DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 13, 2011) – Only one finish guarantees Carl Edwards his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship – a victory in Sunday’s season-finale Ford 400.

Just three points separate points leader Carl Edwards and second-place Tony Stewart, a margin so tight, no other finish would clinch the title for Edwards regardless of where Stewart finishes.
Stewart owns the tie-breaker (best finishes), and therefore could tie and win his third series championship.
All other drivers are officially eliminated from championship contention.
Edwards’ three-point lead roughly translates to 13 points under the previous points system. That makes it the closest margin between first and second going into the final race in Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ history, and third-closest since the inception of the position-based points structure in 1975.

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1 10 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota
2 9 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford
3 8 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1 / Office Depot Chevrolet
4 14 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Global Mining Chevrolet
5 30 39 Ryan Newman U.S. Army Veterans Day Chevrolet
6 2 43 A J Allmendinger WIX Filters Ford
7 7 00 David Reutimann TUMS Toyota
8 3 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford
9 11 27 Paul Menard Peak / Menards Chevrolet
10 28 33 Clint Bowyer USO / Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet
11 25 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota
12 33 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota
13 29 16 Greg Biffle 3M / Meguiar’s Ford
14 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet
15 26 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet

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