The Sprint Cup championship is all but sewn up for Jimmie Johnson, but there's still an outside chance Mark Martin could win. With a single race left, Mark Martin is 108 points behind Johnson. Using this points system as a guide, we break it down.
If Johnson finishes 25th or better, the Chase is over. Martin can't win even if he finishes first and leads the most laps.
If Johnson finishes 30th, Martin would have to win the race, but he could go without leading the most laps.
And if Johnson utterly bottoms out and finishes 43rd, Martin would have to finish in 7th or better, or 10th or better and lead the most laps.
So, see? There's still hope for some drama. As Rick Minter notes over at Racin' Today, a driver has made up 108 points on another driver nine timesin NASCAR history, most recently just two weeks ago at Texas.
We're not rooting for anything bad to happen to Johnson ... but man, it'd make for a little more interesting race if it did.
* - He can't. Sorry to tease.
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