DOVER, Del. -- Jeremy Mayfield isbadly in need of a great finish today at Dover International Speedway after bad luck a week earlier made him a long shot to win the Nextel Cup championship.
That's the bad news.
The good news is he'll have a great chance to recoup lost points as a front-row starter in the MBNA America 400.
Despite falling 142 points behind co-leaders Kurt Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. because he crashed after Robby Gordon intentionally wrecked Greg Biffle in New Hampshire, Mayfield is approaching Sunday's race as if nothing happened.
"We're not worried about points now," he said. "Points are not even in our vocabulary."
At least he's certain to be an early contender on The Monster Mile, where he won the pole for both races this year.
"We're going to run hard and run up front," Mayfield said. "That's all we can do."
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