Kahne’s Pocono Win Leaves Hendrick Looking Even More Formidable in Chase

Outwardly, Kasey Kahne's win and Jeff Gordon's second-place finish in Sunday's GoBowling.com 400 at Pocono Raceway was just part of one race on the 36-race NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule. But in the bigger picture, Kahne and Gordon each moved up one spot in the standings with five races remaining to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup, putting all four Hendrick Motorsports cars in the top nine. And while so much has been said about Jimmie Johnson's dominating season thus far, and how many believe he's the odds-on favorite to win the championship, what Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kahne and Gordon have also done in 2013 spells trouble for every other driver, crew chief and team owner in the upcoming Chase. The way I see it, other drivers that make the Chas...

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