentucky Speedway in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
• Two different manufacturers have won in the NSCS at Kentucky: Toyota (2011) and Dodge (2012).
• Kyle Busch won the inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kentucky from the first starting position (qualifying was canceled; starting lineup set by rule book).
• One of the two (50%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Kentucky have been won from the front row.
• Both of the NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Kentucky have been won from a top-five starting position.
• The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Kentucky was fourth, by Brad Keselowski last season.
• Two different drivers have posted NSCS runner-up finishes at Kentucky: David Reutimann (2011) and Kasey Kahne (2012).
• In the two NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Kentucky, 10 different drivers have posted top-five finishes.
• In the two NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Kentucky 15 different drivers have posted top-10 finishes; five have posted two: Brad Keselowski, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth.
• Kyle Busch leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in average starting position at Kentucky with a 1.500.
• Brad Keselowski leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in average finishing position at Kentucky with a 4.0. Jimmie Johnson (4.5), Kyle Busch (5.5), Matt Kenseth (6.5), Denny Hamlin (7.0), Jeff Gordon (7.5), Kasey Kahne (7.5), are the other active drivers with an average finish in the top 10.
• The closest margin of victory (MOV) in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kentucky Speedway was the June 30, 2012 race won by Kyle Busch over David Reutimann with a MOV of 0.179 second.
• Neither of the two NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Kentucky Speedway have resulted with a green-white-checkered finish.
• Neither of the two NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Kentucky Speedway have been shortened due to weather conditions.
• Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kentucky Speedway once; the 2011 race.
• Kyle Busch leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in laps led at Kentucky with 243 laps led in two starts. Brad Keselowski has led the second-most with 147.
• Danica Patrick will attempt to become the first female driver to compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kentucky Speedway.(NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(6-25-2013)

For news, stats, records and more about this race track, see: Jayski's Kentucky Speedway Track News/Rumors/Links page

Kenseth wins Kentucky: #20-Matt Kenseth won the Quaker State 400 rain delayed Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway for his 4th win of 2013, 1st ever win at Kentucky and 28th career win. On the last pit stop during caution, the #20 team only took fuel, came out with the lead and won the race. #48-Johnson led the most laps with 182 of 267 laps
#1-McMurray finished 2nd followed by #15-Bowyer, #22-Logano, #18-Busch, #78-Busch, #56-Truex Jr, #24-Gordon, #48-Johnson and #29-Harvick.
The race was pushed back from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain.
On lap 47, #78-Busch tried to pass #2-Keselowski on the apron, when he came back on the track, he drifted hard into the #2, who spun and came back up into the track and got hit by #16-Biffle, #93-Kvapil and #7-Blaney. Others involved #27-Menard and #33-Cassill.
Pole sitter, #88-Earnhardt Jr. led 11 laps, but around lap 37, he hit the remains of a blown tire from #11-Hamlin which did some damage to the nose & grill on the car. The team made numerous repairs and he finished 12th.
On lap 148, #11-Hamlin had a tire go down and smacked the wall, really hurts his Chase chances. Hamlin was taken to the infield care center at the track to get checked out. Hamlin said he is ok, banged his knee, bell rung, didn't feel good when he wnet to the care center, felt much better afterwards. Back feels fine.
On lap 247 on the resatrt #48-Johnson was 2nd, came off turn 1 and came down on #22-Lagaon, they didn't touch, but the #48 spun and caused a caution, falling to the rear. Johnson rallied to finish 9th.
There were 11 lead changes among 6 drivers and 10 cautions for 42 yellow flag laps and a short red flag to clean up the track after a wreck.
The average speed was 131.948mph. NASCAR no longer announces the track attendance.
See race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Unofficial Kentucky Race Results page (pdf) and check out the Kentucky Penalty Report (pdf).
For Official Results & Points, see the Official Kentucky Race and Points Report.(6-30/7-1-2013)

2013 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Kentucky, race 17 of 36]
1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 610
2) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 572, -38
3) #15-Clint Bowyer, 569, -41
4) #29-Kevin Harvick [2 wins], 528, -66
5) #20-Matt Kenseth [4 wins], 528, -82
6) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 512, -98
7) #18-Kyle Busch [2 wins], 500, -110
8) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [1 win], 490, -120
9) #16-Greg Biffle, 489, -121
10) #22-Joewy Logano, 479, -131
Wild Cards:
WC) #5-Kasey Kahne [1 win], 11th in points
WC) #14-Tony Stewart [1 win], 16th in points
2012 Chase drivers out of top 12
#24-Jeff Gordon, 12th in points
#2-Brad Keselowski, (the 2012 champ), 13th
#11-Denny Hamlin, 25th [missed 4 races with injury], -104 from 20th
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Unofficial Drivers Points Standings (pdf) and the owner points standings on the Unofficial Owners Points Standings page (pdf).
For Official Results & Points, see the Official Kentucky Race and Points Report

Race Fast Facts - Kentucky:
#17-Matt Kenseth won the 3rd Annual Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts, his 28th victory in 489 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his fourth victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2013. This is his highest win total since 2006 when he won four races. He won a personal best five victories in 2002.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Kentucky Speedway.
#1-Jamie McMurray (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Kentucky Speedway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2013.
#15-Clint Bowyer (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Kentucky Speedway.
#48-Jimmie Johnson leads the point standings by 38 points over #99-Carl Edwards.(NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(6-30-2013)

Lucky Dogs - Who got a lap back on each caution at Kentucky: (and their finish)
Caution 1: #34-Ragan, 26th
Caution 2: #11-Hamlin,35th
Caution 3: #36-Yeley, 32nd
Caution 4: #35-Wise, 39th
Caution 5: #17-Stenhouse Jr., 17th
Caution 6: #13-Mears, 18th
Caution 7: #24-Gordon, 8th
Caution 8: #10-Patrick, 23rd
Caution 9: #10-Patrick(2), 23rd
Caution 10: #34-Ragan(2), 26th
(6-30-2013)

Kentucky Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2013 Quaker State 400: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday's race (the race was postponed from Saturday due to rain) Began recording the times at the beginning of the broadcast at 12:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 3:27 PM (all times are EST). Did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage. TNT was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 121
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 59
Number of times TNT utilized 'Side-by-Side' commercials during this broadcast: 0
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 32
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 4 min. 5 sec.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 12:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 3:27 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 207
Minutes of race broadcast: 151
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 56
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of 'mystery cautions' (debris not shown): 0
Total race brdcst time 151 Total comm. brdcst time 56
See past races, links to full report more on the 2013 TV Commercials page.(7-1-2013)

Race postponed to Sunday: Rain at Kentucky Speedway has caused the postponement of the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race. The race is scheduled to run at 12:00pm/et on Sunday, June 30, 2013 and be aired on TNT live.(6-29-2013)
TIMES: Invocation set for 11:49am/et, National Anthem at 11:50am/et, engines fired at 11:57am/et, TNT comes on at 12noon/et, green flag approx 12:05pm/et.
NASCAR has designated a competition caution for lap 30 so teams can check tire wear and make adjustments.
Canada Watch live coverage of the postponed NASCAR Sprint Cup Quaker State 400 on TSN2, Sunday at 12noon/et.
Radio Performance Racing Network (radio) will come on air at 11:45am/et to catch the invocation & national anthem, goprn.com/live
AND Kentucky Speedway's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 has been postponed to Sunday, June 30 at noon due to unwelcome and persistent rain showers. All tickets, credentials and parking passes will be honored. Parking lots will open at 8 a.m. and all speedway gates will open at 10 am. Tickets remain available and will be on sale when gates open.(Kentucky Speedway)
See weather links onJayski's Kentucky Race Info page - weather section.(6-29-2013)

Race Coverage of the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway is scheduled for Saturday, June 29, 2013.
Television (TV): TNT at 7:30 pm/et; Pre-Race show at 6:30 pm/et; green flag approx 7:45pm/et
Radio: Performance Racing Network (PRN) and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio 90
Scheduled Race Re-Airs: SPEED, Wednesday, July 3 at 12:00pm/et

Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway have been made.
Pole sitter #88-Earnhardt Jr. chose pit stall 1 [as do most pole sitters].
Outside pole sitter #99-Edwards took pit stall 43, the last stall.
#48-Johnson, who starts 3rd took the 14th pit stall, the 1st stall with an opening in front of it.
The 43rd and final pit stall was taken by #99-Edwards, who starts 2nd.
To see where the drivers/teams pit stall is, see the pit selection chart on the Pit Stall Selection chart.(6-29-2013)

Links to results, practices, qualifying PDF's: (will be added as available)
Official Race Report
Unofficial Race Results
Unofficial Drivers Points
Unofficial Owners Points
Penalty Report
Pitstalls
Starting Lineup
Qualifying Results
Happy Hour Practice Speeds
Practice 1 Speeds
Qualifying Order
Entry List

NASCAR Green-White-Checkered Race Procedure: NASCAR allows a maximum of three restart attempts prior to the White Flag under NASCAR's Green-White-Checkered flag finish. If the leader has taken the White Flag and the caution flag is displayed, the field is frozen and the race will not be restarted. Previously, there was only one restart attempt. The procedure applies to all three national series. See rule and notes on the Green-White-Checker rule page.

Wave-around rule: The wave-around rule dictates that cars under penalty at the time of the caution are ineligible for the wave around.

See Jayski's - 2013 Sprint Cup Race Results Page for pole winner, race winner with speed and starting/finishing position, links to race results, drivers & owners points, pit stall selections, qualifying results/starting lineup and practice speeds as well as link to race track and race information page for each race

Earnhardt Jr. wins Kentucky pole: #88-Earnhardt Jr. won the pole for the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway with a track record speed of 183.636mph for his 1st pole of 2013 and 12th of his career. Earnhardt Jr. has never won from the pole in eleven tries.
#99-Edwards is on the outside pole, followed by #48-Johnson, #18-Busch, #9-Ambrose, #11-Hamlin, #39-Newman, #2-Keselowski, #55-Vickers and #42-Montoya. The first nine drivers broke the old track record of 181.818mph set by Johnson last June. Since there were on 43 entries, all drivers made the race.
See the starting lineup, qualifying results, order, links and pole progression on the Kentucky Starting Lineup / Qualifying page.(6-28-2013)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Kentucky:
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 3rd Annual Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts with a lap of 29.406 seconds, 183.636 mph.
His qualifying speed set a track qualifying record previously held by #48-Jimmie Johnson (181.818 mph) from June 30, 2012.
Nine different drivers posted faster laps than the old record.
This is his 12th pole in 486 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2013.
This is his first pole in three races at Kentucky Speedway.
#99-Carl Edwards (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2013 and his second in three races at Kentucky Speedway.
#48-Jimmie Johnson (third) posted his third top-10 start at Kentucky Speedway. It is his ninth in 17 races this season.(NASCAR Statistics)(6-28-2013)

Coverage of Qualifying for the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway is scheduled for Friday, June 28, 2013 at 5:10pm/et.
TV: SPEED at 5:00pm/et
Radio: Performace Racing Network at goprn.com
Scheduled Qualifying TV Re-Air: 12:00am/et on SPEED

Qualifying Order for the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway is posted. 43 cars/drivers are listed.
The first of the drivers scheduled to go out is #87-Nemechek.
The final driver scheduled to go out is #36-Yeley.
Fastest in Friday's first practice, #29-Harvick, is scheduled to qualify 8th.
Fastest in Friday's Happy Hour practice, #48-Johnson, is scheduled to qualify 10th.
Qualifying order is set by a random draw, held about an hour before the first practice.
See the full qualifying order on the Kentucky Qualifying Page.(6-28-2013)

Happy Hour practice for the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway is being over, after 90 scheduled minutes, the top five fastest, slowest and notes:
#48-Johnson 181.093
#99-Edwards 180.385
#18-Busch 180.379
#24-Gordon 180.210
#31-Burton 179.952
slowest: #32-Schrader 170.946 & #19-Bliss 171.146
Notes: #83-Reutimann spun in turn 3 early in practice, may have scraped the wall a tad.
See fastest speeds, laps run and more on the Kentucky Happy Hour Practice Speeds page (pdf).(6-28-2013)

First Friday practice for the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway is over, after 60 scheduled minutes, the top five fastest, slowest and notes:
#29-Harvick 178.784
#48-Johnson 177.690
#2-Keselowski 177.032
#78-Busch 176.898
#24-Gordon 176.557
slowest: #32-Schrader 169.833 & #19-Bliss 170.326
See fastest speeds, laps run and more on the Kentucky Practice 1 Speeds page (pdf).(6-28-2013)

Entry List for the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway is posted, 43 teams/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, including: #19-Bliss, #47-Allmendinger, #51-Dillon, #55-Vickers, #44-Riggs, #32-Schrader. With 43 teams at the track, no one will miss the race. Bobby Labonte is not entered, which would break his 704 consecutive race starting streak.
See the full entry list at my Jayski's Kentucky Entry List

For the 2013 qualifying rules and format, see my Qualifying Rules page

How to Calculate Track Speeds: use the formula Speed = Distance divided by Time. Distance is Track Length, and Lap Time into Hours. Once hour is 3600 seconds, so the calculation for a 48 second lap at Daytona(2.5 miles) would be: Speed = 2.5 x (3600/48), = 2.5 x 75 = 187.500mph. For a 19 second lap at Bristol(.533 miles): Speed = .533 x (3600/19), = .533 x 189.474 = a speed of 100.990mph

2013 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Sonoma, race 16 of 36]
1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 573
2) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 548, -25
3) #15-Clint Bowyer, 528, -45
4) #29-Kevin Harvick [2 wins], 510, -63
5) #20-Matt Kenseth [3 wins], 481, -92
6) #16-Greg Biffle, 479, -94
7) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 479, -94
8) #18-Kyle Busch [2 wins], 461, -112
9) #2-Brad Keselowski, 454, -119
10) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [1 win], 453, -120
Wild Cards:
WC) #5-Kasey Kahne [1 win], 12th in points
WC) #14-Tony Stewart [1 win], 15th in points
2012 Chase drivers out of top 12
#24-Jeff Gordon, 13th in points
#11-Denny Hamlin, 25th [missed 4 races with injury], -83 from 20th
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Unofficial Drivers Points Standings (pdf) and the owner points standings on the Unofficial Owners Points Standings page (pdf).

Chassis selections for this weeks race: see the list of many teams [that report or post them] and what chassis were selected by the team to run in the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway: