Harvick Hanging On

Kevin Harvick takes the checkered flag to win the Advocare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Harvick was running second with two laps to go when first place Carl Edwards ran out of fuel. Harvick drove around Edwards and easily cruised to the win. Edwards ended up finishing 21st.

Matt Kenseth struggled with the handling on his car all day and finished 23rd while Johnson finished 3rd. Johnson now has a 27 point lead in the Chase with one race remaining. Barring something unexpected, Johnson will win his 6th Sprint Cup Championship. That ties him with Dale Earnhardt Sr. and leaves him only one behind Richard Petty for most all time. The only positive thing that Kenseth has going for him is the fact that the 48 has never ran particularly well at Homestead. Of course, the 48 has never really had to run well at Homestead. He usually has the points lead when he gets to Homestaed and all he wants to do is have a decent finish.

I was out of town this weekend and was unable to post the qualifying results so here they are.

Terry-24, 5, 11, 48=49
Dennis-48, 2, 11, 22=46
Brent-48, 2, 11, 20=35
Michael-88, 5, 11, 56=34
Freddy-48, 2, 11, 39=33
PT-48, 2, 14, 29=26
Chuck-48, 2, 14, 29=26
Toby-48, 56, 14, 88=26
Neil-20, 5, 14, 48=26
Jim-48, 5, 10, 99=24
Norb-20, 56, 14, 88=13
Joe-99, 5, 14, 20=11

Here are the race results and the current standings with one week remaining in the race season.

Week-Terry 208, PT 205, Chuck 205, Dennis 191, Toby 190, Michael 187, Freddy 177, Neil 177, Brent 165, Jim 160, Norb 156, Joe 144

Segment-Toby 1661, PT 1659, Dennis 1655, Michael 1651, Neil 1579, Freddy 1551, Brent 1533, Chuck 1509, Norb 1507, Terry 1501, Jim 1453, Joe 1445

Overall-PT 6056, Michael 5987, Chuck 5909, Dennis 5864, Freddy 5864, Toby 5697, Joe 5659, Brent 5633, Neil 5582, Jim 5545, Terry 5386, Norb 5352

Our 4th segment is still up in the air. Only four points separates first through fourth place. I will your picks by 5 P.M. on Friday.

I am thinking about a few rule changes for next season to give everyone a better chance to win. I am also thinking about putting our league on Yahoo Sports. It is free and you would be able to enter your picks on line. Then you could keep track of everyones picks and scores with the click of a mouse. We also might be able to pick up a few more league members if we go online. Let me know what you think.