Chase Spots Up For Grabs At Atlanta, scenarios:
#16-Greg Biffle, #48-Jimmie Johnson, #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. and #17-Matt
Kenseth have locked up spots in the 2012 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint
Cup going into Sunday's race in Atlanta, the penultimate race in the
regular season. Eight other drivers can join them in donning the
black-and-yellow Chase-clinching hat after Sunday's race.
Mathematically, every top-10 Chase spot could be clinched. This week's
magic number is 49. Any driver 49 points ahead of 11th-place leaving
Atlanta (48 points for some, depending on the tie-breaker of wins)
clinches a top-10 spot in the Chase.
Four drivers control their own
top-10 destiny: Kenseth (who already owns AT LEAST a Wild Card spot),
#56-Martin Truex Jr., #15-Clint Bowyer and #2-Brad Keselowski.
Regardless of what any other driver does, Kenseth clinches a top-10 spot
by finishing 40th or better, 41st and at least one lap led or 42nd and
the most laps led.
Truex guarantees himself a top-10 Chase spot with
a 14th-place finish or better, a 15th and at least one lap led or a
16th and the most laps led.
Bowyer needs an 11th, 12th and at least one lap led or 13th and the most laps led.
Keselowski lands a top-10 spot with a seventh-place finish or better,
an eighth and at least one lap led or a ninth and the most laps led.
#11-Denny Hamlin, 29-Kevin Harvick and #14-Tony Stewart could also lock
up top-10 spots, but would need help. A win would lock up at least a
Wild Card spot for Hamlin, Harvick and Stewart. Depending on the final
results from Sunday, Bowyer, Keselowski, Hamlin, Stewart, Kasey Kahne
and Kyle Busch could clinch at least a Wild Card spot
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