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Big Jumps Shake Up Top 10 In NASCAR Whelen All-American Series

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 6, 2007) ? It?s still early in the 2007 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season, which means a good weekend can translate into a huge jump in the standings.

Case in point: drivers Jean Francois Bouvrette and Guy Jubinville.

The pair drive in the Pro Trucks division at Autodrome St. Eustache, a 4/10 asphalt oval in St. Eustache, Canada. The track runs twin features on Saturday nights.

This past weekend, Jubinville won the first feature (a 20-lap event) and placed second in the second race (50 laps). Bouvrette finished second and fourth, respectively.

This allowed the two to jump from back in the pack all the way inside the top 10.

Jubinville, who has four wins and eighth top fives in eight starts, moved from 35th a week ago to fourth overall. And Bouvrette (two wins, eighth top fives) went from 42nd to seventh.

Rodney Cook of South Boston (Va.) Speedway retook first-place in the nation with 386 points, while Andy Loden of Hickory Motor Speedway in Newton, N.C., moved up a spot to second with 378 points. Loden finished second in Hickory?s 50-lap feature Saturday, which was won by Chrissy Wallace. It was the first time a female had won a feature in the track?s premier division in its 57-year history.

Last week?s leader, Jamey Caudill from Southern National Raceway Park in Kenly, N.C., dropped back to third with 350 points.

Entering its 26th season ? and the first in a long-term partnership with Connecticut-based Whelen Engineering ? the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series features the best in short track racing across North America. The new point system for 2007, which in addition to crowning a national champion, will honor state and track champions and rank the top-500 drivers.

Under the simplified point structure, the race winner will receive two points for every car in the event up to 25 cars. Second place will receive two fewer points, and so-on through the field. For example, if there are 25 cars, the winner receives 50 points, second gets 48 and third 46. If there are 15 cars, the winner receives 30 points, second gets 28 and third 26.

Competitors will count their 18 highest point finishes through Sept. 30. The national champion will earn a reserved spot in the 2007 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway in October.

FEATURE DIVISION

National Top 25 NASCAR Leaders

PosDriver Name Home Track Starts Wins T-5 T-10 Pts

1 RODNEY COOK SOUTH BOSTON SPEEDWAY 19 1 9 14 386

2 ANDY LODEN HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY 14 5 10 12 378

3 JAMEY CAUDILL SOUTHERN NATIONAL RACEWAY PARK 10 3 4 8 350

4 GUY JUBINVILLE AUTODROME ST. EUSTACHE 8 4 8 8 334

5 DEREK LEE SOUTHERN NATIONAL RACEWAY PARK 9 1 5 7 330

6 DREW HERRING SOUTHERN NATIONAL RACEWAY PARK 10 0 6 7 324

7 JEAN FRNS BOUVRETTE AUTODROME ST. EUSTACHE 8 2 8 8 316

8 KEVIN NUTTLEMAN LACROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY 7 0 6 7 312

9 TRAVIS THIRKETTLE IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY 8 0 5 8 312

10 DUSTIN ASH LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY 10 1 6 9 310

11 KERRY MALONE STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY 8 0 3 7 308

12 JUSTIN JOHNSON LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY 9 5 6 9 306

13 DEAC MCCASKILL SOUTHERN NATIONAL RACEWAY PARK 9 3 5 6 300

14 RIP MICHELS IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY 8 5 6 7 296

15 SCOTT YOUNG SOUTHERN NATIONAL RACEWAY PARK 10 0 2 4 296

16 RYAN RHODES SOUTHERN NATIONAL RACEWAY PARK 9 0 2 6 296

17 ANDREW PHIPPS IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY 8 1 6 7 294

18 STEVE CARLSON LACROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY 6 3 6 6 292

19 STEPHEN RHODES, II SOUTHERN NATIONAL RACEWAY PARK 9 0 3 5 292

20 DAVID ROBERTS GREENVILLE-PICKENS SPEEDWAY 7 1 7 7 290

21 CURTIS TRUEX, JR SOUTHERN NATIONAL RACEWAY PARK 10 1 4 5 280

22 JOE KOSISKI I-80 SPEEDWAY 8 0 6 7 276

23 JUSTIN MILLIKEN SOUTHERN NATIONAL RACEWAY PARK 10 0 2 6 276

24 GARY ESTES KIL-KARE SPEEDWAY 10 3 6 10 272

25 SPEEDY FAUCETTE, JR SOUTH BOSTON SPEEDWAY 11 7 10 10 268

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