Three Teams Now Vie For Owner Crown
Let the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series championship scenarios begin.
Driver standings leader Carl Edwards (No. 60 Scotts Wiinterguard Ford) has his first opportunity Friday night to reach the main goal he set for the 2007 season.
If Edwards – who has led the standings since the third race of the season at Mexico City – leaves Charlotte with a lead of 781 or more points, he will have clinched the title.
He currently leads second-place David Reutimann (No. 99 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota) by 696 points.
Reigning series champion Kevin Harvick (No. 33 Dollar General Chevrolet) – who clinched the 2006 championship at this event last year – is in third place, 818 points behind Edwards.
And don’t look now, but there are three teams in the running for the NASCAR Busch Series owner championship.
The No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet of Richard Childress Racing – shared this year by Jeff Burton (who will drive the car at LMS) and Scott WImmer (in the No. 21 AutoZone Chevy for RCR this week) – leads the owner standings by 54 points over the Roush Fenway Racing No. 60 Ford.
But the No. 20 Rockwell Automation Chevrolet of Joe Gibbs Racing is in third place, only 76 points behind the No. 29. Denny Hamlin will be behind the wheel of the No. 20 Friday night at LMS.
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