Sprint Cup Points Standings

[rbroyles]

2008 Sprint Cup points after Atlanta


RANK +/- DRIVER POINTS BEHIND STARTS POLES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 WINNINGS
1 -- Kyle Busch 665 Leader 4 1 1 3 3 1,123,940
2 +3 Greg Biffle 592 -73 4 0 0 2 3 764,188
3 +1 Kevin Harvick 574 -91 4 0 0 1 3 795,707
4 -2 Ryan Newman 571 -94 4 0 1 1 2 1,946,140
5 +1 Jeff Burton 555 -110 4 0 0 1 2 767,795
6 +4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 531 -134 4 0 0 2 3 1,029,250
7 -4 Kasey Kahne 528 -137 4 0 0 0 3 832,577
8 +3 Tony Stewart 525 -140 4 0 0 2 3 1,435,830
9 +4 Brian Vickers 491 -174 4 0 0 0 1 553,095
10 +2 Kurt Busch 478 -187 4 0 0 1 1 1,352,620
11 -3 Martin Truex Jr. 471 -194 4 0 0 0 1 717,545
12 +4 Matt Kenseth 470 -195 4 0 0 1 2 743,477
13 +1 Jimmie Johnson 467 -198 4 1 0 1 1 911,214
14 +1 Bobby Labonte 462 -203 4 0 0 0 0 703,739
15 +8 Jeff Gordon 444 -221 4 1 0 2 2 856,757
16 +8 Clint Bowyer 436 -229 4 0 0 0 1 626,395
17 -10 Carl Edwards 433 -232 4 0 2 2 2 1,246,090
18 -1 Mark Martin 421 -244 4 0 0 0 1 726,595
19 +1 Denny Hamlin 413 -252 4 0 0 0 1 759,839
20 -11 Elliott Sadler 402 -263 4 0 0 0 1 768,473
21 -2 David Ragan 398 -267 4 0 0 0 1 581,013
22 -4 Reed Sorenson 391 -274 4 0 0 1 1 930,001
23 +2 Juan Montoya 391 -274 4 0 0 0 0 639,502
24 -3 Robby Gordon 384 -281 4 0 0 0 1 653,517
25 +1 Paul Menard 382 -283 4 0 0 0 0 557,095
26 +3 Scott Riggs 369 -296 4 0 0 0 0 567,694
27 +4 David Reutimann 358 -307 4 0 0 0 0 566,812
28 -6 David Gilliland 352 -313 4 0 0 0 0 614,959
29 -1 Travis Kvapil 346 -319 4 0 0 0 1 639,544
30 +5 Casey Mears 331 -334 4 0 0 0 0 639,880
31 -4 Jamie McMurray 318 -347 4 0 0 0 0 580,716
32 +1 Dale Jarrett 315 -350 4 0 0 0 0 555,163
33 +1 Michael Waltrip 303 -362 4 0 0 0 0 585,723
34 -4 Jeremy Mayfield 301 -364 4 0 0 0 0 519,725
35 -3 J.J. Yeley 298 -367 4 0 0 0 0 577,365
36 +2 Sam Hornish Jr.* 280 -385 4 0 0 0 0 688,584
37 -1 Dave Blaney 273 -392 4 0 0 0 0 563,346
38 -1 Dario Franchitti* 264 -401 4 0 0 0 0 533,263
39 -- Regan Smith* 232 -433 4 0 0 0 0 525,130
40 -- Kyle Petty 217 -448 4 0 0 0 0 501,207
41 +1 Joe Nemechek 156 -509 3 0 0 0 0 408,875
42 +3 Mike Skinner 155 -510 2 0 0 0 0 152,675
43 -2 John Andretti 106 -559 2 0 0 0 0 339,838
44 +2 Patrick Carpentier* 101 -564 2 0 0 0 0 172,278
45 -2 Ken Schrader 100 -565 1 0 0 0 0 170,071
46 -2 Bill Elliott 85 -580 1 0 0 0 0 159,433
47 -- Kenny Wallace 34 -631 1 0 0 0 0 256,735
48 -- A.J. Allmendinger 0 -665 0 0 0 0 0 22,345
49 -- Johnny Benson 0 -665 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 +1 Burney Lamar 0 -665 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 -2 Boris Said 0 -665 0 0 0 0 0 22,170
52 -2 Johnny Sauter 0 -665 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 -1 Eric McClure 0 -665 0 0 0 0 0 22,988
54 -1 Sterling Marlin 0 -665 0 0 0 0 0 22,095

The top 35 after five races are locked in to start the races, with all others having to qualify as "Go or go homers". A team can break into the top 35 and displace the 35th place team.

 

[d4ster3]

Glad to see Jr in the top 10... Great runs for the Evernham boys Kahne and Sadler... Kenseth, Bowyer, Hamlin, Johnson, Gordon all starting slow

 

[tclowers23]

Here comes #88.

 

[rbroyles]

bump, the standings are now through Atlanta.

 

[Vol Mania 21]

what happened to johnny sauter?

 

[rbroyles]

what happened to johnny sauter?

According to this, which is from NASCAR, he hasn't made a race so far.

 

[Vol Mania 21]

i noticed that, didn't knw what his deal was

 

[la.lovesorange]

He dosent even have a ride. They tried him once in the 21 and he didnt qualify it. He is racing in the Nationwide though.

 

[Vol Mania 21]

thanks la. i thought he was suppose to be an up and coming star. guess not

 

[rbroyles]

thanks la. i thought he was suppose to be an up and coming star. guess not

While he has some ability, he never has stood out enough to get a good ride in Cup. He is now probably too old, believe it or not, and not as marketable as other "developement drivers" being groomed by the top teams. Sauter is more old school in that he has worked his way up through late models, ASA, and then BGN which is the traditional course. Today, owners are enamored with open wheel, whether it be USAC type experience or Indy car type, and still look to the traditional way for that next Kyle Busch. But mostly they want to take a young, photogenic, articulate driver who will appeal to sponsors, and hope he/she will be a good driver too, and bring them along in their system.

 

[615 Vol]

How many more years will Roush be allowed to have 5 drivers? Looking at the standings, although very early, Jamie McMurray is starting slow again. If Roush had to dump a driver it would have to be McMurray or Ragan but I would release Ragan based on the number of cars he has destroyed.

 

[McLovin]

I think they have through the 09 season. Then Roush will sell one team and I would imagine it will become a Roush sattelite team.