On Sunday, there will more than likely be a bit of a race going on that doesn’t depend on where Jimmie Johnson or Mark Martin finishes.
In fact this race, thought admittedly not a real tension builder, is between three cars.
The No. 7 car Owned and driven by Robby Gordon. The No 34, Owned by Teresa Earnhardt & driven by
John Andretti and the No. 82 car, owned by Dietrich Mateschitz and driven by Scott Speed.
There’s a 191 point spread between these three cars and two of them will be in the top 35 by race end on Sunday.
Speed as a 114 points to make up on Andretti while Gordon is 77 points ahead of Andretti’s car.
I wonder if Speed will take to the Homestead configuration? With 114 points to make up, no disrespect to Speed and team, but I just don’t see the top-5 performance needed to overtake the No. 34. So that means that whatever noise the media makes of this, there really isn’t much to it. Something to keep an eye on during the weekend any way. Really, I’m being the media making a molehill out of a flat surface!!!
| Position | Car No | Owner | Owner Pts | Spread around 35th |
| 30 | #12 | Roger Penske | 3029 | 362 |
| 31 | #96 | Jeffrey Moorad | 2980 | 313 |
| 32 | #55 | Michael Waltrip | 2955 | 288 |
| 33 | #98 | Max Jones | 2894 | 227 |
| 34 | #7 | Robby Gordon | 2744 | 77 |
| 35 | #34 | Teresa Earnhardt | 2667 | 0 |
| 36 | #82 | Dietrich Mateschitz | 2553 | -114 |
| 37 | #171 | Kevin Buckler | 2145 | -522 |
| 38 | #09 | James Finch | 1899 | -768 |
| 39 | #187 | Andrea Nemechek | 1577 | -1090 |
| 40 | #36 | Tommy Baldwin | 1465 | -1202 |
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