Brad Keselowski won big at NASCAR’s smallest track on Sunday when he captured the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
With six of 26 races in the books in the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, it’s a good time to take a look at who’s hot and who’s not.
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HOT – Chase Elliott
The second-generation racer is now second in points, thanks to three top-five and four top-10 finishes in the last five races.
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NOT – Kurt Busch
In the last four races, the Daytona 500 winner has had an average finish of 29.00.
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HOT – Clint Bowyer
After a disappointing Daytona 500, Bowyer has three top 10s and no finish worse than 13th in the last five races.
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NOT – Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Still looking for his first top-10 finish of the year, Earnhardt is 25th in points, behind rookie Ty Dillon.
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HOT – Joey Logano
When Logano had a tire failure at Phoenix, it was the only time all year that he finished a race lower than sixth place.
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HOT – Kyle Busch
Although he was unhappy he lost at Martinsville, Busch has two top-three finishes in the last three races, when his average finish has been 4.33.
NOT – Paul Menard
Sitting 23rd in points isn’t awful, but when your teammates Austin Dillon (18th) and Ryan Newman (11th) are that much ahead of you, it kind of is.
HOT — Brad Keselowski
In the last five races, Keselowski has two victories, one second-place finish, five top fives and an average finish of 2.8.
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