Chevrolet will clinch this season’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Manufacturers’ Title if its top finishing SS concludes the race 38th or better, giving Chevy its 38th Sprint Cup Series manufacturers’ championship. It will be the 12th consecutive manufactures’ trophy for Chevrolet and the second for the SS nameplate. Since its debut at the Daytona 500 in February of 2013, the Chevy SS had recorded 35 wins amongst 10 different drivers. Two of those drivers are #4-Kevin Harvick and #31-Ryan Newman, the final two Chevrolet competitors still in the running to earn the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Should Harvick or Newman earn this year’s trophy, it would be the first championship for either driver; and it would mark Chevrolet’s 30th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver’s title since 1949. Not only can Chevrolet claim this season’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series manufacturers’ championship the brand also has the opportunity to take home it’s 16th Bill France Performance Cup, an award that recognizes the manufacturers’ champion in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Chevrolet can claim the title if its top finishing Chevy Camaro ends the race 26th or better. In 2014 Chevrolet Camaro drivers have visited Winner’s Circle 15 times. Last weekend at Phoenix International Raceway, 18 year-old Camaro driver Chase Elliott clinched Chevrolet’s 18th driver’s title.(Team Chevy), see the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Manufacturers’ championship rules, standings and stats on Jayski.com’s Manufacturers’ Standings page.(11-12-2014)
