the Chase Update – Week 2
March 1, 2008 by Tim Zaegel
Filed under Racing
#1 – Kyle Busch (+3): #1 in the Sprint Cup Series; #1 in the Craftsman Truck Series; #2 in the Nationwide Series. There absolutely is not a hotter driver in the entire racing world right at the moment, and in the six races he’s run so far this season between the three series, it’s translated into a win, four 2nd place finishes, and a 4th place finish. The scary part? Kyle has a better history of running at Vegas than he did at Daytona or California. Factor that in with the momentum and you’ve now got yourself quite the formula …read more
Craftsman Truck Series Results / Standings: California
February 23, 2008 by Tim Zaegel
Filed under Racing
After leading the previous 18 laps heading into lap 76, Todd Bodine – winner of the Craftsman Truck Series’ season debut in Daytona – lost the lead to the 22-year old Kyle Busch, who coincidentally headed into this weekend’s race at California Speedway in a three-way tie for first place after Bodine was docked 25 points by NASCAR for a rule infraction at Daytona. Busch closed out the remaining 11 laps of the race at the helm and was able to bring his no. 51 Billy Ballew MotorsportsToyota to victory lane to give Toyota its second win in the series …read more
Sprint Cup Series Standings – Week 1
February 19, 2008 by Tim Zaegel
Filed under Racing
*credit nascar.com
RANK
+/-
DRIVER
POINTS
BEHIND
STARTS
POLES
WINS
TOP 5
TOP 10
WINNINGS
1
–
Ryan Newman
190
Leader
1
0
1
1
1
1,543,040
2
–
Kurt Busch
175
-15
1
0
0
1
1
1,099,770
3
–
Tony Stewart
170
-20
1
0
0
1
1
986,049
4
–
Kyle Busch
170
-20
1
0
0
1
1
652,938
5
–
Reed Sorenson
160
-30
1
0
0
1
1
598,959
6
–
Kasey Kahne
151
-39
1
0
0
0
1
434,204
7
–
Elliott Sadler
150
-40
1
0
0
0
1
430,015
8
–
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
143
-47
1
0
0
0
1
567,920
9
–
Robby Gordon
142
-48
1
0
0
0
1
352,921
10
–
Greg Biffle
139
-51
1
0
0
0
1
346,663
11
–
Bobby Labonte
130
-60
1
0
0
0
0
329,756
12
–
Jeff Burton
129
-61
1
0
0
0
0
323,496
13
–
Brian Vickers
127
-63
1
0
0
0
0
285,245
14
–
Kevin Harvick
121
-69
1
0
0
0
0
322,224
15
–
Sam Hornish Jr.*
118
-72
1
0
0
0
0
319,845
16
–
Denny Hamlin
117
-73
1
0
0
0
0
387,416
17
–
Dale Jarrett
115
-75
1
0
0
0
0
318,213
18
–
David Reutimann
109
-81
1
0
0
0
0
291,221
19
–
Carl Edwards
106
-84
1
0
0
0
0
363,520
20
–
Martin Truex Jr.
103
-87
1
0
0
0
0
335,796
21
–
Scott Riggs
100
-90
1
0
0
0
0
287,928
22
–
Paul Menard
97
-93
1
0
0
0
0
279,295
23
–
Clint Bowyer
96
-94
1
0
0
0
0
324,545
24
–
Jeremy Mayfield
94
-96
1
0
0
0
0
271,220
25
–
J.J. Yeley
88
-102
1
0
0
0
0
315,095
26
–
Jimmie Johnson
87
-103
1
1
0
0
0
394,106
27
–
Jamie McMurray
85
-105
1
0
0
0
0
308,706
28
–
Michael Waltrip
81
-109
1
0
0
0
0
318,135
29
–
David Gilliland
79
-111
1
0
0
0
0
313,646
30
–
Travis Kvapil
73
-117
1
0
0
0
0
291,202
31
–
Mark Martin
70
-120
1
0
0
0
0
348,846
32
–
Juan Montoya
67
-123
1
0
0
0
0
290,753
33
–
Dario Franchitti*
64
-126
1
0
0
0
0
270,613
34
–
Kyle Petty
61
-129
1
0
0
0
0
260,320
35
–
Matt Kenseth
60
-130
1
0
0
0
0
308,129
36
–
Casey Mears
58
-132
1
0
0
0
0
334,945
37
–
Dave Blaney
54
-136
1
0
0
0
0
307,563
38
–
Regan Smith*
52
-138
1
0
0
0
0
267,095
39
–
Jeff Gordon
51
-139
1
0
0
0
0
374,099
40
–
John Andretti
43
-147
1
0
0
0
0
258,613
41
–
Joe Nemechek
40
-150
1
0
0
0
0
258,470
42
–
David Ragan
37
-153
1
0
0
0
0
267,763
43
–
Kenny Wallace
34
-156
1
0
0
0
0
256,735
Craftsman Truck / Nationwide Series Standings – Week 1
February 18, 2008 by Tim Zaegel
Filed under Racing
*credit nascar.com
Nationwide Series:
RANK
+/-
DRIVER
POINTS
BEHIND
STARTS
POLES
WINS
TOP 5
TOP 10
WINNINGS
1
–
Tony Stewart
190
Leader
1
1
1
1
1
118,120
2
–
Kyle Busch
180
-10
1
0
0
1
1
85,775
3
–
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
165
-25
1
0
0
1
1
72,300
4
–
Brian Vickers
165
-25
1
0
0
1
1
74,743
5
–
Matt Kenseth
155
-35
1
0
0
1
1
59,400
6
–
Bryan Clauson*
150
-40
1
0
0
0
1
61,893
7
–
Denny Hamlin
147
-43
1
0
0
0
1
50,475
8
–
Greg Biffle
146
-44
1
0
0
0
1
52,050
9
–
David Ragan
143
-47
1
0
0
0
1
49,625
10
–
Martin Truex Jr.
135
-55
1
0
0
0
0
47,175
11
–
Carl Edwards
134
-56
1
0
0
0
1
50,700
12
–
Kelly Bires
127
-63
1
0
0
0
0
53,768
13
–
Johnny Sauter
124
-66
1
0
0
0
0
46,725
14
–
David Reutimann
121
-69
1
0
0
0
0
52,493
15
–
Bobby Labonte
118
-72
1
0
0
0
0
46,475
16
–
Brad Keselowski
115
-75
1
0
0
0
0
51,893
17
–
Mike Bliss
112
-78
1
0
0
0
0
51,643
18
–
Scott Wimmer
109
-81
1
0
0
0
0
51,518
19
–
Jason Leffler
106
-84
1
0
0
0
0
51,543
20
–
Dario Franchitti*
103
-87
1
0
0
0
0
54,368
21
–
Kevin Harvick
100
-90
1
0
0
0
0
44,675
22
–
Bobby Hamilton Jr.
97
-93
1
0
0
0
0
51,018
23
–
Cale Gale*
94
-96
1
0
0
0
0
51,243
24
–
Mike Wallace
91
-99
1
0
0
0
0
50,718
25
–
Clint Bowyer
88
-102
1
0
0
0
0
44,550
26
–
Brad Coleman
85
-105
1
0
0
0
0
50,468
27
–
Michael McDowell
82
-108
1
0
0
0
0
50,368
28
–
Brad Baker
79
-111
1
0
0
0
0
50,293
29
–
Kirk Shelmerdine
78
-112
1
0
0
0
0
50,518
30
–
Willie Allen
76
-114
1
0
0
0
0
44,025
31
–
Robert Richardson, II
70
-120
1
0
0
0
0
49,918
32
–
Kertus Davis
67
-123
1
0
0
0
0
49,855
33
–
D J Kennington
64
-126
1
0
0
0
0
49,793
34
–
Kasey Kahne
63
-127
1
0
0
0
0
43,125
35
–
Eric McClure
61
-129
1
0
0
0
0
49,743
36
–
Jason Keller
55
-135
1
0
0
0
0
49,518
37
–
Steve Wallace
52
-138
1
0
0
0
0
49,453
38
–
Stanton Barrett
49
-141
1
0
0
0
0
49,393
39
–
Marcos Ambrose
46
-144
1
0
0
0
0
49,343
40
–
David Gilliland
43
-147
1
0
0
0
0
42,825
41
–
Mark Green
40
-150
1
0
0
0
0
49,243
42
–
David Stremme
37
-153
1
0
0
0
0
42,725
43
–
Steve Grissom
34
-156
1
0
0
0
0
42,651
Craftsman Truck Series:
RANK
+/-
DRIVER
POINTS
BEHIND
STARTS
POLES
WINS
TOP 5
TOP 10
WINNINGS
1
–
Todd Bodine
195
Leader
1
0
1
1
1
96,850
2
–
Kyle Busch
170
-25
1
0
0
1
1
58,450
3
–
Johnny Benson
170
-25
1
0
0
1
1
45,570
4
–
David Starr
160
-35
1
0
0
1
1
30,310
5
–
Rick Crawford
155
-40
1
0
0
1
1
26,735
6
–
Stacy Compton
150
-45
1
0
0
0
1
22,335
7
–
Chad McCumbee
146
-49
1
0
0
0
1
21,035
8
–
Justin Marks*
142
-53
1
0
0
0
1
21,035
9
–
Brian Scott*
138
-57
1
0
0
0
1
19,035
10
–
Dennis Setzer
134
-61
1
0
0
0
1
21,285
11
–
Andy Lally*
130
-65
1
0
0
0
0
17,935
12
–
Phillip McGilton*
127
-68
1
0
0
0
0
17,760
13
–
Marc Mitchell*
124
-71
1
0
0
0
0
15,410
14
–
Erin Crocker
121
-74
1
0
0
0
0
17,560
15
–
Shelby Howard
118
-77
1
0
0
0
0
18,810
16
–
Scott Lynch
115
-80
1
0
0
0
0
15,010
17
–
Wayne Edwards
112
-83
1
0
0
0
0
14,905
18
–
Larry Foyt
109
-86
1
0
0
0
0
14,785
19
–
Jack Sprague
106
-89
1
0
0
0
0
14,685
20
–
Erik Darnell
105
-90
1
1
0
0
0
18,635
21
–
Justin Hobgood
103
-92
1
0
0
0
0
15,285
22
–
Jason White
102
-93
1
0
0
0
0
16,635
23
–
Shane Sieg
94
-101
1
0
0
0
0
16,510
24
–
Ron Hornaday
93
-102
1
0
0
0
0
17,285
25
–
Matt Crafton
91
-104
1
0
0
0
0
16,385
26
–
Scott Lagasse Jr.
85
-110
1
0
0
0
0
14,935
27
–
Jon Wood
82
-113
1
0
0
0
0
14,810
28
–
Mike Skinner
81
-114
1
0
0
0
0
13,610
29
–
Ted Musgrave
79
-116
1
0
0
0
0
13,710
30
–
Terry Cook
73
-122
1
0
0
0
0
13,510
31
–
Colin Braun*
70
-125
1
0
0
0
0
13,460
32
–
Joey Clanton
67
-128
1
0
0
0
0
13,410
33
–
Mike Bliss
64
-131
1
0
0
0
0
13,360
34
–
Brendan Gaughan
61
-134
1
0
0
0
0
13,310
35
–
P.J. Jones
58
-137
1
0
0
0
0
13,260
36
–
Chad Chaffin
55
-140
1
0
0
0
0
13,175




