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CUP: Keselowski Tops Entry List
Brad Keselowski won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega in April...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted October 26, 2009   Charlotte, NC
Brad Keselowski scored his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup win at Talladega in April. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Brad Keselowski, who won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup race and the first for car owner James Finch at Talladega Superspeedway in April, heads a list of 44 cars entered in the Amp Energy 500.

Keselowski will be back behind the wheel of Finch’s Phoenix Racing No. 09 Chevrolet Impala SS, the same car he drove to a shocking victory at the 2.66-mile speedway last time at this track..

The Amp Energy 500 will be the seventh of 10 races in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, and what many view as the last obstacle to a fourth consecutive Sprint Cup title for points leader Jimmie Johnson, who leads his Hendrick Motorsports teammates Mark Martin by 118 points and Jeff Gordon by 150.

All three of the points leaders finished 30th or worse in the April Talladega race.

For the second race in a row, just 44 cars are entered in this week’s race.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Entry List

Amp Energy 500

Talladega Superspeedway, Nov. 1

• Must qualify on speed

Car number, driver, sponsor, brand, owner

00, David Reutimann, Aaron's Dream Machine, Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing

1, Martin Truex Jr., Bass Pro Shops-Tracker, Chevrolet Impala SS, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

2, Kurt Busch, Miller Lite, Dodge Charger, Penske Championship Racing

5, Mark Martin, Pop-Tarts/Carquest, Chevy, Hendrick Motorsports

6, David Ragan, UPS, Ford Fusion, Roush Fenway Racing

7, Robby Gordon, Jim Beam, Toyota, Robby Gordon Motorsports

07, Casey Mears, Jack Daniel’s, Chevy, Richard Childress Racing

09, Brad Keselowski, Miccosukee Resort & Gaming, Chevy, Phoenix Racing •

9, Kasey Kahne, Budweiser, Dodge, Richard Petty Motorsports

11, Denny Hamlin, FedEx Express, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing

12, David Stremme, Penske Racing, Dodge, Penske

13, Max Papis, GEICO, Toyota, Germain Racing •

14, Tony Stewart, Office Depot, Chevy, Stewart-Haas Racing

16, Greg Biffle, 3M/Filtrete, Ford, Roush

17, Matt Kenseth, Dewalt, Ford, Roush

18, Kyle Busch, M&M’s, Toyota, JGR

19, Elliott Sadler, Stanley, Ford, RPM

20, Joey Logano, Home Depot, Toyota, JGR

24, Jeff Gordon, Dupont/National Guard, Chevy, Hendrick

26, Jamie McMurray, Irwin Marathon, Ford, Roush

29, Kevin Harvick, Shell-Pennzoil, Chevy, RCR

31, Jeff Burton, Caterpillar, Chevy, RCR

33, Clint Bowyer, BB&T, Chevy, RCR

34, John Andretti, Taco Bell, Chevy, Front Row Motorsports

36, Michael McDowell, Wave Energy Drink, Toyota, Tommy Baldwin Racing •

37, Tony Raines, Long John Silver’s Dodge, Front Row Motorsports •

39, Ryan Newman, U.S. Army, Chevy, Stewart-Haas

42, Juan Pablo Montoya, Target, Chevy, EGR

43, Reed Sorenson, Liberty Medical, Dodge, RPM

44, AJ Allmendinger, Best Buy, Dodge, RPM

47, Marcos Ambrose, Little Debbie-Kingsford-Clorox, Toyota, JTG-Daugherty Racing

48, Jimmie Johnson, Lowe's, Chevy, Hendrick

55, Michael Waltrip, NAPA, Toyota, MWR

66, Dave Blaney, The Denny Hamlin Foundation, Toyota, Prism Motorsports •

71, Bobby Labonte, TBA, Chevrolet, TRG Motorsports •

77, Sam Hornish Jr., Mobil 1, Dodge, Penske

78, Regan Smith, Furniture Row, Chevy, Furniture Row Racing •

82, Scott Speed, Red Bull, Toyota, Red Bull Racing •

83, Brian Vickers, Red Bull, Toyota, Red Bull

87, Joe Nemechek, TBA, Toyota, NEMCO Motorsports •

88, Dale Earnhardt Jr., AMP Energy/Get on the 88/National Guard, Chevy, Hendrick

96, Erik Darnell, Academy Sports & Outdoors, Ford, Hall of Fame Racing

98, Paul Menard, Zecol/Menards, Ford, Yates

99, Carl Edwards, Subway, Ford, Roush

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief for SPEEDtv.com, the former Executive Editor of NASCAR Scene and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. He is the author of Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of SPEED, and has appeared on television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association. Jensen is the 1997 National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year and has won numerous national and state awards for news reporting, columns and feature writing. The Answer Man is back at SPEEDtv.com. Tom Jensen answers your questions during every race week and looks forward to hearing from you - please e-mail it to



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