DAYTONA BEACH, Florida -- It’s still early in the 2007 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season, which means a good weekend can translate into a huge jump in the standings.
Case in point: drivers Jean Francois Bouvrette and Guy Jubinville.
The pair drive in the Pro Trucks division at Autodrome St. Eustache, a 4/10 asphalt oval in St. Eustache, Canada. The track runs twin features on Saturday nights.
This past weekend, Jubinville won the first feature (a 20-lap event) and placed second in the second race (50 laps). Bouvrette finished second and fourth, respectively.
This allowed the two to jump from back in the pack all the way inside the top 10.
Jubinville, who has four wins and eighth top fives in eight starts, moved from 35th a week ago to fourth overall. And Bouvrette (two wins, eighth top fives) went from 42nd to seventh.
Rodney Cook of South Boston (Va.) Speedway retook first-place in the nation with 386 points, while Andy Loden of Hickory Motor Speedway in Newton, N.C., moved up a spot to second with 378 points. Loden finished second in Hickory’s 50-lap feature Saturday, which was won by Chrissy Wallace. It was the first time a female had won a feature in the track’s premier division in its 57-year history.
Last week’s leader, Jamey Caudill from Southern National Raceway Park in Kenly, N.C., dropped back to third with 350 points.
Entering its 26th season – and the first in a long-term partnership with Connecticut-based Whelen Engineering – the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series features the best in short track racing across North America. The new point system for 2007, which in addition to crowning a national champion, will honor state and track champions and rank the top-500 drivers.
Under the simplified point structure, the race winner will receive two points for every car in the event up to 25 cars. Second place will receive two fewer points, and so-on through the field. For example, if there are 25 cars, the winner receives 50 points, second gets 48 and third 46. If there are 15 cars, the winner receives 30 points, second gets 28 and third 26.
Competitors will count their 18 highest point finishes through Sept. 30. The national champion will earn a reserved spot in the 2007 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway in October.
| NASCAR Whelen All-American Series National Top 25 NASCAR Leaders |
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FEATURE DIVISION P Driver Name Home Track Starts Wins T5 T10 Pts 1 RODNEY COOK SOUTH BOSTON SPEEDWAY 19 1 9 14 386 2 ANDY LODEN HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY 14 5 10 12 378 3 JAMEY CAUDILL SOUTHERN NAT'L RACEWAY PARK 10 3 4 8 350 4 GUY JUBINVILLE AUTODROME ST. EUSTACHE 8 4 8 8 334 5 DEREK LEE SOUTHERN NAT'L RACEWAY PARK 9 1 5 7 330 6 DREW HERRING SOUTHERN NAT'L RACEWAY PARK 10 0 6 7 324 7 JEAN FRNS BOUVRETTE AUTODROME ST. EUSTACHE 8 2 8 8 316 8 KEVIN NUTTLEMAN LACROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY 7 0 6 7 312 9 TRAVIS THIRKETTLE IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY 8 0 5 8 312 10 DUSTIN ASH LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY 10 1 6 9 310 11 KERRY MALONE STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY 8 0 3 7 308 12 JUSTIN JOHNSON LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY 9 5 6 9 306 13 DEAC MCCASKILL SOUTHERN NAT'L RACEWAY PARK 9 3 5 6 300 14 RIP MICHELS IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY 8 5 6 7 296 15 SCOTT YOUNG SOUTHERN NAT'L RACEWAY PARK 10 0 2 4 296 16 RYAN RHODES SOUTHERN NAT'L RACEWAY PARK 9 0 2 6 296 17 ANDREW PHIPPS IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY 8 1 6 7 294 18 STEVE CARLSON LACROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY 6 3 6 6 292 19 STEPHEN RHODES, II SOUTHERN NAT'L RACEWAY PARK 9 0 3 5 292 20 DAVID ROBERTS GREENVILLE-PICKENS SPEEDWAY 7 1 7 7 290 21 CURTIS TRUEX, JR SOUTHERN NAT'L RACEWAY PARK 10 1 4 5 280 22 JOE KOSISKI I-80 SPEEDWAY 8 0 6 7 276 23 JUSTIN MILLIKEN SOUTHERN NAT'L RACEWAY PARK 10 0 2 6 276 24 GARY ESTES KIL-KARE SPEEDWAY 10 3 6 10 272 25 SPEEDY FAUCETTE, JR SOUTH BOSTON SPEEDWAY 11 7 10 10 268 |
