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CUP: Drivers Shuffle Spots in Top 12 After Daytona
Written by: SceneDaily.com
SceneDaily.com   
07/07/2008 - 05:53 PM
Daytona Beach, Fla.
 
The field get ready to start the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. (Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images Photo) ยป More Photos

Saturday night's Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway featured a shakeup among several drivers hunting for spots in the Chase For The NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Roush Fenway Racing's Matt Kenseth, who entered the race in 13th in the series standings, got the best end of the deal. Kenseth's third-place finish vaulted the 2003 series champion four positions to ninth in the standings.

Just 34 points now separate eighth-place Kasey Kahne and 13th-place Kevin Harvick. Harvick entered the race clinging to the 12th and final Chase spot and left two points outside of 12th.

That spot is now occupied by Joe Gibbs Racing's Tony Stewart, who dropped three positions from ninth. Stewart started Saturday night's race before handing over the wheel to relief driver J.J. Yeley because of flu-like
symptoms. Per NASCAR rules, the driver who starts a race is awarded all the points for that race, so Stewart collected the points that came with Yeley's 20th-place finish.

Roush Fenway Racing's Greg Biffle also lost three positions and is now 11th in the standings after a midrace accident with Chip Ganassi Racing's Juan Pablo Montoya that left Biffle with a 43rd-place finish.

Dale Earnhardt Inc.'s Martin Truex Jr. remained 14th in the standings but is likely to fall this week depending on the severity of an impending penalty from NASCAR because his car failed a prequalifying inspection at Daytona on Thursday.


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