NASCAR 2014 at Dover II: Winners and Losers from the AAA 400

Dover brought a monstrous finish to the Challenger Round of NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup. The word of the day was "pressure," pressure strong enough to crush carbon into diamonds, and it was Jeff Gordon who powered through for his fourth win of the year. This was the third and final race of the first round of the Chase, and the drivers on the fringe of the 12-driver cutoff had their hands forced. Every pit stop was charged with suspense, with drivers' chances to advance hinging on every second, every tightened lug nut, every chassis adjustment. Challengers became contenders. As the points shuffled around, it felt as if you needed a degree in advanced mathematics to keep pace with who was in and who was out. Now the...

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