Now You Know

NASCAR Nextel Cup standings with nine races to go:

STANDINGS

*--* Pl Driver Points Behind 1. Kevin Harvick 5,230 -- 2. Denny Hamlin 5,195 35 3. Matt Kenseth 5,189 41 4. Jeff Gordon 5,180 50 5. Jeff Burton 5,166 64 6. Mark Martin 5,155 75 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5,149 81 8. Kasey Kahne 5,120 110 9. Jimmie Johnson 5,091 139 10. Kyle Busch 5,084 146

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SCHEDULE

*--* Date Race, Track Sunday Dover 400, Dover (Del.) Oct. 1 Banquet 400, Kansas Oct. 8 UAW-Ford 500, Talladega (Ala.) Oct. 14 Bank of America 500, Lowe’s (N.C.) Oct. 22 Subway 500, Martinsville (Va.) Oct. 29 Bass Pro Shops 500, Atlanta Nov. 5 Dickies 500, Texas Nov. 12 Checker Auto Parts 500, Phoenix Nov. 19 Ford 500, Homestead-Miami

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