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Less than ten points separates first and second place in the NASCAR championship playoffs. It seems the grandstands should be packed and folks should be glued to their televisions, but just the opposite seems to be happening.

Television ratings continue to be down from the past. Ticket sales seem to be declining too. Anybody at Atlanta Motor Speedway could tell there were more empty seats than we are accustomed to seeing.

Some of the attraction seems to fade for me as more of the 12 playoff drivers continue to be eliminated from having a chance at the top prize.

The question seems to be will Hendrick or Hendrick be the champion. I’m guessing Hendrick.

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The haulers are headed to the heart of Dixie for the continuation of the NASCAR championship battle. Four of the 12 playoff teams still have the crown in plain sight, but the chance for a championship this year might be over for the other eight drivers in the Chase for the Cup when their haulers leave Atlanta.

The top-two positions have belonged to Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson since the beginning of the ten-race championship challenge and it continues to look like the 24 and 48 teams have the best odds of winning the big prize. Johnson trails his teammate and car-owner, Jeff Gordon, by 53 points.

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Get ready for the most exciting races left in the NASCAR championship playoffs. The battle ground is at Martinsville, Virginal Sunday and here in Atlanta next weekend. The three events following the Martinsville and Atlanta events normally seem like Sunday afternoon runs at Dullsville Raceway.

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The NASCAR championship playoffs will be on what most of the race teams consider as their “home” field this weekend in Charlotte. The 500-mile run will also mark the last Saturday night event for the Nextel Cup drivers this season.

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The ultimate test of NASCAR’s new Car of Tomorrow comes this weekend. Drivers pilot the mandatory racing machine for the first time at Talladega Superspeedway and it will be the first time the car has been used on any speedway longer than a mile.

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It will be the NASCAR tornado making news this weekend in the land Dorothy, Toto and the Tin Man made famous. The third round of the Nextel Cup championship playoffs will be at Kansas Speedway, a 1.5-mile speedway that is younger than Dorothy was when she strolled down that Yellow Brick Road.

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