The Biggest NASCAR Storylines After the Chase for the Sprint Cup Contender Round

The Sprint Cup Series heads to Martinsville for the start of the three-race semifinals of the Chase, the Eliminator Round. All rounds are eliminator rounds, but this one has more eliminator-ness to it, given the name. This round also feels truer, less wild cards, though the relative bullring known as Martinsville, and its ever-present ticking grandfather clock, throw a curveball at the eight remaining chasers. Joey Logano, making few friends in this year’s Chase, swept the Contender Round and did so by growing stronger in every race, timing his run to the front for the time it mattered most. Kevin Harvick, say what you will, did what he needed to do to advance on a bum engine at Talladega and enters a round with Phoenix as its cut rac...

Read Complete Article at Bleacher Report - Motorsports
Article is property of BleacherReport.com