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Nov. 11, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

AVONDALE, Ariz. — Brad Keselowski has long since proven he’s an elite talent behind the wheel and a glib, if somewhat irreverent analyst in front of the microphone.

Now we can add prophecy to his list of accomplishments.

We can also add fisticuffs to the repertoires of the Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon crews, who brawled in the garage after Gordon wrecked Bowyer and dashed his championship hopes on the next to last scheduled lap.

Continue reading “Harvick Wins, Keselowski Takes Command, Johnson Wrecks At Phoenix”

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Johnson’s Bid For Title No. 6 In High Gear But Keselowski Hangs Tough

It hardly was easy but Jimmie Johnson scored maximum points – 48 – for the second consecutive race to open a seven-point advantage over primary championship rival Brad Keselowski.

Johnson passed leader Keselowski on the final, green-white-checker restart to capture Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Keselowski finished second. Is Johnson on his way to a sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup title? You can look at it two ways.

Continue reading “Jimmie Johnson Vs. Brad Keselowski Heading Into Phoenix”

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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.

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