FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Top Four Chasers Hope for Top Results in Texas

The NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup is down to simple math: Three races remaining, 144 potential points with only one of the top four Chase leaders likely to take the prized No. 1 NSCS trophy. Two drivers are perched on peak, Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski just two points apart. As with all great sports the math keeps adding up. This Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway drivers will wheel their stock cars at an average speed of 145 mph or more for 500 miles or 334 laps on the 1.5-mile quad-oval with 24 degree banking. Fans without tickets for one of the 122,377 seats can tune into ESPN at 2 p.m. ET. But the math that counts is two and four. That fast sum could be a simple total of six, but the real reckoning is between one and two and then th...

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