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Fact: Their numbers equal 86
Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch began the 2013 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup as the prohibitive favorites to claim the championship title. After one race, the trio remains at the top of the leaderboard with Kenseth adding a season-high sixth win to his resume. Johnson and Busch finished fifth and second, respectively, at Chicagoland. In the standings, Busch is eight points behind Kenseth, while Johnson sits three markers further back.
Current points leader, Matt Kenseth, is set to earn a career milestone this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when he looks to make his 500th Sprint Cup Series start in Sunday’s Sylvania 300. Kenseth made his debut in the series in 1998, and has spent 14 full seasons at NASCAR’s top level. Kenseth will be driving a special 500th start paint scheme aboard his No. 20 Home Depot Husky Toyota for this weekend’s race events in Loudon, and will be looking to earn his seventh win of the season in this milestone start.
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Better late than never…
1 10 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota
2 12 18 Kyle Busch Doublemint Toyota
3 17 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Designate a Driver Chevrolet
4 16 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row / Serta Chevrolet
5 9 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
Continue reading “2013 NASCAR CUP CHASE RACE #1 RESULTS, CHICAGOLAND – MATT KENSETH WINS”
RACE RECAP | CHICAGOLAND
10 Ryan Newman*
9 Clint Bowyer*
8 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
7 Brad Keselowski
6 Jeff Gordon* recovered from a lap down, blown tire
5 Jimmie Johnson*
4 Kurt Busch*
3 Kevin Harvick*
2 Kyle Busch*
Continue reading “Chase Leader Matt Kenseth Dominates Night Portion At Chicagoland”
Matt Kenseth enters this year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ as the No. 1 seed based upon his five regular season victories. Kenseth starts the 10-race postseason with 2,015 points, three more than second- and third-seeded Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch. Johnson, in pursuit of his sixth championship, has won 22 of 90 Chase races, a winning percentage of .244.
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