This Week's Race

NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Concord, N.C.

When: Saturday, 7 o'clock

TV/Radio: Speed/WNPV (1440-AM), WDSD (94.7-FM), ESPN (950-AM)

Race course: 1.5-mile oval

Race distance:

100 laps/150 miles

2009 pole: Jimmie Johnson

2009 winner: Tony Stewart

Track facts: The All-Star race is a non-points event. The winner collects $1 million . . . NASCAR yesterday placed Clint Bowyer on probation until June 16 for aggressive driving during Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway. After Bowyer's car was clipped by Denny Hamlin's late in the race, Bowyer raced out of the pits and slammed into Hamlin. NASCAR parked Bowyer for the remainder of the race . . . NASCAR also suspended two Truck Series crew members indefinitely for violation of its substance-abuse policy, Clint Carter, of driver Willie Dodge's No. 46 team, and Jeremy Wilbert, of Geoff Bodine's No. 95 team . . . Matt Kenseth's third place at Dover was his best finish since a fifth at Bristol in the season's fifth race . . . David Reutimann's fifth place at Dover was his best since a fifth in the season-opening Daytona 500 . . . Weird stat of the week: Kasey Kahne's last four finishes are two 21sts, followed by two 20ths.

Wins: Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin, 3 each; Kyle Busch, 2; Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Jamie McMurray, 1 each.

SPRINT CUP STANDINGS

Through 12 of 36 races

Prv. Pts. Back

1. Kevin Harvick. . . 1 1768 -

2. Kyle Busch. . . 3 1699 -69

3. Matt Kenseth. . . 5 1642 -126

4. Jimmie Johnson. . . 2 1637 -131

5. Denny Hamlin. . . 6 1618 -150

6. Jeff Gordon. . . 4 1605 -163

7. Greg Biffle. . . 7 1581 -187

8. Jeff Burton. . . 9 1569 -199

9. Kurt Busch. . . 8 1531 -237

10. Carl Edwards. . . 11 1487 -281

11. Mark Martin. . . 10 1475 -293

12. Martin Truex Jr.. . . 13 1434 -334

13. Ryan Newman. . . 14 1404 -364

14. Tony Stewart. . . 18 1397 -371

15. Clint Bowyer. . . 15 1392 -376

16. Dale Earnhardt Jr.. . . 12 1391 -377

17. Jamie McMurray. . . 16 1346 -422

18. Joey Logano. . . 19 1332 -436

19. Juan Montoya. . . 17 1322 -446

20. David Reutimann. . . 24 1262 -506

Up next: Coca-Cola 600, May 30, Charlotte Motor Speedway, 5 p.m.; TV: Fox; last year's winner: David Reutimann.

- Bill Fleischman