Drivers battling for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship are in their third elimination round of the Chase. They have three more races — two in which to lock into the championship race then the winner-take-all finale — before the champ is crowned.
They are 33 points races into the season. Mentally, it's been a long and wearing year. So how do those eight drivers battling for the title now deal with that aspect of racing?
It varies, driver to driver. Jeff Burton, formerly a Chase-contending driver and now an NBC analyst, understands this.
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Pressure impacts everyone differently.