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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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SHOW #227 – Guest: Jeff Gordon – We recap Chase Race #8 from Texas, discuss all the Brad K and Jimmie J scenarios you can handle, chat with Jeff Gordon, news of the week, plus a full preview of Phoenix for this weekend. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie. (did we mention Jeff Gordon?)

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‘America’s Got Talent’ Judge To Honor 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion
Nov. 30 At Wynn Las Vegas

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (November 6, 2012) – When the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards™ get underway later this month in Las Vegas, superstar comedian, actor, producer, author and judge Howie Mandel will take the stage in another role he is extremely familiar with: show host.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards, which begin at 8 p.m. ET on Nov. 30 with live coverage on SPEED, Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, are the culmination of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week™ and will honor the 2012 champion along with the rest of the top 10 drivers in the final Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ standings.

Mandel, widely known for his role as a judge on the NBC hit reality show “America’s Got Talent,” is as versatile as they come in show business. For more than 30 years, Mandel has succeeded in a wide range of roles across a diverse landscape of entertainment genres. Accomplishments on his illustrious resume include:

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By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

FORT WORTH, Tex. — Kevin Harvick had a lock on the front of the field in Saturday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway, but there was plenty of action behind him.

The class of the field in the 200-lap, 300-mile Nationwide Series race, Harvick won handily, crossing the finish line 1.628 seconds ahead of 18-year-old Ryan Blaney, who made the most of a pit stop for tires on Lap 178.

Polesitter Kyle Busch ran third, followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who erased the six-point series lead Elliott Sadler held when the race began. Stenhouse, the defending Nationwide champion, is tied with Sadler with two races left in the season.

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SHOW #226 – Guest: Joey Coulter – We recap short track racing from Martinsville, break down the final 3 races, news of the week, a full Texas preview, Fantasy picks and more. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie

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