Brad Keselowski (2) and Kyle Busch (18) lead the field to the green flag to start June’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway. Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images
DOVER, DE – “Now or never,” “survive and advance,” “all or nothing,” whatever you want to call it, it’s crunch time this weekend for the majority of the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup drivers.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Dover International Speedway on Sunday for the AAA 400, the final race of the Challenger Round. Following the event, the four winless championship-qualifying drivers lowest in points will be eliminated from title contention. The remaining 12 drivers will advance to The Contender Round and their points will be reset to 3,000.
The points couldn’t be tighter, and only one thing is assured – Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski have locked up a spot in the next round.
Everyone else? We’ll soon find out.
Right now, Ryan Newman clings onto the final Contender Round spot, ahead of Denny Hamlin (-6 points), Greg Biffle (-6), Kurt Busch (-8) and Aric Almirola (-10), but their fates are far from set in stone.
The bubble extends across the bottom half of the Chase Grid with a mere 12 points separating eighth-place Matt Kenseth from Almirola. That’s tight. Bold, italicized, underlined tight.
Jeff Gordon sits comfortably in the seventh spot on the Chase Grid, 15 points ahead of the cutoff line and would advance with finishes of 14th or better, regardless of anyone else’s result.
NASCAR Nationwide Series: RCR Is JR Motorsports Biggest Threat To The Title
After a strong showing by Richard Childress Racing’s Brendan Gaughan, Brian Scott and Ty Dillon last weekend at Kentucky that had the trio finishing 1-2-3 respectively, it is evident RCR is the biggest threat to the JR Motorsports drivers Chase Elliott and Regan Smith as far as the NASCAR Nationwide Series title is concerned.
With just six races remaining in the 2014 season, Chase Elliott holds on to the standings lead by 20 points over Regan Smith in second and 38 points ahead of third place, Ty Dillon. Just behind his RCR teammate is Brian Scott sitting fourth, 55-points back from the standings lead. All within striking distance.
In a season that has seen JR Motorsports win nine of the 27 races, last weekend’s victory by Richard Childress Racing may have been a shift in momentum with six races remaining in the 2014 season. Gaughan’s second win of the season and fourth for the RCR organization in 2014 is the beginning of a late season swing.
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Ty Dillon’s championship focus couldn’t be much clearer.
“Win races,” said Dillon. “We have the capability of doing so; we just need to win races. I think this past weekend in Kentucky really showed that we can lead laps, we can run in the top five and we’re still in contention for this championship.”
It took a late season run by RCR’s Austin Dillon to win the title in 2013; he was 15 points back from the standings lead with six races remaining in the season. Brother Ty has twice that to overcome, dictating a near flawless half-dozen races for the No. 3 team to charge up the series standings.
Ty Dillon has made three starts at Dover posting two top 10s and an average finish of 13.0. Brian Scott won his first NASCAR national series career race in the NCWTS at Dover in 2009. He has made nine NNS starts at Dover posting one top five, and four top 10s.
Chase Elliott made his series track debut at Dover earlier this season, starting second and finished fifth.
NASCAR Camping World Trucks: Peters Goes For Repeat In Las Vegas
Timothy Peters played his cards right last year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, jumping to the lead on the final restart to take home his second checkered flag of the season.
Currently winless in 2014, Peters returns to Vegas on Saturday where he will roll the dice in the Rhino Linings 350, looking to defend his title and build on a season highlighted by four top-five and eight top-10 finishes.
Last year’s performance in Las Vegas was no fluke for the Red Horse Racing driver. In six career starts at the 1.5-mile track, Peters boasts four top-10 finishes, including three top-five showings.
The 34-year-old could use some momentum after finishing 11th at Loudon. Although steady with an average finish of 12.4, he has not finished in the top five since his fourth-place showing at Kentucky in June. Peters ranks eighth in the series standings with only six races to go – one point behind Ben Kennedy for the seventh spot.
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