NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
Thursday, May. 20, 2010
What: 100 laps (four segments of 50, 20, 20 and 10 laps)
Where: Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile, paved, banked quad-oval in Concord
When: 9 p.m. Saturday.
TV: Speed
Radio: Motor Racing Network
Last year's winner: Tony Stewart
Also this week: N.C. Education Lottery 200, Camping World Trucks Series, Charlotte Motor Speedway, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Speed.
Worth mentioning: Drivers not already entered in the All-Star Race will compete in the Sprint Showdown at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The top-two finishers in the 40-lap Showdown will advance into the All-Star Race field. In addition, the winner of the Sprint Fan Vote, will advance into the All-Star Race. Joey Logano, below, won last season's fan vote.
Who's hot
Joe Gibbs racing: JGR has won five of last seven Sprint Cup races.
Fords: Found their way back to the front at Dover. Can they stay there?
Kevin Harvick: He may not like the month of May, but it sure likes him this season.
Kyle Busch: New or old, this Kyle Busch is good one.
Aric Almirola: Second NASCAR win, first with him in Victory Lane.
Who's not
Jimmie Johnson: Caught speeding on pit road on his final stop. Really??
Hendrick Motorsports: No drivers in the top 10 at Dover. What??
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing: Somebody fix the track bars - quick!!
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