Can Bowyer Or Kahne Make History?

Can Bowyer Or Kahne Make History?

Clint Bowyer and Kasey Kahne currently sit in third and fourth place in the NSCS standings, 26 and 29 points, respectively, behind leader Jimmie Johnson.
With three races remaining in the season, for either driver to make up this amount of points would be nothing short of historic – a feat that hasn’t been done since 1990.
After the 1990 Mello Yello 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt sat 49 points behind Mark Martin. However, after finishes of 10th, first and third in the final three races, Earnhardt leapfrogged Martin to capture his fourth title.
But that was under the old points system. If the current points system was used in 1990, the total points Earnhardt would have had to overcome would have been roughly 12. This makes the points difference that Bowyer or Kahne need to overcome to win the championship the largest comeback since the inception of the current position-based points system in 1975.
Kahne has found Victory Lane at two of the three tracks remaining on the schedule. He won at Texas in 2006 and has five top-10 finishes. Last year, he won in the fall Phoenix race and also has five top 10s at the one-mile track.
Bowyer has yet to win in the series at any of three remaining tracks, but he has runner-up finishes at Texas and Phoenix.

Edwards Looks To Snag Another Cowboy Hat

With a victory in this Sunday’s AAA Texas 500, Carl Edwards would add another cowboy hat to his already large collection.
Edwards holds the record for most NSCS wins at Texas Motor Speedway with three. Throw two NASCAR Nationwide Series wins into the mix for a total of five cowboy hats.
Though Edwards isn’t in the 2012 Chase, he could definitely throw a wrench in the plans of any of the contenders planning to use Texas as a springboard to the championship.
With three wins, five top fives and seven top 10s in 15 races, Edwards has the makings of the ultimate spoiler.  In the past three races at the track, he has finishes of third, second and eighth.

Chevrolet Shrugs Off Drought, Nears History

With Jimmie Johnson hounding the points lead and drivers like Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne chipping in top-five finishes for parts of this Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Chevrolet’s 11-race winless drought was easy to overlook.
But the rare streak was actually Chevrolet’s longest in almost 20 years. The last time it went 11 or more races without a win was 1993, when they went 12 consecutive events without a victory.
All that’s forgotten now that Johnson returned to Victory Lane at Martinsville, and could be even more of a distant memory this weekend at Texas.
Chevrolet chases two impressive milestones, both of which could reach fruition this weekend. One, Chevrolet’s next premier series win will be its record-extending No. 700 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
    In addition, Chevrolet can – and likely will – clinch the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Manufacturer’s Championship outright on Friday night. Chevrolet has already clinched the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series manufacturer titles. Adding the truck trophy would give them the first manufacturer sweep since 2005.