June 23, 2008:
In the FASCAR Thunder Cup Series, it was the battle of the Rookie Players finishing 1-2-3 & 5th in the Toyota/SaveMart 350 and Points Leader Jason Pruett finished the Toyota/SaveMart 350 in the 29th Spot.
Louie Gallardo scores 817 points and comes home with his 1st win here in the FASCAR Thunder Cup Series holding off Rookie Player Joseph Jones with 788 points. This marked Louie's 4th Top 5 and his 7th Top 10 of the 2008 Season. With this win Louie jumped up 10 spots in the FTCS Standing and finds himself back in the Top 10 in the 8th. Louie is now eligible for the 2009 FASCAR Shootout in Feb 2009. Congratulations on your win Louie Gallardo. Joseph Jones with 788 points comes home with 2nd Place. This was Joseph's best career finish here in the FTCS. This was Joseph's 2nd Top 5 & 2nd Top 10 of the 2008 Season. Walter Pierce with 784 points comes home with 3rd Place. This was Walter's 2nd Top 5 & 6th Top 10 of the 2008 Season. Bruce Radke with 783 points comes home with 4th Place. This is Bruce's 3rd Top 5 & 5th Top 10 of the 2008 Season. This was a nice rebound for Bruce after finishing last weeks race 40th. Paul Ouderkirk with 777 points comes home with 5th Place. This was Paul's 5th Top 5 & 6th Top 10 of the 2008 Season. FTCS Standings: June 23rd, 2008: In the FASCAR Thunder Cup Series Standings, after falling to 2nd last week and was only 4 points behide Jason Pruett, Philip Hamm finds himself back in the #1 spot for the 4th time this season and is 8 points ahead of Paul Ouderkirk. Paul Ouderkirk moves up 1 spot to 2nd, Jason Pruett moves down 2 spot into 3rd, Kevin Vincavage moves out of the 5th spot into to 4th and rounding out the Top 5 and dropping 1 spot is Randy Dorris. Despite missing the Toyota/SaveMart 350 Karen Smith only dropped 1 spot in the FTCS Standing to 7th. FTCS Standings Louie Gallardo & Jay Smogolski moved back into the Top 10 this Week. Terri Erickson & Danean Hamm moved out of the Top 10 this Week. Biggest Gain This Week: +10 Louie Gallardo Biggest Drop This Week: -6 Danean Hamm 
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Going to the Infineon Raceway
June 19, 2008: As we move forward to the Toyota/SaveMart 350 at the Infineon Raceway, there is 3 FTCS Players that will be making their 50th Start at the Infineon Raceway once they submit their picks it will be official. These Players are Bruce Radke, Karen Smith & Mark Erickson Jr. Last week-end at the Michigan Int'l Speedway Jarrod W. from Kentucky made his FASCAR Thunder Cup Series debut and finished the race in the 21st spot. Not a bad start for the 8 year old. Players to watch for this Weekend: Terri Erickson is coming off her 2nd Consecutive Top 5 finish and now finds herself in the Top 10. So, look for Terri to finish strong at the Toyota/SaveMart 350 and just maybe get herself her 1st Win here in the FTCS. Which would be some major bragging rights over her hubsand Mark Erickson Jr, which Mark is starting in his 50th FTCS Race this week-end and has not won a race yet. Randy Dorris is coming off his 2nd Consecutive Top 10 finish and moved up 2 spots in the FTCS Standings to 4th. The 2007 FTCS Champion Randy finished this race last year 5th. Randy will be looking to get a his 7th Career win this week-end at the Toyota/SaveMart 350. Did you Know? That this is the first time in FTCS history that we have 2 sets of Husband & Wife Players in the Top 10. Danean & Philip Hamm and Terri & Mark Erickson. FlashBack to One Year Ago: I wanted to take us all back one year ago to who was leading the FTCS Standings after 15 Races. Bruce Radke was leading the FTCS Standing by 45 points over Wendal Ebach. Bruce Radke last year had 3 wins, 4 Top 5's & 9 Top 10's. Bruce Radke this year has 1 win, 2 Top 5's & 4 Top 10's. Bruce Radke is 20th Right Now in the FTCS Standings. The rest of the 2007 FTCS Standings looked like this 3rd was Danean Hamm, 4th was Mitch Zukowski, 5th was Jim, 6th was Robert Preston, 7th was Ed, 8th was Philip Hamm, 9th was Karen Smith and rounding out the Top 10 was Randy Dorris 197 points out of 1st. By the Numbers: Infineon Top 5 Active Players at the Infineon Raceway after 2 Races. 1st: Angie Ebach has a 1.0 Avg. Finish 2nd: Jason Mosser has a 2.0 Avg. Finish 3rd: Randy Dorris has a 5.0 Avg. Finish 4th: Bruce Radke has a 6.0 Avg. Finish 5th: Karen Smith has a 7.0 Avg. Finish |