NASCAR Chase For The Cup CHICAGO Watch FREE Live Stream Online & Listen: Live Coverage STARTING GRID, Standings

Today at 2:00 p.m ET from Chicago, Illinois, the NASCAR Chase for the Cup kicks off with the Myafibstory.com 400 from the Chicagoland Speedway. Fans can watch the race on ESPN or live stream it free by clicking this link.

Kyle Busch may be eighth in the Chase standings to start, but he will be at the front of the pack to begin this race. He's followed by Ryan Newman and Carl Edwards, who are second and third respectively, which adds some intrigue. All three are in the middle of the pack or near the bottom of the Chase to start, so they'll be hoping to use their advantage today to shoot to the top.

"We definitely saw the radar and the forecast," Newman said of his qualifying lap, which threatened to be rained out. "Made one (practice) run and switched it over, spent the rest of the time doing mock qualifying runs, knowing we had a chance of that being our actual qualifying position."

Edwards thanked his crew chief for the exceptional starting position. "We started the day thinking this might happen and Jimmy did a great job with a strategy," Edwards said.

"I think that's what all of us are going to have to do thought the Chase -- we're just going to have to get every little bit you can every race weekend."

Chase Standings

RK	DRIVER	POINTS	MONEY	WINS	POLES	TOP 5	TOP 10
1	Brad Keselowski	2012	$5,687,802	4	4	11	13
2	Jeff Gordon	2009	$5,396,935	3	2	9	17
3	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2009	$4,980,554	3	0	11	16
4	Jimmie Johnson	2009	$5,190,260	3	1	8	16
5	Joey Logano	2009	$4,957,925	3	1	10	15
6	Kevin Harvick	2006	$4,882,012	2	5	8	13
7	Carl Edwards	2006	$3,851,927	2	0	6	11
8	Kyle Busch	2003	$4,691,312	1	2	6	9
9	Denny Hamlin	2003	$4,447,751	1	2	6	11
10	Kurt Busch	2003	$3,142,369	1	0	6	7
11	Kasey Kahne	2003	$3,577,644	1	0	3	10
12	Aric Almirola	2003	$3,891,261	1	0	2	6
13	AJ Allmendinger	2003	$3,308,852	1	0	2	4
14	Matt Kenseth	2000	$4,922,844	0	1	10	16
15	Greg Biffle	2000	$4,147,884	0	0	3	10
16	Ryan Newman	2000	$3,233,764	0	0	2	10

 

Starting Grid

POS	DRIVER	MANUFACTURER	CAR	SPEED
1	Kyle Busch	Toyota		N/A
2	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet		N/A
3	Carl Edwards	Ford		N/A
4	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford		N/A
5	Matt Kenseth	Toyota		N/A
6	Clint Bowyer	Toyota		N/A
7	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet		N/A
8	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet		N/A
9	Paul Menard	Chevrolet		N/A
10	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet		N/A
11	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet		N/A
12	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet		N/A
13	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet		N/A
14	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet		N/A
15	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet		N/A
16	Brian Vickers	Toyota		N/A
17	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet		N/A
18	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet		N/A
19	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet		N/A
20	Greg Biffle	Ford		N/A
21	Marcos Ambrose	Ford		N/A
22	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet		N/A
23	Aric Almirola	Ford		N/A
24	Denny Hamlin	Toyota		N/A
25	Brad Keselowski	Ford		N/A
26	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet		N/A
27	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet		N/A
28	Joey Logano	Ford		N/A
29	Casey Mears	Chevrolet		N/A
30	David Gilliland	Ford		N/A
31	Ryan Truex	Toyota		N/A
32	Michael McDowell	Ford		N/A
33	Cole Whitt	Toyota		N/A
34	Josh Wise	Chevrolet		N/A
35	Michael Annett	Chevrolet		N/A
36	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet		N/A
37	Alex Bowman	Toyota		N/A
38	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet		N/A
39	David Ragan	Ford		N/A
40	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	37	N/A
41	Joe Nemechek	Toyota		N/A
42	Travis Kvapil	Chevrolet		N/A
43	Joey Gase	Ford		N/A

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