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"While you were watching the wreck-ridden streets of Baltimore last weekend, something was happening at the NASCAR race in Atlanta. Kurt Busch was rallying to get into contention for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. This coming weekend at Richmond is the last race to qualify for the Chase. If you aren&amp;#039;t in, you&amp;#039;re out. Kurt is 10th, not locked in, and firmly on the bubble. Before you get a bit confused by the brothers Busch, this isn&amp;#039;t the perennial Chase contender Kyle. No, Kurt is the elder brother who, though a former champ, has had a rocky couple of seasons. His being this close is big news. After being dropped by Penske in 2011, Kurt bounced from one barely sponsored ride to another. He even ran a humorous  Days of Thunder  paint scheme in Nationwide for a race, but in 2013, Kurt found a full-time ride with Furniture Row racing.  Furniture Row is currently a bit of an oddity itself. It&amp;#039;s the only program run west of the Mississippi, choosing to headquarter in Denver. The team runs Earnhardt-Childress engines and is headed by Joe Garone, former Director of NASCAR&amp;#039;s Research and Development facilities. Furniture Row, the national furniture conglomerate, foots most of the bills as the prime sponsor. If Kurt manages to hold on this weekend at Richmond, the racer and his Furniture Row team won&amp;#039;t be oddities, they will be legitimized. The little team from a town better known for hippies than high-octane will be squaring off with teams like Hendrick, Roush, and of course, Penske. Kurt, having signed on with possibly volatile Stewart-Haas for 2014, will be able to run for the Chase for the first time in years without worrying about his ride. Watch Richmond, and keep an eye on Kurt and the matte-black Furniture Row #78 team as they try to improve on, or hold on to, the 15 point lead over Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, and Martin Truex Jr. If they make it in, this has the makings of an amazing David vs Goliath tale. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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