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.

FRR #78 Owner Points a/o 6/29/08 (Loudon, NHMS)

Very encouraging week for FRR/#78. Despite qualifying difficulties, the Team was able to get and KEEP a good car put together throughout the the race. And BIG praise to Joe Nemechek for wheeling that car around such a flat track! Lead lap; 20th place finish!

#78's Top-20 finish resulted in closing the gap to Top-35 by 42 points (combination of #78 improvement and "flattening" of the Top-35 score). If #78 keeps making gains while the bottom third of the current Top 35 owners stay flat, #78 should be in Top-35 before the '08 Season is complete.

FRR #78 Owner Points Update from Infineon, 6/22/08

Oddly enough, we (#78) slipped two spots (to #42) but still managed to close the Top 35 gap by another 14 points. We're in a very tight cluster of teams ... a virtual tie for 40th position. When #78 breaks into T-35, remember that they had to overcome the affects of 3 "Did Not Qualify" races earlier in the season.

FRR #78 Owner Points Update from Michigan, 6/15/08

Official Owner standings after Michigan (6/15/08). If these numbers hold, we lost 2 points in the race for #35. Really need to start bending the FRR curve up in the next couple of weeks.

FRR #78 Owner Points Update from Pocono, 6/8/08

Here's the latest as of Pocono, 6/8/08. Made up a little ground on Top 35 points threshold.