Menard and Kahne to lead Sprint Unlimited

Paul Menard

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