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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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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.

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