Joey Logano became the 2nd driver to get his first career victory in a rain shortened race this season.
Randy Cook finally gives his team a victory!
Randy Cook went through the entire 2008 season without a win, his last came at November 2007 in Texas. The only victory that his team earned last season was thanks to Jeffery Willet who is no longer with the team. Now finally, Randy gives the multi-car version of his team a first victory as he takes the win in New Hampshire. Randy wins the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 after scoring 283 points this week. It was a much needed win for him because it moves back inside the Chase for the first time since Bristol back in March.
Finshing in 2nd place for her best run of the season is Gwen Demian. This is Gwen's first top 5 of the year. It moves her up 7 spots in the standings and gives her team Intimidator Racing, Inc. some much needed points as they gain 9 for the week.
Shawnda Moore has really been picking up the pace lately and keeps it up this week for a third place run. This is the fifth top 5 of the year for Shawnda who gains 8 spots in the standings this week.
Shawnda's teammate John Wilson finishes right behind her in 4th place. Two top 5 finishes for Texas Motorsports gives them 15 points for the week, the most out of all teams. John has also been picking things up as gets his third top 5 of the year. After spending most of the first part of the season in last place he is now up to 33rd.
Rounding out the top 5 is last week's winner, Jeffery Willett. Two back to back top 5 finishes have moved him all the way up to third place in the standings. It's the fifth top 5 for Jeffery this year. He also has given his new team, Outcast Racing 16 bonus points in the last two weeks.
We also have a change at the top of the standings. After just one week on top, Sue Perna falls back to 2nd place after finishing 31st this week. Jordan Hunt moves back to the top after a top 10 run.
7/2 10:00pm Update: The deadline for the Coke Zero 400 has now passed. All picks were submitted on time and have now been uploaded to the site.
The Power Gauge: Daytona Hot Dog - Sue Perna
Well, Sue Perna's great finish streak came to an end at New Hampshire after she finished in 31st place. Before that, she hadn't finished below 20th since Talladega in April. Even though she had a tough race, her four previous finishes were more than enough to keep her on top of the Power Gauge for the third straight week. She is just the 2nd person this year to lead 3 weeks and the third to lead more than 2. She drops her points total from last week but still manages to stay above 200. She scores a total of 211 points. She is also 2nd in total points for the year, just 73 points behind leader Jordan Hunt.
As we head in to Daytona, Sue is looking for a good run. It seems to be either hit or miss for her at the track. She has four top 10's but also has three straight finishes under 40th place.
Shawnda Moore moves up to 2nd place, the highest that she's been all year. Shawnda had a nice 3rd place run at New Hampshire and also got rid of a 38th place finish at Lowe's Motor Speedway. She has 2 top 5's in the last 5 races and hasn't finished below 19th in that time. Shawnda's best finish at Daytona was a third place finish back in 2006. So far it's her only top 5.
John Sherman holds in third place for the 2nd week. He continues to stay up high thanks to consistent finishes. He hasn't fallen out of the top 3 in seven straight weeks now. He just missed a top 10 in New Hampshire but will be looking for one at Daytona where has three of them.
Moving up 6 spots to 4th place is our New Hampshire race winner, Randy Cook. Randy now has two top 3 finishes in the last 3 races and a top 15 as well. Randy has a great average finish at Daytona as well. In his 5 vists to the track, he has 3 top 3 finishes there. He'll be looking for his first win there this time.
Rounding out the top 5 is John Wilson who moves into the top 5 for the first time this year. John had a top 5 at New Hampshire and has really picked up his performance lately. Three of his last 4 races have been top 10 runs. He only has one top 10 in Daytona but he'll be looking to add a 2nd one this weekend.
The biggest climber of the week is Jeffery Willett whose win at Sonoma and top 5 finish this past weekend move him up 23 spots up to 7th place. The biggest dropper of the week is Melanie Hicks who falls 17 spots to 3st place.
Martin Truex Jr. was poised for a good run at New Hampshire until he got caught up in a multi-car wreck.
