Take 5: Five Things Worth Mentioning Heading Into Bristol

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Take 5 is a weekly article that will breakdown five talking points either coming out of or heading into a race, or about NASCAR in general. Last weekend Jimmie Johnson made a statement in his quest for a seventh championship by winning his second race of 2015. Many have already begun to make it a two-horse race for the title between Johnson and Kevin Harvick but there is a lot more to talk about this weekend besides their budding rivalry.

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