NASCAR What If: The 2010 Chase Under 2014 Rules
Round Three Elimination
During the third round of the chase non-chaser Clint Bowyer won the opening race. The next two races were won by Hamlin and Edwards who punched their tickets to the finale. The final-four are arranged based on how they stood in points after the third round even though points reset before the final race.
- Denny Hamlin
- Carl Edwards
- Kevin Harvick
- Jimmie Johnson
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- 5th – Jeff Gordon (-36)
- 6th – Jamie McMurray (-42)
- 7th – Kyle Busch (-49)
- 8th – Jeff Burton (-76)
The 36-point gap between 4th and 5th would have been the largest in this format of the chase thus far. In 2010 Johnson, Harvick and Hamlin were head and shoulders above the rest of the field and it showed in he third round of the chase.