Chase Trio Tackles the Texas Test In First of Final Three

Three attempts, three drivers, three strategies and one goal to win the 2010 Nascar Sprint Cup Championship is all that is left of the Chase. Jimmie Johnson leads the point standings by the fewest points he has yet had in a race for the title.  Denny Hamlin is close on his heels, just 14 points behind, followed by Kevin Harvick, who is 38 points down. Johnson has been playing the safe card when he doesn't qualify at the front.  He tries to avoid trouble by finding a place to lay back until his crew chief, Chad Knaus, tells him it is time to go.  Like magic, Johnson puts it on cruise and heads to the front hoping no harm will come his way on the journey. Hamlin tried the protectionist theory at Talladega, but found h...

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