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MIKE HARRIS
The Associated Press
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
While drivers in the first five positions in the Chase for the championship are virtually a lock to make the stock car playoffs, the other seven spots could all easily change.
Only 148 points separate sixth-place Jeff Gordon and 13th-place Clint Bowyer, and it's even tighter between ninth-place Denny Hamlin and Bowyer, separated by just 83 points with Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth in between.
Bowyer is just 22 points behind 12th-place Kenseth. Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson are the only drivers who have made the Chase each of the four seasons the format has been in place.
