![]() He is tied with McMurray in the standings and trails Larson by five points for the transfer spot. ![]() He's 12th in the standings - only five points ahead of the elimination spot. Ganassi teammate Kyle Larson, who many thought would go deep into the playoffs, isn't secure, either. But there's no room at all for error in the Chase, and a 19th-place finish at New Hampshire simply isn't good enough. McMurray was eliminated in the first round last year, and believed his team had learned enough to make it through this opening three-race stretch. ![]() He is 14th in the standings, and that's a bit of a surprise because the Chip Ganassi Racing cars had been strong headed into the Chase. That is, after all, how he won Pocono to get into the Chase. If it rains on Sunday, and he uses strategy to stay out and inherit the lead before the race is canceled, then he's got a shot at avoiding elimination. Buescher was 28th at Chicago, 30th at New Hampshire and is last in the 16-driver Chase field. He barely made the Chase, needing to cling to 30th in the standings to be eligible, and his Front Row Motorsports team just isn't equipped to compete with the big dogs. If you filled out a Chase bracket, you almost certainly had Buescher eliminated in the first round. Who else could be eliminated on Sunday? A list: But his average finish of 14.1 won't get it done. He has three career wins at Dover, the last during his 2013 march to the title. Stewart has not finished higher than 16th in the last six races, and his average finish is 26.3 over that span. He wrecked Brian Scott at Darlington, wrecked Ryan Newman at Richmond and seemed to be in no mood to play around over the final 10 races of his NASCAR career.īut he's not performing on the track, not at the level to race for a championship, at least, and that's got to change Sunday or he will close his career watching the playoffs go on without him. ![]() This is hardly the position anyone thought Stewart would be in a month ago, when his fiery side began to emerge as the Chase approached. We'll do everything we can to help him get to the point where he needs to be to try to move on." He can go to any racetrack and win," Harvick said. With Harvick secure and Kurt Busch 11th in the standings, Stewart-Haas Racing can put an emphasis on Stewart's performance at Dover. ![]() Kevin Harvick, who won at New Hampshire to earn an automatic berth into the second round, isn't counting out his teammate. Chris Buescher is the only driver below him in the standings, and Stewart might just need to win at Dover to advance to the second round. Instead, he opened the playoffs with a 16th-place finish at Chicago and he was 23rd on Sunday at New Hampshire. He's retiring at the end of this season, and all his fans wanted to see a solid run toward a fourth NASCAR title. Stewart is in the bottom four of the Chase standings and will be eliminated Sunday at Dover International Speedway if he doesn't pull off some sort of miracle before the field is trimmed from 16 to 12 drivers. The driver went into NASCAR's playoffs with a roar and is on the verge of exiting with a whimper. Well, this isn't the way anyone wanted to see Tony Stewart end his career. ![]()
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