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Cup Chase reaches contender round
NASCAR Chase Begins A Heal WEB
NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks to the media during the NASCAR Sprint Cup media day in Chicago, Thursday, Sept. 11. - photo by Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Drivers have been fretting about the second round of NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship for weeks. The three-race stretch that begins Sunday at Kansas Speedway ends on Oct. 19 at Talladega Superspeedway, where four drivers will be booted from the field. "I think that bracket will break some hearts," Brad Keselowski said three days before winning the Chase opener at Chicagoland Speedway last month.