Jeff Gordon rolled to a relatively easy victory in an otherwise spectacular day at Pocono, and in doing so, get in position game.
Look closely at the numbers. If Gordon is not among the top 10, no other driver in the range of 11-20 that has even a single victory, much less two. So if you can not make it through the 10, almost certainly there. In fact, the only man, even with a slight chance of making 20 with a win is Brad Keselowski, who lost a position and is now in 22 th place, 13 points behind Martin Truex Jr. by 20.Keselowski If not for the first 20 that suddenly brings a lot of pressure on Denny Hamlin and take home a victory. Hamlin is a trendy choice to win the Chase through, and for good reason, in 2010, won almost a quarter of the races of the season. But if Gordon can not break the top 10 and flows into Keselowski, who leaves Hamlin outside looking in
There are still 12 races before the Chase, of course, and Hamlin has been on a steady upward trend. So if he and Gordon is able to bridge this gap between themselves and 10 - Hamlin has only nine points behind Newman - who is Stewart-Haas teammates Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman in the crosshairs.
However, Gordon has a specific reason for wanting to enter the top 10. If you qualify his way into the Chase points instead of wins, he'll get three bonus points for each of those victories. Wild-card winners do not get extra points for their victories.
With a career efficient, effective, Gordon severe pressure worldwide from position 8 (Clint Bowyer, 419 points) at position 20. And given the fact that motor disorders Carl Edwards on the track demolished his lead from 40 to six, which promises to be an exciting race for both the Game and the championship of the season ahead even last a couple of weeks .
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Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Newman, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch
