With 24 races already completed in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup racing season, there are just two races left before the Chase gets underway. The top 12 drivers in the Sprint Cup point race will then battle it out over the final 10 races of the season to determine this year’s champion. With no race scheduled for this week it is a good time to take a look at how the top seven drivers in the Sprint Cup point standings have fared so far along with their current odds on Bovada.com to win it all.
For most of the season Harvick has held onto the top spot in the Sprint Cup point standings. After 24 races he currently remains in first with 3521 points. This season he has 16 Top 10 finishes including 11 top 5 finishes. His three victories this year came in Week 9 at Talladega, Week 18 at Daytona, and most recently two weeks ago in Michigan. Harvick has averaged an 8.8 finish this year.
After a slow start, Gordon has really come on over the past two months. He currently has 3242 points, 279 points out of the lead. This season he has yet to win a race but does have 13 top 10 finishes. In 10 of these, Gordon ended up in the top five. His average finishing spot this season is 12.1.
With a dramatic win last week at Bristol, Busch moved up in the standings with 3170 points and is now 351 points out of first. He has 12 top 10 finishes this season with six ending up in the top 5. His other wins this year came in Race 10 at Richmond and Race 12 at Dover. His average finishing spot this season is 13.2.
Edwards currently has 3113 points, 408 points back. He has 12 top 10 finishes and five top 5 finishes, but has yet to find victory lane. He has the third best finishing average of the top seven drivers at 12.4.
Hamlin holds down the fifth spot in the standings with 3108 points, 413 points in back of Harvick. He already has five victories this season; Race 6 at Martinsville, Race 8 at Texas, Race 11 at Darlington, and back to back wins in Race 14 at Pocono and Race 15 at Michigan. Hamlin has 10 top 10 finishes with all but one ending up in the top five. His average finishing spot this year is 14.6.
Stewart was another driver who got off to a slow start but now finds himself 414 points out of the lead with a total of 3107 points. He too has yet to find victory lane but does have 13 top 10 finishes including six top fives. This season Stewart’s average finishing position is 13.3.
Battling through some adversity at various times this year, Burton has still managed to accumulate 3101 points and is 420 points out of first. He has no wins this season, but has finished 12 races in the top 10 with four of them ending up in the top five. His average finishing position is 13.
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