(By Greg Engle CupScene.com Editor,NASCAR Examiner)
Posted: Monday,September 26th, 2011
When NASCAR introduced its Wild Card to fill out the final two spots for the 12 driver Chase for the Sprint Cup they did so to make the championship race exciting, add incentives for winning and make the final two spots in the Chase a little unpredictable.
Two races into the Chase, what NASCAR has so far is a wild card no one could have seen coming back in January; fuel mileage strategy. As Chicago and Sunday’s race at New Hampshire proved, not only does it take a fast race car but the proper fuel plan in order to make it to the end.
A fuel mileage plan figured wrong makes an equalizer of any driver and team leaving them coasting back in the final rundown as those who got it right rocket by. After the first two races of the ten race Chase, fuel mileage has left fans on the edge of their seats, has shaken up the points standings and kept drivers and teams guessing and hoping they got it right.MORE>>>
Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet, and Juan Pablo Montoya, driver of the #42 Degree Men Chevrolet, lead a pack of cars during the Sylvania 300 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 25, 2011 in Loudon, New Hampshire. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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