August 16th, 2012 
Sizing up the Race for the Chase with Four Weeks Left
By Jack Payton: A wild finish on an oil-soaked track last Sunday at Watkins Glen devastated the Chase aspirations of one notable driver and propelled another into the competition for the final Wild Card spot.
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With only four regular season races to go, Kyle Busch’s hopes of competing in the Chase for the Championship are on life support following some late lap bad luck that left the #17 without the second victory he will almost certainly need to secure one of the two wild card spots, despite the fact that he led the most laps and had the lead heading into the final circuit.
Meanwhile, Marcos Ambrose who was able to negotiate the last lap oil spills that doomed Busch, earned his first victory of the year – and his second of his career – and put him one victory away from thrusting himself into the Chase mix.
