Gordon boasts a track-record 10 top fives in 18 starts on the 1.5-mile oval, a whopping 55.6 percent. He will be seeking his first win in his final season as a full-time driver at a track where he has won three previous times.
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This week’s events are the Sprint Cup Series SpongeBob SquarePants 400 and the Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra 250. The full schedule and entry lists (all times Eastern):
THURSDAY
3 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice 4:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice
FRIDAY
12:00 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, Fox Sports 1 2:30 p.m..: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, Fox Sports 1 4:45 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying, Fox Sports 1 6:45 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, Fox Sports 1 8:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra 250, Fox Sports 1 (167 laps, 250.5 miles) SATURDAY
7:30 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series SpongeBob SquarePants 400, Fox Sports 1 (267 laps, 400.5 miles)
Sprint Cup entry list (car number, driver, team/sponsor)
1-Jamie McMurray (Chip Ganassi Racing/McDonald’s)
2-Brad Keselowski (Team Penske/Avaya)
3-Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing/Dow)
4-Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing/Jimmy John’s-Budweiser)
5-Kasey Kahne (Hendrick Motorsports/Great Clips)
6-Trevor Bayne (Roush Fenway Racing/AdvoCare)
7-Alex Bowman (Tommy Baldwin Racing/Accell Construction)
9-Sam Hornish Jr. (Richard Petty Motorsports/Medallion Bank)
10-Danica Patrick (Stewart-Haas Racing/GoDaddy)
11-Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing/FedEx Freight)
13-Casey Mears (Germain Racing/Squidward Tentacles)
14-Tony Stewart (Stewart-Haas Racing/Bass Pro Shops, Mobil 1)
15-Clint Bowyer (Michael Waltrip Racing/5-Hour Energy)
16-Greg Biffle (Roush Fenway Racing/Cheez-It, SpongeBob SquarePants)
17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway Racing/Zest)
18-Erik Jones (Joe Gibbs Racing/M&M’s Red Nose Day)
19-Carl Edwards (Joe Gibbs Racing/Stanley)
20-Matt Kenseth (Joe Gibbs Racing/Dollar General)
22-Joey Logano (Team Penske/AAA Insurance)
23-J.J. Yeley (BK Racing/Dr. Pepper “I’m a Pepper”)
24-Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports/American Red Cross)
26-Jeb Burton (BK Racing/Maxim Fantasy Sports)
27-Paul Menard (Richard Childress Racing/Pittsburgh Paints, Menards)
31-Ryan Newman (Richard Childress Racing/Quicken Loans)
32-Mike Bliss (Go FAS Racing/TBA)
33-Ty Dillon (Circle Sport/TBA)
34-Brett Moffitt (Front Row Motorsports/Dockside Logistics)
35-Cole Whitt (Front Row Motorsports/TBD)
38-David Gilliland (Front Row Motorsports/MDS)
40-Landon Cassill (Hillman Smith Motorsports/CarsforSale.com)
41-Kurt Busch (Stewart-Haas Racing/Haas Automation)
42-Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing/Target)
43-Aric Almirola (Richard Petty Motorsports/Farmland)
46-Michael Annett (HScott Motorsports/Allstate Peterbilt Group)
47-AJ Allmendinger (JTG Daugherty Racing/Kroger, Scott Products)
48-Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports/Lowe’s)
51-Justin Allgaier (HScott Motorsports/Fraternal Order of Eagles)
55-David Ragan (Michael Waltrip Racing/SpongeBob SquarePants Aaron’s Dream Machine)
62-Brendan Gaughan (Premium Motorsports/Vydox Plus)
78-Martin Truex Jr. (Furniture Row Racing/Furniture Row, Visser Precision)
83-Matt DiBenedetto (BK Racing/Dustless Blasting)
88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Hendrick Motorsports/Nationwide)
95-Michael McDowell (Leavine Family Racing/WRL/Larry the Lobster)
98-Josh Wise (Phil Parsons Racing/Phil Parsons Racing)
Camping World Truck Series entry list (car number, driver, sponsor)
02- Tyler Young (Randco Industries/Young’s Building Systems)
4-Erik Jones (Toyota)
05-John Wes Townley (Zaxby’s)
6-Norm Benning (TBA)
07-Ray Black Jr (ScubaLife.com)
08-Korbin Forrister (Tilted Kilt)
8-Ryan Newman (SWM International)
10-Jennifer Jo Cobb (Mark One Electric)
11-Ben Kennedy (No. 11 TBA Toyota Tundra)
13-Cameron Hayley (Cabinets by Hayley, Carolina Nut Co.)
14-Daniel Hemric (California Clean Power)
15-Mason Mingus (811 Call Before You Dig)
17-Timothy Peters (Red Horse Racing)
19-Tyler Reddick (BBR Music Group)
23-Spencer Gallagher (Allegiant Travel)
25-Matt Tifft (TBA)
29-Austin Theriault (Cooper Standard)
31-James Buescher (ERT Investments)
33-Brandon Jones (TBA)
36-Justin Jennings (Mittler Bros Machine & Tools, Ski Soda)
45-BJ McLeod (TBA)
51-Daniel Suarez (ARRIS)
54-Justin Boston (Zloop)
63-TBA (Vitterott College, Ski Soda)
74-Jordan Anderson (Corpe Consulting, Impact Racing Products)
88-Matt Crafton (Slim Jim, Menards)
94-Wendell Chavous (Testoril & The Glow Zone)
98-Johnny Sauter (Smokey Mountain, Curb Records)
