KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – For Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Quicken Loans Racing team, this is it.
Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway is the race the team has been working toward since the green flag dropped on the 2012 season 25 races ago at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.
This is the last race before the 12-driver Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field is set. And this is the No. 39 Quicken Loans Racing team’s last chance to lock itself into one of the two wild-card spots for the 10-race Chase.
For Newman & Company, the task is this: Win and you’re in.
Race-ending accidents at the last two races at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway led to finishes of 36th and 35th, respectively, for Newman. Consequently, his chances of earning his third Chase berth in the last four years took a big hit.
Only the top-10 in points are locked into the 12-driver Chase. Positions 11 and 12 in the ...
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