2010 Nascar Season concludes

The 2010 Nascar Season concluded at the Florida Racetrack, in Homestead, Miami. Two Time Champion Tony Stewart won this years title for the Third time, but this time he did it, as the Owner/Driver of his number 14 car. It was a great season to watch, and I enter the “Streak to the Finish” challenge every year. This lets you try and pick a top ten driver for each race of the season, to see if you can be one of the best at picking the winners. This season I used a different driver for each of the first 26 races, then I chose one of the title contenders for each of the final ten races. I did fairly well this year. I had five top ten picks in the first 26 races, and five more in the final ten races. I averaged a 21.9 place pick throughout the year, with about half of my picks finishing in the top 15. All of my top ten picks were inside the top five, with three being victories. The Sprint Cup Series ended with Tony Stewart winning the Title, while having the same amount of points as Carl Edwards after the final lap of the season was ran. The two of them ended with 2403 points, but Tony had won 4 times during the season, and Carl only winning once. The Tie Breaker went to Stewart. This was the first time in Nascar history that the Championship ended in a tie-breaker. The Final Standing were as follows, 14 Tony Stewart, 99 Carl Edwards, 29 Kevin Harvick, 2 Brad Keselowski, 17 Matt Kenseth, 48 Jimmie Johnson, 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 24 Jeff Gordon, 11 Denny Hamlin, 39 Ryan Newman, 22 Kurt Busch, 18 Kyle Busch. Those were the top twelve positions for the Championship. The top ten will head to Vegas for the seasons last event, the Awards Ceremony.

In the Truck Series, the final standings were as follows. 3 Austin Dillon, 13 Johnny Sauter (6 pts back), 31 James Buecher, 33 Ron Hornaday, 17 Timothy Peters, 5 Todd Bodine, 22 Joey Coulter (rookie), 88 Matt Crafton, 60 Cole Whitt (rookie), 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. (rookie)

In the Nationwide Series – 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Title, with 2 Elliott Sadler following him 45 pts back. 31 Justin Allgaier, 88 Aric Almirola, 32 Reed Sorenson, 38 Jason Leffler, 09 Kenny Wallace, 11 Brian Scott, 62 Michael Annett and 66 Steve Wallace finished the top ten. 01 Mike Wallace finished 13th and 7 Danicka Patrick finished up in 26th position after running only 12 of 34 races. She will be full time next year in the series.