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2008 Chase Standings
1	--	Jimmie Johnson	5575	--
2	-1	Carl Edwards	5565	-10
3	--	Greg Biffle	5540	-35
4	--	Jeff Burton .	5454	-121
5	--	Kevin Harvick	5439	-136
6	+2	Jeff Gordon	5437	-138
7	-7	Clint Bowyer	5411	-164
8	+1	Dale Earnhardt Junior	5385	-190
9	+1	Matt Kenseth	5383	-192
10	+1	Denny Hamlin	5332	-243
11	-4	Tony Stewart	5320	-255
12	--	Kyle Busch	5264	-311

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DIVE BOMB
Johnson holds off Edwards, grabs lead in Chase
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, September 29

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Jimmie Johnson didn’t have the luxury of a phone booth at Kansas Speedway, but Superman showed up anyway.

Carl Edwards (99) goes high and slides along the wall as he tries to pass Jimmie Johnson (48) on the final lap during the NASCAR Camping World RV 400 at Kansas Speedway Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008, in Kansas City, Kan. Johnson won the race and Edwards came in second.
(AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

Jimmie Johnson celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World RV 400 Sprint Cup auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008.
(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

KANSAS RESULTS

“Did you bring your cape this weekend?” crew chief Chad Knaus asked Johnson, after the No. 48 crew got his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet out of the pits first with a quick four-tire stop on Lap 219 of 267 in Sunday’s Camping World RV 400 at the 1.5-mile track.

“It’s in here somewhere,” answered Johnson, who needed all the powers in his arsenal -- super or not -- to hold off Carl Edwards’ banzai run on the final lap of the third race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

“Where the hell did he come from those last two laps?” Johnson asked Knaus after taking the checkered flag .280 seconds ahead of the No. 99 Ford and wresting the points lead from his Roush Fenway Racing rival.

Greg Biffle won a drag race off Turn 4 on the final lap to edge Jeff Gordon for the third position. Matt Kenseth came home fifth, followed by Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton, as Chase drivers claimed the top seven places.

This Day in NASCAR History
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,September 29

1996: Jeff Gordon wins the Tyson Holly Farms 400, the last Cup race run at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway. Dale Earnhardt finishes second, 1.73 seconds back, and Dale Jarrett is third.

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx,The Sporting News,September 29

35.0: Kyle Busch's average finish over the past three races (28th, 43rd, 34th), his poorest three-race stretch since his average finish was 36.3 in races 22-24 in 2005.

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Todays Headlines:

--Gordon overcomes illness to run fourth
--Earnhardt: Don’t count me out
--Charting the Chasers after Kansas: Gibbs gaff, Carl’s wild ride
--Montoya unlikely to face penalties
--Moonshiner and NASCAR legend honored with own stage production

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Kansas: Carl Edwards Last Lap Suicide Dive

Gordon overcomes illness to run fourth
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, September 28

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Jeff Gordon felt sick all weekend, but his fourth-place run Sunday was a tonic for his spirits. Brad Keselowski was standing by as a possible relief driver for the four-time champion, but his services weren’t needed.

Earnhardt: Don’t count me out
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, September 28

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Even though he fought the handling of his No. 88 Chevrolet in Sunday’s Camping World RV 400 at Kansas Speedway, Earnhardt hasn’t abandoned his hopes for a first Cup championship.

Charting the Chasers after Kansas: Gibbs gaff, Carl’s wild ride
By Greg Engle,NASCAR Examiner, September 29

The normally sedate racing at Kansas with long green flag runs and plenty of fuel strategy was nowhere to be found Sunday

Montoya unlikely to face penalties
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, September 28

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- The violation that cost Juan Pablo Montoya the pole for Sunday's race at Kansas was a clear-cut infraction of NASCAR's rules, but it wasn't likely to have given the No. 42 Dodge a performance advantage.

Moonshiner and NASCAR legend honored with own stage production
By Greg Engle,Editor, Cup Scene Daily, September 29

NASCAR legend Junior Johnson has enjoyed many accolades over the years, but no doubt having a play staged about his life ranks among the most unusual.

Next Sprint Cup Race:

What: AMP ENERGY 500
Where: Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
GREEN FLAG: 2:00PM ET OCT 5
TV: ABC,1:00PM ET
Radio: MRN/Sirius Satellite Ch. 128.
Distance:188 Laps 500 Miles
Track layout 2.66 mile paved track
2007 Winner: Jeff Gordon

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