The Sprint Cup Chase field is starting to take form, but to make things a little more interesting, I wanted to take not just this years Sprint Cup Series drivers, but other drivers as well including the Nationwide and Camping World Truck drivers and have come up with a list of the top 20 future drivers in the world.

This list is compromised of drivers from all three major NASCAR series and is not based solely on wins or top 10 finishes, but on pure talent and future possibilities.

In short,I thought to myself if I was starting a NASCAR team, who would I want to build a team around.

Some people might agree with me, but I’m betting most people won’t, don’t be afraid to let me know what you think on Twitter or Facebook.

1. Kyle Busch, (age 27) At such a young age Kyle Busch has already accomplished so much, he is the all-time leader in Nationwide wins with 49, after last year passing Mark Martin’s previous total of 49. He is yet to win a Championship but at such a young age and such a wheel-man of the sport, it seems like only a matter of time before Busch begins to dominate the top level.

2. Brad Keselowski, (age 28) After winning a Nationwide Championship in 2010 Keselowski has quickly became one of the most exciting drivers at the Sprint Cup level, he is only driver with three wins this season and is a close second when it come’s to popularity based on his Twitter account where he has an astounding 275,000 followers, you can follow him @keselowski.

3. Denny Hamlin, (age 31) Another driver who maybe on the cusp of greatness Hamlin has accumulated 19 wins thus far in his Sprint Cup career, he recently inked a new deal with Joe Gibbs Racing. In 2006 Hamlin became the first ever Rookie to qualify for the Chase, where he finished third.

4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (age 24) After the recent departure of Matt Kenseth from Roush Fenway Racing, Stenhouse will step in 2013 to begin his full-time journey at NASCAR’s highest level. He was the 2011 Nationwide Champion and has finished in the top-10 46-times in 88-races for an over 50% ratio, easy to see why Roush Fenway Racing is ready to get things going.

5. James Buescher (age 22) Another young face in the Camping World Truck Series and part-time Nationwide Series, Buescher made it known that he was a force to be reckoned with by winning the Nationwide season opening Daytona race. He has also picked up two wins this season in the Truck Series, winning at Kansas and Kentucky. Right now Buescher is one of the hottest drivers on the market.

6. Austin Dillon (age 22) After winning the 2011 Camping World Truck Series Championship, Richard Childress Racing wasted no time bringing Dillon to the Nationwide level, where he is wasting no time getting acclimated, just last week he picked up his first win in the Nationwide Series at Kentucky. He has also posted 15 top-10′s in 26 total races.

7. Joey Logano (age 22) Another one of the young guns on the Sprint Cup level, Logano has recently been on the hot seat at Joe Gibbs Racing, but a win at Pocono could have changed that. Logano was thought to be the next can’t miss driver/ He became the youngest driver to ever win a Nationwide race (18 yrs 21 days) and the youngest driver to win a Sprint Cup race (19 years, 4 days). It’s easy to see why so many people want a piece of “Sliced Bread.”

8. Landon Cassill (age 22) One of the younger drivers in Sprint Cup, Cassill gets a little pity based on the fact that he drives for an under funded organization (BK Racing). Still, every single week Cassill is in the thick of things, before the start of the season he got his first full-time ride with BK Racing, formerly known as Redbull Racing. It’s only a matter of time before one of the big boys swoops in and signs Cassill to a new deal.

9. Cole Whitt (age 21) The sole fact the Dale Earnhardt Jr. is his boss is good enough to solidify Whitt’s spot on this list. Whitt is another younger driver in the Nationwide Series, who is running his first full-time season for JR Motorsports. With Dale Jr. steering the ship for this young gun, it should only be a matter of time before we see a lot of him in victory lane.

10. Danica Patrick (age 30) It would be easy to dismiss Patrick’s name on this list, but it seems no matter how hard the skeptics try to prove she does not belong in Racing’s highest series, she has made it clear that she does not plan on going anywhere anytime soon. Patrick is currently ninth in points in the Nationwide Series and could be on the cusp of greatness. With Tony Stewart as her boss, it would be hard to bet against her.

11. Aric Almirola (age 28)

12. Nelson Piquet Jr. (age 26)

13. Justin Allgaier (age 26)

14. Trevor Bayne (age 21)

15. Martin Truex Jr. (age 32)

16. David Ragan (age 26)

17. Sam Hornish Jr. (age 33)

18. Regan Smith (age 28)

19. Paul Menard (age 31)

20. Michael McDowell (age 27)

There it is folks, remember don’t get to crazy because Dale Jr., Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle, Jimmy Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick and the other 15 or so superstars from the NASCAR of today, this is the top 20 drivers going forward for the next 20 years and who you would build a team around.

After two months of good racing on some of Nascar’s more exciting tracks, we will be returning to the 1.5 mile D-Oval in Kentucky. Ground was broken on the Kentucky Speedway in the summer of 1998, and the track opened for business in June of 2000. The track surface is asphalt and has 14 degree banking in the corners, 1-10 degrees in the tri-oval and 4 degrees on the straights.

Several racing events were held early on at the track including ARCA Series racing, Indy Cars(IRL), and a Craftsman Truck Series race. In the second year, Kentucky was awarded a Busch Series race which was won by Kevin Harvick.

Track owners filed a law suit in an effort to land a Nextel Cup race later in the 2002, stating that Nascar was violating Anti-Trust regulations by not giving the track a Cup date on the calendar. The law suit was dropped after a three year run and the judge cited that the track owners had failed to make their case. The track was purchased by Bruton Smith and the Speedway Corporation . The speedway continued to carry the Trucks, the Nationwide cars, and the Indy Cars, and after increasing the capacity of the grandstands from 66,000 to 107,000, re-configuring pit road was eventually given a Sprint Cup date in 2011.

Kyle Busch is your defending champion in this race after winning the inaugural race with a race speed of 137.319 miles per hour. There is no Sprint Cup qualifying speed record, as qualifying was rained out last year. Sarah Fisher holds the track speed record of 221.190 mph from the IRL.

The Camping World Truck Series is up first Thursday night with the UNOH 225 at 8:00PM EDT on The Speed Channel. The broadcast begins at 7:30PM EDT for this 150 lap event.

The Nationwide cars are up Friday evening on ESPN2 with the broadcast at 7:00 PM EDT and the green flag around 7:20 PM EDT. The Feed The Childeren 300 is 200 Laps.

Saturday night the broadcast for the Quaker State 400 will begin at 6:30 pm EDT on TNT with the green flag in the air for this 267 lap race at around 7:30 pm EDT.

Look for the Roush Fenway Fords to have a good night here in Kentucky. They typically thrive on these low banked mile and a half ovals. Greg Biffle, currently second in the points standings to teammate Matt Kenseth, posted the team’s most recent intermediate win earlier this spring in Fort Worth. The team’s three drivers have combined for 11 of 12 possible top-10 finishes in this season’s four intermediate races run to date.

Carl Edwards was the top RFR finisher in 2011 at Kentucky, where he was joined in the top 10 by Kenseth. Biffle’s 21st-place finish was just one lackluster part of a lackluster season, the memory of which has been erased by this year’s turnaround in which the Vancouver, Wash., driver has led the points 11 times and never ranked lower than third.

If history means anything, we are probably in for a snoozer on Saturday night. These drivers are too good to mismanage this venue. The track is low banked, and at the lower speeds the banking dictates, I wouldn’t look for too many cautions. The trucks and the younger guys will probably provide the bulk of the weekends excitement. If I had time for only one of the races, I would sit down for the trucks.

This is the venue that Nascar gave us instead of the spring race at Atlanta. I don’t see this race being as good as what we were used to having at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Enjoy!

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