NASCAR 2014: Winners and Losers from the Sprint Cup’s Regular Season

The 2014 regular season ended in a Brad Keselowskian feat of dominance at Richmond, the site of last year’s SpinGate but also the last chance for certain drivers to qualify for The Chase. Twenty-six races ago, the NASCAR season kicked off with Dale Earnhardt Jr. winning the Daytona 500, making Steve Letarte, Earnhardt’s crew chief, an instant winner in his final year in the pit box. The ageless Jeff Gordon, despite a bad back, made every start yet again and likely will finish the year on a 760-race streak. And, of course, there’s Tony Stewart’s year. It started with questions about the health of his mended right leg that he broke in early August 2013. Nearly a year to the day later he struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr....

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