The April 3 race at Nashville Superspeedway is the next Nationwide Series race on the 2010 schedule, and it’s the fifth race of the season. That means that it’s the last race that teams will be relying on 2009 owner points to guarantee starting spots. Unlike in the Sprint Cup Series where the top-35 are guaranteed spots on the starting grid each week, only the top-30 are guaranteed spots in the Nationwide Series.
With only one race to go before race teams begin to use current points to guarantee their spots, several full-time competitors head into Nashville on the verge of not being among the top-30 when the series goes from 2009 points to current 2010 points the following race weekend.
As the points stand now, rookie Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is on the outside looking in in the 32nd position. He’ll head into Nashville 31 points behind 30th-place Josh Wise.
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