NASCAR’s Finest Battle for Position as Clock Ticks Toward the Chase

It's all winding down now. Cue the theme music. Four races separate the NASCAR Sprint Cup regular season from the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The ultimate unease is that of Dale Earnhardt Jr., who can race his way in if he races at all. He has been going through concussion protocol and won't compete Saturday night in Bristol, Tennessee, where he has won before. In a Watkins Glen, New York, media conference on Aug. 5, Earnhardt said: I think my doctors have a good understanding of my history and what I have been through, and with their own personal knowledge that they have throughout their careers to give me a clear understanding of when I will be ready to go back and get into a race car. Our intentions are to get cleared and get back to...

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