This article is a follow up to two previous blogs about Bristol’s Reconfiguration Updates – Part One and Part Two concerning track changes Bruton Smith made leading up to the speedway’s August event – Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Johnson, Earnhardt Jr, Gordon with Mr. Hendrick on 2012 media day
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Due to NASCAR’s rule of four cars per team, the most that one organization can hope for is that all four of them teams make the Chase.
However due to affiliations that NASCAR allows, history could be made this year at Richmond as we could see five, possibly six, drivers with ties to one organization’s engine program, making the Chase.
That one organization is Hendrick Motorsports.
This commentary was originally posted by NASCAR Informer on his own blog after the 2012 March Bristol race and is part two of a three-part commentary. Part one – also previously posted – was posted earlier this week . Watch for NASCAR Informer’s new third part to be published sometime after Bristol’s August Night Race, which is scheduled for this Saturday Night.