Read more about the article Just Sayin’: Chase Standard Should Be Higher to Avoid Including Drivers Like Buescher
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Just Sayin’: Chase Standard Should Be Higher to Avoid Including Drivers Like Buescher

By Jared Turner NASCAR Should Raise Chase Eligibility Requirements Should NASCAR really include EVERY regular-season winner in the Chase, as long as every winner is also in the top 30 in points at regular season’s end? This year, Sprint Cup rookie Chris Buescher qualified for NASCAR’s playoff on what amounted to little more than a fluke – he won the August Pocono race after his crew chief gambled and left him on track while others came to pit road. With the race more than halfway complete, persistent fog forced NASCAR to call the race official with Buescher scored in the first position.…

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September 26, 2016
Read more about the article Harvick gets stress-relieving Chase victory at New Hampshire
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Harvick gets stress-relieving Chase victory at New Hampshire

Sept. 25, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N.H. – Remember last week, when Kevin Harvick was trapped a lap down at Chicagoland Speedway, finished 20th and fell out of the top 12 in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings? Remember last year, when Harvick crashed at Chicagoland and ran out of fuel while leading at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and had to win at Dover to advance in the Chase? That’s all moot, now that Harvick redeemed himself with a victory in Sunday’s Bad Boy Off Road 300 at New Hampshire, the second race in the Chase.…

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September 26, 2016
Read more about the article Elliott Sadler wins first-ever NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase race at Kentucky Speedway
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Elliott Sadler wins first-ever NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase race at Kentucky Speedway

Sept. 24, 2016 By Chris Knight NASCAR Wire Service SPARTA, KY – A huge push from Daniel Suárez on a restart with four laps to go in Saturday night’s eventful VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 sent Elliott Sadler ahead of Ryan Blaney to win the opening race of the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase at Kentucky Speedway. Sadler’s third win of the season and 13th of his XFINITY Series career was about more than just stamping his way into Round 2 of the Chase. The Emporia, Virginia, native fought for the win while thinking of his mother, Bell, who was released from the hospital Saturday, after…

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September 26, 2016
Read more about the article William Byron wins first-ever NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase race
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William Byron wins first-ever NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase race

Sept. 24, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N. H. – William Byron stole a page from his mentor and team owner, Kyle Busch. Leading 161 of 175 laps in Saturday’s UNOH 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway – the first race in the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase – Byron cruised to victory, the way Busch has done so many times before, and punched his ticket into the Chase's Round of 6. Not that runner-up Christopher Bell, Byron’s stablemate at Kyle Busch Motorsports, didn’t make it interesting in the closing laps. As Byron worked traffic in the…

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September 26, 2016
Read more about the article Milestone Moment: Kurt Busch Kicked Off a Championship Run at NHMS
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Milestone Moment: Kurt Busch Kicked Off a Championship Run at NHMS

By Keith Waltz NASCAR stock car racing entered a new era on Sept. 19, 2004, when New Hampshire Motor Speedway hosted the inaugural race in what is now known as the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Introduced in January 2004, the Chase concept was a revolutionary new method for determining the champion of NASCAR’s premier series. Previously, the title winner was determined by points over the course of the entire season. In this new playoff-style format, the top-10 drivers in points after the first 26 races earned a berth in the Chase. Their points were adjusted and those 10 drivers then…

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September 23, 2016