Go Time In Final Race Of Challenger Round
“Now or never,” “survive and advance,” “all or nothing,” whatever you want to call it, it’s crunch time this weekend
for the majority of the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup drivers.
The
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Dover International Speedway on
Sunday for the AAA 400 (2 p.m. ET on ESPN), the
final race of the Challenger Round. Following the event, the four
winless championship-qualifying drivers lowest in points will be
eliminated from title contention. The remaining 12 drivers will advance
to The Contender Round and their points will be reset
to 3,000.
The points couldn’t be tighter, and only one thing is assured – Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski have locked up a spot
in the next round.
Everyone else? We’ll soon find out.
Right now, Ryan Newman clings onto the final Contender Round spot, ahead of Denny Hamlin (-6 points), Greg Biffle (-6),
Kurt Busch (-8) and Aric Almirola (-10), but their fates are far from set in stone.
The bubble extends across the bottom half of the Chase Grid with a mere 12 points separating eighth-place Matt Kenseth
from Almirola. That’s tight. Bold, italicized, underlined tight.
Jeff Gordon sits comfortably in the seventh spot on the Chase Grid, 15 points ahead of the cutoff line and would advance
with finishes of 14th or better, regardless of anyone else’s result.
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