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Jamie McMurray Stays On Top, But Ryan Newman Closes In After Dover

Sep 28, 2010, 2:44 PM UTC

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

Jamie McMurray’s lead in the “Best Of The Rest” Cup standings shrunk after his 13th-place finish at Dover, allowing Ryan Newman to close to within 20 points.

AJ Allmendinger also made a big move after a top-10 finish, as did Joey Logano (23rd to 6th) and Paul Menard (16th to 7th).

Logano finished third at Dover, leading a non-Chase contingent of four drivers in the top 10.

It’s worth noting that the “Best Of The Rest” Cup is currently more competitive than the Chase (Denny Hamlin leads Jimmie Johnson by 35 points in the main event).

Remember, this is how it works: We took all of the non-Chase drivers and reset their points at zero before New Hampshire, then awarded 10 bonus points per regular season win.

Whatever points they collect during the race, they earn here. Can anyone knock off McMurray at Kansas?

Best Of The Rest Cup standings, Week 2:

	Driver	Points	Behind
1	Jamie McMurray	314	0
2	Ryan Newman	294	20
3	AJ Allmendinger	266	48
4	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	254	60
5	Juan Montoya	246	68
6	Joey Logano	228	86
7	Paul Menard	225	89
8	David Reutimann	214	100
9	Elliott Sadler	212	102
10	Brad Keselowski	211	103
11	Mark Martin	203	111
12	Reed Sorenson	202	112
13	Kasey Kahne	200	114
14	Regan Smith	191	123
15	Sam Hornish Jr.	189	125
16	David Ragan	188	126
17	Marcos Ambrose	176	138
18	Martin Truex Jr.	169	145
19	David Gilliland	142	172
20	Bobby Labonte	133	181
21	Travis Kvapil	131	183
22	Tony Raines	131	183
23	Casey Mears	125	189
24	Scott Speed	122	192
25	Dave Blaney	104	210
26	Robby Gordon	90	224
27	Joe Nemechek	88	226
28	Landon Cassill	86	228
29	Mike Bliss	83	231
30	Michael McDowell	80	234
31	Andy Lally	52	262
32	Kevin Conway	52	262
33	JJ Yeley	37	277