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Aaron's 499 Winner: #18 Kyle Busch 
April 28, 2008: In the FASCAR Thunder Cup Series, Paula Smart's 742 points edges out Rookie Player Shawn Shevshenko's 737 points to win the Aaron's 499. This is Paula Smart's 1st win of the 08 Season and this marks Paula's 3rd Career win. Congratulations on your win Paula Smart. With Paula's win this has put her in tie for the 4th spot in the Alltime Winner's List Coming in 3rd was Michael Williams Sr. with 718 points this is Michael's 1st Top 5 & Top 10 of the season. Coming in 4th was Mitch Zukowski with 714 points & battling it out for the 5th spot was Jeff Ouderkirk (18) -- Darrell Poe Jr. (88) & Austin E. (24) all players with 702 points. Jeff Ouderkirk wins the tiebreaker with Kyle Busch and comes away from the Aaron's 499 with his 1st Top 5 & Top 10 of the Season. Aaron's 499 Results Topping The FTCS ROTY Standings: Louie Gallardo April 28, 2008: Louie Gallardo kept his lead in the Rookie Standings after missing the Aaron's 499 but, only leads now by 1 point over Shawn Shevshenko. Shawn Shevshenko was the top scoring Rookie at the Aaron's 499 with a 2nd place finish which gave him 12 ROTY Pts. Other Rookies getting points this week where Jeff Ouderkirk (6) & Jason Pruett (2) FTCS Rookie Standings Topping The FTCS Standings: Karen Smith April 28, 2008: To nobody's surpise Karen Smith holds on to the #1 spot in the FTCS Standing for the 6th week in a row. Karen Smith came home with a 15th Place Finish this week at the Aaron's 499. Philip Hamm tried to get closer to Karen but, finished the race in the 38th spot and actually dropped himself back to the 3rd spot in the FTCS Standings. So, this means that we have a new #2 Player in the FTCS Standings and that goes to Rookie Player Jason Pruett. Moving up 1 spot into 4th is Randy Dorris & rounding out the Top 5 and moving up 2 spots is Matthew Bowen. Despite Louie Gallardo not picking this week-end at the Aaron's 499 he only lost 3 spots in the FTCS Standings going from 4th to 7th. Players that moved out of the Top 10 where Jason Mosser & Mark Erickson Jr. Players that moved into the top 10 where Shawn Shevshenko & Wendal Ebach. FTCS Standings Biggest Gain This Week: +10 Michael Williams Sr. (From 32nd to 22nd) Biggest Drop This Week: -8 Bruce Stevens (From 24th to 32nd) |
Going to the Talladega Superspeedway Did you Know? That if the Chase Started Right Now Mitch Zukowki would be #1. Some Players to watch for this week-end is Last Years Winner of the Aaron's 499 Robert Batz. Robert Batz is off to a slow start this year sitting 26th in the FTCS standings but, this is a track that Robert Batz likes, his worsest finish came last fall at the UAW-Ford 500 which was 4th. Robert has a Avg. Finish of a 3.0 at tge Talladega Superspeedway. This would be a great race for Robert Batz to turn his season around at. Another Player to watch for this week-end is Last Years Runner Up of the Aaron's 499 Randy Dorris. Randy started the 2008 Season kind of slow but, sure has been coming on strong lately and finds himself 5th in the FTCS Standings. Randy has a Avg Finish of a 3.5 at the Talladega Superspeedway. Randy Dorris is going to try and get his 7th Career Win and the 2nd of the 2008 Season. Another Player to watch this week-end is Last Years Fall Winner Linda Schmaltz of the UAW-Ford 500. Linda Schmaltz sure would like to see a great finish at the Aaron's 499 to get herself back on track in the 2008 Season as she has been struggling so far this season. Linda's Avg. Finish is a 12.5 at the Talladega Superspeedway. Finally, the last time we raced Karen Smith got herself her 30th Career Top 10 topping the Alltime Top 10 list by 6 over Randy Dorris which has 24 Career Top 10's. The one question on my mind & i'm sure is on Karen Smith's mind is after 43 Starts when is Karen Smith going to get her 1st FTCS win. Karen's Avg. Finish is a 19.0 at the Talladega Superspeedway. By the Numbers: Talladega This is the Top 5 Players at the Talladega Superspeedway -- Avg. Finish (Active Players After 2 Races at the Talladega Superspeedway) 1st: Paula Smart has a 2.0 Avg. Finish (1 Race) 2nd: Robert Batz has a 3.0 Avg. Finish 3rd: Randy Dorris has a 3.5 Avg. Finish 4th: Philip Hamm & Mark Erickson Jr. have a 6.0 Avg. Finish 5th: Kevin Vincavage has a 7.0 Avg. Finish |