Sunday, July 13, 2008

Driver Standings After the LifeLock.com 400

These are preliminary stats until it becomes official:

The top 6 spots stayed put, with Kyle Busch extending his lead over 2nd place driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. to 262 points.

Greg Biffle moved up 4 spots with his 4th place finish to 7th, now 35 points in front of the Cup Bubble.

Denny Hamlin dropped to 12th after his 40th place finish from mechanical difficulties.

Clint Bowyer dropped 3 spots to 13th, outside the top 12 by 27 points from his 22nd place finish.

The contention for the Cup is closing in on the drivers and there's only a 155 point difference between 7th and 13th places. There's only 7 races to go until the chase erupts on us.

RANK +/- DRIVER POINTS BEHIND +/- Bubble
1 -- Kyle Busch 2881 Leader 598
2 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2619 -262 336
3 -- Jeff Burton 2590 -291 307
4 -- Carl Edwards 2509 -372 226
5 -- Jimmie Johnson 2494 -387 211
6 -- Jeff Gordon 2384 -497 101
7 4 Greg Biffle 2318 -563 35
8 1 Matt Kenseth 2317 -564 34
9 4 Kevin Harvick 2308 -573 25
10 2 Tony Stewart 2305 -576 22
11 -3 Kasey Kahne 2295 -586 12
12 -5 Denny Hamlin 2283 -598 0


CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP BUBBLE
13 -3 Clint Bowyer 2256 -625 -27
14 1 Brian Vickers 2188 -693 -95
15 -1 David Ragan 2185 -696 -98

Complete Driver Standings
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