NASCAR : Chase for the Sprint Cup Standings Update | Oct 9 2008
The NASCAR nation sets its sights on Lowe’s Motor Speedway this Saturday night as the Chase for the Cup rages on. With just six races left in the 2008 schedule it is still wide open. With 4 drivers separated by 100 points, and all 12 drivers in the chase separated by less than 400 points, it truly is anybody’s cup. A NASCAR Sprint Cup win is worth 185 points, add on the 5 points for leading a lap and another 5 points for leading the most laps and conceivably the race winner will walk away with 195 points for the win.
Certainly, the bottom of those guys in the Chase standings need some help from the drivers who are ahead of them. If 12th placed Denny Hamlin wins at Lowe’s and 1st placed Jimmie Johnson comes in 2nd, the difference would be too big to be made up in six races. So, the Chase is wide open, but from 6th placed on down, they would need some help from the top 5 to get it done.
Here is the TOP 5 in the chase heading into Saturday nights race at Lowe’s.
1) Jimmie Johnson
2) Carl Edwards (-72)
3) Greg Biffle (-77)
4) Jeff Burton (-99)
5) Clint Bowyer (-152)
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Tags: Chase, Jimmie Johnson, Lowe's Motor Speedway, NASCAR, Sprint Cup
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