11.   At Daytona, Skinner was running in the top five when his right front tire blew out.

12.   Ausone, Cheval-Blanc and Petrus, easily the peers of the top five, go their own ways, unlisted but revered by connoisseurs.

13.   Austin Cameron, Sean Woodside and rookie Sammy Potashnick round out the top five.

14.   Below is a list of the top five and bottom five performing stock funds in the third quarter as reported by Lipper Analytical.

15.   Bobby Labonte will start second, while Burton, Joe Nemechek and Rusty Wallace round out the top five.

16.   Boston is in the top five in offensive rebounding and dead last in defensive rebounding.

17.   Both teams are in the top five in national polls.

18.   A decade has passed since Krone cracked the top five in the national jockey standings for the first time.

19.   A golfer finishing in the top five in half his starts is a startling level of consistency.

20.   A third, the Advanta Corp., which provides credit cards and other forms of business financing, was in the top five.