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The Highest Paid NASCAR Drivers According To Forbes

March 14, 2013 by thefinallap 1 Comment

How much do your favorite NASCAR drivers take home on their paychecks? According to Forbes here’s your top 10 highest paid drivers

10 Brad Keselowski $11.4 million

9 Kasey Kahne $12 million

8 Kyle Busch $12.5 million

7 Danica Patrick $12.9 million

6 Kevin Harvick $13 million

5 Carl Edwards $13.7 million

4 Jeff Gordon $18 million

3 Tony Stewart $18.7 million

2 Jimmie Johnson $23 million

1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the highest paid driver for the 5th straight year, earning $25.9 million bucks

SOURCE: FORBES

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NASCAR Adds Manufacturer To Drivers Name On Windshields

February 6, 2013 by thefinallap 2 Comments

There’s nothing more exciting than news and photos about NASCAR windshields, so try to contain your excitement here. NASCAR is adding manufacturers logos to the drivers names on top of the Gen-6 windshields. Please, share amongst your friends, lets get this to go viral.

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Video: Driver Post Race Reactions From Phoenix

November 11, 2012 by thefinallap 3 Comments

Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson and others talk about an eventful race in Phoenix.

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Fire Up The Toaster, Championship Field Down To 10; Likely To Further Shrink In Phoenix

November 9, 2012 by thefinallap

Championship Field Down To 10; Likely To Further Shrink In Phoenix
Texas eliminated two Chase qualifiers, Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. More are likely to follow on Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. The mathematical cut-off with one race remaining is 49 points. Only Keselowski and Clint Bowyer (-36) currently are within that window. Fourth-place Kasey Kahne (-58) must net 10 points on Johnson to take his slim title hopes to the Nov. 18 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Phoenix likely will end reigning champion Tony Stewart’s bid for a fourth crown. Stewart is eighth, 80 points off the lead.

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FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’S Chase Has Shrunk Top Contenders To Three For Last Two Races

November 8, 2012 by thefinallap 1 Comment

by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series has a season 36 races long that begins in winter and stretches about one month short of the start of the next winter. But that long schedule is down to two races with only three of the top leaders with a good shot at winning the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

With 96 total points up for grabs, only two of 12 contenders are mathematically eliminated, but seven of that dozen are 58 to 83 points back with little chance of advancing.