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Pole-sitter Joey Logano overtook Mark Martin with three laps left to capture the Pocono 400, the second Sprint Cup win of the season for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. (Associated Press)

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A pit crew member carries the American flag to Brad Keselowski after he won the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, his second Sprint Cup win of the season. (Associated Press)

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Tony Stewart, last year's Sprint Cup champion, takes the checkered flag in the first of two 150-mile qualifying races for the Daytona 500. NASCAR's biggest race is Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Denny Hamlin imploded over the final two races in 2010, killing his chance at the Sprint Cup championship. Last season, he won just one race and finished ninth in the standings. (Associated Press)

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Jimmie Johnson has 55 victories and $108 million in winnings to go with five consecutive Sprint Cup titles. (Associated Press)

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Tony Stewart (14) trails Carl Edwards (99) by three points heading into the final Sprint Cup race, Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. One or the other will be the new champion. (Associated Press)

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Kurt Busch takes the checkered flag at Dover International Speedway to climb from ninth to fourth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup standings. (Associated Press)

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Tony Stewart celebrates after winning the Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, his first Sprint Cup victory of the season. (Associated Press)

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Kevin Harvick and his wife, DeLana, celebrate his Sprint Cup victory Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Kyle Busch crosses the finish line at Michigan International Speedway for the Sprint Cup points leader's fourth season victory .

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Paul Menard kisses the yard of bricks on the start/finish line after winning the Brickyard 400, his first career Sprint Cup victory.

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Ryan Newman won from the pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for his first Sprint Cup victory of the season. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Denny Hamlin is doused after winning at Michigan International Speedway, his first Sprint Cup victory of the season. Hamlin won eight times on the circuit in 2010.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Brad Keselowski celebrates after winning the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway, his second career Sprint Cup victory. Keselowski also won at Talladega n 2009.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Carl Edwards celebrated after winning the Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday night. All four Roush Fenway Racing drivers finished in the top eight.

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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 file photo, a sign hangs outside a Sprint store in Saugus, Mass. Sprint Nextel Corp. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, reported the first quarterly increase in three years, as improvements in Sprint-branded and prepaid service offset the continued flight of subscribers from the Nextel network. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, file)