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· Stewart comes into the final race of the season at Homestead as the second-place driver among the top-12 drivers competing for the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup. He maintained his position after finishing third last Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway and kept the distance between himself and Chase leader Carl Edwards to only three points. The respective performances of Stewart and Edwards have eliminated the remaining 10 Chase drivers from championship contention. · Only one finish guarantees either driver the championship – a win. If Stewart and Edwards are tied in points at the end of the Ford 400, Stewart earns the championship via the tie-breaker of best finishes, as Stewart has four victories to Edwards’ one. This is the closest margin between first- and second-place going into the final race in Chase history, and the third-closest since the inception of the position-based points structure in 1975. · Stewart is the most rec...
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