3 drivers, 1 Nextel Cup title
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Momentum vs. experience vs. opportunity. One will emerge as more significant today when one of three NASCAR drivers claims the 2004 Nextel Cup championship.
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Rookie driver Denny Hamlin hopes to hold his own against the veterans and take the final spot in NASCAR's Chase for the Nextel Cup.
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He leads the Nextel Cup standings despite struggling in the first two races of the championship chase. Should he get through three hours of tailgating unscathed Sunday during the EA Sports 500 at Talladega
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With drivers like Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin in the field for Nascar&#39;s Chase for the Nextel Cup championship, there are plenty of intriguing and compelling story lines to follow.
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No more mulligans. When Nextel Cup leader Kurt Busch was hit by engine failure at Atlanta Motor Speedway and finished 42nd last Sunday, the mishap tightened NASCAR's new 10-race championship format. It also meant each of the 10 drivers in the title chase has had at least one finish of 30th or worse in the first seven events.
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For many Nextel Cup drivers, the real season begins today at California Speedway.
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The Evernham Motorsports driver was fifth in qualifying for tomorrow&#39;s Pop Secret 500, a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race. Kahne was third in qualifying for today&#39;s Target House 300, a Busch Series race.
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NASCAR&#39;s 2004 season comes to a close in Sunday&#39;s Ford 400 with five drivers in contention for the $5.28 million Nextel Cup championship and a storyline for stock-car racing fans of every loyalty.
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Ryan Newman will start tomorrow&#39;s NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race from a familiar spot â-he pole. Newman won his third straight pole and eighth of the season last
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NASCAR instituted a new system this season to determine the Nextel Cup Series champion:
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The reality has set in for both Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. With three drivers ahead of them and one race left to contest, they face extremely long odds of winning the
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New track configuration, same old results for Jimmie Johnson. The defending series champion beat teammate Jeff Gordon on Sunday to win his third straight Nextel Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Courtesy of a five-driver, one-race fight for the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship, many have lauded NASCAR&#39;s new points system a resounding success.
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Jarno Trulli (Toyota), Ralf Schumacher (Toyota), Nico Rosberg (Williams), David Coulthard (Red Bull)...
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Five members of the Andretti family have competed a combined 55 times in the Indianapolis 500. They have won only once.
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With five wins to his name, the most of any Nextel Cup driver, Kasey Kahne is the king of the garage.
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You can bury them in the standings but you can&#39;t break their spirit. Tony Stewart and Jeremy Mayfield, both victimized by Robby Gordon&#39;s retaliatory strike directed at Greg Biffle