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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Nothing to lose and everything to gain.
 
That’s the enviable position that Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team have earned themselves with four races remaining in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular season.
 
Johnson clinched his 10th consecutive berth in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ at Watkins Glen International. Until the standings reset at Richmond International Raceway on Sept. 15, the five-time Sprint Cup champion is free to pull out all the stops and add to his four 2013 victories – each worth three bonus points when the Chase begins.
 
Added incentive: Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400 (1 p.m. ET, ESPN, MRN Radio, SiriusXM Radio) at Michigan International Speedway, one of five tracks where Johnson has failed to win.
 
Brad Keselowski and Greg Biffle have their own reasons for denying Johnson another victory. Both cling to the bottom rungs of the top 10 – eighth and ninth, respectively. Biffle won at Michigan in June, is the reigning winner of the track’s August race and goes for a fifth victory overall.
 
Michigan native Keselowski looks for a first victory in his “home” race – and a fall back for Chase Wild Card consideration should he drop out of the top 10.
 
Kasey Kahne and Ryan Newman are this week’s Wild Card drivers. Kahne, in 12th, is only three points out of the top 10.
 
The NASCAR Nationwide Series welcomes the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to the schedule this week. The Nationwide Children’s 200 marks the third and final road race of the 2013 season.
 
Penske Racing’s Sam Hornish Jr., an Ohio native, climbed to within three points of series leader Austin Dillon with a second-place finish at Watkins Glen International. Hornish has finished second in three of his most recent four starts.
 
Brendan Gaughan is the only winner in 13 previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events at Michigan International Speedway entered in Saturday’s Michigan National Guard 200. There have been eight consecutive different winners since the streak began in 2005.
 

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