NASCAR number

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

Distributed by The Sports Xchange

2: The current number of consecutive Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup races won by drivers not eligible for the series championship. Brad Keselowski took the checkered flag Oct. 12 at Charlotte, and Jamie McMurray triumphed Sunday at Talladega. That's the first time non-Chase drivers have won back-to-back Chase races since Tony Stewart went to Victory Lane at Atlanta and Texas on consecutive weeks in 2006. Coincidentally, both pairs of races involved reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champions -- Stewart and Keselowski -- who missed the Chase in the seasons following their respective titles.