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It’s All or Nothing for Chase Elliott at Phoenix

FORT WORTH, TX – NOVEMBER 02: Chase Elliott, the driver of the #9 Kelley Blue Book Chevrolet, stands on the grid during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 2, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Chase Elliott is a realist. He knows that, without a victory next Sunday at Phoenix, he almost surely won’t be eligible for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series title in the Nov. 18 Championship 4 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

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Cole Custer Locks Up Championship Berth with Last-Lap Pass at Texas


FORT WORTH, TX – NOVEMBER 03: Cole Custer, the driver of the #00 Autodesk Ford, celebrates by placing the Winner’s Sticker on his car after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 3, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas.
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FORT WORTH, Tex. – In a race that produced a last-lap pass for the win, a record 13 cautions and an unmitigated disaster for favorite son Christopher Bell, Cole Custer moved past Tyler Reddick on the backstretch to win Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.

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