Six of the 12 Chase drivers qualified in the top 10 for the GEICO 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, the starting spots for the 12 chasers:
[by current points standings]:
1) #18-Kyle Busch, 9th
2) #29-Kevin Harvick, 30th
3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 23rd
4) #17-Matt Kenseth, 1st
5) #99-Carl Edwards, 5th
6) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 12th
7) #22-Kurt Busch, 3rd
8) #39-Ryan Newman, 4th
9) #14-Tony Stewart, 26th
10) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 19th
11) #2-Brad Keselowski, 6th
12) #11-Denny Hamlin, 27th
(9-17-2011)
