Unlucky No. 17?
Could this be the years the Cup Series finally sees 17 different winners before the playoffs?
Danny Peters has written for Frontstretch since 2006. An English transplant living in San Francisco, by way of New York City, he’s had an award-winning marketing career with some of the biggest companies sponsoring sports. Working with racers all over the country, his freelance writing has even reached outside the world of racing to include movie screenplays.
Could this be the years the Cup Series finally sees 17 different winners before the playoffs?
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