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Say what you will, but this off-season is unlike most others. Normally the three days proceeding Turkey Day are a race fans No MansLand and devoid of much news- not this year - it’s all business.

Four years’ hard work pays off for Clint Bowyer as the Richard Childress Racing ace proves dreams can come true in beating Carl Edwards to the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series trophy at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

David Reutimann and his No. 44 UPS Toyota won the Coors Light Pole Award for the FORD 400 with a lap of 31.462 seconds, 171.636 mph. This is his first pole in 63 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

Todd Bodine won the battle but Johnny Benson won the war in the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway - as Ron Hornaday Jr. came up agonisingly just short of title glory.

The Chase for the Cup was implemented in 2004 to involve more drivers in the championship hunt, and intensify fan interest and drama during the season’s stretch run. But little is known how the system was developed, this video shows all the ugly details.

More times than not the solutions offered to “Jimmy Proof” the Chase center on the ten Chase events and to a lesser extent something along the lines of a sucrose based mixture being introduced to the #48’s fuel tank.

Despite Kyle Busch’s tepid (to be kind) Chase performance so far the Joe Gibbs driver has figured out ways to stay hot in various ways. One unexpected - and costly.