48 with 45's

Jimmie Johnson dominated the race and went on to win the Advocare 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Johnson had a maximum points day by leading the most laps on the way to his victory. He now has a seven point lead over Matt Kenseth and a 40 point lead over Kevin Harvick with two races remaining, Phoenix this Sunday and Homestead the following Sunday. It looks like the championship will once again come down to the final race at Homestead. Johnson should be favored over Kenseth on the 1 mile track at Phoenix but Homestead is one of the few tracks that the 48 team struggles with. It is a mile and a half track with progressive banking. Kenseth has the highest average finish on mile and a half tracks this year.

Here are the results for the week and the current standings.

Week-Neil 215, Dennis 208, Toby 207, Michael 202, PT 200, Brent 180, Freddy 173, Joe 166, Terry 161,  Jim 160, Norb 150, Chuck 140

Segment-Toby 1471, Michael 1464, Dennis 1464, PT 1454, Neil 1402, Freddy 1374, Brent 1368, Norb 1351, Chuck 1304, Joe 1301, Jim 1293, Terry 1293

Overall-PT 5851, Michael 5800, Chuck 5704, Freddy 5687, Dennis 5673, Joe 5515, Toby 5507, Brent 5468, Neil 5405, Jim 5385, Norb 5196, Terry 5178

I am sure that you all have been keeping track of the wildcard picks on the forms I sent you at the start of the season, but just in case you haven't I will list the cars that you have used up as a wildcard.

PT-15, 18, 20, 24, 48, 88
Dennis-18, 20, 29, 48, 99
Toby-14, 16, 20, 24, 29, 48, 78
Jim-5, 18, 20, 24, 29, 48, 99
Chuck-2, 5, 15, 18, 20, 24, 48, 88, 99
Neil-15, 16, 20, 24, 29, 99
Norb-5, 15, 18, 20, 24, 48
Freddy-2, 5, 15, 16, 18, 20, 29, 48, 99
Brent-15, 18, 24, 29, 78
Terry-14, 16, 20, 29, 88, 99
Michael-15, 18, 20, 24, 29, 48, 78, 88, 99
Joe-2, 5, 18, 24, 29, 48, 99

This weeks race at Phoenix starts at 2 P.M. on Sunday. I need your picks by 4:30 P.M. on Friday.

This week's song is a tribute to those fans, drivers, or crews who don't care for Texas Speedway.