Final 10 tracks in title chase favor Gordon
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Four-time champion Jeff Gordon has the best chance of winning his fifth title at the end of NASCAR&#39;s playoff-style 10-race Chase for the Nextel Cup based on past performances, USA TODAY database research shows.
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NEW YORK - Four-time champion Jeff Gordon will make the 500th start of his NASCAR career in Sunday's Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway, dating to the 1992 season finale in Atlanta, which was the last stop in the retirement tour of seven-time champion Richard Petty .
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Martin Truex Jr., Dale Earnhardt Jr.âs teammate for now, has had the best run of his budding career, surging to 10th place in the driver standings.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. Â· Ryan Newman on Friday put himself in position to make up ground in NASCAR&#39;s Chase for the Championship by winning the pole for Sunday&#39;s Subway 500.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Jeff Gordon may be the favorite in the Nextel Cup points race, and heâs won five times at Martinsville Speedway, but Ryan Newmanâs Dodge is blowing away Gordonâs Chevy on qualifying day.
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If experience counted for everything, Jeff Gordon would be a lock to win Nascar's first 10-man, 10-race championship playoff.
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For the six drivers who already are guaranteed a spot in NASCAR&#39;s 10-race championship chase, Saturday night&#39;s Chevy Rock and Roll 400 amounts to nothing more than just another race.
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Two Fords take on three Chevrolets in Sunday&#39;s NASCAR Nextel Cup finale at Homestead-Miami speedway, and while Kurt Busch has it all to lose, having led the final 10-race âChase for the Nextel Cup&#39; right from the start, fifth-placed Mark Martin is under
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As the second-to-last race of the Nextel Cup season, Sunday&#39;s race at Darlington Raceway will play an important role in determining the champion of NASCAR&#39;s top series.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - 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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LOUDEN, NH -- Right now, things are going Jeff Gordon&#39;s way. That should enhance his chances of winning a fifth NASCAR championship.
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Jeff Gordon has a chance to tie the late Dale Earnhardt&#39;s record of three victories at restrictor-plate racetracks in one season.
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Jeff Gordon, seeking a victory that would tie him with the late Dale Earnhardt in career wins, found himself a lap behind the leaders through 65 laps of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday.
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With just three races to go before NASCAR's 10-race playoff series begins, drivers are scrambling to become eligible to race for the Nextel Cup Championship. Bristol Motor Speedway, a high-banked .0533-mile bullring, could be the one track that makes or breaks many teams' title hopes.
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Jimmie Johnson took advantage of a pit mistake by Jeff Gordon's team and won the final Southern 500 on Sunday, making the tightest championship chase in NASCAR history even closer with one race remaining.
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If experience counted for everything, Jeff Gordon would be a lock to win NASCAR's first 10-man, 10-race championship playoff.
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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.