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To pep up Chase, NASCAR needs an April-like smashing finish at Richmond

Remember this season's first Richmond race? If NASCAR wants to go into the Chase for the Sprint Cup with a hot story to tell, a repeat of April's smashing finish would be stock car racing's answer to a Carolina Reaper.

Saturday night's Federated Auto Parts 400 needs the kind of finish fans would get from a cross between a ghost pepper and a habanero. We're talking serious fire.

That April race saw Carl Edwards move Kyle Busch as they headed to the finish line. When the checkered flag fell, Edwards had another in the season's tick-tight victories.