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Article: Joe Gibbs Racing at a loss Busch, Hamlin out of Chase after 9 combined wins.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- September 23, 2008
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Byline: Jenna Fryer, Associated Press
Joe Gibbs Racing used the first 26 races this season to establish itself as NASCAR's top organization.
It took only two races to undo all that work.
Two terrible showings to start the Chase for the championship led Kyle Busch to concede his title hopes Sunday after his engine failed at Dover International Speedway. Denny Hamlin didn't wave a white flag, but his 38th-place finish has him stuck at the bottom of the standings with his teammate.
Timing, it seems, is everything, and the wheels are most certainly falling off JGR's season at the worst possible part of the year.
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