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The bottom of half of the Sprint Cup point standings continues to produce good TV. Ten of the season's 25 races have been won by three fellows from that neck of the points woods (Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart, and Brad Keselowski), and the limelight this weeks finds Hamlin with the focus and sparkles.
With his series-best 4th win on the year last Sunday evening at Atlanta (and second consective win following his Bristol triumph), Mr. Hamlin jumped ahead of fellow contenders Brad Keselowski, Tony Stewart, and Jimmie Johnson, each with three wins apiece, to become the likely Chase number one seed. In the funky Russian roulette of title contenders this season, Hamlin is the next up for examination. Is he now the favorite to win this year's Chase?
That?s the issue at stake in this episode of Bonus Points, a weekly feature in which Sports-at-Work writers Sam Salo and Luke Krmpotich debate a current issue in NASCAR, giving their takes on the way things ought to be. Sometimes, Sa...
