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Feb. 14 — x-Sprint Unlimited (Matt Kenseth)Feb. 19 — x-Budweiser Duel 1 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)Feb. 19 — x-Budweiser Duel 2 (Jimmie Johnson)Feb. 22 — Daytona 500 (Joey Logano)March 1 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (Jimmie Johnson)March 8 — Kobalt 400 (Kevin Harvick)March 15 — CampingWorld.com 500 (Kevin Harvick)March 22 — Auto Club 400 (Brad Keselowski)March 29 — STP 500 (Denny Hamlin)April 11 — Duck Commander 500 (Jimmie Johnson)April 19 — Food City 500 (Matt Kenseth)April 25 — Toyota Owners 400 (Kurt Busch)May 3 — Geico 500 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)May 9 — SpongeBob SquarePants 400 (Jimmie Johnson)May 15 — x-Sprint Showdown (Greg Biffle and Clint Bowyer)May 16 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (Denny Hamlin)May 24 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Carl Edwards)May 31 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. (Jimmie Johnson)

June 7 — Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 (Martin Truex Jr.)June 14 — Quicken Loans 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Kurt Busch)June 28 — Toyota-Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. (Kyle Busch)July 5 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)July 11 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. (Kyle Busch)July 19 — New Hampshire 301, Loudon, N.H. (Kyle Busch)July 26 — Brickyard 400 (Kyle Busch)Aug. 2 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa. (Matt Kenseth)Aug. 9 — Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Joey Logano)Aug. 16 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Matt Kenseth)Aug. 22 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.Sept. 6 — Bojangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C.Sept. 12 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va.Sept. 20 — MyAFibStory.com 400, Joliet, Ill.Sept. 27 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.Oct. 4 — AAA 400, Dover, Del.

Oct. 10 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C.Oct. 18 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan.Oct. 25 — Alabama 500, Talladega, Ala.Nov. 1 — Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va.Nov. 8 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, TexasNov. 15 — Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500, Avondale, Ariz.Nov. 22 — Ford EcoBoost 400, Homesteadx — non-points race

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WEEKLY DRIVER RANKINGS — BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE

A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves

Questions? Contact Godwin Kelly at godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com or Ken Willis at ken.willis@news-jrnl.com

Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for 27 years. Reach him at ken.willis@news-jrnl.com

Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for 30 years. Reach him at godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com

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KYLE BUSCHNeeds to

heed “Stay off lawn” signs

1

KEVIN HARVICKAntsy for

win; buckle up at Bristol

2

MATT KENSETHMild Matt

running wild lately

3

JOEY LOGANOWants his

splitter back

4

JIMMIE JOHNSONWill flip the switch in a

month

5

JUNIOR EARNHARDTOne win in 26 Bristol starts

6

BRAD KESELOWSKIIn Mr. Top 10

mode

7

KURT BUSCH

Kinda lost his groove in recent weeks

8

MARTIN TRUEX JR.

Showed posi-tive signs at

Michigan

9

DENNY HAMLIN

Will make some type of Bristol

highlight

10

3 THINGS WE LEARNED AT MICHIGAN

3 THINGS TO WATCH AT BRISTOL

— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com

— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com

DID YOU KNOW?While watching the Bristol Night Race this weekend, imagine replacing the entire infield of the track with grass. That's what will happen next year following this event, as Bristol Motor Speedway is transformed into a one-time football stadium. Next year's Tennessee-Virginia Tech game, scheduled for Sept. 10, will feature about 150,000 available seats and should become the best-attended football game ever.

Your favorite Bristol memory of all time?

GODSPEAK: Dale Earnhardt crashing Terry Labonte on the last lap for the win.KEN'S CALL: I fondly recall Ward Burton suggesting Junior Earnhardt was lucky that Ward hadn't brought his shotgun with him. When will Richard Childress Racing win another race?

GODSPEAK: Ryan Newman and Austin Dillon are knock-ing on the door. Will destiny answer? KEN'S CALL: We're approach-ing two years without a trophy; surely by end of the year, right? Can it happen this week?

GODSPEAK: Yes, we might see car owner/granddaddy Richard Childress in Victory Lane Saturday night. KEN'S CALL: Doubtful, because Mr. Hunch likes Joey Logano at Bristol.

1. Kevin Harvick 8662. Joey Logano 8183. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 7844. Martin Truex Jr. 7555. Brad Keselowski 7546. Jimmie Johnson 7527. Matt Kenseth 7518. Kurt Busch 6839. Denny Hamlin 67010. Jamie McMurray 66311. Paul Menard 65412. Ryan Newman 64913. Jeff Gordon 64814. Carl Edwards 62815. Clint Bowyer 61616. Aric Almirola 59317. Kasey Kahne 59018. Greg Biffle 55319. Kyle Larson 54820. Austin Dillon 53321. Danica Patrick 50822. AJ Allmendinger 49723. Casey Mears 49524. David Ragan 48725. Sam Hornish Jr. 45026. Tony Stewart 44127. Trevor Bayne 41428. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 41129. Kyle Busch 39530. Justin Allgaier 377

WINNER: Jeff GordonREST OF TOP 5: Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Carl Edwards, Kevin HarvickFIRST ONE OUT: Sam Hornish Jr.DARK HORSE: Aric

AlmirolaDON’T BE SURPRISED IF: Gordon gets his sixth career win at Bristol, which would be his first victory there since 2002, to become Chase-eligible.

SPRINT CUP: Irwin Tools Night RaceSITE: Bristol Motor SpeedwayTV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (NBC Sports Network, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. EDT), qualifying (NBCSN, 5:45 p.m. EDT). Saturday, race (NBCSN, coverage begins at 7 p.m.; green flag at 7:45 p.m. EDT) XFINITY: Food City 300SITE: Bristol Motor SpeedwayTV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (NBC Sports Network, 9 a.m. EDT), qualifying (NBCSN, 3:45 p.m. EDT), race (NBCSN, 7:30 p.m. EDT) CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS: UNOH 200SITE: Bristol Motor SpeedwayTV SCHEDULE: Wednesday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m. EDT), qualifying (Fox Sports 2, 4:45 p.m. EDT), race (Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m. EDT)

MARTIN TRUEX JR. VS. CARL EDWARDS: Truex, who finished third at Michigan, said Edwards cost him a chance at victory because Edwards spun his tires on a late restart, costing both field position.GODWIN KELLY’S TAKE: Truex was not mad at Edwards. It was worse than that. He was disappointed in Edwards. Truex said because of Edwards, “We really had to work for it (third place).” That stings.

Martin Truex Jr. Carl Edwards

You’re still worried about Kyle Busch’s Chase chances?

Yes, and I’m apparently the only one. Everyone else is congratulating him for getting inside the top 30 in points and becoming officially eligible for the Chase, but maybe you’re forgetting that he has to STAY there. He’s 29th, 18 points ahead of Justin Allgaier and 23 ahead of Cole Whitt. Not enough?

Bristol, Darlington and Richmond aren’t exactly places where you can coast and protect a cushion. Remember, Richmond has a strip of grass down the frontstretch. And Kyle hates grass?

He’s been on the zero-landscape cam-paign since Daytona in February, you know. His wreck in Michigan practice last week included some unfortunate lawn maintenance. You know what they say: The grass is always meaner. In a wreck, anyway.

Not so fast, Kyle. There’s work to do.

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1. Bubble boyClint Bowyer continues to hang onto 16th place in the Chase standings even after his disastrous 41st-place finish at Michigan. Bowyer, who wheels the No. 15 Toyota, remains optimistic. “There’s still time, we’re still in control of our destiny,” he said. “You’re backed up against the wall and need to win, and that picture doesn’t look pretty, if that doesn’t happen, we’re still in control.”

2. Light it upThe next three races, which

will decide the Chase playoff field, are all under the lights. The lineup includes Bristol, Darlington and Richmond.

For those who like to watch night racing, get your fill in this stretch, because there is only one more over the last 10 races. Charlotte hosts the last night race, on Oct. 10.

3. Opportunity knocksThe last three regular-season races bring opportunity for those drivers still trying to win and get into the Chase. The last six Bristol races have been won by different drivers, while Richmond boasts seven different race winners in its past seven. There hasn’t been a repeat winner at Darlington since 2006.

Clint Bowyer with his classic somebody-up-there-likes-me pose. JONATHAN MOORE/GETTY

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1. Childress surgeThe three Richard Childress Racing stock cars finished 12th or better at Michigan, led by NASCAR points master Ryan Newman, who contin-ues to defy the gravity of the “win and you’re in” mantra. Newman finished as the top RCR car in eighth place, and Chase-eligible — on points.

2. Nice packageMatt Kenseth’s team took full advantage of the rule change at Michigan. The No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led 146 of 200 laps over the two-mile oval. “Did the No. 20 lead every lap?” Ford driver Sam Hornish Jr. asked after the race. “He led a lot of them, didn’t he?” Yes, indeed.

3. Rough restartsJeff Gordon had another disappointing outing as he bid adieu to Michigan as a driver. Blame it on the restarts, which Gordon did. “Just couldn’t get going on the restarts, which is no surprise,” the 44-year-old driver said. “It happens to us every weekend.”

Ryan Newman, right end of first row, was part of the first NASCAR Chase in 2004. The veteran driver contin-ues to scramble for championship points to gain a Chase playoff berth. RUSTY JARRETT/GETTY IMAGES