Paul Menard will lead the Sprint Unlimited field to green
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The lineup has been set for Saturday's Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway (8:15 p.m. ET, FOX).
Paul Menard and Kasey Kahne will be on the front row as was revealed during a lineup drawing Friday afternoon.
The 75-lap race will be split into two segments this season with a competition caution coming at Lap 25 to separate the segments of the non-points event.
Denny Hamlin won the race last season, edging Brad Keselowski by 0.197 seconds for the victory.
This year's field was expanded to 25 drivers with eligible drivers including all 2014 Coors Light Pole Award winners, 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers as well as former Sprint Unlimited race winners and former Daytona 500 pole winners who competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series full-time in 2014. The remaining spots in the field were filled by drivers highest in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver standings who are not already eligible.
Four eligible drivers chose not to participate in this year's event: Brian Scott, David Gilliland, Brian Vickers and AJ Allmendinger. Their absences opened up spots for Clint Bowyer, Paul Menard, Casey Mears and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to make the field via 2014 driver points.
The full lineup of 25 drivers is as follows:Pos
Car
Driver
Team
1
No. 27
Paul Menard
Richard Childress Racing
2
No. 5
Kasey Kahne
Hendrick Motorsports
3
No. 22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
4
No. 2
Brad Keselowski
Team Penske
5
No. 18
Kyle Busch
Joe Gibbs Racing
6
No. 3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
7
No. 16
Greg Biffle
Roush Fenway Racing
8
No. 4
Kevin Harvick
Stewart-Haas Racing
9
No. 11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
10
No. 78
Martin Truex Jr.
Furniture Row Racing
11
No. 24
Jeff Gordon
Hendrick Motorsports
12
No. 31
Ryan Newman
Richard Childress Racing
13
No. 41
Kurt Busch
Stewart-Haas Racing
14
No. 19
Carl Edwards
Joe Gibbs Racing
15
No. 10
Danica Patrick
Stewart-Haas Racing
16
No. 20
Matt Kenseth
Joe Gibbs Racing
17
No. 48
Jimmie Johnson
Hendrick Motorsports
18
No. 15
Clint Bowyer
Michael Waltrip Racing
19
No. 43
Aric Almirola
Richard Petty Motorsports
20
No. 17
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Roush Fenway Racing
21
No. 1
Jamie McMurray
Chip Ganassi Racing
22
No. 14
Tony Stewart
Stewart-Haas Racing
23
No. 13
Casey Mears
Germain Racing
24
No. 88
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Hendrick Motorsports
25
No. 42
Kyle Larson
Chip Ganassi Racing