Well, my early pick for the Nextel Cup championship, Jimmie Johnson, has fought his way back after a rough start in the chase, and now sits at the top of the pack. Can he hold on? I think so, but it won't be easy with Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt Jr. right on his tail.

Check out this chase rundown at CBS Sportsline.

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Current Nextel Cup standings with two races remaining.

Numbers in parenthesis are points behind leader.

1 Jimmie Johnson 6157 (leader)
2 Matt Kenseth 6140 (17)
3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6079 (78)
4 Denny Hamlin 6077 (80)
5 Kevin Harvick 6052 (105)
6 Jeff Gordon 6000 (157)
7 Jeff Burton 5973 (184)
8 Kyle Busch 5924 (233)
9 Mark Martin 5904 (253)
10 Kasey Kahne 5867 (290)

If Jimmy doens't win this year he will never win. I honestly think that the only thing that would cause him to lose the title would be an engine failure. I would think most would drive carefully around him this weekend which should eliminate the wreck senerio for the most part.