Good run, but not a good finish

Gilliland was up in 15th for a little while, then the Gilligan in him came out (I have no idea what happened) and he fell back to the last car on the lead lap. Then all those cars got the wave around, and he was clipped in the wreck. He finished 26th.

By last car on the lead lap, you mean 19th at the time, I believe. He did a great job today, outperforming his teammates by leaps and bounds. Need to give him some credit for a good effort.

TeamBlueOval wrote:

By last car on the lead lap, you mean 19th at the time, I believe. He did a great job today, outperforming his teammates by leaps and bounds. Need to give him some credit for a good effort.

But explain how this happen Gilliland after Kvapil

Labonte 328 4 0 0 0
31. Sam Hornish Jr. 325 4 0 0 0
32. Travis Kvapil 318 4 0 0 0 33. Brad Keselowski 295 4 0 0 0
34. Mike Bliss 276 4 0 0 0
35. Boris Said 252 4 0 0 0
36. Robby Gordon 249 4 0 0 0
37. David Gilliland 248 3 0 0 0 38. Max Papis 247 4 0 0 0
39. Bill Elliott

That's the points... he is still behind Kvapil in points overall because he didn't race at Daytona.

But here are the owner points--Did Robert Richardson Jr. get enough points at Daytona to cover make this difference.

Penske 246 -260 3 0 0 0
29 -1 #12 Roger Penske 240 -266 3 0 0 0
30 -5 #71 Kevin Buckler 231 -275 3 0 0 0
31 -2 #38 Doug Yates 228 -278 3 0 0 0
32 +6 #39 Tony Stewart 225 -281 3 0 0 0
33 +8 #47 Tad Geschickter 219 -287 3 0 0 0
34 -2 #7 Robby Gordon 215 -291 3 0 0 0
35 +2 #34 Bob Jenkins 213 -293 3 0 0 0
36 -5 #37 Doug Yates

Those are the owner points after Las Vegas, not Atlanta, but yes, Robert Richardson scroed enough points at Daytona to cover the difference. I think the 38 is going to be good to go on the top-35, as well as the 34 after Martinsville. Conway may be in trouble when we get to Bristol.