NASCAR notebook: Blown engine costs Burton in Chase race (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

By Mike Harris Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. – Resurgent Jeff Burton ran into a speed bump Sunday on the way to a hoped-for spot in NASCAR’s Chase for the Nextel Cup championship. Burton’s engine failed just 17 laps into the GFS Marketplace 400, relegating the Richard Childress Racing driver to a 42nd-place finish and bumping him from fourth to ninth in the season standings. With only three races remaining to lock up one of the 10 spots in the 10-race Chase, that was a big blow ...