{"id":11485,"date":"2014-02-12T23:57:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T04:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=11485"},"modified":"2014-02-12T23:58:06","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T04:58:06","slug":"sprint-unlimited-learn-about-the-drivers-involved-and-rules-for-the-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/02\/12\/sprint-unlimited-learn-about-the-drivers-involved-and-rules-for-the-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprint Unlimited: Entry List, Start Time and Fan Vote Info for the Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8564 aligncenter\" alt=\"daytonacokezero400\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/07\/daytonacokezero400.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/07\/daytonacokezero400.jpg 650w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/07\/daytonacokezero400-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Sprint Unlimited is the predecessor to the Daytona 500, NASCAR&#8217;s famed race that signifies the start of the 2014 racing season.\u00a0Practices will take place on Friday evening, Feb. 14 starting at 5:30 pm ET, and will air on Fox Sports 1.\u00a0The Sprint Unlimited will run on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 8:00 pm\/ET and will also air on Fox Sports 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"When does NASCAR start? Daytona, Speedweeks schedule and coverage info\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/02\/03\/when-does-nascar-start-daytona-speedweeks-schedule-and-coverage-info\/\">For a full schedule of practices leading up to the famed race<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Entry List for Sprint Unlimited:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Terry Labonte *Past Unlimited Winner<\/li>\n<li>Tony Stewart * Past Unlimited Winner<\/li>\n<li>Jamie McMurray<\/li>\n<li>Brad Keselowski<\/li>\n<li>Marcos Ambrose<\/li>\n<li>Danica Patrick<\/li>\n<li>Denny Hamlin<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Harvick<\/li>\n<li>Ricky Stenhouse Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Busch<\/li>\n<li>Kurt Busch<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Newman<\/li>\n<li>Matt Kenseth<\/li>\n<li>Joey Logano<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Gordon<\/li>\n<li>Jimmie Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Dale Earnhardt Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Carl Edwards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How do you qualify to be in the race you ask? You must of had a pole during the prior season, or be a past winner of the race.<\/p>\n<p>A fun part of the event is that fans are able to decide on three components of the race. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nascar.com\/sprintunlimited\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">vote at the NASCAR site<\/a> until February 15, at 6:00 pm\/ET.<\/p>\n<h2>Fan vote:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Race format:<\/strong> 75 laps, three segments. But it could be 30-35-10, 30-30-15, or 30-25-20.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Starting order:<\/strong> Most career poles, 2013 driver points standings, or final Sprint Unlimited practice speeds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Restart order for final segment:<\/strong> Fastest lap over first two segments, most laps led during first two segments, or mandatory pit stops determine the lineup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Sprint Unlimited is a non-points race, but does give the drivers some extra time in the car to prepare for the Daytona 500, which happens only eight days later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sprint Unlimited is the predecessor to the Daytona 500, NASCAR&#8217;s famed race that signifies the start of the 2014 racing season.\u00a0Practices will take place on Friday evening, Feb. 14 starting at 5:30 pm ET, and will air on Fox Sports 1.\u00a0The Sprint Unlimited will run on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 8:00 pm\/ET and will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[786,788],"tags":[708,840],"coauthors":[674],"class_list":{"0":"post-11485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar-topstory","8":"category-news","9":"tag-nascar","10":"tag-sprint-unlimited-2014"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11485"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=11485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}