Martin Back in Chase for NASCAR Title
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Dale Earnhardt Jr, right, talks with Matt Kenseth, left, during a break in practice at Lowe&#39;s Motor Speedway in Concord, NC, Thursday Oct. 14, 2004 before qualifying for Saturday&#39;s UAW-GM Quality 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race.
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Rusty Wallace is the leader among active drivers at Martinsville Speedway with seven career victories, and even he&#39;s unsure how the track&#39;s new surface will respond to racing on Sunday.
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As Mark Martin completed his 400th and final lap of the Chevy Rock &amp; Roll 400 last Saturday, his crew members, watching their man from atop the pit road wall at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, jumped up and down in celebration.
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Jeremy Mayfield last night earned a spot in NASCAR&#39;s new Chase for the Championship the old-fashioned way. Down to his last chance and with the pressure on, the former Fairgrounds
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Ryan Newman still believes there's time to get back into the Nextel Cup title chase.
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MARTINSVILLE, Virginia (Ticker) - Ryan Newman is probably too far back in the &quot;Chase for the Championship&quot; to seriously contend for the title.
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Mark Martin has decided he isn't ready to slow down.
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Jimmie Johnson grabbed a victory last night at California Speedway in Fontana, clinching a spot in NASCAR's Chase for the Nextel Cup Championship and guaranteeing he will be no worse than a tie for the top seed in the 10-race playoff.
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Well, it may not be a typical playoff format, but NASCAR Nextel Cup&#39;s 10-race championship chase officially begins today. The Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway is the first
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Jimmie Johnson thought he needed a victory to jump back into contention for the Nextel Cup championship.
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Concord, NC (Sports Network) - Veteran Mark Martin (45) became the latest Nextel Cup driver to announce his future retirement plans.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va., Oct. 20 -- The good news for the drivers chasing Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson in the Nextel Cup Series championship is that five opportunities remain to cut into their lead and ruin their season-long domination.
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After seven months and 26 races, NASCAR&#39;s Nextel Cup series is finally ready to get down to the business of deciding a champion.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. is back on top of the points standings for the first time in three months. How long he can stay there remains to be seen.
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RICHMOND -- The color-coded points standings, flickering on the flat-screen displays in Richmond International Raceway's media center throughout last night's Chevy Rock &amp; Roll 400, made it simple to follow the Chase for the Nextel Cup.
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For five drivers and a multitude of fans, NASCAR&#39;s biggest race has moved to the southern edge of this state. In the inaugural year of the Chase for the Nextel Cup - a 10-race, bunched-together-by-points playoff
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Mark Martin calls Sunday&#39;s EA Sports 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway &quot;the wild card&quot; race in deciding NASCAR&#39;s first Nextel Cup champion.