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Gateway offers some Cup Series playoff outsiders opportunity

Richard Petty exits his car after making the ceremonial first NASCAR Cup Series lap at World Wide Technology Raceway on Friday, June 3, 2022, in Madison, Ill. Friday was Richard Petty Day as the raceway gears up for the NASCAR Cup Series auto race scheduled for Sunday. (Derik Holtmann//Belleville News-Democrat via AP)

Richard Petty talks with NASCAR drivers, including Ryan Blaney, lower left, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., upper left, before a group photo Friday, June 3, 2022, to promote the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill. Petty won the Cup championship seven times. (Derik Holtmann/Belleville News-Democrat via AP)

Kevin Harvick, right, signs autographs as he heads to pit road before the start of a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

Gateway offers some Cup Series playoff outsiders opportunity