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Will Dale Earnhardt Jr make the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup?
He's too far behind in points to win at this point.
http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009/data/standings_official.html
http://www.nascar.com/guides/about/points/index.html
Background:
After 26 "regular season" races, the top 12-ranked drivers, as determined by points accumulated during the season, advance to the "Chase" to contend for the Cup championship.
Will Dale Earnhardt Jr be in the Chase in 09'?
http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009/data/standings_official.html
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: According to driver standings, Earnhardt is more than 500 points behind the 12th-place driver. Since a race winner can earn a maximum of 195 points, Earnhardt cannot reach the Chase with only two races left.
http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009/data/standings_official.html
http://www.nascar.com/guides/about/points/index.html (market suspended)
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: He's too far behind in points to win at this point.
http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009/data/standings_official.html
http://www.nascar.com/guides/about/points/index.html
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By Jay Busbee
Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:30 pm EDT
Outlook: You've got at least six viable championship contenders right now (Stewart, Gordon, Johnson, Edwards and the Busch boys) and several more that could put together a strong run at the right time.
The door isn't quite shut on anybody south of Montoya, but it'd take an Indiana Jones-style dive-and-roll for Earnhardt, Harvick, Truex or anyone else to get into the Chase at this point.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog/from_the_marbles/post/Chase-Watch-2009-Welcome-back-to-the-party-Car?urn=nascar,168709
In fact, I’ll go on record to predict that the No. 88 Chevrolet earns a top-five finish if everything goes right for it and its driver.
With only 12 races to go until the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, I’m not quite ready to say the season is lost just yet for Earnhardt.
But if he’s to have even a snowball’s chance in hell of making a late run-up to qualify for the Chase, there’s no longer waiting until next week or the week after that to get things righted.
The route has to begin this weekend, end of story. And what better way to pick up where he left off than the last place he won at, right?”
Posted by Jerry Bonkowski on 06/10 at 01:19 AMCDT
http://www.autoracingdaily.com/site/comments_new/can-dale-jr-still-make-the-chase/
The No. 88 Chevrolet did not earn a top-five finish...It finished 14th.
Stick a fork in him, he’s done.
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