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Kansas: Ryan Newman Chips Away At Jamie McMurray’s Lead; RPM Drivers Closing In

Oct 5, 2010, 4:34 PM UTC

It’s The Chase For Non-Chasers: Check Out The ‘Best Of The Rest Cup’ Standings

Though his “Best Of The Rest” Cup rivals keep getting closer, Jamie McMurray has the lead in our competition of the 13th-43rd drivers in the Sprint Cup Series.

We reset everyone’s points before New Hampshire (and added 10 bonus points per pre-Chase win), then let the drivers loose. Each week, we tally whatever points they collected in the Sprint Cup race and add it to their Best Of The Rest Cup total.

Don’t forget, the non-Chasers are competing for our coveted prize: A red plastic Solo cup that will be filled with a beer of their choice.

So far, it seems McMurray is the thirstiest driver. He’s led every week, but his advantage has been trimmed a bit after Kansas (and he can’t shake those pesky Richard Petty Motorsports drivers).

And never fear, Junior Nation: Dale Earnhardt Jr. is still within 100 points of the lead.

The standings after Week 3:

	Driver	Points	Behind
1	Jamie McMurray	449	0
2	Ryan Newman	432	17
3	AJ Allmendinger	400	49
4	Paul Menard	372	77
5	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	351	98
6	Joey Logano	340	109
7	Mark Martin	324	125
8	Juan Montoya	322	127
9	Brad Keselowski	305	144
10	David Ragan	303	146
11	Elliott Sadler	291	158
12	Regan Smith	276	173
13	Reed Sorenson	275	174
14	David Reutimann	272	177
15	Martin Truex Jr.	272	177
16	Kasey Kahne	257	192
17	Sam Hornish Jr.	244	205
18	Marcos Ambrose	237	212
19	Scott Speed	228	221
20	Casey Mears	216	233
21	David Gilliland	209	240
22	Travis Kvapil	195	254
23	Tony Raines	177	272
24	Dave Blaney	174	275
25	Bobby Labonte	173	276
26	Michael McDowell	128	321
27	Landon Cassill	120	329
28	Kevin Conway	101	348
29	Robby Gordon	90	359
30	Joe Nemechek	88	361
31	Bill Elliott	88	361
32	Patrick Carpentier	87	362
33	Mike Bliss	83	366
34	JJ Yeley	74	375
35	Andy Lally	52	397