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Originally Posted by Bugeater
I really thought it was David Gilliland's year.
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The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup
As of the 2011 season NASCAR changed The Chase format once again. Points are tallied after 26 races and the top ten in points are locked into the final ten race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Those ten drivers will then be manually seeded with three bonus points for every race that they won during the first 26 races of the season.
In addition to the top ten the two drivers with the most wins who were not in the top ten, but are in the top twenty in points will make the Chase and will be seeded 11th and 12th. They will not get the bonus points for wins going into the Chase.
For the last ten races, NASCAR points are still assigned the same way as the rest of the season to determine the champion.