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The battle of the Chase bubble: Logano in for now, Dillon just outside

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Austin Dillion finished just outside the top 5 at Kansas, but he still believes his team has a shot at winning at Talladega next week.

After finishing sixth Sunday at Kansas, Austin Dillon feels confident that he can finish well enough at Talladega Superspeedway next weekend and advance to the Round of 8 in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

“I’m just proud of my guys, we did a good job,” Dillon told NBC after the race. “The last four-tire call was really good. I really wanted a top-five there, that was our goal or a win, and just missed it by one.

“We have a shot to make it to the next round at Talladega, and that’s all you can ask for. ... We’re just going to have some fun at Talladega and see if we can make it to the next round.”

But Dillon will have to worry not only about how well he finishes at Talladega, he’ll also have to worry about how Joey Logano does.

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Logano and Dillon enter the final elimination race of the Round of 12 tied, 37 points behind points leader Jimmie Johnson. Logano is scored in eighth place in the standings after Kansas, while Dillon is scored ninth. The tiebreaker is best finish in the round. Logano finished third at Kansas to hold the tiebreaker on Dillon for now.

“We did what we had to do today, went and were flawless on execution, just need to be a little faster to win,” Logano told NBC. “It was a good recovery (from last week’s wreck at Charlotte), but I wouldn’t say it’s a full recovery yet. We’re going to be needed the race pretty hard at Talladega and try to get a few more points there.”

Logano said Talladega is “not a must win, either. We’re in (a transfer spot) right now, but it’s obviously a little bit too close for comfort. We have to push harder next week.”