The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rolls into Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. Kevin Harvick is currently in seventh place on the overall Sprint Cup points leaderboard and is looking to climb back into the top five.
Harvick holds less-than-ideal positioning in the starting lineup, slotted in at No. 20. Of course, the starting lineup means little and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. remains a favorite to win Sunday's 500-mile race despite being positioned at No. 18 in the starting lineup.
Greg Biffle remains the overall points leader heading into Sunday, five points ahead of Earnhardt. The others ahead of Harvick that he will need to keep tabs of at Talladega: Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, Matin Truex, Jr. and Jimmie Johnson, who will be just ahead of Harvick in the starting lineup, at No. 19.
Harvick will be chasing the checkered flag still looking for his first win of 2012. He has finished in second place once and holds two top-five finishes this season.
The race will begin at 10:20 a.m. PT on Sunday and will be televised nationally on FOX.
Here is the starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR race at Talladega Superspeedway:
- Jeff Gordon
- AJ Allmendinger
- Marcos Ambrose
- Aric Almirola
- Kasey Kahne
- Greg Biffle
- Carl Edwards
- Tony Stewart
- Michael Waltrip
- Matt Kenseth
- Trevor Bayne
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Brad Keselowski
- Ryan Newman
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Josh Wise
- Paul Menard
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Jimmie Johnson
- Kevin Harvick
- Kyle Busch
- Denny Hamlin
- Jamie McMurray
- Clint Bowyer
- Casey Mears
- David Gilliland
- David Stremme
- Terry Labonte
- Jeff Burton
- Joey Logano
- Regan Smith
- David Ragan
- Kurt Busch
- David Reutimann
- Michael McDowell
- Bill Elliott
- Joe Nemechek
- Dave Blaney
- Robert Richardson Jr.
- Tony Raines
- Landon Cassill
- David Reutimann
- Bobby Labonte
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