Richmond Refugees
Richmond Refugees
Because when the checkered flag falls late Saturday night, there will people left behind.
It will not only determine a winner of the event, but also mark the end of the ‘Race for the Chase’.
The field will be set with the ten competitors who will make that final 10-race run in the “Chase for the Nextel Cup’, beginning with the race at New Hampshire.
And while the top six positions are locked in, the positions behind that are still open for discussion. The math shakes out like this:
The most points a winner can score in a race are 190. The drivers ranked seventh to 10th in the standings are all just 145 points or less ahead of 11th-place Ryan Newman. The drivers 11th through 17th in the standings are all 174 points or less behind 10th-place Jamie McMurray.
That means 11 drivers will be battling for the four remaining spots. And 11 drivers racing for four spots equates to a Saturday night short track battle that could make Bristol look tame by comparison. According to Greg Engle ~ Cup Scene Daily.
Among all the drivers who are on the outside looking though, perhaps no one has more motivation then four-time champ Jeff Gordon. Gordon fell from his secure 10th place position to12th-place after his 21st-place finish Sunday at California Speedway. He comes into Richmond 30 points behind McMurray.
“It's intense pressure going into one single race, and you'll remember last year, seeing what all those guys that were battling to get into the top 10 were going through, and seeing what Jeremy Mayfield pulled off,” Gordon said Tuesday.
”I mean, we're kind of in that same situation where, you know, we're not in the best position, but anything is possible, especially on a short track like Richmond.”
Die-hard Nascar fans look at this one like it's the Daytona 500.
BTW...who won the Daytona 500?
Yep, he'll be in it..
Mark
Because when the checkered flag falls late Saturday night, there will people left behind.
It will not only determine a winner of the event, but also mark the end of the ‘Race for the Chase’.
The field will be set with the ten competitors who will make that final 10-race run in the “Chase for the Nextel Cup’, beginning with the race at New Hampshire.
And while the top six positions are locked in, the positions behind that are still open for discussion. The math shakes out like this:
The most points a winner can score in a race are 190. The drivers ranked seventh to 10th in the standings are all just 145 points or less ahead of 11th-place Ryan Newman. The drivers 11th through 17th in the standings are all 174 points or less behind 10th-place Jamie McMurray.
That means 11 drivers will be battling for the four remaining spots. And 11 drivers racing for four spots equates to a Saturday night short track battle that could make Bristol look tame by comparison. According to Greg Engle ~ Cup Scene Daily.
Among all the drivers who are on the outside looking though, perhaps no one has more motivation then four-time champ Jeff Gordon. Gordon fell from his secure 10th place position to12th-place after his 21st-place finish Sunday at California Speedway. He comes into Richmond 30 points behind McMurray.
“It's intense pressure going into one single race, and you'll remember last year, seeing what all those guys that were battling to get into the top 10 were going through, and seeing what Jeremy Mayfield pulled off,” Gordon said Tuesday.
”I mean, we're kind of in that same situation where, you know, we're not in the best position, but anything is possible, especially on a short track like Richmond.”
Die-hard Nascar fans look at this one like it's the Daytona 500.
BTW...who won the Daytona 500?
Yep, he'll be in it..
Mark
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