devil's bowl speedway

If any of the eight drivers still eligible to win NASCAR's 2014 Sprint Cup Series Championship had won last week at Martinsville, he would have locked into the final four drivers who will battle for the title in the final race of the year. But it didn't happen.

This week's Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway marks the beginning of the second round of "playoffs" for the 12 drivers who are still in the Chase for this year's championship.

A few weeks ago we wrote about NASCAR cutting to the Chase to kick-off the battle for the 2014 Sprint Cup Championship. This week, it's time for the cuts to begin.