Sprint Cup Series MyAFibRisk.com 400

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series MyAFibRisk.com 400
Track: Chicagoland Speedway
Date and Time: Sunday, Sept. 20 at 3 p.m. ET
Tune-in: NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM Ch. 90
Distance: 400.5 miles (267 laps)
What to Watch For: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series opens its 10-race, four-knockout round Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup playoffs at Chicagoland Speedway. … Jimmie Johnson enters the Chase as the No. 1 seed and owns the most Chase victories with 25. … Brad Keselowski heads to Chicagoland with a nine-race top-10 streak – the longest in the NSCS. … Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards attempt to win the organization’s ninth race in the last 12 events. … Kevin Harvick begins his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship defense at Chicagoland. … Jeff Gordon ties Ricky Rudd for the all-time consecutive starts record (788) by beginning Sunday’s race. … Jamie McMurray and Paul Menard make their Chase debuts.

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Greg is a published award winning sportswriter who spent 23 years combined active and active reserve military service, much of that in and around the Special Operations community. Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.