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dale_earnhardt_jr_pocono_060913_nscsKyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer and Greg Biffle – fourth through eighth and 52 to 73 points behind Jimmie Johnson – all face Chase elimination at Phoenix. Their more realistic goal this season is to net a top-five championship finish. Earnhardt holds the hottest hand among the five with two of his three runner-up Chase finishes coming in the past three races. The two-time Phoenix winner no doubt wishes he could toss out the 35th at Chicagoland Speedway. Junior has finished among the top 10 20 times in 2013 – one fewer than his career season highs of 2003-04.

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2012 Martinsvill March NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Flyoverby Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

Only four more NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season races are left in the Chase for the Championship as the hectic competition moves from its longest track at 2.66-miles around Talladega to the one of the shortest tracks at Martinsville with its .526-mile oval.

Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Va., is not only short with 12-degree banking; it’s shaped like a paperclip with very tight corners at each end. Continue reading “FYI WIRZ: NASCAR Chase Chances Slim Heading Into Martinsville Short Track”

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kyle_busch_kansasNo driver needs a bounce-back performance this week more than Kyle Busch, whose championship hopes took a hit with a 34th-place finish in Kansas – the track’s third consecutive race in which Busch was felled by accident. Busch dropped from third to fifth in the standings, 35 points behind Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Matt Kenseth. Busch has yet to win at Charlotte and finished 38th in May’s Coca-Cola 600.