NASCAR Sprint Cup leaders through May 9:

Points

The Top 12

1, Jeff Gordon, 1,601. 2, Tony Stewart, 1,572. 3, Kurt Busch, 1,546. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 1,465. 5, Denny Hamlin, 1,445. 6, Jeff Burton, 1,384. 7, Kyle Busch, 1,380. 8, Ryan Newman, 1,363. 9, Greg Biffle, 1,345. 10, Matt Kenseth, 1,326.11, Mark Martin, 1,316. 12, Carl Edwards, 1,271.

13, Clint Bowyer, 1,264. 14, Juan Pablo Montoya, 1,255. 15, David Reutimann, 1,232. 16, Kasey Kahne, 1,205. 17, Brian Vickers, 1,188. 18, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1,182. 19, Martin Truex Jr., 1,144. 20, Marcos Ambrose, 1,131.

Money

1, Matt Kenseth, $3,159,263. 2, Kevin Harvick, $2,562,809. 3, Jeff Gordon, $2,339,366. 4, Kyle Busch, $2,331,883. 5, Jimmie Johnson, $2,226,440. 6, Jeff Burton, $1,848,585. 7, Tony Stewart, $1,836,297. 8, Carl Edwards, $1,776,060. 9, Clint Bowyer, $1,694,238. 10, Mark Martin, $1,677,827.

11, Joey Logano, $1,666,505. 12, AJ Allmendinger, $1,662,963. 13, Ryan Newman, $1,658,313. 14, Kasey Kahne, $1,654,372. 15, Greg Biffle, $1,639,188. 16, Juan Pablo Montoya, $1,610,597. 17, Martin Truex Jr., $1,610,184. 18, Reed Sorenson, $1,603,905. 19, Kurt Busch, $1,591,313. 20, Brian Vickers, $1,565,222.

The Indy 500

Sunday

At Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Indianapolis

Lap length: 2.5 miles

(Car numbers in parentheses; all cars Dallara-Honda; r-rookie)

ROW 1

1. (3) Helio Castroneves, 224.864.

2. (6) Ryan Briscoe, 224.083.

3. (10) Dario Franchitti, 224.010.

ROW 2

4. (02) Graham Rahal, 223.954.

5. (9) Scott Dixon, 223.867.

6. (11) Tony Kanaan, 223.612.

ROW 3

7. (5) Mario Moraes, 223.331.

8. (26) Marco Andretti, 223.114.

9. (12) Will Power, 223.028.

ROW 4

10. (7) Danica Patrick, 222.882.

11. (99) Alex Lloyd, 222.622.

12. (2) r-Raphael Matos, 223.429.

ROW 5

13. (15) Paul Tracy, 223.111.

14. (14) Vitor Meira, 223.054.

15. (18) Justin Wilson, 222.903.

ROW 6

16. (27) Hideki Mutoh, 222.805.

17. (20) Ed Carpenter, 222.780.

18. (4) Dan Wheldon, 222.777.

ROW 7

19. (41) A.J. Foyt IV, 222.586.

20. (16) Scott Sharp, 222.162.

21. (67) Sarah Fisher, 222.082.

ROW 8

22. (44) Davey Hamilton, 221.956.

23. (06) r-Robert Doornbos, 221.692.

24. (8) Townsend Bell, 221.195.

ROW 9

25. (17) Oriol Servia, 220.984.

26. (19) Tomas Scheckter, 221.496.

27. (24) r-Mike Conway, 221.417.

ROW 10

28. (43) John Andretti, 221.316.

29. (13) E.J. Viso, 221.164.

30. (23) Milka Duno, 221.106.

ROW 11

31. (00) r-Nelson Philippe, 220.754.

32. (21) Ryan Hunter-Reay, 220.597.

33. (36) r-Alex Tagliani, 221.115.

On the track

All Times PDT

INDY RACING LEAGUE

Indianapolis 500

Site: Indianapolis.

Schedule: Today, practice, Firestone Freedom 100 Indy Lights, pit stop competition (Versus, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.); Sunday, race, 10 a.m (ABC, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.).

Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (oval, 2.5 miles).

Race distance: 500 miles, 200 laps.

Last year: New Zealand's Scott Dixon gave owner Chip Ganassi his third Indy 500 victory, holding off Vitor Meira and Marco Andretti. Dixon started from the pole and led 115 laps in his first Indianapolis win.

Last race: Dixon raced to his 17th series victory, beating Helio Castroneves by 0.71 seconds at Kansas Speedway on April 26.

Fast facts: Castroneves, the 2000 and 2001 winner, took the pole with a four-lap average of 224.864 mph. Acquitted of tax evasion charges in April, the Brazilian is driving the No. 3 car for 14-time Indy winner Roger Penske. Penske teammate Ryan Briscoe qualified second at 224.083, and 2007 winner Dario Franchitti (224.010) locked up the third front-row position for Ganassi. ... Dan Wheldon, the 2005 winner for Andretti Green, qualified 18th for Panther Racing -- second last year with Meira. Wheldon spent the last three years with Ganassi. ... Danica Patrick has three top-10 finishes in four Indy starts. She qualified 10th for Andretti Green. ... Sarah Fisher will start 21st.

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NASCAR

SPRINT CUP

Coca-Cola 600

Site: Concord, N.C.

Schedule: Saturday, practice (Speed, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.); Sunday, race, 2:45 p.m. (Fox, 2-7:30 p.m.).

Track: Lowe's Motor Speedway (quad-oval, 1.5 miles).

Race distance: 600 miles, 400 laps.

Last year: Kasey Kahne snapped a 52-race winless streak in points events, taking advantage of Tony Stewart's late flat tire. Kahne won the non-points All-Star race the previous week at Lowe's.

Last week: Stewart won for the first time as a team owner, breaking through for a $1 million payday in the All-Star race at Lowe's. Stewart passed Matt Kenseth with two laps to go in a thrilling final 10-lap shootout.

Fast facts: Jeff Gordon leads the season standings with 1,601 points, followed by Stewart (1,572), Kurt Busch (1,546) and three-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson (1,465). ... NASCAR's longest race is in its 50th season. Joe Lee Johnson won the first event in 1960, also the first race at the 1.5-mile track. ... Darrell Waltrip won the race a record five times. ... On May 9 in the last points race, 50-year-old Mark Martin won for the second time in the last four events, outlasting Hendrick teammate Johnson at Darlington.