Fantasy NASCAR rankings: STP 400

June 4, 2011 @ 12:28:49

By Brian Polking

For the second race in a row, a Penske Racing driver will start on the pole after Kurt Busch grabbed the top spot for Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway. Busch will now try to continue the success on race day, but success at the 1.5-mile track has been tough to come by for the former series champ. In 10 career starts at Kansas, Busch has yet to record a top-five finish.

Busch isn’t the only driver with a suspect record at Kansas that is starting up front. Fellow front row starter Juan Pablo Montoya has three finishes of 20th or worse in four starts at Kansas, and third-place qualifier Kyle Busch has never had a top-five finish at the track. Brian Vickers will start fourth with just one top-10 finish in five starts at the track, and Joey Logano has yet to crack the top 15 in three career starts.

With several drivers that traditionally struggle at Kansas starting up front, the action could get heated early on in Sunday’s race. The 400 miles can go by quickly at a track like Kansas that has been known to see some long green flag runs. Drivers starting in the back can’t afford to be patient, but the drivers starting up front won’t be willing to give up track position without a fight.

Rk	Driver	Car No.	Make	Sponsor	Team	Starting Pos
1	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	3M	Roush Fenway Racing	14
2	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	Aflac	Roush Fenway Racing	7
3	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger	Hendrick Motorsports	22
4	Tony Stewart	14	Chevrolet	Office Depot	Stewart-Haas Racing	13
5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Lowe's Home Improvement	Hendrick Motorsports	31
6	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	Crown Royal	Roush Fenway Racing	21
7	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	Budweiser	Richard Childress Racing	10
8	Clint Bowyer	33	Chevrolet	Cheerios	Richard Childress Racing	27
9	Kasey Kahne	4	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	17
10	David Ragan	6	Ford	UPS	Roush Fenway Racing	19
11	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	FedEx	Joe Gibbs Racing	15
12	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	Chevrolet	Mountain Dew AMP Energy	Hendrick Motorsports	28
13	Marcos Ambrose	9	Ford	Stanley Black & Decker	Richard Petty Motorsports	35
14	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Ford	Best Buy	Richard Petty Motorsports	26
15	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	M&M's	Joe Gibbs Racing	3
16	Kurt Busch	22	Dodge	Shell/Pennzoil	Penske Championship Racing	1
17	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Chevrolet	Target	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	2
18	Mark Martin	5	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	Hendrick Motorsports	18
19	Ryan Newman	39	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Stewart-Haas Racing	12
20	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	Richard Childress Racing	16
21	Paul Menard	27	Chevrolet	Menard's	Richard Childress Racing	9
22	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	6
23	David Reutimann	00	Toyota	Aaron's	Michael Waltrip Racing	23
24	Brian Vickers	83	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	4
25	Brad Keselowski	2	Dodge	Miller Lite	Penske Championship Racing	25
26	Martin Truex Jr.	56	Toyota	NAPA	Michael Waltrip Racing	8
27	Joey Logano	20	Toyota	Home Depot	Joe Gibbs Racing	5
28	Casey Mears	13	Toyota	GEICO	Germain Racing	33
29	Regan Smith	78	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Furniture Row Racing	11
30	Bobby Labonte	47	Toyota	Bush's Baked Beans	JTG Daugherty Racing	20
31	Andy Lally	71	Ford	TRG Motorsports	TRG Motorsports	39
32	David Stremme	30	Dodge	TBA	Inception Motorsports	29
33	Travis Kvapil	38	Chevrolet	Long John Silver's	Front Row Motorsports	30
34	David Gilliland	34	Ford	Taco Bell	Front Row Motorsports	38
35	Johnny Sauter	7	Dodge	SPEED Energy	Robby Gordon Motorsports	41
36	Mike Skinner	60	Toyota	Big Red	Germain Racing	43
37	Patrick Carpentier	32	Ford	C&J Energy	FAS Lane Racing	40
38	Landon Cassill	51	Chevrolet	Security Benefit	Phoenix Racing	24
39	Dave Blaney	36	Chevrolet	Golden Corral	Tommy Baldwin Racing	42
40	Michael McDowell	66	Toyota	RaceHP.com	HP Racing	37
41	Scott Riggs	81	Chevrolet	WhitneysCollision.com	Whitney Motorsports	36
42	J.J. Yeley	46	Chevrolet	Red Line Oil	Whitney Motorsports	32
43	Joe Nemechek	87	Toyota	NEMCO Motorsports	NEMCO Motorsports	34

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Brian Polking

Racing has been part of Brian's life ever since he can remember, and he spent his childhood at dirt tracks throughout Ohio and Kentucky watching his father race. NASCAR naturally became his favorite sport, and he has been following the Cup, Nationwide and Truck Series for most of his life. Brian majored in journalism and economics at Ohio State University and becoming a sports writer has always been his dream. Although he has covered everything from minor league baseball to the NCAA tournament, his passion has always been NASCAR. Brian has served as a NASCAR writer for a variety of sites, eventually becoming head editor of the NASCAR section for Fanball.com. His knowledge of NASCAR comes from his life-long love of racing, and he tries to add a personal touch to every article he writes. Brian is always up for talking NASCAR with anyone that wants to. Brian joined KFFL's team in 2011.

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