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Is this finally the year for Kyle Busch? Will Joey Logano be racing with a chip on his shoulder? Breaking down the biggest questions ahead of the Great American Race.

When Stewart-Haas Racing announced the imminent closure of its four-car NASCAR Cup Series operation, it sent shockwaves through the sport, while scattering a lot of talented people throughout the paddock. It's end became the catalyst to what has become one of the silliest silly seasons in some time. Several drivers…

In regulation, it looked at first like the race was going to come down to a battle of pit strategy between Denny Hamlin (who took four tires on his final stop) and last year’s race winner Ross Chastain (who took two).

Pretty much everyone had the same stunned reaction: "Holy [expletive]! Did you see that?!"