NASCAR Preview: Lowe’s Motor Speedway

Jimmie Johnson has the Chase lead, and where better for him to go to cement that lead than Lowe’s Motor Speedway, a track he already has five wins at already. The trip to Charlotte also marks the half way point in the ten race Chase with Johnson in the lead by twelve points from his Hendrick teammate Mark Martin and (arguably) surprise package Juan Pablo Montoya a further 46 points.

However, eight of the 12 contenders already find themselves with three figure deficits to the leaders, and given the phenomenal form of Johnson, Martin and Montoya (the Colombian is the only one with top five finishes in every Chase race so far) have a difficult task ahead if they are to be celebrating after Homestead. But that doesn’t mean they ca...

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