None of the final four drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, determined at Phoenix on Sunday, have won a championship in the series. Of the original 16 Chase drivers, the former series champions were Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Brad Keselowski. Busch was eliminated after Dover, Johnson after Talladega and Gordon, Kenseth and Keselowski on Sunday. Johnson has six championships under his belt, Gordon four and Busch, Kenseth and Keselowski one apiece. Tony Stewart was the only full-time former champion to miss the Chase this year, while champion brothers Bobby Labonte and the now-retired Terry Labonte only started a handful of races.
The four teams represented in the final four at Homestead will be Joe Gibbs Racing (Hamlin), Richard Childress Racing (Newman), Stewart-Haas Racing (Harvick) and Team Penske (Logano). SHR and Penske are Newman's two former teams, RCR is Harvick's old team and JGR is Logano's former team. Harvick has been in Cup full-time since 2001, Newman since 2002, Hamlin 2006 and Logano 2009. This gives the four drivers 42 full seasons of experience in the series, yet none of them have won a Cup championship. But that will change at Homestead on Sunday.
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