The Dashing Dozen

The 26-race marathon regular season is finally over, and now the grind really starts for these 12 drivers. The qualifiers for the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, they will spend the next 10 weekends vying for all the glory that awaits the points leader after the Nov. 18 race at Homestead-Miami

MATT KENSETH

KEVIN HARVICK

TONY STEWART

CARL EDWARDS

JEFF GORDON

KYLE BUSCH

JIMMIE JOHNSON

MARTIN TRUEX JR.

DENNY HAMLIN

JEFF BURTON

KURT BUSCH

CLINT BOWYER

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Photograph by Brian Czobat/Autostock

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SI IMAGING (BACKGROUND)