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Matt Kenseth grabs 4th win of season, JGR dominates again as team readies for NASCAR playoffs

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Joey Logano (22) and Sprint Cup Series driver Matt Kenseth (20) race for position during the NASCAR Sprint Cup auto race at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Jesse Hutchinson) (The Associated Press)

In a photo provided by NASCAR, Joey Logano (22) leads the field at the green flag to start the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, in Richmond, Va. (Rainier Ehrhardt/NASCAR via AP) (The Associated Press)

Joe Gibbs Racing cemented itself as the team to beat for NASCAR's championships with a dominating run Saturday night that ended in Matt Kenseth's fourth win of the season.

The win put Kenseth in a tie with JGR teammate Kyle Busch and six-time champion Jimmie Johnson for the top seeds in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. The 10-race playoff series begins next Sunday at Chicagoland.

Kenseth has won three of the last six races, and JGR has won eight of the last 11.

The 16-driver Chase field was set in the regular-season finale, where only four spots were really up for grabs. Jamie McMurray clinched his berth as soon as he took the green flag, but Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Paul Menard and Clint Bowyer all had to protect their positions.