FYI WIRZ: NASCAR Wins Emerging Big as Teams Roll into 6th Race

Five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races are over. Once considered a slow start for the NSCS season, the first five events are now more like a launching pad for winners. Victory Lane has always been treasured, but it means more in the long season because getting in the Chase playoffs now is solidly based on wins. NASCAR’s sweeping changes in 2014 for the Chase, with elimination emphasis adding four spots to make 16 contenders instead of 12, may be having an early effect. Tony Stewart used to say the first five NSCS races don’t mean much in the long run. On Sunday after race five, the Auto Club 400, he was beaming like a rookie talking about coming in fifth.  Only four points separate the top four drivers. Over the past 10 NSCS s...

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