This Week's Race

Price Chopper 400

Kansas Speedway

Kansas City, Kan.

When: Sunday, 1 p.m.

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

Race course: 1.5-mile oval

Race distance: 400 miles/267 laps

Forecast: Sunny, 60 degrees

2009 winner: Tony Stewart

2009 polesitter: Mark Martin, 175.758 mph

Track qualifying record:

Matt Kenseth, 180.856 mph

(Oct. 8, 2005)

Track facts: Richard Childress Racing lost an appeal yesterday to overturn the 150-point penalty incurred by driver Clint Bowyer for violations cited after the New Hampshire race, the first race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. NASCAR said the car was too high, but RCR claims a tow truck caused the damage when it moved his car after his victory. RCR can appeal this ruling, which came after a 5-hour hearing, to NASCAR's chief appellate officer . . . This is the third race in the Chase . . . Tony Stewart led only 37 laps, including the final 30, in winning last year. Jeff Gordon was runner-up; Greg Biffle was third . . . Stewart is a two-time winner at Kansas. Other Chasers with Kansas wins: Jeff Gordon, two; Greg Biffle and Jimmie Johnson, one each . . . In non-Chaser Ryan Newman's last five races this season he has one sixth-place finish, three eighths and an 11th. Newman finished ninth in last year's Chase.

Wins: Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson, 6 each; Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch, 3 each; Jamie McMurray and Kurt Busch, 2 each; Ryan Newman, David Reutimann, Greg Biffle, Juan Pablo Montoya, Tony Stewart, Clint Bowyer, 1 each.

SPRINT CUP STANDINGS

Through 28 of 36 races

Behind

Prv. Pts. leader

1. Denny Hamlin. . . 1 5368 -

2. Jimmie Johnson. . . 6 5333 -35

3. Kyle Busch. . . 3 5323 -45

4. Kurt Busch. . . 5 5309 -59

5. Kevin Harvick. . . 2 5303 -65

6. Carl Edwards. . . 7 5295 -73

7. Jeff Burton. . . 9 5288 -80

8. Jeff Gordon. . . 4 5285 -83

9. Greg Biffle. . . 8 5228 -140

10. Tony Stewart. . . 10 5206 -162

11. Matt Kenseth. . . 11 5203 -165

12. Clint Bowyer. . . 12 5133 -235

THE REMAINING RACES

Oct. 10: Pepsi Max 400, Fontana, Calif. (3 p.m., ESPN; 2009 winner: Jimmie Johnson)

Oct. 16: Banking 500, Concord, N.C. (7:30 p.m., 6ABC; 2009 winner: Jimmie Johnson)

Oct. 24: Tums Fast Relief 500, Martinsville, Va. (1 p.m., ESPN; 2009 winner: Denny Hamlin)

Oct. 31: AMP Energy 500, Talladega, Ala. (1 p.m., ESPN; 2009 winner: Jamie McMurray)

Nov. 7: Lone Star 500, Fort Worth, Texas (3 p.m., ESPN; 2009 winner: Kurt Busch)

Nov. 14: Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500, Avondale, Ariz. (3 p.m., ESPN; 2009 winner: Jimmie Johnson)

Nov. 21: Ford 400, Homestead, Fla. (1 p.m., ESPN; 209 winner: Denny Hamlin).

- Bill Fleischman