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  "id": 5184428,
  "title": "The new Chase for the Championship is different but the same",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/the-new-chase-for-the-championship-is-different-but-the-same",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T21:58:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/new-chase-for-the-championship-nascar-is-different-but-the-same/10851690/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Of the 16 drivers who comprise the newest iteration of the Chase for the Championship, only two of them have competed in the version that predated The Playoffs from 2004-to-2013. Denny HamlinJoey Logano On one hand, this gives them both a baseline understanding of how to navigate the next 10 weeks but there are also enough wrinkles that both of them are still curious about what this is going ...…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}