Dale Earnhardt Jr. is
on the pole for the Quaker State 400, raced under the lights Saturday
night at Kentucky Speedway. Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch
are all among the top qualifiers for Saturday night's race.
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Television coverage of
Saturday's Sprint Cup race, handled this week by TNT, begins at 6:30
p.m. ET with a one-hour pre-race show. The official race broadcast
begins at 7:30 p.m. with the race scheduled to start at 7:45 p.m. Adam
Alexander, Wally Dallenbach Jr. and Kyle Petty are in the booth for
Saturday night's race.
Earnhardt has been so-so this
year, but perhaps winning his first pole will get him motivated and
result in a stronger performance on Saturday. This is the tenth race
before the Chase, and drivers on the cusp are running out of time to
solidify their spot to make a run.
The race begins at 7:30 p.m. ET
and will be carried by the TNT network. The pre-race coverage begins an
hour earlier, at 6:30 p.m. The green flag is scheduled for
approximately 7:45 p.m.,
Race: Quaker State 400
Location: Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky
Time: Saturday, June 29, 7:30 p.m. ET
Green Flag: 7:45 p.m.
TV: TNT
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will
lead from the pole position for the first time in the 2013 Sprint Cup
Series season on Saturday. Earnhardt was among eight drivers who broke
the speed record during qualifying for the Quaker State 400. He posted a
speed of 183.636 miles per hour to take the pole.
Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson
and Kyle Busch round out the top-two rows, in that order. Johnson is the
current points leader in the Sprint Cup standings with 573 points, with
Edwards in second place at 548 points.
