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Home , Aric Almirola, Brad Keselowski, Darian Grubb, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon

THE CHASE FIELD 2014 Jack McCarthy’s quick hit Chicagoland W T5 T10 P Keselowski, 30, won the 2012 championship, W T5 T10 P 2 Ford 4 11 13 4 his only title, and was 14th last year. 1 2 3 0 W T5 T10 P Four-time series champ Gordon, 43, made his 750th W T5 T10 P 24 3 9 17 2 consecutive career start Aug. 30 at Atlanta. 1 6 8 1 JR. W T5 T10 P Earnhardt, 39, clinched a berth with a season-opening win W T5 T10 P 88 Chevrolet 3 11 16 0 at Daytona. His three wins are his most since 2004 (six). 1 3 5 0 W T5 T10 P Johnson, 38, is a six-time NASCAR champion (five in a row W T5 T10 P 48 Chevrolet 3 8 16 1 from 2006 and 2010 and another in 2013). 0 7 10 2 W T5 T10 P He was the youngest to win the pole at Chicagoland W T5 T10 P 22 Ford 3 10 15 1 Speedway last September at age 23. 0 0 1 1 W T5 T10 P Harvick, 38, won Chicagoland’s first top-level race in 2001 W T5 T10 P 4 Chevrolet 2 8 13 6 and repeated in ’02. He’s the only back-to-back winner. 2 7 8 0 W T5 T10 P Edwards, 35, matched in season points with W T5 T10 P 99 Ford 2 6 11 0 2,403 in 2011 but lost the Sprint Cup on a tiebreaker. 0 3 3 0 W T5 T10 P Busch, 29, is the only driver with a sweep at Chicagoland, W T5 T10 P 18 1 6 9 3 winning Nationwide and Sprint Cup races in 2008. 1 4 4 1 W T5 T10 P Crew chief returns from a six-race suspension W T5 T10 P 11 Toyota 1 6 11 2 after Hamlin’s car failed inspection Sept. 6 0 1 2 0 W T5 T10 P Busch, 36, won the 2004 championship in the first year of W T5 T10 P 41 Chevrolet 1 6 7 0 the Chase but has no wins at Chicagoland in 13 tries. 0 1 7 0 W T5 T10 P Kahne, 34, has qualified for the Chase in three consecutive W T5 T10 P 5 Chevrolet 1 3 10 0 years. His best finish was fourth in 2012. 0 2 3 0 W T5 T10 P It’s his first Chase appearance. Almirola, 30, also will race W T5 T10 P 43 Ford 1 2 6 0 in Saturday’s Nationwide race. 0 0 0 0 AJ ALLMENDINGER W T5 T10 P Allmendinger, 32, drives for JTG Daughtery and is the second W T5 T10 P 47 Chevrolet 1 2 4 0 one-car team to make the Chase in its 11-year history. 0 0 0 0 W T5 T10 P Kenseth, 42, was the oldest to claim the W T5 T10 P 20 Toyota 0 10 16 1 at Chicagoland in 2011 at 39. 1 3 5 1 W T5 T10 P A 19th-place finish at Richmond was enough to get Biffle, W T5 T10 P 16 Ford 0 3 10 0 44, into the Chase, edging Clint Boyer for the final spot. 0 1 1 0 RYAN NEWMAN W T5 T10 P Newman, 36, has 51 career pole positions (ninth all-time) W T5 T10 P 31 Chevrolet 0 2 10 0 and 18 career wins. 1 3 8 1 Keselowski starts with 2,012 points; those with three wins start with 2,009 points; two wins, 2,006; one win, 2,003; no wins, 2,000. Field cut to 12 after third race; eight after sixth race; and four after ninth race to set up series finale on Nov. 16 at Homestead-Miami.