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February
26, 2007
Thin
Fields Courtesy of the Busch Whackers
California Speedway Spring Race
By Dennis Michelsen
 Who
cares if they Busch Whack? I have heard that question
time and time again in the past year since the Bye Bye
Busch Whackers feature made its debut. As long as the
races are exciting who cares is often added to the mix.
Well the races are not as exciting as the Busch series
used to be and we are also not developing new drivers
for the Nextel Cup series either. Back in the day when
provisional starting positions were not given to guys
in the top twenty-five in Cup points, the Busch regulars
could fight the Cup teams for sponsors. Now some of the
best Busch teams have gone by the wayside a victim of
the Busch Whacking craze. Many have consolidated in order
to survive and many also have given in and put a Cup driver
in the seat! Now we get to see another results of Busch
Whacking, thin fields. This is the second race of the
season and the fourth best purse of the year, yet only
41 cars showed up. Can you imagine how bad this problem
will get at races later in the season with smaller purses?
ESPN will not like this development but they should have
seen it coming!
Bye
Bye Busch Whackers Top Ten
1. Regan Smith (9th place)
2. Timothy Peters (17th)
3. Stephen Leicht (20th)
4. Shane Huffman (21st)
5. Steve Wallace (22nd)
6. Mike Wallace (24th)
7. Marcos Ambrose (25th)
8. Kenny Wallace (26th)
9. Brent Sherman (27th)
10. Jay Sauter (28th)
Bye
Bye Busch Whacker Standings After Two Races
What might the Busch standings look like without
the Nextel Cup stars racing? Each week we will show you
the standings of JUST the Busch guys!
| Pos |
Real |
Driver |
Points |
Pts
Behind |
Wins |
T5s |
T10 |
| 1 |
9 |
Regan
Smith |
223 |
Leader |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 2 |
10 |
Marcos
Ambrose |
203 |
20 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 3 |
12 |
Mike
Wallace |
195 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 4 |
13 |
Brent
Sherman |
192 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 5 |
14 |
Jon
Wood |
188 |
35 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 6 |
17 |
Steve
Wallace |
170 |
53 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 7 |
18 |
Stephen
Leicht |
167 |
56 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 8 |
19 |
Bobby
Hamilton, Jr |
167 |
56 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 9 |
25 |
Shane
Huffman |
155 |
68 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 10 |
28 |
Jason
Leffler |
151 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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