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FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Chase shuffles final contenders with scant points for all

by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

The regular NASCAR season of 26 races is over and 12 drivers have qualified for the 2012 Chase for the Sprint Cup championship playoffs after an early morning finish dictated by sporadic rain in Richmond.

Denny Hamlin vaulted to the top spot with his four wins, but Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, and Brad Keselowski are back only three points with their hat trick win totals.

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NASCAR has all Top 12 Chase Drivers working hard over the next week visiting the 10 racetracks hosting chase races, NYC, ESPN, and HOB Chicago.

Sept. 10
New York City – Jimmie Johnson

Sept. 11
ESPN – Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Chicago – Brad Keselowski
New Hampshire – Denny Hamlin
Dover – Kasey Kahne
Talladega – Kevin Harvick
Kansas – Martin Truex Jr.
Martinsville – Greg Biffle
Texas – Clint Bowyer
Phoenix – Jeff Gordon
Homestead-Miami – Matt Kenseth

Sept. 18
Charlotte – Tony Stewart

On Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 11:15 a.m. CT, all 12 drivers will be at the House of Blues in Downtown Chicago for the annual 2012 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Media Day.

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Three competitors have clinched seeded spots in this year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ and another – 2003 champion Matt Kenseth – moves to the post season with at least a “wild card” entry. Current points leader Greg Biffle, five-time champion Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. locked up Chase berths at Bristol Motor Speedway over the weekend.

For Biffle, it’s redemption after failing to qualify a year ago. Johnson continues to be the only driver to qualify in each of the nine seasons since the Chase format was adopted in 2004. Earnhardt is in for the second straight year and fifth time overall. Kenseth, a Chase qualifier for the eighth time, and other members of the current top 10 can lock up top-10 positions by holding leads of at least 49 points over 11th place following Sunday’s AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (depending on which driver is in 11th and who wins Sunday’s race, some drivers can leave with a 48-point lead and still clinch a top-10 spot).

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