A handful of debatable thoughts surrounding the upcoming NASCAR Playoff Series that opens Sunday evening at Darlington RacewayOlder fans are delighted to see Richard Childress Racing return to some degree of Cup Series relevancy. There was a time between 1986-1994 when team owner Richard Childress and the late Dale Earnhardt owned Cup racing, winning 51 races and six championships in a nine-year span.
Of course not, just like nobody thought for a second that second-running Michael Waltrip was going to try to pass leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the final lap of the 2001 Pepsi 400 at Daytona Beach. In both cases—NASCAR’s 100 percent rule notwithstanding—all drivers involved knew who signed their checks.Chris GraythenAll three of Team Penske’s Ford Mustangs made the Playoff field, but Ryan Blaney’s place wasn’t secured until the final laps of the final regular-season race.
The Justin Marks/Pitbull organization isn’t behaving anything like this is its second full Cup season and its first with two teams. Based on almost every metric, it’s easy to imagine at least Elliott or Larson reaching the Championship. If one or the other wins the Cup – or teammates Alex Bowman or William Byron, for that matter – it’ll be the 14th for team owner Rick Hendrick: seven from Jimmie Johnson, four from Jeff Gordon, and one each from Terry Labonte, Chase Elliott, and Kyle Larson.
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