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Elliott Sadler shakes off sickness for Chicagoland Nationwide win

July 22, 2012

By Jerry Bonkowski
Special for NASCAR Wire Service

JOLIET, Ill. — Elliott Sadler went from sick to stupendous, rallying late to capture Sunday’s STP 300 Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.

Sadler, who also won a $100,000 bonus for the victory, had battled a flu bug for the previous three days, at one point spending 36 hours in bed. But when he arrived at the track Saturday, he felt the worst was behind him and was ready to race.

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No driver has clinched a top-10 position with seven races remaining in the Race to the Chase. But it’s become obvious that it will take a Herculean effort to dislodge one of the fortunate 10. Tenth-place Brad Keselowski has a cushion of 46 points – virtually one whole race – over Carl Edwards. Kasey Kahne and Kyle Busch are 66 and 68 points, respectively, outside the top 10.

Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Greg Biffle and Jimmie Johnson – ranked one through four – pretty much have separated themselves from the pack. Johnson leads fifth-place Denny Hamlin by 28 points. Contrast that with the 15 points separating Hamlin and 10th-place Brad Keselowski.

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Kasey Kahne’s second victory of the season on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway broke up a four-driver deadlock for the two coveted “wild card” qualifying entries into the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™.

Kahne isn’t sure that will be enough to lock up a berth in the post season with seven races remaining until the Chase field is set Sept. 8 at Richmond International Raceway. “Two helps, but three would put you in a real good spot.

We’re going to stay after it,” Kahne said in his post-race media interview.
Kyle Busch currently holds the second “wild card” with a single victory and a rank of 13th in the standings. Ryan Newman, however, is nine points back in 14th with Joey Logano – the third single race winner 11th through 20th in points – is 16th.

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SHOW #211 – Guests: Timothy Peters and Miss Sprint Cup Kim Coon – We recap the Cup Series New Hampshire weekend, Denny Hamlin blows it, Jimmie speaks (or does he), Newman’s have new kid, Carl loses Bob, AJ’s pee review, plus a Chicagoland preview. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie .
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Number Of Companies Now Using NASCAR To Drive Business Is Higher Than In 2008

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 17, 2012) – More Fortune 500 companies are involved in NASCAR than in 2008, according to a recent review of brands currently using the sport to drive business. The analysis looked at companies that either sponsor NASCAR teams, tracks, the sanctioning body, or are media partners. The number of current Fortune 500 companies invested in NASCAR (114) remains higher than any other sport. In 2012 alone, more than 24 brands entered the sport, including a handful of Fortune 500 companies.

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