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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Only an amateur would fill out a Chase for the Sprint Cup championship bracket and not mark Kevin Harvick down for a win at Phoenix.Harvick has proven hes just about unbeatable in the desert, and when his playoff chances are on the line, hes delivered time and again. Harvick has won six of the last nine races at Phoenix, finished second in two of his losses and is guaranteed to show up this weekend with a car capable of demoralizing the field.Assuming it will take nothing short of a freak incident to keep Harvick out of victory lane, theres essentially only one spot in the finale up for grabs Sunday.Problem is, there are five drivers jockeying for that last spot.And only two points separate three of those drivers in the standings.To say there will be some brokenhearted teams on Sunday is an understatement. This years version of the Chase has been anticlimactic, sometimes even boring, but this bottleneck in the standings is something to behold.Reigning series champion Kyle Busch and Joey Logano are tied in the standings. Busch teammate Matt Kenseth is just one point back, and Denny Hamlin sits two points out.Only one of them is making it to the final four Nov. 20 at Homestead-Miami Speedway if Harvick wins, and the chances of Joe Gibbs Racing getting multiple cars into the championship took a hit on Sunday. The team dominated the regular season and had 50 percent of the drivers in this round of eight.Once a threat to get all four cars into the finale, JGR is only guaranteed to be represented by Carl Edwards, who used a fast pit stop to win a rain-shortened race Sunday night at Texas. It was the least optimal outcome for JGR in terms of getting multiple cars into the finale.Edwards, you see, was last in the playoff standings and that miracle win gave him an automatic berth. Although the rules show two spots still remaining and three JGR drivers hovering at the top of the standings, the threat of a Harvick win at Phoenix has burst JGRs hopes.So heres the situation:HARVICK FOR THE WIN: Hes an eight-time winner at Phoenix and has absolutely owned the place since the track was reconfigured in 2011. Hes also in a situation that Harvick handles quite well -- he pretty much has to win or wont make it to the finale for a third straight year.Harvick is known as a macho driver brimming with confidence, and he didnt seem concerned about his positioning headed into Phoenix. His warning? Hell just go to Phoenix and do what he always does there.JGR: The team had hoped to sweep the finale but cant because Jimmie Johnson earned one of the spots with a win at Martinsville. Best case scenario is that the team gets two more cars into the final, but that will certainly come with hard internal feelings.Busch, Kenseth and Hamlin will likely all be racing for themselves on Sunday and teamwork will be an afterthought.It wouldnt be a shock if JGR doesnt get even one more car into the finale because anything can happen on Sunday.LOGANO: He won at Talladega in the last round to stave off elimination, and he doesnt need to win at Phoenix to make it to Homestead. Hes essentially racing the Gibbs cars and trying to finish higher than the three Toyotas so he can snatch a spot on points.Itll be a tough battle, but Logano likes sticking it to the team that let him go three years ago.KURT BUSCH: Hes an afterthought right now after iffy performances in the last two races have him ranked last in the standings. He most certainly has to win at Phoenix to advance, and its a good track for Busch. 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Rugby league star Greg Bird has been fined for drunkenly refusing to leave a Byron Bay hotel in northern NSW.The former Gold Coast forward, who a week ago left the Titans to join French side Catalans in the English Super League, has copped a $550 penalty over the September 17 incident.Police last month claimed Bird and his group were asked to leave the premises because of their levels of intoxication, alleging a brawl had broken out with security staff.Its alleged a 32-year-old man was asked to leave a licensed premises by security staff but failed to comply, NSW police said in a statement to AAP on Tuesday.The man was assisted out of the location by a friend with no further incident.He was issued an infringement notice including thhe fine on Monday.ddddddddddddBird previously claimed he would be exonerated over the incident.I left the premises(s) and someone from our party stayed and got into a physical altercation with the security, he wrote on Instagram in September.Me along with everyone else in the group ran into (sic) separate the two involved and no-one else threw any punches.There is footage and witnesses to verify this.Bird played 129 games for the Gold Coast, as well as 18 Origin games for NSW and 17 Tests, but was dropped from both representative sides this year.He has joined the French-based Catalans on a five-year deal. 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