Friday, October 10, 2008

Top 35 Owners Points.... With 6 To Go

What we have here is an interesting disparity!

Robby Gordon's car is in the 35th spot, but he's being bested by teams with fewer starts than him. That either bodes well for the other teams, and / or bad for Robby's team.

Then there's the team that Roger Penske dumped his drivers owners points on in the beginning of the year to give him a fighting chance, the No. 77 Dodge of Sam Hornish. We can see that the owners boost did not, in the long run, help the No. 77 car, but more than likely put Kurt Busch off balance and kept him struggling through the front of the year for no apparent reason.

Remember, Owners Points are just for starting a race, they can help determine garage spots too. That can be pretty helpful to some, while others get stuffed in the undesired spots of the garage that are too far out of the way, inconvenient, etc., etc. I don't know all the nuances, but I bet what there are, can be pretty important.

So the race in the race, we need to keep an eye on the No. 55, 22, 66, 84, 7 and 00 cars to see how they pan out. As the end of the season approaches, this 35th spot is becoming more coveted with each race. Anyone in 35th and up is guaranteed starting spots in the first few races of the 2009 season.

RANK
CAR OWNER POINTS STARTS Pts around 35th
29
#01 Teresa Earnhardt 2452 30 128
30
#41 Chip Ganassi 2425 30 101
31
#55 Michael Waltrip 2410 30 86
32
#22 Bill Davis 2387 29 63
33
#66 Joe Custer 2383 29 59
34
#84 Dietrich Mateschitz 2341 27 17
35
#7 Robby Gordon 2324 30 0
36
#00 Rob Kauffman 2285 29 -39
37
#77 Roger Penske 2147 29 -177
38
#96 Jeffrey Moorad 1996 26 -328
39
#10 George Gillett, Jr 1986 25 -338
40
#45 Kyle Petty 1935 26 -389

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