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Bristol, TN --- It is now week 3 of the inaugural Old Spice Cup Series season. The series heads to Thunder Valley this week for what should be an exciting race as it will be the first time the NSRA will race at Bristol. Bristol is a half mile oval. It has variable banking around 30 degrees in each corner. It is a unique track as it is the only track on the schedule that is concrete. It is still very early in the season to determine the favorites for title contention but we can examine each driver and their current standing.
Zach Leavitt (Leader): Leavitt won his first race last week and after a 2nd place finish at Daytona the previous week, momentum should be on his side. But weather the track will is another story.
John Griggs (-5): Griggs won the Daytona 500k after staying well outside the top 10 most of the day. He finished 6th at Las Vegas. Another victory would prove that Daytona was not a fluke
Rob Scarberry (-7): Scarberry has finished inside the top 4 in both races this season. He will be a playmaker this season, but short tracks have not been kind to him.
Zach Michael (-8): Michael's sheer dominance of the Truck Series has not carried over to Cup. While he is in the chase as of now, a poor finish at Bristol could put him in a deep hole going into Kansas.
Steven Davis (-16): Davis has not finished in the top 5 yet this season and struggled at Las Vegas. He needs to finish well at Bristol, he only holds the wild card spot by 1 point.
Rest of Field: Pete Glover only needs to make up 1 point to be in the chase. Dave Daniels is only able to run part time this season, despite 2nd at Las Vegas last week he will miss Bristol. Tony Pizzaro ran extremely well at Vegas until handling issues forced a DNF. Pizzaro's racing schedule is very much unsure, if he can race Bristol look out.
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