Ranking the Biggest X-Factors in the Remaining Races of the 2014 Chase

The beauty—and danger—of NASCAR is that anything can happen at anyplace anytime. Just take a look at what happened to Kevin Harvick after he started deep in the field and methodically worked his way up into the top 10 at Martinsville Speedway last Sunday, only to then get wrecked by Matt Kenseth. While Kenseth suffered little damage in the incident and drove on to finish sixth in the race, which left him fourth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Eliminator Round standings, Harvick limped off to the garage for repairs. By the time Harvick returned, he was so many laps down that he was doomed to a 33rd-place finish. Now, he heads to the next two Eliminator Round races at Texas and Phoenix likely needing to win to be one of the final ...

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