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NASCAR CUP CHASE

DARLINGTON RACEWAY Darlington, South Carolina Sept. 5, 6 p.m. EST, NBCSN 1.366-mile oval 367 laps/501.3 miles 2020 Winner:

RICHMOND RACEWAY Richmond, Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m. EST, NBCSN .75-mile oval 400 laps/300 miles makes a during a NASCAR Series auto race 2020 Winner: at Motor Speedway, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Bristol, Sept. 18, 7:30 p.m. EST, NBCSN 500 laps/266.5 miles .533-mile oval 2020 Winner: Kevin Harvick

Larson aiming to complete rally with rst Cup championship Las Vegas, Nevada By JENNA FRYER | AP Writer tum headed into the playos. Blaney’s win Sept. 26, 7 p.m. EST, NBCSN at Daytona gave him a career-best three 1.5-mile oval 267 laps/400.5 miles hen his engine blew three laps into the April race at this season and has made him a sudden 2020 Winner: Talladega, Kyle Larson was still settling into his new job “It’s good for con dence, not only my at Hendrick . He le the Alabama track that self-con dence, but everyone on the team,” Talladega, Alabama Blaney said. “Con dence is big in not only Oct. 3, 2 p.m. EST, NBC day ninth in the standings motorsports but sports and life. If you have con dence in yourself, you can achieve 2.66-mile oval 188 laps/500.08 miles It took him just 12 races to erase a to seventh in points when the eld was something, know what your goal is, go out 2020 Winner: 144-point de cit and pull even with Denny there and do the best you can and achieve Hamlin in the standings following his “I think there’s a lot of good tracks for CHARLOTTE MOTOR August victory at Watkins Glen. Larson us,” Larson said. “I feel like we have a shot Kevin Harvick, meanwhile, is an enigma SPEEDWAY ROAD COURSE took control of the points race a week later to win anywhere right now. I really just a year aer winning a NASCAR-high nine Concord, N.C. at Indianapolis then steadily pulled away to look forward to getting it started next week, races. He’s winless this season, ranked last Oct. 10, 2 p.m. NBC kind of getting into the ow of racing in the in the 16-driver playo standings, and is 2.28-mile oval-road course When he lied the ceremonial trophy playos against multiple other drivers chas- statistically having one of the worst seasons 109 laps/248.52 miles Saturday night at Daytona Internation- ing points and wins. I feel good about it.” of his career. His 109 laps led are the fewest 2020 Winner: al Speedway, Larson understood both His toughest competition might be of his 21 seasons and he’s not gone winless what he’d accomplished and what’s still at within the stable. stake: Larson is the top seed headed into e team put all four of its drivers in the Asked about his playo predictions, NASCAR’s 10-race playo series and the playos and the quartet includes reign- Harvick was only focused on Round 1: ing Cup champion Chase Elliott. Larson, “at’s really as far ahead as I look, one Fort Worth, Texas “I didn’t think it was possible, but our Elliott, and William Byron week at a time. We go to Darlington,” he Oct. 17, 2 p.m. EST, NBC team has worked so hard all of the regular have combined for 11 victories this year 1.5-mile oval 334 laps/501 miles season,” Larson said. “is is a long season and lead the six-car charge into put all four of its 2020 Winner: drivers into the playos to give e playos start Sunday at Darlington e two other Chevy representatives are four contenders, fewest of NASCAR’s three Raceway in South Carolina and many Kurt Busch, who will be trying to close out manufacturers. Christopher Bell is making Kansas City, Kansas believe the championship is Larson’s to Racing’s 20-year run in NA- his playo debut but hasn’t been nearly as lose. He’s won a career-high ve races SCAR with a strong postseason before the consistent as teammates Hamlin, Truex Oct. 24, 3:00 p.m. EST, NBCSN this season, his rst driving for Hendrick team is turned over to Trackhouse Racing 1.5-mile oval 267 laps/400.5 miles Motorsports, the team that threw him a in November, and , the two- Truex, Blaney and Bowman are all tied 2020 Winner: lifeline and brought him back to NASCAR time X nity Series champion making his with three wins apiece this season — trail- following a nearly yearlong suspension in ing only Larson — and Truex believes he’s Reddick claimed the 16th and nal got enough in the tank to make a run at a Martinsville, Virginia His frantic pace throughout the summer spot in the eld by holding o his Richard second championship. He won at Darling- Oct. 31, 2 p.m. EST, NBC — he won three straight at Charlotte, Childress Racing teammate ton earlier this year, as well as Martinsville, .526-mile oval 500 laps/263 miles Sonoma and Nashville — and strong close which hosts the penultimate race of the 2020 Winner: Chase Elliott to the 26-race regular season puts Larson at Ford is represented by all three Team a considerable advantage over the competi- Penske drivers, two from Stewart-Haas “We just need to get away from all of tion. e regular-season title was worth 15 Racing and Michael McDowell, the this bad luck we’ve been having. I feel like bonus points and coupled with all his other surprise winner who has every week we’ve been getting run into milestones, including a series-high 12 slumped his way through the summer. and crashed,” he said. “But feeling good Avondale, stage wins, Larson has a sizeable advantage McDowell has not nished higher than about the playos. A lot of good tracks Nov. 7, 3 p.m. EST, NBC 20th in six races and last cracked the top-10 coming up and back to some normal tracks 1.022-mile oval 312 laps/312 miles e bonuses put Larson up by 28 points where we can race hard. Darlington was 2020 Winner: Chase Elliott over Martin Truex Jr. to open the playos. at’s the opposite of fellow Ford driver an awesome race for us this year so I look Hamlin, who led the standings for 22 , who won two-straight to close forward to kicking it o there and see what weeks but is winless this year, plummeted the regular season and grab the momen- we can do.” CONTENT BY THE