-- FASCAR Thunder Cup Series --
Goody's Cool Orange 500 Winner: Bruce Radke
March 31, 2008: It has been 35 races since Bruce Radke has seen Victory Lane in the FTCS. The last time Bruce Radke was in Victory Lane was back in the Spring of 2007 which he won the Samsung 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway. This is Bruce Radke's 1st win of the 08 Season and this marks Bruce Radke's 4th Career win which will take him to the 2nd Spot in the Overall Wins. Congratulations on you win Bruce Radke and your 4th Career Win.
Bruce Radke scores 869 pts to win the Goody's Cool Orange 500. Coming in 2nd was Darrell Poe Jr. with 860 pts. -- this is Darrell's 1st Top 5 of the season. Coming in 3rd was Rookie Player Louie Gallardo with 800 pts. -- with this Top 5 this is Louie's 3rd Top 5 of the season. Coming in 4th was Mitch Zukowski with 788 pts. -- this is Mitch's 1st Top 5 of the season and rounding out the top 5 is Mark Erickson Jr. with 787 pts. and this also was Mark's 1st Top 5 of the season. -- Last Week's #1 Player in the FTCS Standings Karen Smith finished the race in the 26th spot.
Official Results
Topping The FTCS Standings is: Karen Smith
March 31, 2008: Karen Smith my have finished the race in the 26th spot but, she holds onto the #1 spot for another week by 13 points over Rookie Player Louie Gallardo -- Jumping up 3 spot's to 3rd is Philip Hamm -- Jumping up 3 spot's to 4th is Rookie Player Jason Pruett and rounding out the Top 5 is Rookie Player Matthew Bowen.
Official Standings
Biggest Mover in the FTCS Standings: +15 Bruce Radke (From 27th to 12th)
Biggest Loser in the FTCS Standings: -11 Kevin Vincavage (From 4th to 15th)
Topping The ROTY Standings: Louie Gallardo
March 31, 2008: After a 3rd Place Finish Louie Gallardo has taken a nice lead in the Rookie Standings after the Goody's Cool Orange 500. Louie Gallardo was the top scoring Rookie this week-end with a 3rd place finish which gave him 10 ROTY Pts. Other Rookies getting points this week where Jason Pruett (3) & Matthew Bowen (1) Official Rookie Standings
-- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series --
Goody's Cool Orange 500 Winner: #11 Denny Hamlin
March 30, 2008: Denny Hamlin finally scored a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win at his home track holding off Jeff Gordon to pick up the checkered flag in Sunday's Goody's Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Goody's Cool Orange 500 Official Results
-- FASCAR Thunder Cup Series --
Going to the Martinsville Speedway
March 27, 2008: As we move forward to the Goody's Cool Orange 500 at the Martinsville Speedway who has the momentum going into this race. It looks like Karen Smith sure has the momentum right now -- Karen Smith has a 92 point lead over Paul Ouderkirk in the FTCS Standings -- Karen has scored 2 Top 5's & 4 Top 10's for the 08 Season already -- Karen finished 2nd in this race last year behide Ed -- which Ed no longer play's in the Series -- So, look for Karen Smith to get her 1st Career win this week-end at the Martinsville Speedway -- Karen's Avg. Finish at this track is a 7.0.
Another Player that sure would like to see a strong finish this week-end at the Martinsville Speedway is Danean Hamm -- Danean Hamm finished 30th at the Food City 500 and dropped 5 spots in the FTCS Standings to 10th -- This would be a great race for Danean Hamm to score a nice finish at -- Danean's Avg. Finish at the Martinsville Speedway is a 4.0.

By the Numbers: Martinsville
This is the Top 5 Players at the Martinsville Speedway -- Avg. Finish (Active or Inactive Players)
1st: Dalton D. has a 3.5 Avg. Finish (Inactive)
2nd: Danean Hamm has a 4.0 Avg. Finish (Active)
3rd: Austin E. has a 6.0 Avg Finish (Active)
4th: Ed 6.5 has a Avg. Finish (Inactive)
5th: Karen Smith & Wendal Ebach have a 7.0 Avg. Finish (Both Active)

Did you Know?
That in the 2008 FTCS season we have had 5 differnt winners but, that stat to look at is there has been 3 Veteran Winners & 2 Rookie Winners.
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