NASCAR at Indianapolis 2016: Preview, Prediction for the Brickyard 400

This renewal of the Brickyard 400 may be the most charged in years. Will Dale Earnhardt Jr. zip up the No. 88 Nationwide fire suit? Will Jeff Gordon don a new number the way Michael Jordan once wore the No. 45? Will the No. 88 car fall completely off the Chase Grid? Can Chase Elliott stop the bleeding? Will Kevin Harvick ever smile again? It’s gettin’ real for drivers on the Chase bubble. That’s where the real races are now. It’s reminiscent and somehow foretelling of what happens in Chase elimination races. That floating, fluid cut line shows where drivers are in relation to one another. There’s racing for the win, but then there’s racing for desperation, for the chance to fight one more day. This is the...

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