With the Nascar Sprint Cup series coming to an end there is lots of added pressure on drivers in the race for the chase. Although the drivers are the best of the class there is pressure on them to win from their team and their owners and even the sponsors.
The only driver not feeling all the pressure is Tony Stewart as he will not be racing for his Home Depot #20 team after this year. That is ok though because I am sure Tony puts enough pressure on himself anyway. After having a lousy race in New Hampshire the pressure has been added on Kyle Busch. Being young it will be fun to see how the added pressure affects him. I am sure he will be fine in the long run.
Jimmie Johnson has pressure since he is the defending champion, that comes as a surprise to no one. Speaking of the Hendricks Motorsports teams Dale Earnhardt JR is probably just glad to be in the chase as he had missed it last year. Just goes to show you that if you run steady all year long and have good cars you can make the chase. Jeff Gordon is also a prime example of this. With Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch winning most of the races the Hendricks team made it into the chase by scoring top 10s the rest of the year.
Speaking of Carl Edwards who is losing his sponsor Office Depot to Tony Stewart’s new race team he has the added pressure since he won so many races during the year and needs to see if he can also do it during the chase.
Now it is on to Dover.
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