The qualifying for the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway is set and the top qualifier is A.J. Allmendinger and it is only his second poll position ever. His other came back in 2010 at the Phoenix International Raceway.
Carl Edwards qualified at the No. 22 spot and Clint Bowyer qualified at the No. 8 spot, both are looking for their first wins of the 2012 season. For Bowyer this race is special since the track is just 100 miles from his hometown of Emporia, Kan. In his career at Kansas Speedway Bowyer has one top-five and three top-10 finishes in his previous seven starts.
Here's the starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway:
- AJ Allmendinger
- Kevin Harvick
- Joey Logano
- Denny Hamlin
- Mark Martin
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Clint Bowyer
- Kasey Kahne
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- Brad Keselowski
- Jeff Burton
- Ryan Newman
- Kurt Busch
- Jimmie Johnson
- David Reutimann
- Greg Biffle
- Matt Kenseth
- Paul Menard
- Jeff Gordon
- David Gilliland
- Carl Edwards
- Tony Stewart
- David Stremme
- Kyle Busch
- Aric Almirola
- David Ragan
- Marcos Ambrose
- Regan Smith
- Bobby Labonte
- JJ Yeley
- Landon Cassill
- Dave Blaney
- Travis Kvapil
- Scott Riggs
- Jamie McMurray
- Michael McDowell
- Josh Wise
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Casey Mears
- Joe Nemechek
- Reed Sorenson
- Mike Bliss
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