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The Chase for the Sprint Cup saw a shake-up this last weekend with Denny Hamlin winning the 2010 NSCS at Texas. Hamlin now sits atop the the Sprint Cup standings with 33 points separating him from four-time champion Jimmie Johnson. Hamlin has won 8 races this season with Sunday being his second win of the year at Texas Motor Speedway. The 29-year-old Joe Gibbs race car driver has never won the Sprint Cup in his career, but did finish 3rd in 2006. I for one would love to see Hamlin win it all just to break Johnson’s stranglehold on the sport. Johnson’s dominance is incredibly impressive, but some change would give new life to NASCAR. Hamlin is having a career year and deserves to be the champ. The Chase will come down to the Kobalt Tools 500 in Phoenix and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in Miami later this month.

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After four races, the focus seems to be getting sharper on who are the haves and the have-nots of the 2010 Chase for the Sprint Cup -- and the spotlight is on a familiar target.

Four-time champion Jimmie Johnson has again asserted himself as the alpha male of the group, jumping to a 36-point lead on second place Denny Hamlin.

Just two other drivers -- Kevin Harvick in third and Jeff Gordon in fourth -- have managed to stay within 100 points while California race winner Tony Stewart stands 107 points out.

Bbehind them, nothing short of some significant bad luck for the front runners coupled with a stream of top-five runs will allow the drivers sixth or lower to return to contention.

 

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The 2010 Chase for Sprint Cup is set with the conclusion of Saturday night's Air Guard 400 in Richmond, Va. Which NASCAR drivers made the Chase for the Sprint Cup and who was left out?

Prior to Saturday's Air Guard 400, 12th place Clint Bowyer held a 117-point advantage over 13th place Ryan Newman for the final spot in the playoff that begins next weekend in New Hampshire. Bowyer did enough Saturday to make the field ahead of Newman.

The 10 races in the Chase pit the 12 drivers with the highest regular season points against each other, while racing in the standard field of 43 cars.

The unofficial standings and field for the start of the Chase are as follows:

1 Denny Hamlin 5060
2 Jimmie Johnson 5050
3 Kevin Harvick 5030
- Kyle Busch 5030
5 Kurt Busch 5020
6 Tony Stewart 5010
- Greg Biffle 5010
8 Jeff Gordon 5000
- Carl Edwards 5000
- Jeff Burton 5000
- Matt Kenseth 5000
- Clint Bowyer 5000

 

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