Elliott Sadler cannot shake Ricky Stenhouse Jr. For the second consecutive season, Sadler finds himself in familiar territory battling Stenhouse for the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship with two races remaining. Sadler has held the top spot for the last four weeks, but watched the lead dwindle to zero this past weekend at Texas as Stenhouse captured his 18th top five of the season. The duo is now deadlocked with 1,170 points apiece, setting up a dead heat to the finish. Stenhouse holds the current tie-breaker: six wins to Sadler’s four.

Phoenix could be Sadler’s best chance to regain the reins of the top spot. He led 26 laps in March en route to his first of four victories this season.