David Reutimann, Landon Cassill Headline NASCAR Top 35 Points Battles

After a weekend to forget at Martinsville, Tommy Baldwin Racing driver David Reutimann found himself bumped from the top 35 in Sprint Cup owners' points by Landon Cassill by a single point. With two weeks to think about how to change the situation in Texas, Reutimann spent most of the first week weathering a media firestorm and the second focusing on a strong performance at Texas.Cassill out-qualified Reutimann, starting 28th to Reutimann's 31st, but Reutimann's 26th-place finish topped Cassill's 30th-place run and allowed him to leapfrog the BK Racing driver in points. But luckily for Cassill, he beat the 34th-place team in points. Tony Raines, driving the fourth Richard Childress Racing car now maintained by Joe Falk, could only muster a ...

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