1.   Armstrong, the Texan who leads the U.S. Postal Service team and trails the leader by nearly six minutes, appears to be in splendid position.

2.   A month ago, Frankel was fourth in the standings, trailing leader Bob Baffert by six wins.

3.   Matt Kenseth, who trails leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. by one point in the Busch standings, is making his Winston Cup debut on Sunday.

4.   Ned Laird, managing director of the Air Cargo Management Group, said both U.S. companies trail market leader DHL International within Asia.

5.   Starting the day trailing the leader, Fred Funk, by seven strokes, Duval opened with with three consecutive birdies.

6.   The warm-fuzzies trailed the leaders to the Lone Star state, where Bush credited Putin with bringing much-needed rain.

7.   Trailing leader Dan Fredenburg in a midget heat race at Manzanita Speedway, Birmingham was attempting to make a pass for the lead.

8.   Vanguard, based in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, still trails industry leader Fidelity Investments, though the lead narrowed.

9.   Walker trails series leader Voigt by two points in the standings.

10.   With five homers in nine games this month, Jones trails club leader Galarraga by three.