FRR/#78 Owner Points update after Bristol, 8/23/08

Official numbers. No change from "unofficial" version posted 8/24. Beginning next week, I'll start tracking how #78 is doing toward picking off the next Owner in the standings.

FRR/#78 Owner Points update after MIS, 8/17/08

As promised, here's the update. Top 35 Owner Prediction line is updated (I left the original T-35 Owner Prediction on the chart for reference). And FRR #78's Recovery line is added. As "must do's" go, it isn't pretty. Basically, FRR #78 has to equal its best two weeks (New Hampshire (6/29) and Daytona (7/5)) every week for the rest of the season ... and/or hope for the teams on the Top 35 "bubble" to collapse right before our eyes.

A disappointing weekend for FRR #78. I'll be updating the chart to show what FRR #78 needs to do to make Top 35 by season's end.

FRR/#78 Owner Points update after Watkins Glen, 8/10/08

FRR/#78 Owner Points update after Pocono, PA, 8/3/08

FRR #78 Owner Points a/o 7/27/08 (Indy - Brickyard 400)

FRR #78 Owner Points a/o 7/12/08 (Chicago)

Weird week at Chicago. The Racing gods seem to have whacked the whole bottom third of the field. Net result is #78 is net +/-0 change against the Top 35 owner. Downside is that we lost one spot in the standings AND the Chicago opportunity to make significant gains. Team probably needs the off-week between now and Indianapolis.

FRR #78 Owner Points a/o 7/5/08 (Daytona)

(Official Owner Standings, as of 7/7/08/1100EDT)

With another Top 20 finish, the #78 Furniture Row Racing Chevy picks up another 33 points in the quest to break into the Top 35 this Cup season.

Driver Joe Nemechek and the FRR Team worked hard keeping an ill-handling car on the lead lap throughout the race and began picking off competitors near the end. Finished in 18th, after enduring much of the race in the mid-to-high 30s.