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Martin Truex Jr. facing uphill battle at Bristol

Martin Truex Jr. Martin Truex Jr. will enter Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race at the Bristol Motor Speedway 7 points out of the top-12 in the standings. With this being third contest held within the first round of the NASCAR Playoffs, the checkered flag will bring about the first set of cuts from the championship hunt. A total of four drivers will see their hopes of a title at
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Turn 2 Blog: Denny Hamlin embracing the villain role is a good thing

*Turn 2 Blog is a regular feature on InsideCircleTrack.com. Here, site operators Michael Moats and Richard Allen take turns offering their thoughts on the NASCAR and pavement short track racing topics of the day. It’s good that Denny Hamlin is embracing the role of villain, isn’t it? Richard: Racing, or any sport for that matter, needs a good villain. Fans not only need an individual or team to root for
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Texas might be more of a wild card than people think

Caution flags have become a common occurrence at Texas(Getty Images) When fans, media and competitors consider which of the races within the second round could be one with the potential to turn the NASCAR Playoffs upside down, they typically think of the second race in the set at Talladega Super Speedway or the third on the makeshift road course known as the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. But perhaps not
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Is Talladega really that random?

Not-so-random Chase Elliott & Ryan Blaney have each won multiple times at Talladega Whenever Talladega Super Speedway comes up in some NASCAR-related conversation, the notion that the winners there are totally random is usually brought up. “You could draw the winner’s name out of a hat” is something people will often say when asked to make a prediction. But are the races on the 2.66-mile high-banked track really that random?