As Carl Edwards continues his march toward the NASCAR Busch Series driver championship and his No. 60 Roush Fenway Ford Racing team tries to fend off the No. 29 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet team for the owner title – the No. 60 comes to Kansas 39 points ahead of the No. 29 – there are other micro-battles going on within the standings with seven races to go.
Fourth-place Jason Leffler (No. 38 Great Clips Toyota) is 20 points behind reigning series champion Kevin Harvick (No. 77 Dollar General Chevrolet) in the race for third.
Rookie David Ragan (No. 6 Discount Tire Ford) has been sitting comfortably in fifth place in the point standings for the last six weeks, but is feeling the pressure from Bobby Hamilton Jr. (No. 35 McDonald’s Ford) who is only 42 points out in sixth place.
Greg Biffle (No. 16 3M Ford), the 2002 series champion, jumped ahead of Marcos Ambrose (No. 59 Kingsford Ford) and is now seventh, but Ambrose sits just 21 points back in eighth. Stephen Leicht (No. 90 CitiFinancial Ford) is within 67 points of Ambrose but is feeling the pressure from Mike Wallace (No. 7 GEICO Chevrolet) who ranks 10th but is 30 points behind Leicht.
And 11th has become relevant again as Matt Kenseth (No. 17 Arby’s Ford) has crept to within 70 points of Wallace heading into this weekend.
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