The Real Nationwide Standings After Race 13

Life and school have gotten in the way the past couple months, but lets take a look at the current real Nationwide Series standings:

1) Jason Leffler (1843) - Fresh off a fifth place finish last weekend at Nashville, Leffler tied a career best with his eighth straight top ten finish this season

2) Brad Keselowski (-5) - Despite a rough start to the season, the #88 team has come to life since Texas scoring six top fives and eight top tens in the last 9 races. Keselowski finds himself in an extremely tight battle with Leffler for the top spot

3) Mike Bliss (-323) - Scoring his first victory since 2004 three weeks ago is currently Bliss' highlight this season, but as we near the halfway point to the season, Bliss now eyes the top spot in the championship standings

4) Jason Keller (-324) - Keller, much to his nature, is running a very consistent season and his 15.8 average finish places him just behind Bliss for the third spot in the standings

5) Justin Allgaier (R) (-375) - Perhaps overlooked this season, Allgaier is having the most impressive Nationwide rookie season since Keselowski two years ago. Thus the reigning ARCA champ finds himself securely in the top ten in points

6) Michael McDowell (R) (-378) - McDowell scored his third top ten finish of the season last week in Nashville and is within striking distance of the current ROTY leader Allgaier

7) Brandan Gaughan (R) (-388) - The third rookie in as many positions, Gaughan had a weekend to forget in Nashville, further exacerbated by post race altercations. Gaughan looks to bounce back in Kentucky where he had one top five finish in six starts in the truck series

8) Steve Wallace (-421) - Nashville gave Wallace his fourth top ten of the season, but he'll be searching for his first career top ten at Kentucky this weekend

9) Scott Lagasse, Jr (R) (-469) - One of the biggest surprises this season, Lagasse finds himself in the top ten in points as the series nears the halfway point of the season

10) Kenny Wallace (-521) - This Nationwide Series veteran is still searching for his first top ten finish of the season, but consistent finishes place Wallace in the real Nationwide Top Ten.

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