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WEC finale, Macau GP, NASCAR decider

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Kyle Busch is actually gaining some ground on Keselowski in traffic, getting the gap down to 1.6s. He doesn't need to win the race necessarily, but is always nice to see a title settled that way.
Twenty five laps left. Larson is trying to spice things up, but championship wise this is all going Kyle Busch's way.
Harvick's fourth place is increasingly lonely - though he's 9s off the lead, he's nearly 5s clear of chaser Hamlin.
Truex loses another place, he's down to 14th behind Austin Dillon and now very likely to get lapped by leader Keselowski.
And speaking of that gap to Harvick, it's now up to 7s as everyone from fourth back drifts further away.
Larson is on another charge, closing on Kyle Busch for second. Busch can afford to lose second though with such a good gap to Harvick behind.
Gordon isn't really making any ground either, he's 10th and 3s behind next man ahead Kenseth.
There's a slight danger Truex is going to get lapped in the remaining 37 laps, as his deficit to the leaders approaches 25s. Bar Kyle Busch, all the title contenders are deeply unhappy with their cars on the radio now.
Gaps staying static up front, Keselowski's advantage over Kyle Busch is 2.7s with 43 laps left and Harvick in fourth is another 5s back.
Gordon and Truex are back in 10th and 12th. They need something wild to happen. This hasn't been a very wild race. Just a very, very tense one. Fifty laps left.
No change overall there, Keselowski holds the lead, Kyle Busch is 2s down in second, then Larson runs third and Harvick fourth. Harvick is a full 7.2s off the lead and 4s behind title rival Busch.
Kyle Busch was the last of the title contenders to pit, but was solidly 4s clear of Harvick before they began pitting.
These will be the last pitstops the leaders actually need, if it's green for the distance now. If there are further yellows, you'd expect everyone to get fresh tyres as the cost of not doing so if someone else behind you does is too high.
Truex has got everyone jumping pitward, Harvick is in now too.
(It probably won't stay green)
Truex had two very old tyres after that gamble last time, and he should now run to the end on this set if it stays green.
Truex is now down to 13th - and he's coming into the pits.
Larson makes it around the outside of Harvick and pushes him back to fourth. More good news for Kyle Busch, who's solidly ins second.
Harvick is about to get some hassle from Larson, who has great late-stint pace today. Ganassi's young star has cruised right up onto the champion's tail.
Steady in the lead pack once again, Kesleowski has a 1.1s advantage over Kyle Busch, with Harvick another 1.5s further back. And it's now past lap 200 of 267.
The rain delay means US television is now being rearranged and (American) football is having to wait for NASCAR. Cue football fans being enraged on social media and optimistic NASCAR fans suggesting the football audience will become NASCAR converts.

Well the action needs to crank up a bit from this to make that happen. It's tense, but restarts aside there's not a lot of on-track place swapping going on.
Order: 1 Keselowski; 2 Kyle Busch +1.2s; 3 Harvick +2.3s; 4 Logano; 5 Larson; 6 Kurt Busch; 7 Hamlin; 8 Kenseth; 9 Gordon +8.9s; 10 Johnson; 11 Edwards; 12 Truex +12.2s



Eighty laps left, Kyle Busch pulls himself a bit more breathing space over Harvick and gets a bit closer to Keselowski for the lead.
Gordon is now past Truex for ninth, but these two are in a battle of the long shots now as the title fight is pretty much set as Kyle Busch versus Harvick.
Harvick favouring a very wide line as they go through traffic. Kyle Busch is holding him back so far. They've fallen just over a second behind leader Keselowski.
Up front, Harvick has a new lease of life and is right on Kyle Busch's tail for second place.
Truex is about to lose another place to recovery drive man Hamlin, and Gordon is in the queue now developing him the erstwhile leader.
Kyle Busch is closing in on Keselowski for the lead, while Gordon is at least back into the top 10.
Kurt Busch and Logano demote Truex next, as does Larson, very easily. Truex is down in seventh.
Kyle Busch is now chasing Keseloski for the lead, with Harvick equidistant behind them.

By: Matt Beer

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