The Real Nationwide Standings After Race 14

NASCAR Nationwide teams tackled Kentucky Speedway this past weekend with a Cup driver taking yet another series victory. The battle for the real Nationwide championship continues to heat up with a new driver taking the top spot.

1) Brad Keselowski (2003): While Keselowski may not have been pleased with his competition, his third place finished allowed him to vault over Leffler to take the top spot heading into Milwaukee

2) Jason Leffler (-10): Leffler recorded his ninth straight top 10 finish, but now finds himself chasing Keselowski for the points lead. With a career average finish of 9.4 at Milwaukee, it is clear he'll be keeping Keselowski within his sights

3) Justin Allgaier (R) (-375): Penske Championship Racing's super rookie, Allgaier jumps up to third in points following his third top five finish of the season

4) Brendan Gaughan (R) (-383): Just eight points behind Allgaier, Gaughan is giving RWI it's best season yet, jumping up to fourth in points following another top five finish

5) Jason Keller (-390): A night to forget in Kentucky in which Keller never even sniffed a running position in the top fifteen throughout the 200 lap event. The 2003 Milwaukee winner looks to rebound at one of his best tracks next weekend

6) Mike Bliss (-404): Bliss drops back to sixth after a late race accident ruined any hopes of a good finish. Heading into next weekend, Bliss looks to improve upon last year's seventh place run

7) Steve Wallace (-460): Another solid top 15 run allows RWI to keep two cars in the Nationwide Top Ten. Milwaukee has not been Wallace's best track with his best finish of 19th occurring in last year's race

8) Michael McDowell (R) (-462): A DNF at Kentucky cost McDowell heavily in the championship and ROTY races. He'll need to put together a string of strong runs now to compete with the surging Allgair and Gaughan

9) Scott Lagasse, Jr (R) (-505): Coming home thirteenth at Kentucky, Lagasse is maintaining a highly consistent season atypical of most rookies

10) Tony Raines (-625): Breaking into the top ten after Kenny Wallace's blown engine, Raines came home ninth in his last Milwaukee race in 2005.

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