Watch the NASCAR Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway streaming online live by clicking on the link at the bottom of this preview article. If your driver hasn’t yet qualified for tomorrow’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, there are two ways he (or she, if you’re a Danica Patrick fan) can get into the action: fans can vote here. Or, he (or Danica ) can finish first or second in tonight’s NASCAR Sprint Showdown. And wouldn’t it be something if Danica Patrick managed to avoid a crash and beat her best ever finish (7th) and qualify for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race?
Here are the drivers NASCAR fans can expect to see competing in today’s NASCAR Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
- Josh Wise
- Ryan Truex
- Dave Blaney
- AJ Allmendinger
- J.J. Yeley
- Aric Almirola
- Kyle Larson
- Landon Cassill
- David Gilliland
- Reed Sorenson
- David Stremme
- Blake Koch
- Paul Menard
- Cole Whitt
- Alex Bowman
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Clint Bowyer
- Casey Mears
- Danica Patrick
- Marcos Ambrose
- Michael Annett
- Austin Dillon
If you’re a newer fan wondering where the big names in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series are – seasoned NASCAR fans already know. In addition to being voted in by the fans or placing first or second in tonight’s NASCAR Sprint Showdown, there are several qualifications that will automatically guarantee a driver a spot in the NASCAR Sprint All Star Race tomorrow night. They are:
- Winning any NASCAR Sprint Cup race in the 2013 season
- Winning any NASCAR Sprint Cup race so far this season
- Winning one of the past 10 NASCAR Sprint All-Star races
- Winning one of the past ten NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships
To break it down a little further, here are the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers who are already slated to start the NASCAR Sprint All-Star race:
- Carl Edwards
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Brian Vickers
- Jimmy Johnson
- Kurt Busch
- David Ragan
- Ryan Newman
- Jeff Gordon
- Joey Logano
- Matt Kenseth
- Kyle Busch
- Greg Biffle
- Tony Stewart
- Denny Hamlin
- Kasey Kahne
- Kevin Harvick
- Brad Keselowski
- Jamie McMurray
NASCAR fans can watch the Sprint Challenge race tonight, starting at 7 pm Eastern Time and the Sprint All-Star race tomorrow night at 9 pm Eastern Time. Both races will be run on Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina.
So, NASCAR fans, which drivers do you think will make it into the Sprint All Star race? By vote? By winning tonight’s Sprint Challenge? Which drivers will you be voting for and rooting on in tonight’s NASCAR Sprint Challenge?
You can watch the NASCAR Sprint Challenge streaming online live tonight by clicking here .
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