cup races

Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth have one two things in common, they both won multiple 2009 Sprint Cup races, and they both failed to qualify for this year's chase.

Since there are four drivers; Car Edwards, Greg Biffle, Ryan Newman, and Juan Montoya all made the chase without winning a single race, the question must be asked, should a team with multiple regular season wins earn an automatic Chase birth?

Let the debate begin.

In a press release just released by Max Jones of Yates Racing, that team has announced it will pull former Champion Bobby Labonte out of the #96 car in seven of the final twelve 2009 cup races to allow youngster Erik Darnell to get some valuable cup seat time.